Prisons: tear them down

‘Central Park Five’ rally at City Hall: A tale of two de Blasios

New York — On April 17, the December 12th Movement held a large, diverse rally at City Hall here to bring attention…

May 6, 2014

Bay Area celebrates Mumia’s birthday

Lynne Stewart, Ramona Africa, Pam Africa and Ralph Poynter were greeted by a packed, standing-room-only house in Oakland, Calif., on…

May 6, 2014

Oklahoma execution exposes death penalty: Cruel but usual

The heart attack that killed death row prisoner Clayton Lockett on April 29 after the state of Oklahoma tried to…

May 5, 2014

The Hurricane: Rubin Carter

From an April 23 audio column posted on prisonradio.org.  Hurricane Carter died from prostate cancer on April 20 at age…

May 3, 2014

San Diego meeting says ‘Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!’

San Diego's Malcolm X Library hosted an April 27 gathering honoring world-famous political prisoner, people's journalist and revolutionary author Mumia…

May 3, 2014

’Free Mumia! Free them all!’

The Sons and Daughters of the Revolution March on April 26 capped off three days of activities in Philadelphia honoring…

April 29, 2014

Drive for new legal review for Mumia

It seems almost too good to be true. On April 15, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced the creation of…

April 25, 2014

All out for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 60th birthday

Philadelphia -- On April 24, political prisoner and world-renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal turns 60. He has spent over half his…

April 8, 2014