Net Neutrality is Threatening to Break My Give-a-Damn
When I heard that FCC chairman Ajit Pai was gunning to dismantle Net Neutrality rules, I just sighed. I was so, so tired. I thought about what I would be losing if my phone and […]
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Book Review: Antifa – The Antifacist Handbook
The Antifa movement isn’t new. It’s been around before World War II and the rise of Nazism. So the notion that Antifa is in direct response to our current political situation is absurd. Antifa is […]
What if college were free? Just ask Pennsylvania students
The Pennsylvania Student Power Network—the group that brought you the APSCUF solidarity campaign, the fight for $15, and this action at July’s Board of Governor’s meeting—has launched a statewide campaign to make PASSHE schools, state-related schools, and community colleges […]
Better Media Can Make Us All Less Racist
Our brains are really good at finding patterns. This makes us great at performing simple tasks quickly and efficiently. It also makes us racist as hell. Let me tell you about a time I participated […]
Dickinson Student Shows Up as Colin Kaepernick in Blackface for Halloween
An image of a white Dickinson College student dressed up as Colin Kaepernick with a gun pointed to his head is making the rounds on Instagram. The image was posted on the “greekshenanigans3” Instagram account […]
Men, Women, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault
I can’t stay quiet any longer. I have friends who have been sexually harassed and assaulted. Thankfully they weren’t physically hurt, but still…. Sadly, all of them are women. Amazing, talented, incredible women, who never […]
Stop PA Senator Donald White’s Attack the Healthcare for Transgender Youth
The Pennsylvania Senate and Banking and Insurance Committee recently passed a bill reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Pennsylvania Senator Donald White attached an amendment that would prevent transgender youth from seeking gender transition. The […]
Teachers or School Privatization Lobbyists? Will the REAL Grassroots Activists Please Stand Up
Everyone claims to be grassroots. We’re the ordinary people – they say – the Hoi Polloi, the everyday Joes and Janes who make the world go round. Which is to say we’re NOT the wealthy elite who get […]
How Camping Taught Me to Value My Surroundings
I can’t imagine what my life would be like if I never received that invite to my first camping trip. I remember it well… After being dropped off by my mom—with a knapsack of […]
The “Alt-Right” Movement Is About to Get a Lawyer in Evan McLaren
The white-nationalist “alt-right” movement is about to get it’s very own lawyer in Evan McLaren, who is the Executive Director of Richard Spencer’s National Policy Institute. Last week, Evan McLaren tweeted “I passed the Pennsylvania […]