Tag: corruption
4 corrections officers charged with beating inmate and cover-up
If convicted, Finch, Thomas, and Blaylock face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the civil rights charges.
City officials charged with accepting bribes
"That said, the city will take action to address these serious allegations which strike at the heart of city governance and integrity.”
Senate Intelligence Chairman steps down amid investigation probe
Richard Burr spent most of his time as Intelligence Committee Chairman suppressing intelligence reports and public knowledge of government misconduct.
Will America’s corruption end on a ventilator or in a mushroom...
A political system that is structurally incapable of acting for the common good, even when millions of lives are at stake, is not just failing to solve our problems. It is the problem.
Former LA City Councilman agrees to plead guilty to obstructing corruption...
According to the indictment, Mitchell Englander was soliciting bribes from a local businessman in exchange for political favors.
Power in a time of coronavirus
To fight like hell for the living will require unrelenting work from progressive movements willing and able to organize effectively in every political arena.
Blackwater founder Erik Prince recruited spies to infiltrate progressive groups with...
The story exposes previously unreported details about the ties between Prince and Project Veritas, a right-wing group that often sets up sting operations targeting the media and journalists by recording covert videos.
Piling on Dirty Harvey… NOT the War Criminals!
Well, dirty Harvey deserved what he got coming to him. Sounds like another guy who 'got over' on vibrant young women... the guy now in the White House perhaps?
‘An astonishing rate of corruption’: Trump has amassed 3,000 conflicts of...
Trump's frequent interactions with people and groups who have a vested interest in influencing U.S. policy amount to an "astonishing rate of corruption."
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Netanyahu says Iran assault ‘is not an endless war’ as US signals escalation and...
Officials reject “endless war” comparisons while warning of harsher strikes and acknowledging additional losses.
Iranian American scholars denounce US-Israeli attack, warn regime change efforts will backfire
Far from leading to a popular uprising against the government, as President Trump has encouraged, the U.S.-Israeli attacks have forced Iranians to worry about their immediate safety from the bombs.
Critics challenge Trump administration’s shifting case for war on Iran
Critics challenge Trump administration’s shifting case for war on Iran
How high school students are organizing walkouts against ICE
Building to a statewide walkout.
Homer nails uncivilized, all-devouring MAGA Trump brutality – and strategic aikido to return fire
As Polyphemus falls to the aikido of seeming weaklings, Trump underestimates top experts, battling Democrats, anti-oligarchy citizens and committed activists promoting prosperity for the many, even (yikes!) sharing the wealth.