Editor’s Note: Raging Chicken Press welcomes our newest contributor, Julia Scheib. Please give her a warm Raging Chicken welcome and share this! At the People’s Climate March in Manhattan this past Sunday, several hundred thousand marchers walked roughly seven blocks through a mild breeze under an overcast sky threatening rain. But few drops fell and…
Arsenic-Laced Coffee Good for You
Arsenic-Laced Coffee Good for You You’re sitting in your favorite restaurant one balmy September morning. Your waitress brings a pot of coffee and a standard 5-ounce cup. “Would you like cream and sugar with it?” she asks. You drink your coffee black. And hot. You decline her offer. “Would you like arsenic with it?” she asks….
No Justice for Chagos
No Justice for Chagos Many know of the forced displacement of the people of the Bikini Islands, who were removed from their land to make room for US Army and Navy joint testing of nuclear weapons in the 1940s. While the islanders were told that they would only have to leave “temporarily” so that the US…
Corbett Deepens PA’s Dependence on Fracking in the Name of Environmental Protection
Corbett Deepens PA’s Dependence on Fracking in the Name of Environmental Protection You may have caught the announcement that Gov. Tom Corbett was on hand to open Philadelphia’s first public compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station recently. VNG – a Bala Cynwyd-based start-up devoted to “building the national infrastructure to fuel America’s natural gas vehicles”– installed…
People’s Climate March Livestream: RIGHT HERE At the time of this post, we are about an hour an a half from the start of the historic People’s Climate March in New York City.
Sean Kitchen Live Tweeting from People’s Climate March in NYC! Follow Sean Kitchen’s tweets From historic People’s Climate March right here: Sean Kitchen Tweeting from People’s Climate March
No Safe Haven for Obstructionists
No Safe Haven for Obstructionists Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the Senate minority leader, is not a happy man. He didn’t like it when Barack Obama was elected president. Just about the first thing McConnell said was that his main responsibility was to make sure Mr. Obama was a one-term president. That vow drove McConnell’s and the…
My Future (Dem) Congressman Voted for TRAP Law That is Sending a Mother to Jail
My Future (Dem) Congressman Voted for TRAP Law That is Sending a Mother to Jail As a State Representative, My future (Dem) Congressman Brendan Boyle voted for a TRAP law that closed women’s clinics around Pennsylvania and because of that vote Boyle took, a mother, who gave her daughter pills to force a miscariage because they lived…
LETTER: Employer Lays Off Employee After Cancer Diagnosis, Plea for Fundraiser Going Viral
LETTER: Employer Lays Off Employee After Cancer Diagnosis, Plea for Fundraiser Going Viral Last night, a letter from an oral surgeon to an office assistant was posted on social media, and in a plea for help, the letter is starting to go viral. The letter that was posted to Facebook stated: Dear Carol, You are currently…
#FastFoodStrike: Fast Food Workers Nationwide Take to the Streets Demanding $15/hr and a Union
#FastFoodStrike: Fast Food Workers Nationwide Take to the Streets Demanding $15/hr and a Union Fast food workers are walking off the job today as part of a nationwide day of actionto demand a raise in the minimum wage to $15/hour and a union. Workers in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York, Miami, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego,…
Juicy Pumpkin Juice 