Thursday, January 15, 2026

Tag: human rigths

Los Angeles changes Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day

“This gesture of replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day is a very small step in apologizing and in making amends.”

An Exciting Democracy Movement Arises in Chicago

“Reclaim Chicago,” a progressive, people-led democratic coalition, are attempting to reclaim their city. Corporate elites and corrupt politicians better beware of the power of thousands of grassroots Chicagoans.

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Noem revives ICE secrecy playbook after Renee Good killing, blocking congressional oversight

A new DHS order demands seven days’ notice for detention site visits, defying a recent court ruling as Minnesota Democrats are turned away from a Minneapolis facility.

EPA moves to value human lives at zero in air pollution rules while prioritizing...

Internal documents show the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning decades of public health accounting in favor of business compliance costs.

Could Trump’s diversion of Venezuelan oil to US save the Iranian regime?

This substantial gain for the Islamic Republic, however, will only help it weather the current political crisis if it manages to survive until April or May.

We found more than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other...

DHS policy bars using chokeholds and carotid restraints just because someone is resisting arrest. Agents are doing it anyway.

Hugo Chávez predicted this

This war on Venezuela has been two decades in the making.