Betsey Piette

Morgan Lewis lawyers – high-paid union-busting thugs

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bosses hired Pinkerton Agency goon squads to infiltrate unions, break strikes and…

February 16, 2021

Philadelphia teachers defy return to classroom order

Philadelphia Thousands of Philadelphia public school teachers defied an order from school Superintendent William Hite Jr. to return to their…

February 10, 2021

Biden’s ‘prison reform’: Smoke and mirrors

In an executive order signed Jan. 26 as part of his “racial equity” plan, President Joe Biden ordered the U.S.…

February 10, 2021

‘Biden won’t save us!’

Chants of “Cops and Klan work hand-in-hand” and “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA” filled the air outside Philadelphia…

January 11, 2021

Free Maroon! Jan. 18 day of actions

Prison abolitionists in several Northeast cities are organizing “Justice Is Dead” car caravans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to…

January 11, 2021

Exonerate Mumia Abu-Jamal!

Donald Outlaw became the 17th exoneree in three years in Philadelphia, when his 2000 murder conviction was overturned Dec. 28.…

January 4, 2021

Release Mumia now!

Philadelphia The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police have done everything possible to silence Mumia Abu-Jamal and bury his fight for…

December 18, 2020

Barrier to Mumia’s appeal dismissed: Case can move forward

Philadelphia A significant roadblock to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal of his unjust 1982 murder conviction was removed on Dec. 16, when…

December 17, 2020

Palestine Writes: A labor of love

Originally scheduled to take place in New York City this March, but canceled due to the pandemic, the Palestine Writes…

December 7, 2020

Protesters call for release of incarcerated workers

Philadelphia Around 50 demonstrators gathered outside the Federal Detention Center at Seventh and Arch streets on Nov. 28 to demand…

December 4, 2020