Pennsylvania

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

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

Protest, public hearing challenge Pennsylvania solitary confinement

Philadelphia — In August 2011, Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, stated that solitary confinement “may cause…

September 29, 2012

Ongoing protests target racist Pa. voter ID law

On Sept. 18, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sent the state’s controversial voter identification (ID) law back to a lower court…

September 29, 2012

‘Fracktavists’ challenge gas industry, effects of hydraulic fracturing

Philadelphia — The shale gas industry is feeling the heat. Major protests have drawn record numbers of participants, publicity and…

September 27, 2012

Jim-Crow-era voting law protested

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Philadelphia Municipal Building on Sept. 16 for an early morning rally to oppose the…

September 24, 2012

Activists tell Pa. Gov. Corbett: ’Corporate welfare, NO! Human welfare, YES!’

“Gov. [Tom] Corbett, blood is on your hands,” charged Jeffrey Jordan, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church, on Sept. 13.…

September 22, 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