Tag: human rights
Former Guantánamo Chief Summoned by French Court Over Torture Allegations
General Geoffrey Miller presided over the U.S. military prison in Cuba from 2002 to 2004, after then-President George Bush approved of ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques including waterboarding.
Guerilla Housing: Homeless Activists Challenge Gentrification With “Tiny Homes”
“As the country slowly claws out of the economic downturn, we face crucial questions about what this recovery should mean, what recovering cities should look like, and who should get recovered along the way.”
Political Poison
The Flint lead disaster exposed the callousness of people like Michigan’s governor, who blame the poor for all of their misfortune.
Here’s How Cuts to Planned Parenthood are Impacting Poor Women
A new study shows that Medicaid-covered births are up and contraceptive claims are down.
Bloodless Occupation
“It is so sad to see Muslim extremists reverting to 12th-century brutality and American ‘patriots’ regressing to 19th-century behavior.”
Bernie Sanders Calls for Repealing the Hyde Amendment
Bernie encourages repeal of Hyde Amendment which bans federal funding from covering abortion services.
Women in Baltimore Public Housing Were Forced to Trade Sex for...
Unfortunately, there is a lot of corruption in Baltimore’s public housing industry recently.
10 Facts You Need to Know About the Stephen Avery Case
“Innocent people are put in jail every day in the US. According to a recent report from the National Registry of Exonerations at the University of Michigan Law School, 125 falsely accused prisoners were exonerated in 2014.”
An American Society Plagued By Deepening Divisions, Irreconcilable Differences, Ongoing Violence
The U.S. seems more divided than ever as chaos continues throughout the world. Opposing political sides seem to be at war with each other during a time when we should be working together.
Bernie Sanders Stands Up For Impoverished Senate Cafeteria Workers
The full-time cafeteria and catering employees at the U.S. Senate are unable to afford to live in the city they work in and management is intimidating these workers not to organize and fight for better pay. That is until Bernie Sanders and 33 other Democrats came along…
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What makes the MAGA misrule tragedy historic? Total foregone conclusion. Total knowability and avoidability.
Paying the corrupt MAGA piper is now a lead “investment” – with outcomes as predictable (and problematic) as all that voters repressed when empowering the Trump II horror show.
Maryland moves to ban grocery surveillance pricing as algorithmic price discrimination spreads
Maryland’s first-in-the-nation grocery pricing law targets the use of personal data to raise food costs, but consumer advocates warn industry-backed loopholes could limit its impact as algorithmic pricing spreads.
No-bid contracts and taxpayer funds fuel scrutiny of Trump’s White House ballroom
A Republican push to spend $400 million in taxpayer funds on Trump’s White House ballroom is colliding with allegations of inflated no-bid contracts, donor conflicts, and questions over whether a recent security scare is being used to justify a project critics say reflects presidential self-interest over public need.
On infinity: Or how long MAGA clown shows pander to cult derangement
When, pray tell, comes the knockout punch,/ Who and what gobbles Donald’s lunch? Come what, come may, let sleazebags boast:/ No miracle looms—this mob is toast.
Here’s how the World Community of Nations can force Israel to stop genocidal wars
World organizations have declared that Israel is the criminal country of the world. And, therefore, trade with it must be curtailed, and it must happen soon.