Israel’s 10,000 Palestinian prisoners: a crisis of human rights and rampant abuse
Unmasking systematic abuse: the untold story of 10,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention centers.
NYPD officer resigns after breaking into woman’s home and yelling racial slur
“His actions are wholly inconsistent with the values and standards the New York City Police Department expects and demands of its officers.”
House Democrats investigate federal payments to Trump businesses
“There may be other expenditures of American taxpayer funds at Trump properties that are not yet publicly known.”
How to reinvent a rural economy $100 at a time
An old North Carolina mill town turns small individual investments into bigger returns.
The roots of police violence in Chicago: How cops have targeted communities of color...
"It’s been part of the culture, along with the code of silence, along with the systemic racism that is so prevalent in the Chicago Police Department."
Trump’s expected pick for top USDA scientist is not a scientist
Sam Clovis likely to be named undersecretary of the USDA department that manages research on everything from climate change to nutrition.
Trump attacks journalists, comedians, and judges instead of attacking this country’s plethora of problems
Without question, Trump needs to be attacking America’s many festering problems. But there is a huge obstacle: he doesn’t have a clue how to do it.
This Pride month let’s remember: corporations are not allies
The Target company’s capitulation to homophobes and transphobes is a testament to the dangers of relying on corporations to uphold social justice.
Proposed GOP bill would ban abortions at federal level
"Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act" would leave state bans that are more restrictive in place, but outlaw state bans that allowed abortions after 15 weeks.
The 500 richest people in the world got $237 billion richer in 2016
Everything’s bigger in Richistan.