Tag: imprisonment
Washington Post Reporter Remains Held in Iranian Prison for a Year
While the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the U.S. State Department have called for his immediate release, Jason Rezaian remains detained in an Iranian prison. His fate resides in the hands of an infamous judge known for committing human rights abuses.
Making the Economy Work for the Many and Not the Few...
The way our country imprisons a staggering number of our people is wrong. Instead of mass incarceration, we need to stop wasting human talent and start opening doors to opportunity.
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Low-paid workers are unionizing. Corporations are spending a ton to stop them.
A record number of workers are trying to form labor unions, a Center for Public Integrity analysis shows. Corporate America is alarmed.
Italy’s far right rode inequality to victory — but has no answers for it
A let-the-rich-be government has opened the doors to the smiling heirs of Italy’s neofascist factions.
Prospects for a republic beset with disunity 
A republic needs endless work/ Or insurgent forces go berserk.
This one thing made Alex Jones stop lying
It turns out there actually might be a way to stop the constant stream of lies coming from the right-wing media. Sue. Them.
California Gov. Newsom proposes windfall profits tax on Big Oil
Calls for windfall profits taxes have increased globally in recent weeks