Pennsylvania

Russell Maroon Shoats

Any victory, big or small, for the working class and oppressed population, is a step in the right direction. Even…

February 24, 2014

Drilling industry tramps on anti-fracking activist’s rights

Northeast Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale is ground zero for the impact of hydraulic fracturing — fracking — on rural communities. The process involves injecting…

February 4, 2014

Court strikes down Pennsylvania voter ID law

Civil rights activists in Pennsylvania won a victory on Jan. 17 when the state’s Commonwealth Court judge, Bernard L. McGinley, struck…

January 25, 2014

Philadelphia rally for school funding

Hundreds of students, teachers and parents marched in Philadelphia on Dec. 9 as part of national protests to demand fair…

December 20, 2013

The Dallas 6 case and solitary confinement

The case of the Dallas 6 goes to court in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Dec. 9. The six men will not…

December 6, 2013

Philadelphia education cutbacks claim first victim

For over two years, parents, students and school workers warned the Philadelphia School Reform Commission that draconian cuts in school…

October 18, 2013

Black school revives civil rights lawsuit

Philadelphia -- A broad coalition of students, alumni, faculty, staff, politicians, religious leaders and community supporters of Cheyney University gathered…

October 4, 2013

Black school revives civil rights lawsuit in Pennsylvania

A broad coalition of students, alumni, faculty, staff, politicians, religious leaders and community supporters of Cheyney University gathered for a…

September 27, 2013

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

Beyond Trayvon: When the personal ain’t political

Column written on July 21st. The Trayvon Martin case is rightly the straw that broke the camel’s back, for it…

August 4, 2013