At 6 am this morning, 40,000 Verizon workers walked off the job, and and just outside of Harrisburg on Union Deposit Road in Lower Paxton Township, roughly 150 Communication Workers of America Local 13000 members […]
Famed consumer advocate and former independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader recently wrote a column entitled “Big Union Leaders Betray Sanders and Workers”. The piece shines light on what is an open secret within the ranks […]
Later on this afternoon, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is set to vote on one of the country’s most restrictive abortion bans. House Bill 1948 aims to redefine all abortions after twenty weeks as “dismemberment abortions,” […]
Faculty union representatives from Pennsylvania’s fourteen university State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), are meeting in State College PA this weekend. At the top of their agenda will be whether they will authorize a strike or other […]
Editor’s note: Corrected 6:13 PM. See strike-through below Faculty at the fourteen university Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) have been without a contract since June 30, 2015. Despite high-hopes that the election of […]
In yesterday’s Wisconsin primary, American’s got a momentary window into the real effects of voter suppression bills introduced and passed by Republican-dominated legislatures across country. Chris Hayes from MSNBC reported on long lines at Marquette […]
Yesterday, Pennsylvania House Republicans began putting what could be one of the country’s most restrictive abortion bans on the legislative fast-track with very little public notice or input. The forced-birthing bill, House Bill 1948, was […]
Editor’s Note: Give a hearty Raging Chicken welcome to Anne Meador of the DC Media Group. Anne reached out to us seeing a great opportunity to engage in a little activist media mutual aid. Awesome. […]
Editor’s Note: This is Steve Horn’s latest piece that originally appeared over at DeSmogBlog. Check out more of Steve’s work from DeSmogBlog and give everyone at DeSmogBlog some love – visit their site for some of the best research debunking misinformation about […]
What’s the best way to avoid a charter school scandal? In Pennsylvania, apparently you bribe the Attorney General. That may be why Students First PAC donated $50,000 to Josh Shapiro, a Democrat running for the […]