Yesterday, two media events regarding the fate of the Philadelphia Public School District occurred. Early in the day, Angela Couloumbis from Philly.com reported that rumors of privatizing the whole entire school system are swirling around Harrisburg. She reported that State Senator Vincent Hughes…
June 2012
More Jokes From the Penn State Trustees
by Walter M. Brasch •
Whenever I need a couple of laughs, I turn to the bumbling self-aggrandizing antics of the Pennsylvania legislature. However, in the past few months, the Penn State Board of Trustees has done the near-impossible; they have provided more laughs than…
Important to Remember How Riverdale Defense Began
by Editor, Raging Chicken Press •
Riverdale Recap: I want to live in a mobile home park
by Kelly Finan •
Remember that mobile home park that was the subject of my last post? The 32 families that were being displaced from their homes (without adequate compensation) to make way for a water-withdrawal facility to service the natural gas industry? Well, here’s a…
Obamacare Constitutional
by Editor, Raging Chicken Press •
National Survey of Contingent Academic Labor in the U.S.
by Kevin Mahoney •
Blu Homes/Blue Collar: A Story of Words and Deeds
by Kevin Mahoney •
Every once in a while you come across a story that just gets more intriguing the more you dig. Yesterday, a friend of mine passed me a link about a labor dispute going on in California and it’s turning out…
Riverdale: A Story of Two Very Different Nights, and Two Very Different Kinds of Light
by Wendy Lee •
“Here are two sets of photographs–juxtaposed on two very different nights. The first is the last night of the encampment before the police raid, Tuesday, June 12th. This was a magical evening, permeated by laughter, play, music, work–community–everything that we…
Romney and Bain: Americas Job Killers
by Matt Murray •
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. This is all we hear about as every politician in the country rolls through New Hampshire. Some are trying to be President, other are here supporting someone running for President. Every campaign from local state representative to…
Reclaiming Our Working Class Family Values
by Todd Farally •
As we move further into the twenty-first century, I have come to the realization that many of us have forgotten where we came from. I would wager that many who are doctors, lawyers, elected officials and captains of industry came…
