Upstate New York same sex couples: DOMA is next!
Although the celebrations when New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signed marriage equality into law were more voluble in New York City, the end of the political struggle for same sex couples to gain...
View ArticleReturning veterans in Scranton find they have no jobs, the wrong skills and...
“This area is difficult,” said Mark Volk, the president-select and current executive vice president of Lackawanna College in Scranton, PA, “because there is not a lot of industry, there is not a lot of...
View ArticleThe right’s ‘union thugs’ in Pennsylvania, Ohio press for fair wages and...
“I was a nursing assistant for 30 odd years before I got my last job that required I be in a union,” Georgeanne Koelher (pictured) told Raw Story in Pittsburgh. “But it was the biggest perk that...
View ArticleOhio remains on the front lines of America’s intractable abortion debate
“Last summer, people would call the clinic and ask, ‘Is abortion still legal?’” Toni Thayer, the Director of Development and Communications for Preterm, an abortion clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The calls...
View ArticleOhioans face down fracking — and a lack of environmental oversight
“Industry likes to say, ‘We’ve been doing this for years, it’s not new technology, trust us, we know what we’re doing,’” said Brad Kelley, a professor in the Science and Technology Studies Department...
View ArticleAnti-abortion forces in Ohio see no middle ground for compromise
Every day during Lent, at least one member or follower of the Greater Columbus Right To Life can be seen praying outside of Complete Healthcare for Women — one of 4 clinics in the area that offers...
View ArticleA West Virginia Republican sees political, economic challenges ahead
Karen Caltrider retired recently as the partner in an accounting firm in Parkersburg, West Virginia, giving her enough time to reflect on politics at her local Cracker Barrel — “the closest restaurant...
View ArticleVirginia woman: The GOP’s War on Women makes me feel ‘unwelcome in my hometown’
Nell Boeschenstein is angry. “I take birth control to minimize my risk of ovarian cancer,” she said. “To have that be potentially denied coverage makes my blood boil in ways I can’t articulate.”...
View ArticleStudents lead living wage protest at University of Virginia amid climate of...
“Supervisors [of contract employees] reportedly told people, ‘If you go organize or go to a meeting, you’ll be fired,’” said Susan Fraiman, a professor at the University of Virginia and a long-time...
View ArticleLocal Virginia organizers team up with Occupy, unions for the public’s...
“People are overwhelmed with all the economic hardship, most of which has been caused by the bad decisions of the people in power,” said Teresa Stanley, the South Hampton Roads Organizer with Virginia...
View ArticlePrivate organizations fill in the gaps left by the recession and dwindling...
“If I was homeless tonight, I don’t know if I’d be alive by morning, I don’t have those skills,” Anne McGhee, the Director of Residential Services at the Bethesda House of Schenectady, told Raw Story...
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