Tag: justice
Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts,...
It is against the law for federal judges to hear cases when they own stock in a party. But state supreme court justices, in North Carolina and elsewhere, are not held to the same standard.
A grim Halloween: Surge in mass shootings exposes America’s enduring gun...
The broad geographic distribution of these incidents underscores the fact that no region is immune to this ongoing crisis.
‘This is unacceptable’: As many as 20 reported dead, dozens wounded...
Between 15 and 22 people were killed and scores wounded Wednesday night in the city of Lewiston, Maine.
Missouri set to execute Marcellus Williams despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again
Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.”
NYPD ‘friendly fire’ killed an officer. Investigators seemed to ignore video...
New records show that investigators allowed police misstatements to stand, despite having body-camera video to disprove them.
‘Police lied’: Video belies Philly cops’ claim in fatal shooting of...
"In my view this is a crime against humanity, to be perfectly truthful."
History must record Trump’s plan for a nationwide ‘Kent State’ massacre
there are two particularly chilling passages in Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump: Both, to my mind, invoke Kent State, but on a much larger scale.
Extremists want to ban discussing their abortion bans
Thirty-nine years later, here comes a clique of theocratic extremists in our country using Orwellian manipulation in its crusade to take control over every woman’s personal reproductive rights.
Supreme Court upholds Indian Child Welfare Act
The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which maintains Indigenous children under state care stay within their tribe rather than being placed outside their community.
The culture war is just as urgent as the class war
But winning the culture war is just as paramount as winning the class war—and is arguably more urgent in 2023.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.