Officer fired after repeatedly punching man’s face on video
McDermitt violated several policies and brutally beat a man who wasn't fighting back but does not face any criminal charges.
Sheriff’s officers charged with assaulting suspects
A federal grand jury in Tennessee recently indicted two Grundy County Sheriff’s Officers for using excessive force against arrestees in separate incidents. According to...
Miners fight to keep their pensions as the coal industry collapses
While the Trump administration is making moves, like replacing the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan rule that was created to regulate carbon...
Farmworkers Bill of Rights
Passage of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices, also being called the Farmworkers Bill of Rights, by the New York State Legislature at...
Recent EPA-funded research links 30,000 deaths to U.S. air pollution
According to new research released yesterday, funded by the EPA, more than 30,000 deaths have been linked to the unhealthy air quality...
Putting out a Garbage Fyre: How reproductive rights advocates countered a week long anti-choice...
“What it’s about is reproductive and pregnancy outcomes and valuing them all...We need to be a society that values that decision for you because we’re a society that values healthy outcomes."
‘Close the camps!’: Protesters march against Trump’s plan to imprison migrant kids at site...
Fort Sill was the site of one of the nation's Japanese American internment camps during World War II, decades after it was the site of imprisoned native communities.
Seeking continued support for 9/11 victims
September 11th, 2001 will always be a day marked by tragedy and loss for the United States. As clouds of smoke and...
No charges filed against NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner on video
Justice Department officials announced Tuesday that no federal charges would be filed against suspended NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for directly causing the death of Eric Garner in 2014. Despite the fact that Officer Pantaleo was recorded...
Texas judge convicted of bribery and obstruction
“No one – especially a judge – is above the law.”