The Rich Don’t Think We’re Poor, They Think We’re Stupid
My first full-time job out of college was as a technical editor for a small startup in Philadelphia. My boss was my age, in his early twenties, and hired me to join his team of […]
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Raging Chicken Interview with PA Senate Candidate, John Fetterman: Inequality is THE Issue
Earlier today, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Fetterman who’s running for the Democratic Party nomination for the PA Senate. Last night, Fetterman took part in a debate at the Keystone Progress […]
Kathryn Knott is Our Child
Kathryn Knott is the 24-year-old young woman who, along with companions Philip Williams, 24, and Kevin Harrigan, 26, has been charged with the brutal beating of two young gay men in Philadelphia on September 11, 2014. The three were part […]
Wealth Inequality in America – Not Even Close to What You Think
When you’re finished watching and have lifted your chin off your desk, check out the Main Street Campaign by Working America. We’re going to need this movement and a whole lot more if we […]
Managerial Madness: Why Higher Education Has Lost Its Way
Editor’s Note: On May 20th, Debra Leigh Scott and Chris LaBree left Philadelphia for Pittsburgh, their first stop on their Homeless Adjunct Road Trip. They will be talking with contingent faculty in PA, OH, IN, […]
The 99%: A Return to E Pluribus Unum?
The Occupy Wall Street movement has trained the nation’s and the world’s attention on the stark disparity of wealth and privilege that has come to characterize the early 21st century. Yet that inequity has been […]