Ascend is a premier advocacy organization that promotes SRA, or Sexual Risk Avoidance, educational programs.  “Ascend is the nation’s leader in the SRA field. For over a decade, we have helped thousands of America’s youth make smart, forward-thinking choices about … Read more

In our contemporary political climate, it is often the case that people more readily argue about babies than take care of them. This political argument, however, almost always focuses solely on the pregnancy of the mother. It very rarely goes … Read more

On June 11th, Senate Bill 60, The Buyer Beware Act: Combating Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania, passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee thanks, in large part, to the support of the prime sponsor, Senator Kristin Philips-Hill (R-York). Not only … Read more

By: Allison Rishel

In a move of colossal injustice, Governor Tom Wolf failed Pennsylvania’s families and children by vetoing an expansion of the highly popular Education Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. Now he must answer to the tens of thousands … Read more