Afghan women’s lives are now in danger from the Taliban – but they have...
“This has been one of the hardest places I have ever worked, politically and ethically.”
The justice McDonald’s workers seek workers at Spain’s Mondragón have found
We don’t have to organize our economy around enterprises that pay CEOs over 1,000 times what workers make.
The Anti-Empire Report #154: Happy New Year
Best wishes for the new year to all my dear readers in the United States and around the world.
ICE slashed detention facility inspections by 36% even as detentions and in-custody deaths surged
No facility on the agency’s own website showed evidence of more than one inspection last year, though the standards call for two, and the number of people held in detention rose 78% over the same period.
How black & indigenous groups won the fight to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Communities that would have suffered “irreparable harm” from the pipeline “now have that cloud lifted from them.”
PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter in camp fire
“They have put profits over people year after year and the state of California just keeps letting it happen.”
Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records
The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.
‘About time’: Women’s groups applaud resignation of MSNBC host Chris Matthews after ‘decades-long history...
"Matthews had no business being on television for as long as he has been. That was true before Laura Bassett courageously came forward to share her story, and it remains true to this day."
Charlie Hebdo Shooting: 12 Killed in Attack on French Satirical Magazine Known for Muhammad...
Charlie Hebdo has repeatedly claimed it publishes the cartoons as a defender of free expression and against religious extremism. This was the worst of its kind in terms of attacks on journalists in Europe.
Two Deputies and a Nurse Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter for Killing Student
After the coroner ruled a 21-year-old computer science student's death a homicide, two former deputies and a contract healthcare worker were charged with a felony involuntary manslaughter. What really happened to the student?