Rick Smith Talks with Student Organizer Ashlee DeSantis about Rally to Fight Charterization of York Public Schools | January 29, 2015
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Ashlee DeSantis, senior at William Penn High School in York and an organizer with the William Penn Student Union joins Rick to talk about her high school experience and her work to save her school […]
Rick Smith Talks with Robert Bruno, Director of the Labor Education Program at U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, about Latest Attacks on Workers' Rights | January 29, 2015
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Robert Bruno, Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Labor & Employment Relations and Director of the Labor Education Program gives his take on Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner latest scheme to attack workers […]
Rick Smith Gets into the Policy Weeds with Ron White about Failings of 'Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act' (H.R. 527) | January 29, 2015
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Ronald White, Director of Regulatory Policy at the Center for Effective Government talks about H.R. 527 (the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015) and what it will do to small business…..not for. Listen […]
Earlier this week, Sean Kitchen reported that several teachers from Feltonville School of Arts & Sciences in Philadelphia were called to “investigatory conferences” and may face disciplinary action for informing parents of their legal right […]
Press Release: Energy Justice Network | January 29, 2015 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – On Thursday, Governor Tom Wolf will announce a moratorium on new oil and gas leases in state lands, but will leave nearly 700,000 acres of […]
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 […]
Yesterday evening, the Associated Press reported that Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order banning fracking in Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests. Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests have been treated like a political football over […]
Author’s Note: This story was originally posted to the Rick Smith Show, where I am working as a producer and Capitol correspondent. Show some support by travelling over to the Rick Smith Show website, where we’ll […]
This past November, more than 40 students occupied Syracuse University’s administration building to protest the university’s closing of the Advocacy Center – a resources for victims of rape and sexual assault – and number of […]