Friday, May 24, 2024

Women in Congress push back against misogyny

“We have every right to do our jobs and represent our communities without fearing for our safety.”

A new way to equal pay for all women

There are a number of reasons for the pay gap that don’t have anything to do with qualifications or education.

Not Immune: Sheriff’s Captain Convicted of Civil Rights Violation

Not only is a police sheriff responsible for ensuring the safety of a community, he or she must also hold those within the administration to higher standards. That's what Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office did to one of its own, Captain James “Jim” Corder.

US Marshal Found Guilty of Obstruction in Drunken Shooting

A jury found U.S. Marshall Matthew Itkowitz guilty of obstruction of justice for making misleading statements to LAPD homicide detectives in order to justify killing a man. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

Off-duty cop charged with shooting unarmed teen

A spokesperson for the department told reporters that they intend to suspend Daniel Dolan without pay.
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Just out of jail, Winona LaDuke decries militarized crackdown on Enbridge Line 3 pipeline...

“It is a civil crisis when a Canadian multinational controls your police force.”

Restrictions on Syrian Refugees Driven by Fear, Xenophobia

Interview with Congressmember Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim member of Congress. “We’ve had 750,000 refugees come into this country since the year 2001. None of them – not one – has been engaged in terrorism,” Ellison says.

Millions of Americans struggle to pay their water bills—here’s how a national water aid...

Access to a safe and affordable water supply and sewer services is codified in the U.N.‘s Human Right to Water and Sanitation.

Mumia Attorneys Sue in Federal Court for Prisoners; Right to Medical Care and Hospital...

Lawyers for Mumia Abu-Jamal speak out defending prisoner rights and challenging Pennsylvania's penal system for preventing them from seeing their client during his hospitalizations. This is just the latest attack on Abu-Jamal and all prisoners.