Sunday, May 5, 2024

Ferguson Refuses To Make Police Reforms Proposed By The DOJ

By failing to accept some of the terms of the decree, Ferguson may now be slapped with a federal lawsuit.

How Will the Fight for $15 Reckon with Harmful Proposals From an Unlikely Ally?

The Fight for $15’s narrow notion of those interests has upset some and gratified others. But don’t expect it change. The campaign has been winning, after all.
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Meet the socialist marine and anti-police brutality protester who won Democratic seats in November

Can the emergence of non-traditional candidates help revive a faltering Democratic Party that is facing its lowest approval rating in nearly a quarter century?

The meaning of America

We are forgetting the real meaning of America – the ideals on which our nation was built. We are losing our sense of the common good. 

Officer Names, Details Emerge in Fatal Shooting of Alton Sterling

On Wednesday the US Department of Justice announced they will be overseeing the investigation.
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Body of Olivia Lone Bear found in N. Dakota as native women face crisis...

Her disappearance has sparked renewed attention to the disproportionately high rates of disappearance, rape and murder of Native American women across the United States.
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Police determine officer was driving at ‘unsafe speed’ when striking teen

"Our training is designed to prevent this sort of thing from happening. We are going to make sure our training – and the officer’s adherence to that training – is as solid as it can be.”

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 5

Women's March disrupts Kavanaugh hearing, Senator Jon Kyl replaces McCain, Rahm Emanuel not seeking re-election, and more.

Lawsuit filed against former police chief and officers for false arrest

“Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano’s actions were intended to give his community a false sense of security and were a betrayal of his oath to protect the residents of Biscayne Park and all the people of Miami-Dade County.”