Commentaries

Many people are now aware of Pennsylvania’s infamous Silencing Act, enacted into law in response to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s commencement address at Goddard College in Vermont. The Silencing Act authorizes PA’s Attorney General, District Attorneys, “victims”… Full Transcript

March 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic protest march across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where scores of Black women, men and children were viciously… Full Transcript

Prison Radio is an outstanding news outlet run by people who believe in incarcerated-citizens’ rights to freedom of speech and freedom of expression and which provides a news medium for prisoners to report what goes… Full Transcript

Jessica Hernandez, a 17-year-old transgender Latina known as Jessie to her friends, was murdered in cold blood by two Denver, Colorado police officers while sitting in a vehicle with four of her teenage friends. Denver… Full Transcript

Andre Jacobs, Carrington Keys, Derrick Stanley, Duane Peters, Anthony Kelley and Anthony Locke are The Dallas 6. A group of courageous Pennsylvania state prisoners who have stood up against prison guards’ torture, abuse and terror… Full Transcript

The signs of protesters are telling. Their signs can be filled with messages of love, humor, guidance, warning, threats or inspiration. The signs of protesters also can show the degree of socio-political consciousness of the… Full Transcript

My friend, Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama, passed away in her home in Oakland, California on June 1st, 2014. She was 93 years of age and lived a beautiful life. Yuri and I first met in… Full Transcript

These crass, opportunistic politicians in Pennsylvania are at it again this mid-term election cycle. In an attempt to curry favor from the Fraternal Order of Police (F.O.P.) and conservative voters, Pennsylvania’s Governor Tom Corbett, Department… Full Transcript