Holding the American People Hostage
Judges who wish to assure that a jury has no outside influence will sequester them. Legally, a sequestered jury is seized by authority and isolated from all outside influences. The jurors are escorted into and […]
March 2013
Crime and Capital Punishment: Maryland Assembly Abolishes Death Penalty
After a series of votes through the Maryland House and Senate, SB 276 was passed through the Maryland House of Delegates on March 15, 2013, to repeal the state’s death penalty and replace it with life without parole. It […]
A Thank You from Wendy Lee
Editor’s note: The amazing Wendy Lee. Wendy has been with Raging Chicken Press right from the start. Any reader of “the Chicken” knows of Wendy’s fearless and unyielding work to stop the fracking industry. I […]
From the Frontlines – Samantha Brown talks about the Children in Shale Country
Editor’s Note: The following video is from Jay Wilcox of Urban Disaster Records. In his latest video, Jay Wilcox features Samantha Brown an 18 year old resident of Beaver County. In the video, Samantha talks about how […]
Cliff Diving – The New Normal for Public Higher Education in Pennsylvania?
Editor’s note: This article is cross-posted from the PA Students Voice website. There is an old idiom that: “once is an accident, twice is a trend.” And with regards to the cliff funding – the […]
Millersville U Commencement Speaker Controversy: It’s About Self-Respect
Editor’s note: a version of this article was originally posted on the AAUP’s Academe Blog. Academe Blog is a production of Academe magazine, and focuses on issues in higher education. The blog and Academe are published by the American Association of […]
Gov. Corbett to Give Commencement Address at Millersville University?
When Gov. Tom Corbett took office in 2011, one of his first orders of business was to propose a 50% cut in funding for the PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). By the […]
Universal Neglect: A Failure to Protect Americans’ Health
I received a letter from a friend this past week. It was a letter he should never have had to write, yet did so out of desperation. He is 80 years old, living off occasional […]
Rep. Madeleine Dean: Tom Corbett’s Budget is Misguided and has Missed Opportunities
Representative Madeleine Dean scolds Governor Tom Corbett’s budget and attacks the governor’s plans for shot’s for tots, the lack of a medicare expansion plan and the LACK of a real Marcellus Shale Tax. Watch the […]
McDonald’s Must Pay! National Guestworker Alliance releases video
Today, the National Guestworker Alliance released this video, “McDonald’s Must Pay!” The video further exposes stories of abuse and exploitation of international student in the U.S. on a J-1 visa. They came here for cultural […]