Happy Opt-Out Day PA! Rick Talks with Robin Roberts from Parents United for Public Ed About the Growing Resistance to High Stakes Testing Robin Roberts, Opt out Mom for the second year and a member of Parents United for Public Education…
Sari Stevens, Exec. Dir. of Planned Parenthood PA Advocates Joins Rick Smith to Talk about Actions to Defend Women’s Access to Reproductive Healthcare Sari Stevens, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates joins Rick to talk about the anti-abortion rally in Harrisburg and her groups Day of Action and Rally for Reproductive Health.
Rand Is Driving the Clown Car! Rick Smith Talks with Ian Millhiser from ThinkProgress about Rand Paul’s Stumble Into the 2016 Presidential Race Ian Millhiser, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Editor of ThinkProgress Justice joins Rick to talk about the disastrous start to Rand Paul’s Presidential campaign and talk…
Pennsylvania Lawmaker’s Bill Would Give Guns to Burglars, Arsonists, Straw Purchasers and More
Pennsylvania Lawmaker’s Bill Would Give Guns to Burglars, Arsonists, Straw Purchasers and More In Pennsylvania, if you want to purchase a firearm, you have to pass two background checks. There’s the broader National Instant Criminal Background Check System and then there’s the more restrictive Pennsylvania Instant Criminal Background Check System. It seems tedious, doesn’t it? One system…
Pennsylvania Republicans Call for National Constitutional Convention to “Limit Federal Government”
Pennsylvania Republicans Call for National Constitutional Convention to “Limit Federal Government” In the beginning of February, Pennsylvania State Representative Matt Gabler introduced a house resolution that calls for a national constitutional convention that puts fiscal restraints on the federal government, and earlier today, the House and Senate State Government Hearings actually dedicated two hours to…
#PaBudget: York County Republican Mistakes Capitalist Governor for a Socialist
#PaBudget: York County Republican Mistakes Capitalist Governor for a Socialist It only took 80 days for someone to drop the “socialist” bomb on our capitalist governor Tom Wolf. While appearing on WGAL at the end of the month, York County Republican Seth Grove described Governor Wolf’s property tax cuts and education funding formula as “the largest socialist…
AFSCME Issues Statement Concerning the Mistreatment of Workers at Kutztown University
AFSCME Issues Statement Concerning the Mistreatment of Workers at Kutztown University Since the publication of our exposé on the mistreatment of workers at Kutztown University, more workers are coming forward to tell their stories to Raging Chicken Press. Our first article highlighted the resignation of Kutztown’s former Campus Grounds Supervisor, Cory Lapp, and his letter to…
Health Committee Leader Who is “Skeptical of Medical Marijuana” Has Ties to Pain Killer Lobby
Health Committee Leader Who is “Skeptical of Medical Marijuana” Has Ties to Pain Killer Lobby Yesterday, the House Health and Judiciary Committees held a joint hearing on legalizing medical marijuana, and at that hearing, the Health Committee leader, Matt Baker, came out against medical marijuana. The PLS Reporter wrote: Seeming to follow the concerns of law enforcement,…
Trust is Not a Word We Use Around Here: Life in Chemical Valley During West Virginia’s Water Crisis
Trust is Not a Word We Use Around Here: Life in Chemical Valley During West Virginia’s Water Crisis 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…
Community Group Forms to Urge Schools to Highlight Experiences, Not Assessments, in Education
Community Group Forms to Urge Schools to Highlight Experiences, Not Assessments, in Education PRESS RELEASE: MERIT, 4/6/15 Kutztown Area School District’s state standardized tests for grades 3-8, the PSSAs, are scheduled to begin on Monday, April 13. A community organization has formed to share concerns about the negative impact standardized testing has on our educational system….
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