Florida’s deadly heat bill: GOP’s war on outdoor worker safety
The bill has sparked a fierce debate over worker rights and public health amidst escalating temperatures.
Federal Judge is Allowing Torture Victims to Sue the Psychologists who Devised CIA’s Torture...
For the first time, victims of the CIA torture program will be able to sue the Psychologists responsible for the program.
Tribal lenders say they can charge over 600% interest. These states stopped them.
Online lenders tied to Native American tribes argue that they aren’t subject to state lending laws.
Rep. Ro Khanna: Democrats should ignore the Senate Parliamentarian and pass $15 minimum wage...
“I don’t know any part of this country where someone can survive on $7.25.”
Report Warns TPP Will Force Another Mass-Migration Into US
“Look around the rain-fed corn farms in Oaxaca state, and in vast areas of Mexico, and one sees few young men, just elderly people and single mothers.”
University Agrees to Pay $4.8 Million to Family of Samuel DuBose
On Monday, the University of Cincinnati announced that the family of Samuel DuBose has agreed to a $4.85 million settlement and free undergraduate tuition for all 12 of his children.
Why Bernie Needs To Take Satan’s Advice & Create An Un-Christian Coalition
In this week’s Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Election Crimes Bulletin, Dennis J. Bernstein and Greg Palast explain how Bernie can take a tip from Satan’s playbook and seize this moment to create one hell of a powerful a movement!
Former police detective convicted on bribery and drug charges
Collare faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for federal program bribery, 15 years in prison for bribery by a federal official, 20 years in prison for distribution of heroin and five years in prison for false statements.
Ugly Trump endgame: Indictments galore = fear and trembling, then plea bargains, large fines,...
What more do we (or prosecutors) have to know to understand only the strongest penalties curb the madness jeopardizing our elections?
Former correctional officer pleads guilty to drug smuggling
Kenneth Farr received several payments from inmates and their associates in cash or via a mobile application for smuggling contraband into the prison on at least six separate occasions.