Report on Rally Against Charterization of York City Public Schools by Rick Smith Show Capitol Reporter, Sean Kitchen | January 29, 2015 Sean Kitchen, Rick Smith Show Capitol Reporter gives his report of the York City School rally.
Rick Smith Talks with Student Organizer Ashlee DeSantis about Rally to Fight Charterization of York Public Schools | January 29, 2015 Ashlee DeSantis, senior at William Penn High School in York and an organizer with the William Penn Student Union joins Rick to talk about her high school experience and her work to save her school…
Rick Smith Talks with Robert Bruno, Director of the Labor Education Program at U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, about Latest Attacks on Workers’ Rights | January 29, 2015 Robert Bruno, Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Labor & Employment Relations and Director of the…
Rick Smith Gets into the Policy Weeds with Ron White about Failings of ‘Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act’ (H.R. 527) | January 29, 2015 Ronald White, Director of Regulatory Policy at the Center for Effective Government talks about H.R. 527 (the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015) and what it will do to…
Why Are People So Opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)? What, You Don’t Know What This Is? WATCH! Robert Reich explains the TPP in under three minutes. Right here:
Feltonville Teachers Will Not Be Silenced: Administrative Threats Lead Only to a Widening of the Fight to Stop High-Stakes Tests
Feltonville Teachers Will Not Be Silenced: Administrative Threats Lead Only to a Widening of the Fight to Stop High-Stakes Tests Earlier this week, Sean Kitchen reported that several teachers from Feltonville School of Arts & Sciences in Philadelphia were called to “investigatory conferences” and may face disciplinary action for informing parents of their legal right to…
#NAWD or National Adjunct Walkout Day is February 25, 2015
nationaladjunct: … (and February 23-27, National Adjunct Action week) is a day (or week) that adjuncts all over the country will take advantage of to bring attention to the plight of adjuncts. #NAAW or There are shared goals and concerns to be certain, but exactly how adjuncts use the day or week is to be……
PA GOV. WOLF PURSUES DRILLING ON 700,000 ACRES OF STATE LAND
PA GOV. WOLF PURSUES DRILLING ON 700,000 ACRES OF STATE LAND Press Release: Energy Justice Network | January 29, 2015 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – On Thursday, Governor Tom Wolf will announce a moratorium on new oil and gas leases in state lands, but will leave nearly 700,000 acres of Pennsylvania’s 1.2 million acres of state forests on the table…
York Residents and School Board Members Have One Demand for Governor Wolf Authors Note: This story was originally posted to the Rick Smith Show, where I am working as a producer and capitol correspondent for the Rick Smith Show. Show some support by travelling over to the Rick Smith Show website, where we’ll have continuing…
Environmental Groups Want More Protections After Wolf Bans Fracking in State Parks and Forests
Environmental Groups Want More Protections After Wolf Bans Fracking in State Parks and Forests Yesterday evening, the Associated Press reported that Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order banning fracking in Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests. Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests have been treated like a political football over the past three gubernatorial administrations. When Pennsylvania’s…
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