Betsey Piette

Climate change and COVID-19 on Earth Day 2020

If there is a silver lining to be found in the horrific coronavirus pandemic, it may be that major industrial…

April 16, 2020

Gilead Sciences eyes COVID-19 cash cow

As jobs are lost during the COVID-19 crisis, an overwhelming majority of workers and oppressed people in the U.S. have…

April 10, 2020

Asian Americans speak out against Trump’s racism

  In response to widespread reports of anti-Asian racism, harassment and violence, Asian Americans United Philadelphia hosted a zoom gathering…

April 1, 2020

Shale oil, energy debt and false promises

Even before the first case of the coronavirus COVID-19 was confirmed in the United States, fault lines were appearing in…

March 27, 2020

China calls for lifting of U.S. sanctions against Iran

Amid the fight against the coronavirus COVID-19, China called on March 16 for the immediate lifting of U.S. sanctions on…

March 17, 2020

New wave of protests sweeping across Chile

Chile has witnessed a week of renewed protests demanding the resignation of billionaire President Sebastián Piñera and calling for a…

March 13, 2020

State makes last-ditch effort to deny Mumia justice

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has a long and openly biased history when it comes to justice for political prisoner Mumia…

March 2, 2020

‘Fracking’: La ‘gran mentira’ sobre desechos tóxicos

Filadelfia La fracturación hidráulica, conocida como “fracking”, es el proceso de forzar el agua cargada de productos químicos en formaciones…

February 17, 2020

Big Oil and Gas spread the ‘Big Lie’ about toxic waste

Philadelphia Hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking,” is the process of forcing chemical-laden water into underground shale formations in order to…

February 14, 2020

Released at last: Welcome home, Move 9 member Chuck Africa!

Philadelphia Imprisoned since he was only 18, Charles Sims Africa was finally released from Pennsylvania’s SCI Fayette on Feb. 7. …

February 10, 2020