Officer Charged with Murder After Killing Unarmed Man with His Hands Up
After fellow officers admitted that a police shooting in Fairfax County was not clean, the officer who shot and killed the victim was recently fired and charged with murder. It's about time officers are being held accountable.
Trump received the Nobel Peace Prize from Maria Corina Machado. But who is she?
Maria Corina Machado said it was a “historic day for us Venezuelans” as she handed President Trump her Nobel Peace Prize.
Protests planned nationwide as vote on FCC’s ‘catastrophic’ plan to kill net neutrality looms
Open internet supporters are demanding that lawmakers answer a simple question: "Do you stand for your constituents' ability to communicate and connect, or do you stand for Verizon's bottom line?"
California just blocked police body cam use of face recognition
Our democracy gives us the power as a society to reject surveillance that is invasive, discriminatory, and wide-reaching. We will continue to use that power to create a society free of face surveillance.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Infowars gets banned, U.S. Fish and Wildlife turns against saving the bees, and more.
Officer in Breonna Taylor shooting indicted for firing into neighbors’ homes
“With all we know about Breonna Taylor’s killing, how could a fair and just system result in today’s decision?”
The Era Of Private Prisons May Soon Be Over
Homeland Security will review the use of private prisons for immigrant detention.
A new ally against excessive CEO Pay: Pope Leo
The Catholic leader’s criticism comes as members of Congress call for tax hikes on corporations with huge CEO-worker pay gaps.
3 police officers indicted for using excessive force and attempted cover-up
Three Indiana police officers were recently indicted on 12 counts—one of the officers is the former police chief’s son.
‘A warrant is not a license to kill’: Rev. William Barber condemns police ‘execution’...
The family says it shows Brown was shot in the back of the head while his hands were on the steering wheel of a car, calling it an “execution.”