Make Your City a Sanctuary City: 4 Practical and 4 Moral Reasons
There’s an entire underclass of people living among us. These are people like you or me who have no choice but to do the most menial jobs for meager pay under the table. And when […]
Homeland Security
Coincidences? The Strangeness of Today’s Technical “Glitches” at NYSE, Wall Street Journal, and United Airlines
So. It’s been a pretty hectic day on Wall Street and in the boardrooms of global corporations. According to Bloomberg News, China has suspended trading on at least 1,331 companies as of this morning in the […]
Dear Mayor Nutter: Stop Sacrificing Public Education Funding for Homeland Security Spy Centers
What does Mayor Nutter and Governor Tom Corbett have in common? Besides being bed partners in the destruction of Philadelphia’s public education system, both politicians have opted to choose funding security over education. Over the […]
This is What a Police State Looks Like
On December 12, 2011, days before the three-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, John Knefel, an independent news reporter and co-host of Radio Dispatch, was arrested covering the Occupy Port Shutdown solidarity rallies in New […]