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  • Committee of Seventy | 03-11

    On Monday, the Clerk of Quarter Sessions, Vivian Miller, resigned during a press conference led by the mayor. She has been under increasing pressure from the Committee of Seventy, the Philadelphia Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (PICA) and especially an ongoing investigative series in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  • rmship | 03-07

    Up to 20,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians will be hired using federal stimulus funds. Job slots will be in non-profit, public sector, or private sector jobs and all wages will be paid by the state of Pennsylvania. (1)
  • James Ridgeway and Jean Casella, Solitary Watch | 03-05

    Jamie Scott, 38, is suffering from kidney failure. She has received no indication that a kidney transplant is being considered as an option, though her sister is a willing donor. Jamie Scott’s family and legal advisors believe the poor health care she is receiving in prison places her life at risk.
  • Amy Wilson | 03-05

    Yesterday Mayor Nutter announced a 3.87 billion bugdet and a plan to plug financial gaps. Nutter's trash fee structure will need revision.
  • Watchdog | 03-04

    March 12 is the deadline to submit Public Comments against the natural gas Fracking that is on the way to pretty much destroying vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests, and private wells, municipal water supplies, Delaware River environment, Philadelphia's water supply, and more.
  • Rich Gardner | 03-04

    And it looks an awful lot like that problem's name is the President's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel. Not that Emanuel is any sort of Rasputin-like figure, wielding inappropriate behind-the-scenes power. Obama's a grown-up and is entirely responsible for the fact that Emanuel has that job. But a decision has to be made soon.
  • Philadelphia National Lawyers Guild | 03-02

    The Philadelphia Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, Drexel Law National Lawyers Guild, the ACLU of PA, and Drexel Law Students for Sensible Drug Policy Present:

    The Philadelphia Drug Policy Forum, Saturday, March 6, 2010, Room 140, Earle Mack School of Law Drexel University (1)

  • Sacramento Prisoner Support | 02-24

    The government has filed their response to Eric's appeal
  • wcu sds | 02-21

    West Chester Students for a Democratic Society stands in solidarity with the Women's Center Club for demanding the West Chester University allow the funding of the spoken-word group Pussies, Pens, Politics.
  • Rich Gardner | 02-18

    President Obama is considering making loan guarantees for nuclear power plants. Is that a good idea? (1)
  • The Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) | 02-14

    At least nine events in the Delaware Valley region are planned in response to the tragic milestone of the death of the 1000th US soldier in Afghanistan, which is expected to be reached within the next week or so (it is 990 as of February 14, 11AM). The events will mourn the deaths of US soldiers, as well as of Afghan and Pakistani civilians, killed in the near daily US drone strikes. U.S. forces just launched a major offensive on the city of Marja in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan and troop deaths are mounting quickly.
  • Anon | 02-12

    John Yoo will be speaking at a low-cost ($5), public (registration required) event on 2/18 at 5:30 PM. More details here: http://www.fed-soc.org/events/id.2220/event_detail.asp
  • Rich Gardner | 02-10

    Kind of amusing to see right-wingers suddenly discover issues of free speech and respect for others.
  • www.angola3news.com | 02-08

    Angola was and is still is very much a plantation. At 18,000 acres, it is the largest prison in the US—the only prison with its own zip code. Mostly black men are still maintaining the same agricultural activity—planting, hoeing, picking cotton and other crops by hand—that slaves did originally. And they are doing so as captives who are compensated for their back-breaking labor with mere pennies per hour.
  • freemumia.com | 02-06

    Activists from Philadelphia, across the U.S. and around the globe will take part in an important video streaming, video conferencing and live teach-in to take up the next stage in the struggle to free Mumia Abu-Jamal.

    February 13th, 12pm to 5:00 pm, Abiding Truth Ministries Church, 5701 Washington Avenue (one block north from Baltimore Ave) Philadelphia

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