South Carolina cops on leave after arrest video goes viral
“There is no reason for the level of force we saw on that video yesterday. There’s no reason for that.”
End trans detention: Biden admin urged to release trans & HIV+ asylum seekers after...
“Many are rejected from their homes. They’re not supported and held with everything that they deserve. And they have no choice but to be out on the streets, trying to survive.”
Former deputies plead guilty to defrauding taxpayers
“Their actions do not represent the values of this organization and absolutely do not reflect upon the contributions and sacrifices of the men and women who have courageously served our country as members of our armed forces.”
‘We’re not going away!’ nonviolent protest over voting rights ends with arrests in DC
“We’re saying across this country, it’s time for people... to march on these Senate offices,” declared Rev. William Barber.
50 years later, end the War on Drugs
Nixon’s War on Drugs turned out to be a war on people. President Biden should end it once and for all.
The trial for Berta Caceres’s murder will test Biden’s Central America policy
The Biden administration says it wants to counter the corruption that’s driving displacement. Does that apply to U.S. allies in Honduras?
Arizona to use people in prison to fight its wildfires, pay $1.50 an hour
Incarcerated people clearing brush, in temperatures that hit 115°F in Phoenix for six days in a row last week, will make $1.00 per hour.
Republicans won’t even debate “For the People Act” as they flood states with voter...
According to the Voting Rights Lab, 18 states have enacted more than 30 laws to restrict voting since the November election.
Ohio cop on leave after driving over gunshot victim
“I want the officer held accountable just like if they get the suspect, they will hold him accountable.”
Report: Silver Spoon Oligarchs: How America’s 50 largest inherited-wealth dynasties accelerate inequality
Fifty dynastic billionaire families hold as much wealth as the bottom half of U.S. families. Their wealth grew at ten times the rate of ordinary families over the last 40 years.