Friday, July 24, 2026

While Assange, Manning and Snowden languish, U.S. media rediscovers its love of whistle-blowers

When it was revealed about three weeks ago that a whistle-blower (and then at least one other and possibly up to four)...

Ex-Marine sues 3M for selling defective earplugs to military

Doyle’s lawsuit alleges that both 3M and Aearo knew the earplugs were defective and deliberately falsified test results in order to acquire the multi-million dollar per-year military contract.

California to become the first state to ban Big Pharma’s pay-for-delay deals

“Competition in the pharmaceutical industry helps lower prices for Californians who rely on life-saving treatments.”

30+ civil rights organizations call on elected officials to stop Amazon’s doorbell surveillance partnerships...

"Our elected officials must demand answers from their law enforcement officials, and must put a stop to these dangerous practices.”

Two women face 110 years in prison for attempting to sabotage the Dakota Access...

"They shouldn't be prosecuted; they should be praised. They're trying to stop the destruction of the human race."

Atlantic City Mayor resigns after pleading guilty to stealing from youth basketball program

Atlantic City Mayor resigns after pleading guilty to stealing from youth basketball program

Why aren’t fossil fuel companies held accountable for missing and murdered indigenous women?

Resource extraction takes a toll on more than just the economy and the environment.

Bloody Outrage: How party politics is obscuring human rights violations in China

News organizations cannot continue to ignore the horror of the reality that is forced organ harvesting.

Third correctional officer pleads guilty following assault of mentally ill inmate

A third former Tennessee correctional officer pleaded guilty to a federal offense and admitted concealing other correctional officers’ assault of an inmate by covering up a prison security camera with his hand. Three out of at least five correctional officers...

Former Dallas cop convicted of murdering her neighbor

After mistakenly entering her neighbor’s apartment and fatally shooting him, former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was convicted Tuesday of murder. Although...