Thursday, April 23, 2026

Police Chief suspended after video reveals officers beating handcuffed man

Elkhart Police Chief Ed Windbigler was suspended for failing to promptly notify the mayor of the assault and “understating the severity of the incident” to the Police Merit Commission, a civilian oversight board.

2018 wasn’t a completely horrible year for the environment

There were bright spots and victories among the attacks on biodiversity, climate and public health.
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Video reveals police sergeant kicking handcuffed teen in the face

“That is unacceptable and intolerable and that’s why we charged him.”

Biden creates commission to study Supreme Court expansion, other reforms

"Congress has the power, and the constitutional duty, to set the size of the court, as it has seven times throughout our history."

Fearing government whitewash, scientists leak draft IPCC report urging bold emission cuts

"There is no point for us to just observe what a disaster is unfolding if nobody is doing anything about it."

80,000 left on the continent: Koalas are ‘functionally extinct’ in Australia

"Formerly thought to be common and widespread, koalas are now vulnerable to extinction across much of its northern range."

Old man world

We’ll be watching as an all-American world possibly spins slowly out of control.

America’s biggest economic problem isn’t China

Xi Jinping might possibly agree this weekend when he meets Donald Trump on further steps to bring down China’s trade imbalance with...

Suicide truckers

The "Freedom Convoy" in Canada wants to spread its anti-government, antisocial, and ultimately self-defeating messages far and wide.

Is JEB Defecting from the Plutocracy?

Bush is using his Citizens United soundbite as a stalking horse for his plutocrat donors' fondest dream, a new fully plutocratic Constitution.