Betsey Piette

Wanted posters target Puerto Rico Fiscal Control Board ‘mercenaries’

Philadelphia — Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017. But over a year earlier, in June 2016,…

October 16, 2018

In Philadelphia, a protest of draconian state prison policies

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is backing draconian measures to restrict mail, books and periodicals available to prisoners. On Oct. 10,…

October 13, 2018

Limo owner in deadly crash was FBI informant

The 20 people who died in the Oct. 6 tragic crash of a supersized limousine in Schoharie, N.Y., were not…

October 13, 2018

Ireland and Mexico act to reduce global warming

While the Trump administration in the U.S. continues to deny the pressing impact of global warming — and acts to…

August 14, 2018

Philadelphia Occupy ICE scores a win

The weeks of protests and occupations outside the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and Philadelphia City Hall brought about…

July 30, 2018

Police attack on ICE encampment condemned

Police raided an encampment outside the Philadelphia Immigration Customs and Enforcement facility for the second time on July 5. It…

July 12, 2018

WW interview with Debbie and Mike Africa

Following a 15-month-long siege on a MOVE compound in Philadelphia’s Powelton Village neighborhood, police launched a major assault on the…

July 10, 2018

MOVE 9’s Debbie Africa, released after 40 years, speaks at news conference

East Lansdowne, Pa. — At a press conference in East Lansdowne, Pa., on June 19, MOVE 9 member Debbie Sims…

June 24, 2018

MOVE member Debbie Africa released

Philadelphia — In the early morning of June 16, after nearly 40 years of unjust imprisonment by the state of…

June 17, 2018

Philadelphia protesters honor nurse slain in Gaza

As demonstrators gathered outside the Municipal Services Building in Philadelphia for a solidarity protest with Palestine on June 8, passersby…

June 16, 2018