Betsey Piette

Philadelphia communities unite against destructive developers

Philadelphia Close to 150 people, representing over a dozen diverse multinational, working-class Philadelphia neighborhoods, rallied together at FDR Park in…

November 16, 2022

Abu-Jamal hearing: racism the elephant in the room

Philadelphia It has been just over 40 years since Mumia Abu-Jamal was subjected to a racist frame-up and unjustly sentenced…

October 28, 2022

Nuclear war threat from U.S./NATO, not Russia

Philadelphia This October marked the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis — when the U.S. and the Soviet Union…

October 27, 2022

University owes Black community reparations

Philadelphia For weeks, students at the University of Pennsylvania have joined residents facing eviction from the University City Townhomes to…

October 19, 2022

Britain: Rail strikes challenge inflation and job cuts

British railway workers demanding wage increases to keep pace with decades-high inflation have spearheaded a wave of industrial job actions…

October 14, 2022

Louisiana youth to be jailed on Angola former death row

On Sept. 23, Louisiana Chief District Judge Shelly Dick ruled that incarcerated youth in New Orleans can be moved to…

October 6, 2022

Workers at Philadelphia Home Depot file for union

Retail workers at a Home Depot store in northeast Philadelphia filed a petition on Sept. 20 with the National Labor…

September 28, 2022

Peoples’ Townhomes on front lines of struggle for affordable housing

Residents in 69 low-income housing units at the University City Townhomes in West Philadelphia received welcome news Sept. 23. Their…

September 27, 2022

UPenn students rally for environmental and housing justice

Students at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia held a press conference and rally Sept. 26 at the Fossil Free…

September 26, 2022

Lack of affordable housing makes HUD vouchers useless

On Sept. 1 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued its annual Fair Market Rents (FMR) report…

September 9, 2022