A federal courthouse in Kentucky ruled today that the state of Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages that were performed out of state. In turn, Pennsylvanians can no longer refer to that gap between Philadelphia and […]
During budget cutting season 2012, Colleen Kennedy, friend of ours and creator of Save the Upper Darby Arts, and others from the Upper Darby School district launched a massive grassroots push to save the Upper […]
I used to be an everyday SEPTA rider in high school. I took the el for my first three years and the regional rail my senior year, and this unofficial poster addresses all the stupid […]
The low-wage worker campaign that has swept across the country since November 2012 is primed to make its Philadelphia debut. The Fight for 15 movement began in November 2012 when 200 fast food restaurant workers […]
In this episode, we bring you an excerpt from Rick’s February 19, 2014 interview with Professor Richard Wolff. Richard Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and the host of the awesome radio show, […]
If the fall 2013 semester saw the term “retrenchment” – the elimination of faculty, programs, and jobs – become part of daily conversations on campuses of Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities (PASSHE), during the next several months […]
This past Tuesday, Rick Smith talked with Rhonda Brownstein, Executive Director of the Education Law Center of PA, to get a reality check on Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed 2014-15 budget as it relates to funding […]
Yes, it’s a Twofer Tuesday here at Raging Chicken Press. Earlier today we announced our two new projects – a Raging Chicken Press podcast and more Rick Smith Show files. We don’t like to waste […]
The cost of doing business in Dunkard Pennsylvania is…a pizza party! As a follow up to this story, I reached out to Chevron Appalachia and Leanne Wainwright from Chevron wrote: As part of our comprehensive […]