Justice Department changes position on Texas’ discriminatory voter ID law
The DOJ, now overseen by Jeff Sessions, is walking back years of effort aimed at limiting the harmful effect of state voter ID measure on minorities.
Derek Chauvin pleads not guilty to beating black teen
Chauvin is currently serving 22½ years in state prison for killing George Floyd. He pleaded not guilty.
Women beware: Saudi Arabia charged with shaping global standards for women’s equality
Who let the Saudi fox in the hen house?
FEMA had a plan for responding to a hurricane in Puerto Rico – but...
The disaster-relief agency, under fire after Hurricane Maria, won’t release the plan, even as a comparable document for Hawaii remains public.
How to hold corporations accountable
It’s time to demand that the economic system work for all of us.
Marine Corps Major pleads not guilty to Capitol riot charges
Major Christopher Warnagiris was recorded on a security camera helping a small group of Trump supporters gain entry through the East Rotunda doors of the Capitol building.
IT Employee Arrested For Allegedly Leaking Panama Papers
As police continue to investigate whether the suspect in custody is John Doe, his accomplice, or just a patsy, the Panama Papers have already contributed to the resignations of the prime minister of Iceland and the president of the Chilean chapter of Transparency International.
An arrogant entrance, a sad exit
With a new Congress and White House committed to wealth’s concentration, we’ll sorely miss the scholar who dedicated his life to documenting wealth’s maldistribution.
It’s cowboy cops cavalry against peaceful Indians and their Anglo supporters at Standing Rock
The corporate media meanwhile, have been for the most part shameless and useless in this enormous conflict between native people and the state.
America, a nation teetering on the edge
The kind of question we the people of America should be asking ourselves, “Can we get along? Why is it that we can’t get along?”