Everything old is new again
The Trump administration revives institutionalized torture.
DoorDash to pay $131.5 million after underpaying New York City delivery workers
The company will send its pay data to the city every month for the next three years.
Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson
The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
On ‘front lines of climate change,’ Baltimore lawsuit aims to hold 26 fossil fuel...
"These oil and gas companies knew for decades that their products would harm communities like ours."
Stand with Postal Workers This Thursday in a National Day of Action
From Alaska to Florida, Maine to California, more than 70 public demonstrations are slated for this Thursday at post offices across the country. Join the cause and stand with postal workers for the benefit of all people.
Calling for an ‘end to violence,’ Bernie Sanders becomes first 2020 democratic presidential contender...
“I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales.”
NYPD will stop withholding body-camera footage of police shootings from civilian investigators
the New York Police Department pledged to end its practice of not sharing videos in ongoing investigations with the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
Immigration detention center in Florida Everglades shuts down ahead of hurricane season
The facility shutdown is considered a victory by many civil rights and environmental organizations due to the possible environmental impact it had on the Everglades wetland.
Amazon “profiting from this pandemic” as warehouse workers walk off job to demand safer...
If Amazon doesn’t do more to protect workers, “they are not only profiting from this pandemic, but they’re helping to perpetuate it.”
Unfettered and unaccountable: How Trump is building a violent, shadowy federal police
“When is it that we just decided to do things a different way? There’s due process, there’s a legal way, and it just doesn’t seem to matter anymore.”