Friday, October 9, 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.

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Early voters wait inside a polling place in Florida. Photo: Alex Johnson / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lawsuits ask courts to bar armed federal agents from polling places before the midterms

New Mexico has already barred them by state law, and the Department of Homeland Security says it has no plans for operations at polls.
Nursing home workers on strike against HealthBridge in Connecticut, in an earlier dispute. Photo: Dannel Malloy / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Workers at six Chicago-area nursing homes set an October 16 strike date

The union says Landmark pays below the industry standard, and the parent company had not responded when the notice was reported.
A solar farm near Golmud, China, seen from orbit. Photo: Planet Labs, Inc. / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

China? A Rising Imperial Power?

Well, Yes... and Strangely, No
A view of Old Sana'a, Yemen. Photo: Ferdinand Reus / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Corporate Media don’t understand the Houthis, and Don’t Want to, Either

A media critique of how Western outlets cover Yemen's Houthi movement, which has governed the capital Sanaa since 2014.
Petrochemical refineries in the Houston area. Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About 200 industrial plants have received presidential exemptions from Biden-era air rules

The EPA says it did not review the exemptions, and environmental groups have sued over those covering chemical plants.