New federal guidelines for campus assault put heavy burden on victims
College administrators worry a more rigorous process for proving sexual assault could send the wrong message to students.
Ethics complaint filed against Kellyanne Conway
Although Conway clearly abused her position by condemning Moore’s opponent on Fox News, only the president has the power to impose any punishment against his official mouthpiece.
Video shows Florida cop pushing teen off roof
“Massiah's decision to push the suspect off the roof could have resulted in significant injury.”
‘Hope is not a strategy,’ but neither is despairing doom and gloom – axing...
The future looms as long as we live, breathe and think. "History" is knowable only after the fact.
We can do so much more on student loan forgiveness
The administration still has time to take real action on student loan debt, but they need to get moving.
Bernie urges DOJ to bring more charges against price-fixing drug company execs
“Americans suffering from chronic health problems and pain conditions should not have to be concerned about collusion by pharmaceutical executives that could increase the price of their essential medications.”
Burning books (or rather book companies)
Think of this as the modern capitalist version of burning books, though as with those fossil-fuel companies, it is, in reality, more like burning the future.
All of Chile’s bishops offer resignations amid sex abuse scandal
They asked forgiveness for the pain that they have caused and the “omissions” committed.
The federal program that can protect workers when foreign trade kills their jobs
The importance of the program only continues to grow because of the war in Ukraine, foreign competitors’ efforts to subvert fair trade laws and other factors outside workers’ control.
Police violence reached an all-time high last year—are we ready to shrink police budgets?
If we want to see a significant reversal to the ruthless march of police savagery, we’re going to need to put our money where our mouths are.