The torture-friendly Trump administration
Only stupid people say torture works – and one of them is sitting in the White House.
Video Reveals Guards Abusing Inmate Moments Before His Death
An inmate is killed and no one is punished. Leonard Strickland was killed at Clinton Correctional Facility and all of the involved parties are either still working or have retired with full pensions.
Sen. Cory Booker just introduced a bill that could legalize marijuana nationwide
Booker will face stiff opposition in Congress, where most members remain publicly opposed to legalization.
Former officer sentenced to 20yrs in prison for killing unarmed man
“Officers who violate anyone’s rights also violate their oaths of honor, and they tarnish the names of the vast majority of officers, who do incredible work."
Food for Thought
Waste is a pretty bad thing – particularly in these days when we are all noticing that the price of food is increasing.
Former cop charged with assaulting unarmed jaywalker on video
Hickman was charged with assault by strangulation, assault inflicting serious injury, and communicating threats.
Humanity’s ‘dirty little secret’: Starving, enslaving, raping, torturing and killing our children
Each one of us has an important choice. We can acknowledge the painful truth that we inflict enormous violence on our children and respond powerfully to that truth. Or we can keep deluding ourselves and continue to observe, powerlessly, as the violence in our world proliferates until human beings are extinct.
Ethiopians are Crying out for Freedom and Justice
The ruling party of Ethiopia needs to stop the violence, but will no doubt ignore such reasonable calls. The movement for change, however, is sweeping through the country, and the struggle for freedom will go on.
Do Western Nations Care about Yemeni Lives or Saudi Blood Money?
The time for review and mild statements of condemnation is over.
Nationwide ‘close the camps’ demonstrations announced to protest horrific conditions at Trump detention centers
"We need to fight for immigrant families and stop Donald Trump's racist policies, and we can only do it together."