Former police chief pleads guilty to distributing child porn
The former police chief faces a mandatory minimum five years to 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and five years to a lifetime of supervised release.
Girding for the education fight ahead
“If progressive education … is to be effective over the next several years, it will have to focus strategically on statehouses, school boards, city councils, and mayoral races.”
Once defiant, all four white supremacists charged in Charlottesville violence plead guilty
In pleading guilty, the authorities said, two of the defendents admitted their actions were not in self-defense.
We don’t think of Californians as climate refugees yet, but we should
Texas. Florida. Puerto Rico. California. The growing climate disaster toll ought to raise questions about where humans can and should live.
Former sheriff sentenced to prison for assaulting detainees
“When former Sheriff Boen brutally assaulted individuals in his custody and violated their civil rights, it impacted all Arkansans and their trust in authorities.”
Former county executive and chief of staff sentenced to prison
Michael Sanders defrauded political committees by converting campaign contributions for his personal use along with his then-chief of staff Calvin Williford.
How GOP lawmakers are putting teen workers in harm’s way
“Why would you want to weaken the law when you can see companies already taking advantage?”
No charges against guards who killed inmate in scalding shower
This is just the latest of multiple investigations into allegations of prisoner abuse within Florida’s prison system.
How do we stop White supremacists from killing people of color?
I think it’s a sobering time, and we have to act that way, and we have to figure out how we make change outside of elected officials or parties at this point.
Pharmaceutical hulk Johnson & Johnson keeps up lobbying efforts as lawsuits pile on
Amid an onslaught of lawsuits, Johnson & Johnson has kept pace with its historically hefty lobbying efforts as it wrestles to maintain influence in the halls of Congress.