Sheriff and Lieutenant Colonel Arrested in Prisoner Abuse Conspiracy
Eight former IPSO employees have entered guilty pleas in related prisoner abuse cases for either participating in or covering up the unlawful beatings.
The Coddling of the Capitalist, White-Supremacist, Patriarchal American Mind
When does merely offensive speech becomes oppressive? When should one person’s freedom of expression, no matter how offensive, be defended and when does a pattern of abusive expression clearly undermine the ability of others to participate fully in a classroom discussion?
L.A. Sheriff Unable to Fire Dishonest Deputies
As their cases proceed through the appeals process, these dishonest deputies keep accumulating paychecks from the city.
The Referendum That Might Have Headed Off Flint’s Water Crisis
Michigan’s voters decided to scrap the kind of super-empowered emergency managers who made questionable decisions in Flint – but state lawmakers found a way to revive the program.
Auction Ends with No Bids as Protesters Disrupt Fossil Fuel Lease Sale
Protesters marched from the landmark Reno arch to the casino, holding banners and signs that read "Stand up to big oil" and "Keep it in the ground."
Tilikum, SeaWorld’s Notorious Killer Whale, Is Near Death
The 35-year-old orca, taken from his mother at the age of two, killed three people during his years of captivity, galvanizing animal activists against the company.
How A Right-Wing Media Myth Made It Into Oral Arguments For A Case Challenging...
Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller is relying on a common right-wing media myth to justify medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion.
Are Candidates Exploiting the Families of Black Victims for Votes? Sandra Bland’s Mom Says...
Black votes matter, but some question whether Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton’s endorsements from relatives of police brutality victims are appropriate.
The 2016 Presidential Elections and the Cost of Democracy
For the moral importance of democracy is not the language of money but the ‘Will of the People.’
As Coasts Flood, Why Isn’t the Corporate Press Asking Candidates About Climate Change?
It is also possible that corporate capitalism, which both runs the candidates and runs the so-called “news” companies, is about as good at dealing with a rapidly changing environment as the dodo was.