Betsey Piette

Former death row inmate Kelvin X. Morris: Justice delayed is justice denied

According to the Pennsylvania Moratorium Coalition, a federal district court’s vacating of Kelvin X. Morris’s death sentence in July 2007…

August 19, 2013

Quebec train disaster was waiting to happen

In North America’s worst rail disaster since 1989, a train carrying fracked oil from North Dakota exploded in the small…

July 21, 2013

Monsanto under fire globally

It was not a good week for Monsanto, the largest manufacturer and promoter of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). First, on…

June 6, 2013

Worldwide march planned against Monsanto

On May 25, activists from around the world will unite to march against Monsanto, the largest manufacturer and promoter of…

May 26, 2013

Thousands walk out in Philadelphia: ’Save our schools!’

Philadelphia — For the third time in ten days, students walked out of classrooms here on May 17 to protest…

May 22, 2013

Philadelphia students walk out over budget cuts

“No ifs! No buts! No education cuts!” was the chant by hundreds of students from several Philadelphia public high schools…

May 17, 2013

MOVE house remembered

The 28th anniversary of the racist bombing of the MOVE family house in Philadelphia, which killed 11 men, women and…

May 17, 2013

‘Long Distance Revolutionary’: #1 documentary in Philadelphia

Philadelphia — In one of many milestones in the decades-long movement to free political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, the documentary film "Long…

May 7, 2013

Rallies on Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 59th birthday demand his release

Philadelphia — On April 24, in celebration of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 59th birthday, hundreds of people from several East Coast cities…

April 26, 2013

Behind Newark cancellation of ‘Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary’

In December 1981, award-winning journalist and political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was accused of killing a Philadelphia police officer. While professing…

April 25, 2013