Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Report: Chicago cops ignored recommendation to fire officers after Laquan McDonald shooting

A leaked Inspector General report shows law enforcement closing ranks.
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Police officer fired after tasing woman on video

“Each member of this department shall consider it his or her duty to be of service to the general public and to render that service in a kind, considerate, and patient manner.”

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?

Four Reasons Young Americans Should Burn Their Student Loan Papers

Protest against student loans is a good way to earn the first dividend in the proposed America Permanent Fund. Here are four reasons students should take up the fight against financial firms holding high-interest student loans.

Wealthy Americans get paid leave. Shouldn’t the rest?

The fight to guarantee paid sick time and family leave faces an uphill battle, but advocates aren’t giving up.

Report warns taxpayer money is fueling ‘pandemic greed grab’ by US CEOs

Amazon, which has reported $10.3 billion in recent federal contracts, paid CEO Andy Jassy 6,474 times more than it paid its median worker last year.

Should we entrust our schoolchildren to corporate profiteers?

The DeVos couple are pushing plutocratic policies that reject our country's one-for-all, all-for-one egalitarianism.

Amidst Burgeoning Wealth, Market Driven Homelessness in London

Whether someone is destitute because they are an asylum seeker waiting for Home Office support, a divorced man who cannot cover his rent, someone with alcohol or drug concerns, or a young woman out of work, without savings, homelessness is not a crime

Tipping Point?

“Social contracts defining political relationships such as democracy are based on trust that the foundational definitions will hold over time and circumstances and for all members equally.”

Democratic senators join up to embrace single-payer by co-sponsoring Sanders’ “Medicare for all” bill

This new surge of Democratic support for single-payer health care may just be the beginning.