I’d like to share about a recurring issue in my life called being a woman. I’m finding myself–due to recent events involving a beloved professor from my alma mater being chastised by Fox News clown, Tucker Carlson, and attacked by violent internet trolls–reflecting on the street harassment article I wrote a few months back. In…
The Pennsylvania Student Power Network—the group that brought you the APSCUF solidarity campaign, the fight for $15, and this action at July’s Board of Governor’s meeting—has launched a statewide campaign to make PASSHE schools, state-related schools, and community colleges tuition-free. This fall, they’re asking: What if you had free college? Check out some of the answers below, and…
Why I Said No to Tucker Carlson, and Why My “No” Didn’t Matter
Why I Said No to Tucker Carlson, and Why My “No” Didn’t Matter How did I come to write one the strangest paragraphs of my life to one of the most unexpected recipients—the senior booker on Fox News’s Tucker Carlson Tonight—on Wednesday? If I weren’t getting death threats and felt safe to go on the show,…
Michael Helfrich and a Watershed Election for York City Mayor
Michael Helfrich and a Watershed Election for York City Mayor A former Green Party member and longtime watershed conservationist, Michael Helfrich, is running for mayor of York City, and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has responded by pouring in resources in support of his opponent. As the presumed Republican gubernatorial candidate, Scott Wagner of York County…
Better Media Can Make Us All Less Racist
Better Media Can Make Us All Less Racist Our brains are really good at finding patterns. This makes us great at performing simple tasks quickly and efficiently. It also makes us racist as hell. Let me tell you about a time I participated in an online research survey. I was told that I would be shown…
Dickinson Student Shows Up as Colin Kaepernick in Blackface for Halloween
Dickinson Student Shows Up as Colin Kaepernick in Blackface for Halloween An image of a white Dickinson College student dressed up as Colin Kaepernick with a gun pointed to his head is making the rounds on Instagram. The image was posted on the “greekshenanigans3” Instagram account with “Dickinson College (@dickinsoncollege) in Carlisle PA Halloween party #YesThatsAGunToTheRight”…
Millersville Releases Images of Identity Evropa Members Who Put Recruitment Posters on Campus
Millersville Releases Images of Identity Evropa Members Who Put Recruitment Posters on Campus The Raging Chicken Press has obtained images of Identity Evropa members, Ian Hoffmann and William Clark, placing white nationalist recruitment posters on Millersville University’s campus through the Right to Know process. Identity Evropa recruitment posters were discovered on Elizabethtown College’s and Millersville University’s campus in early…
Men, Women, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault
Men, Women, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault I can’t stay quiet any longer. I have friends who have been sexually harassed and assaulted. Thankfully they weren’t physically hurt, but still…. Sadly, all of them are women. Amazing, talented, incredible women, who never asked for any of this to happen to them. They were NEVER asking for…
Stop PA Senator Donald White’s Attack the Healthcare for Transgender Teens
Stop PA Senator Donald White’s Attack the Healthcare for Transgender Teens The Pennsylvania Senate and Banking and Insurance Committee recently passed a bill reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Pennsylvania Senator Donald White attached an amendment that would prevent transgender teens from seeking gender reassignment surgery. The bill, HB 1388, and it’s amendment was passed…
Teachers or School Privatization Lobbyists? Will the REAL Grassroots Activists Please Stand Up
Teachers or School Privatization Lobbyists? Will the REAL Grassroots Activists Please Stand Up Everyone claims to be grassroots. We’re the ordinary people – they say – the Hoi Polloi, the everyday Joes and Janes who make the world go round. Which is to say we’re NOT the wealthy elite who get what they want simply by buying lawmakers and…