Spring is pretty much in full swing, which means it’s the season of catastrophe, cataclysm, and crisis. Yup, you guessed it, it’s budget season in Pennsylvania. For faculty, staff, and students in the Pennsylvania State […]
It only takes one spark to start a wildfire. That’s exactly the role that sixteen-year-old climate activist, Greta Thunberg, is playing in a growing youth movement calling for climate action. A young Swedish political activist, […]
The steam is rising again as the Green New Deal resolution makes its way to the floor of Congress. The GND is a plan for economic growth that addresses changes in climate and inequalities. The […]
About one in every seven people living in Allegheny County encounters food insecurity, according to the Pittsburgh Food Bank. That means households must often choose between paying their bills and buying enough food to last […]
Philadelphia, PA — Saturday the alt-right group called the Proud Boys along with other alt-right groups gathered on Independence Mall to rally for what they billed as “conservative values.” The alt-right gathering of approximately 40 […]
A concerned group of citizens has come together to try to stop the addition of an asphalt plant at a quarry in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, PA. The Rock Hill Quarry was virtually inactive […]
When Shannon Chavez was growing up, her mom always encouraged her to go to college. Chavez recognized the importance of higher education, but figured high tuition would limit her choices. For a while, her plan […]
“Why not free college?” Sen. Vincent J. Hughes asked this repeatedly when he introduced the Pennsylvania Promise to Pennsylvania’s state legislature earlier this year. If passed, the legislation — introduced as Senate Bill 1111 and House […]
Documents handed over by the Department of Revenue toMark Pinsley’s senate campaign shows that Hancock and Prouty, a Missouri based opposition research firm, originally filed a Right to Know request with the Department of Renevue […]
The Commonwealth Leaders Fund, a conservative political action committee with ties to a web of dark money organizations, dropped $100,000 into Jeremy Shaffer’s campaign on August 8th. The donation to Shaffer’s campaign came at the […]