Tag: policing
DC sues Trump administration over attempted takeover of city police
District leaders warn of unprecedented assault on home rule as lawsuit seeks to block federal seizure of MPD.
Policing causes violence, not the other way around
What liberal politicians and the media refuse to acknowledge is that crime is linked to the failures of capitalism, not to the lack of police. Indeed, police are part of the problem, not the solution.
An Afro-Indigenous perspective on policing
In his new book, Kyle T. Mays argues that the violence of policing has always been intimately tied to U.S. democracy.
NYT twists stats to insist we need more policing
A position that is, in fact, highly disputed, and worth debunking in detail, since it’s a popular one these days, both in the Times and in other prominent outlets.
Power Loves the Dark
Police nationwide are secretly exploiting intrusive technologies with the Feds’ complicity.
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The US war on Cuba’s doctors
“Cuban eye doctors in Jamaica are the only reason why my grandmother didn’t go fully blind in one eye after she got a botched surgery. The work they’ve done for rural and poor Jamaicans is immeasurable.”
Mark Carney pledges $1B in taxpayer money for a ‘carbon bomb’ project
It’s a massive subsidy to Equinor, the Norwegian oil company behind the Bay du Nord offshore oil project.
Supreme Court opens door to conversion therapy in free speech ruling
In an 8-1 decision, the Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, prioritizing a therapist’s First Amendment claim over state efforts to restrict a practice rejected by major medical organizations.
Does not our ongoing, epic failure to obstruct immorality confirm America as an immoral...
What morally deficient country tolerates blatant wickedness without rising up to avert the next outrage? His re-election was bad enough; tolerance of evil is worse.
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ grants fossil fuel exemption affecting endangered species protections in the Gulf
A rarely convened federal panel voted unanimously to allow oil and gas operations to bypass key wildlife safeguards, drawing legal challenges and warnings about the use of national security claims to weaken environmental law.