Thursday, August 21, 2025

Tag: victims

911 operator sentenced to probation after hanging up on thousands of...

After a jury found her guilty of interference with emergency telephone calls, Williams was recently sentenced to community service and 18 months probation.

Student and teacher leadership will change the politics of gun control

Falling back on worn out ideology, bumper-sticker arguments, or self-serving strategizing likely won’t work. This is different.

New federal guidelines for campus assault put heavy burden on victims

College administrators worry a more rigorous process for proving sexual assault could send the wrong message to students.

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Private equity looted Connecticut hospitals, leaving patients and staff in crisis

A new Senate report reveals how private equity firms gutted community hospitals, endangered patients, and left taxpayers and workers to clean up the mess.

Texas Republicans push Trump-backed map to entrench power and silence voters of color

A rare mid-decade gerrymander in Texas, championed by Donald Trump, sparks lawsuits, protests, and warnings of a nationwide redistricting arms race.

When the term ‘genocide’ falls short

It is not enough for national governments to "recognize" a Palestinian state. It is time to compel Israel, via sanctions, diplomacy, and UN enforcement, to stop the killing and any talk of forced relocation.

The ultimate caricature

I suspect that, on returning to this eerie world of ours so many decades later, my mother might find it to be the ultimate caricature—a Trump presidency.

America may have invaded Iraq for its oil, but solar power is what Iraqis...

The vogue for solar is sweeping other areas of Iraq, too, such as Kurdistan, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is also increasingly committed to solar.