Fear: What Police Reform Doesn’t Address
The most effective reforms are the ones that build community trust between citizens and the police that serve them.
Video reveals deputy punching and slamming teen’s head against ground
"It was outrageous that a deputy would do this to an unarmed student who was not fighting back, who was giving no resistance.”
Add November 9th to the mornings I’d rather forget
In the hours after Trump declared victory, some signs of hope and resistance.
Former LA City Councilman agrees to plead guilty to obstructing corruption probe
According to the indictment, Mitchell Englander was soliciting bribes from a local businessman in exchange for political favors.
University of California next in line to dump Wells Fargo contracts
The UC system is severing $475 million in contracts with Wells Fargo over, among other things, the bank’s ties to private prison corporations.
Four Reasons Young Americans Should Burn Their Student Loan Papers
Protest against student loans is a good way to earn the first dividend in the proposed America Permanent Fund. Here are four reasons students should take up the fight against financial firms holding high-interest student loans.
Uber Democrats: Workers should cooperate, not ‘compete’
Democrats should be brave enough to call Americans together again – as working people, as a movement, and as a community.
A Major American Meat Company Is Going Big With Antibiotic-Free Pork
Tyson is responding to consumer demand with a new line of meat sourced from pigs raised without drugs.
Ex-Cop sentenced to prison for fatally shooting unarmed man
Besides lying to Thomas about not shooting him, Feaster failed to inform his fellow officers that he had discharged his weapon before their arrival.
‘It’s about terrorizing Us’: Environmental racism expert draws parallels with police brutality
“If this moment can be sustained through further conversations, I think there can be a breakthrough.”