Betsey Piette

Voter ID laws aim to disenfranchise

Philadelphia - It is being called the new “poll tax” levied as a requirement for voting in parts of the…

July 27, 2012

Overdose deaths? Most come from prescription painkillers

Possession of street drugs, even small amounts of marijuana, lands millions of people in prison, sometimes for life, especially if…

July 25, 2012

Glaxo $3 billion fine – Just the cost of doing business

It is being touted as the largest financial penalty of its kind in the U.S. against a pharmaceutical corporation. In…

July 20, 2012

Pennsylvania fracking moratorium:<br />Only for the 1%

Philadelphia — With the stroke of a pen, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett exempted the state’s wealthiest counties from the direct…

July 18, 2012

Protesters demand ‘Free Mumia’

Despite the record heat, around 100 people gathered at Fifth and Market streets next to Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell for a…

July 18, 2012