Retrenchment and Higher Education As a result of continued annual budget cuts under Governor Tom Corbett (18% for 2013 alone) to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), all universities in the system have had to reconcile the difference by making difficult financial decisions. However, one state college, East Stroudsburg University (full disclosure: my […]
Category: Activism
DHS And Western Union Announce Alliance To Combat Human Trafficking
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that they are forming an alliance with Western Union for the purpose of combating human trafficking. Western Union will work closely with the DHS Blue Campaign, which is the “unified voice for DHS’ efforts to combat human trafficking.” (Source) Among other services, DHS provides immigration relief for […]
Why Malala's Challenge To The President Is So Remarkable (VIDEO)
When it is said that young people are the ones who change the world, many take that as an ideal, something that has happened in the past on occasion, but a concept that has somewhat escaped our current state of affairs. However, from the hills of Pakistan, a girl named Malala Yousafzai is marking her […]
Chris Brown Says Losing Virginity At Age 8 Is Normal 'In The Country'
In an interview with The Guardian, R&B star Chris Brown admitted to childhood sexual abuse. Except he didn’t call it that… According to Brown, he lost his virginity when he was eight years old. His “lover” was “14 or 15.” When the reporter expressed shock, Brown confirmed with a “grin and chuckle”: Yeah, really. Uh-huh. […]
Where Are The Unions?
I found this article “The Middle Class Does Better In States With Lots Of Union Members” by Alan Pyke, on thinkprogess.org It states, “The middle class brings home a substantially larger share of aggregate earnings in states that have high rates of union membership than in those where fewer workers are organized, a Center for […]
Filmmaker Documents Questionable Suppression Tactics By NYPD During Occupy Protests.(Video)
Paul-Henry Sullivan documents the tactics used to Suppress Occupy protestors by the NYPD. In his 10 minute film, titled “10 arrests in 83 minutes”, Sullivan goes to the protest and captures footage in multiple locations of protesters being arrested for “public safety reasons”. Sullivan questions if these people who are being arrested really are menace […]