Betsey Piette

Behind the death of energy mogul Aubrey McClendon

Aubrey McClendon did not invent fracking — the process that unleashed widespread drilling for natural gas — but he convinced…

March 10, 2016

Treat hep C in Philly jails!

Supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal took their campaign demanding life-saving drugs for him and 10,000 other Pennsylvania prisoners suffering…

January 29, 2016

Black Lives Matter activists disrupt Philly Mummers New Year event

Calling for “no business as usual while police kill Black and Brown people daily,” the Philadelphia Coalition for R.E.A.L. (Racial,…

January 4, 2016

Exposure of DOC’s faked evidence shakes Mumia’s Hep C hearing

Scranton, Pa. The third and final day for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ended on Dec.…

January 4, 2016

Mumia Abu-Jamal gets hep C hearing in court

Scranton, Pa. -- It was a full-court press by supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal as he brought his case…

December 22, 2015

Rx company mergers put meds out of reach for millions

Around 170 million people globally are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus. Left untreated, HCV causes liver disease and…

December 21, 2015

Support the Dec. 18 hearing on Mumia Abu-Jamal’s health crisis

U.S. Federal Court Judge Robert Mariani has ordered a full evidentiary hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Scranton, Pa., on Dec.…

December 7, 2015

Mumia supporters highlight HCV epidemic

Philadelphia -- An “Emergency Town Hall and Report to the People” was held here Nov. 13 to garner support for a…

November 19, 2015

Philly trans* march draws broad support

Hundreds of people gathered at Thomas Paine Plaza on Oct. 10 for Philadelphia’s fifth annual Trans* March [“trans*” is a…

October 15, 2015

Health care providers call for hep C treatment for Mumia Abu-Jamal and other PA prisoners

Over 40 health care providers signed onto an appeal sent to Pennsylvania officials on Oct. 5, calling for a change…

October 6, 2015