When Corporations Can Sponsor State Violence, We Lose I was browsing Twitter the other day, and United Airlines was literally all anyone was talking about for almost two days. This is noteworthy even just because it gave me a short reprieve from having to look at or think about that talking Cheeto, but I’m wondering just…
Just over a week before final exams, white-supremacists have returned to Kutztown University to plaster the campus with hate. On Thursday, students began finding the fascist posters linking to the neo-Nazi website, Daily Stormer. The Daily Stormer is run by the neo-Nazi, Ohio native Andrew Anglin. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Andrew Anglin is…
Denying Access: Transforming PASSHE’s Commitment to Working-Class Students
Denying Access: Transforming PASSHE’s Commitment to Working-Class Students Earlier this week the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) and the Keystone Research Center (KRC) released the report, “Pennsylvania’s Great Working-Class Colleges.” The report highlights the success that the Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned university system, PASSHE, has had in moving students from lower income families into the top…
Damn the Public: Suppressing Information of Pipeline Spills in PA
Damn the Public: Suppressing Information of Pipeline Spills in PA The U.S. Coast Guard’s National Response Center (NRC) website is probably not the first place you’d look to find details of a pipeline incident in Berks County, but that’s the only place accessible to the public where you’ll find any record of what occurred on April…
Senator Eichelberger to Female Journalist on His Bill to Cut Planned Parenthood? ‘Alright, I’m Done With You’ That is what Pennsylvania State Senator John Eichelberger told a female reporter after she questioned his plan to defund Planned Parenthood.
Pennsylvania Student Power Network stands up to PASSHE administration in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Student Power Network stands up to PASSHE administration in Harrisburg On Tuesday morning, PASSHE students, faculty and their allies rallied at the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg. Their mission: “take back” the state system from administrators who don’t understand the concerns of educators and the economic struggles students face, from trying to survive working low-wage campus…
This Earth Day people around the country took to the streets to show support for science and the environment. Although bigger in Philadelphia, the Doylestown March For Science was impressive. The March went from State & Main Streets to a corner of the old courthouse at Court and Broad Streets. More than 1,000 people turned…
With The ‘People’s Climate March’ Approaching, Activist Bill McKibben Calls Environmentalists To Action
With The ‘People’s Climate March’ Approaching, Activist Bill McKibben Calls Environmentalists To Action One of the country’s leading environmentalists made a stop in the Lehigh Valley on Wednesday, stressing the importance of civil disobedience in the fight against climate change. Bill McKibben, who has authored over a dozen books on the subject, spoke at Northampton Community…
Trump’s environmental agenda threatens human health: Comment early, comment often
Trump’s environmental agenda threatens human health: Comment early, comment often On Feb 24, President Trump signed an executive order that established a policy to relieve the country of “unnecessary regulatory burdens.” Trump’s environmental agenda includes the destruction of Obama’s not-yet-implemented Clean Power Plan, a rollback of fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles, and a rule by which for…
School Choice Advocates Tried to Kick Harrisburg Resident Off of School Board Ballot, But She Persisted
School Choice Advocates Tried to Kick Harrisburg Resident Off of School Board Ballot, But She Persisted She persisted. That has been one of the many themes coming from the resistance since the Trump Organization took over Washington DC. It became a rallying cry when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell turned off Senator Elizabeth Warren’s microphone…
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