Philadelphia Police Department

Choctaw activist dies in police custody

Rexdale Henry, 53, a Choctaw activist, died on July 14 in unexplained and suspicious circumstances in the Neshoba County Jail…

August 12, 2015

Coalition calls for arrest of Philly police officer who killed Brandon Tate-Brown

Family members of Brandon Tate-Brown and a broad coalition of supporting organizations gathered for a news conference on Aug. 5…

August 7, 2015

Why Mumia is a hero to young people

The following is a reprint of an April 16, 2008, commentary from the youth group Fight Imperialism, Stand Together (FIST)…

April 6, 2015

Gov’t report reveals extent of police shootings

The ink had barely dried on a U.S. Department of Justice report made public on March 23 citing excessive police…

April 2, 2015

Pennsylvania legislature tries to stop Mumia Abu-Jamal from speaking

  More often than not college commencement speakers are corporate CEOs, bankers or politicians — the people who will exercise…

October 11, 2014