#BaltimoreRiots: PA Legislator Compares Union Workers to Rioters Appearing on Wednesday’s Dom Giordano Show, State Representative Mike Vereb compared union workers to those who participated in Monday’s riot in Baltimore. In the middle of the interview, Dom Giordano switched topics and asked Representative Vereb about legislation that would curb a union’s ability to demonstrate outside a business owners…
Philly Low Wage Workers Stage May Day Rally to Demand $15 Minimum Wage Ballot Question
Philly Low Wage Workers Stage May Day Rally to Demand $15 Minimum Wage Ballot Question Media Release: 15 Now Philly State Senator Daylin Leach and workers are set to rally for $15/hour minimum wage law. Energy for the rally has been building as Daylin Leach announces new legislation calling for a $15/hour minimum wage and as workers…
Explosive New Report: Right-Wing Financial Traders from the Suburbs Bet Big on the Philadelphia Mayoral Race
Explosive New Report: Right-Wing Financial Traders from the Suburbs Bet Big on the Philadelphia Mayoral Race Media Release: Keystone Progress, April 30, 2015 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania– Today, a new report unveiled at City Hall, showed how the controversial Susquehanna International Group (SIG) is leveraging direct ties to the Koch Brothers, Scott Walker, and right-wing groups to try…
Bernie Sanders 2016: Things Just Got Interesting
Bernie Sanders 2016: Things Just Got Interesting While the Republic Party is steaming toward a sequel to it’s 2012 presidential-primary-as-reality-TV-show, Hillary Clinton has had the spotlight all to herself on the Democratic side of the race – until now. Bernie Sanders has officially thrown his hat into the 2016 presidential race. While many progressives have been…
Property Over People, or, What We Can Learn from Baltimore
Property Over People, or, What We Can Learn from Baltimore Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared over at Lehigh Valley Vanguard, a new progressive visual and literary publication based out of Easton, PA. Marlana Eck is the founder and Editor of the Lehigh Valley Vanguard. Be sure to check out their full site and give them some love….
Black Protests, White Coverage: How The Mainstream Media Distorts The Uprising in Baltimore
Editor’s Note: Another awesome post from the wonderful world of Virally Suppressed: Muckraking for the Modern World out of Cincinnati, OH. This article was originally posted by Drew Gibson on Virally Suppressed. After you read this, head on over to Virally Suppressed and let Drew know that Raging Chicken Press sent you! And, while you’re at it, follow Virally Suppressed…
#StopFastTack: James Hoffa Calls Bullshit On Obama’s TPP Strategy
#StopFastTack: James Hoffa Calls Bullshit On Obama’s TPP Strategy Teamsters President James Hoffa was in Hershey this week for the annual Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters. At the conference, Hoffa was interviewed by Rick Smith, host of the Rick Smith Show, and at the beginning of the interview, Hoffa called “bullshit” on President Obama’s TPP strategy. Here’s…
Kutztown University Student Newspaper Reports on Raging Chicken Coverage of Worker Abuse at the University
Kutztown University Student Newspaper Reports on Raging Chicken Coverage of Worker Abuse at the University The story of worker abuse at Kutztown University continues to resonate across the university’s campus and the Commonwealth. In a story published last week, Moriah Thomas reported on Raging Chicken Press’s coverage of worker abuse at Kutztown for the student newspaper, The…
#PABudget: Collective Bargaining Transparency Bills Part of Larger National Effort
#PABudget: Collective Bargaining Transparency Bills Part of Larger National Effort The Commonwealth Foundation’s latest attack on public sector unionism is part of a national offensive coordinated by the conservative state think tanks in the State Policy Network. The Commonwealth Foundation is one of nine think-tanks that have pursued – or are pursuing – collective bargaining transparency laws. They…
Natural Gas Development Increases Radiation Risks
Natural Gas Development Increases Radiation Risks Editor’s Note: Melody Fleck is on the Executive Committee of the Moshannon Group-Sierra Club Executive Committee and is the Committee Chair for Beyond Gas. On January 15, 2015, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released its “comprehensive” TENORM Report. TENORM stands for Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material, meaning…
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