It’s difficult to capture the sense of palpable anxiety I felt taking these sets of photographs. This is the Janet Hock Road compressor construction site in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania that I have been documenting for […]
During the 2008 election, John McCain came across a character defining moment that would be the highlight of his campaign. He was confronted by an elderly lady who questioned Barack Obama’s religion. She said “I […]
1. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 367 and Chancellor Cavanaugh’s Plan to Industrialize Higher Education Dory Hippauf’s “Welcome to PA Frack-U” offers an excellent profile of the Pennsylvania State Senate Bill 367: “an act providing for indigenous mineral […]
To borrow a turn of phrase, you can tell a lot about a college by the way it treats its adjuncts. If you read the PASSHE Negotiation Objectives recently distributed to PASSHE faculty via email […]
Update 1: In the article I explained that Sam Smith – House Leader – cancelled today’s legislative session. He did not. Today’s session – October 4th – is a non voting session. […]
Editor’s Note: This article inaugurates a new Raging Chicken Press series by the same name: Smashing Apples. This series will focus on the ongoing attacks against public education from kindergarten through higher education both in […]
For millions of Americans, owning a home is the grandest symbol of having accomplished the illusion of the “American Dream”. Being a homeowner signifies success, financial stability and responsibility. I too had the indoctrinated belief […]
In an attempt to look for funding for public higher education, the Pennsylvania House and Senate voted – in a spineless bi-partisan effort – to submit and sell-out the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) […]
If you are a major university and research institution and if members of your staff are blatant advocates for a genocidal, profiteering, propaganda mongering industry, your institution deserves to lose all accreditation – at least […]