Woman Pleads Guilty to Torturing and Enslaving Disabled People
Linda Weston pled guilty on Wednesday for stealing over $200,000 in Social Security benefits from disabled people. She and her co-conspirators held disabled adults and their children captive for roughly a decade.
Former DA indicted for mishandling investigation of Ahmaud Arbery’s death
“Our office is committed to ensuring those who are entrusted to serve are carrying out their duties ethically and honestly.”
A Family Broken Up: Freed After 8 Years at Guantánamo, a Father and Son...
Democracy Now discusses a story about a father and son who were held for many years at Guantánamo. Here is how their relationship was used against them in Guantánamo and what's become of them after their release.
Big Oil is creating ‘pain at the pump’ to boost profits: Report
"Numerous executives have emphasized that shareholder profits, rather than expanding domestic production, is their top goal."
Border Patrol SUV hits Native American man on video
“We do not tolerate misconduct on or off duty and will fully cooperate with all investigations of alleged unlawful conduct by our personnel.”
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 2, 2018
Protestors march against Trump's immigration policies, San Francisco becomes first major city to have $15 minimum wage, and more.
Four years after Eric Garner’s killing in police chokehold, his family still seeks accountability
Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who applied the fatal chokehold, continues to work for the New York Police Department on paid desk duty and has received multiple raises since Garner’s death.
Families at the border are reunited briefly, if at all
I believe that for the families that remain separated, the likelihood of reunification may grow remote.
Global nuclear spending surged to $2,898 a second in 2023 amid rising tensions
An in-depth look into the staggering increase in global nuclear weapons spending, its implications, and the call for disarmament.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 17
U.S. Border Patrol supervisor confesses to executing four women, FEMA blames hurricane deaths on spousal abuse, Kavanaugh accused of assault, and more.