Pennsylvania House Committee Invites White Nationalist to Testify on English Only Bill On Monday September 21, the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee is holding a hearing on House Bill 1506, which aims to make English the official language of the Commonwealth. Those slated to speak before the hearing are include Jan Ting, Temple University; Andy Hoover,…
Allentown Student Activists Prepare to Walkout of Classes on September 28
Allentown Student Activists Prepare to Walkout of Classes on September 28 Instead of watching their schools die a slow death by defunding and neglect, a group of Allentown students is taking their education to the streets during the week of September 28 – October 2. In press release issued earlier today, the United Youth of Allentown…
Bernie Sanders Launches Webisodes as Part of Presidential Campaign
Bernie Sanders Launches Webisodes as Part of Presidential Campaign Yesterday, Bernie Sanders launched the first “webisode” outlining the principles of his campaign. The move by Sanders’s campaign calls to mind the incredibly successful short videos released by Robert Reich which have made a significant contribution in popularizing a progressive economic analysis and making sense of mind-spinning…
Caucus of Working Educators Announces Slate to Transform Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Leadership
Caucus of Working Educators Announces Slate to Transform Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Leadership Dissent is brewing within the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, and the Caucus of Working Educators are about to launch a campaign within their union that has brought changes witnessed in teacher unions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit and Chicago. For the past several years,…
Kipona Vandalism Shines Light on Lack of Street Lighting on Midtown’s Riverfront
Kipona Vandalism Shines Light on Lack of Street Lighting on Midtown’s Riverfront Over the weekend, I wrote about how the vandalism in Midtown, Harrisburg following the Labor Day’s Kipona’s festival shined a light on some of the racial tensions in that part of the city, but one of the complaints that have been popping up following…
State House Wants to Take Up Iran Issue as #PABudget Debate Drags On
State House Wants to Take Up Iran Issue as #PABudget Debate Drags On Lets file this place this one in the “Things That Are Better Than Working On A Budget” Folder. House Representative Matt Baker has introduced HR 469 and which will ask the State House to urge the “Congress of the United States to reject the…
Racial Tensions Exposed in Harrisburg’s Midtown Neighborhood After Kipona’s Festival Vandalism
Racial Tensions Exposed in Harrisburg’s Midtown Neighborhood After Kipona’s Festival Vandalism On Friday night, September 5, a group of around 100 unruly teenagers left the Labor Day Weekend Kiponas Festival along Riverfront Park in Harrisburg and headed up Front St towards Midtown, Harrisburg. The group of teenagers vandalized a handful of cars, a gas station mini-mart…
As I reported last week, students in the Allentown School District are organizing in the face of what they see as an administration and a state legislature that just doesn’t care about their education or their future. Using the hashtag, #TheyDontCare, students released the first set of memes last week with the message: “40% of Allen…
Major University Forces Incoming Freshman to Read Pro-Fracking Propaganda & Give Essay Winners $100 Prize?
Major University Forces Incoming Freshman to Read Pro-Fracking Propaganda & Give Essay Winners $100 Prize? Penn State University is once again attracting the ire of the environmental community. This time, the university if forcing incoming freshman to read “The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution & Changed the World” by Russell Gold. According to…
#KentuckyClerk: Arresting Kim Davis Will Make Her a Wingnut Welfare Queen
#KentuckyClerk: Arresting Kim Davis Will Make Her a Wingnut Welfare Queen I have my own theory as to why Kim Davis refused signing marriage licenses for same-sex couples and it boils down to one thing, money. Sure, Kim Davis may have the religious convictions to deny same-sex couples but as soon as she was propped up…
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