Friday, June 26, 2026

Tag: justice

Independent police corruption investigations plummet by 70% in five years

The figures raise serious questions about the oversight of the police at a time when they are under huge scrutiny, and have prompted campaigners to slam a “broken” complaints system.

Federal courts rebuke thousands of ICE detentions as habeas filings surge...

Reuters review documents more than 4,400 unlawful custody rulings amid expanded immigration enforcement and rising court challenges.

The fight to keep ICE from reopening a notorious prison

Survivors of abuse at a shuttered federal prison known as “the rape club” are teaming up with local activists to keep ICE out of Northern California.

Big Tech faces first social media addiction trial

The major social media addiction trials are being compared to historic litigation against big tobacco and opioid manufacturers, with potential for billions in damages and forced changes to platform designs.

Nonviolent discipline is helping turn the tide on ICE

Despite brutal provocation, the people of Minneapolis have been courageous and remarkably nonviolent, embodying the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.

Journalist tests ICE recruitment; surprised to find herself hired with no...

It seems like the answer to the question, 'Who are they hiring?' is: They don’t know.”

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

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

How this federal legislation would save veterans’ lives

Marcelo Assis, president of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 12000 at Southern Connecticut Gas, fervently believes the nation needs to do a better job of reaching out to those who served and connecting them to the assistance they earned.

Holiday shoppers are flexing political power through big boycott campaigns 

Genocide in Gaza, raids on immigrants and attacks on DEI have spurred urgent calls to boycott companies like Home Depot, Target, Chevron and Microsoft.

Chicago promoted two police officers after investigators found they engaged in...

The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.

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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.

Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban

For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.