Betsey Piette

Nat’l People’s Assembly decries police terror, lack of jobs

Baltimore — There was excitement in the air as people gathered in Baltimore on Dec.15 for the first National People’s Power…

December 20, 2012

Schools push students to for-profit prisons

While U.S. corporations seem unwilling to cut into their profits to provide living-wage jobs for millions of unemployed youth, for-profit…

December 13, 2012

Condemnation of Israel goes global

Within days of the start of Israel’s latest aerial offensive on the imprisoned people of the Gaza Strip, solidarity protests…

November 28, 2012

Gaza assault protested

The U.S.-backed Israeli attacks on Gaza were protested by outraged activists outside the Philadelphia Israeli Consulate at rush hour on…

November 20, 2012

Pennsylvania environmental department fronts for frackers

For years, Pennsylvania families living near natural gas drilling activity have relied on the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to…

November 15, 2012

Community meets to condemn killer cops

It was a meeting held against all odds. Hurricane Sandy had just swept up the Eastern seaboard. Public transit was…

November 8, 2012

‘Veronica and the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal’

Philadelphia — Over the years, since the 1982 frame-up conviction of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, witnesses have come forward one by…

October 24, 2012

East Baltimore Peoples Assembly: ’Justice for Anthony Anderson Sr.’

On Oct. 13, community activists along with friends and families of victims of police brutality gathered for the East Baltimore…

October 20, 2012

Monsanto, genetic engineering and food, part 2

Part 1 covered the hazards of genetically modified crops and the role of Monsanto in pushing them worldwide. Along with…

October 15, 2012

Voter ID law delayed but not dead

Philadelphia — An Oct. 2 ruling by Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson that partially enjoined the state’s controversial voter…

October 12, 2012