Private Prison Companies Openly Boast About Soaring Profits From Locking Up...
The largest private prison companies in the United States are assuring their shareholders that profits are up, thanks in part to the windfall from locking up women and children in controversial “family...
View ArticleHow Teenagers Got Police To Back Down And Remove Military-Grade Weaponry From...
After nearly two years of sit-ins and protests, a coalition of Los Angeles high school students and grassroots organizers forced the police department for the second-largest public school district in...
View ArticleFollowing Brexit Vote, Hate Attacks Sweep the U.K.
A mosque, a Polish center and refugees have reportedly been targeted. The Muslim Council of Britain said today it has compiled “over 100 incidents reported of hate crimes following the referendum...
View ArticleAt A Time Like This, Is There Anyone We Need Less Than Rudy Giuliani?
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose tenure was marred by law enforcement killings of unarmed African-Americans, took to the national television circuit today to baselessly smear Black Lives...
View Article‘We Want Safety, Dignity And Justice’: Black Lives Matter Protests Build...
"We have a mandate: to avenge the sufferings of our ancestors, earn the respect of future generations and be transformed in the service of the work. That is what we are in the streets for. We’re going...
View ArticleMilwaukee’s War On Black People
Donald Trump supporter and Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has built a national profile by openly declaring war on the Black Lives Matter movement, from the floor of the Republican National Convention...
View ArticleThese Activists Are Hoping FCC Regulations Can Stop Unjust Police Spying
Color Of Change, Center for Media Justice and New America’s Open Technology Institute filed a complaint this week with the Federal Communications Commission, charging that the BDP’s use of mass cell...
View ArticleWhy Mylan’s Alleged Solution To Its EpiPen Price-Gouging Scandal Is A Scam
In response to the Martin Shkreli-style PR disaster, the company announced Thursday it has devised a supposed solution to the prohibitively high costs of the essential medicine. According to a...
View ArticleDHS To Revisit For-Profit Immigrant Prisons: Will It Also Revisit Mass...
The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that, taking a cue from the Department of Justice, it will review its widespread practice of incarcerating immigrants and refugees in for-profit...
View ArticleHigh School Football Players Across The U.S. Join Kaepernick, Refuse To Stand...
High school football players across the United States, inspired by Kaepernick, are refusing to stand during the national anthem to protest racism and inequality. Many of those leading the protests are...
View ArticleMilitarized Police Are Collaborating With Oil Companies At Standing Rock
Water protectors at the Dakota Access Pipeline have already endured dog attacks, military-style checkpoints, low-flying surveillance planes, invasive strip searches, national guard deployments, and...
View ArticleCaught On Camera: Donald Trump’s Anti-Muslim Agenda Revealed
The plan was revealed when an AP photographer captured an image of Kris Kobach entering a private meeting with Trump on Sunday, carrying a binder and papers. The post Caught On Camera: Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleBillionaire Heir Of Right-Wing Dynasty Picked For Education Secretary
Betsy DeVos is among a handful of billionaires who have created and underwritten the rapid expansion of charter schools since 2000. The post Billionaire Heir Of Right-Wing Dynasty Picked For Education...
View ArticleImmigration Movement Prepares For Bold Offensive Against Trump
Strikes, protests and trainings are part of some immigrants' ambitious, bold offensive in the coming struggles for justice in the Trump era. The post Immigration Movement Prepares For Bold Offensive...
View Article‘White Genocide’: Debunking The Latest Breitbart-Promoted Racist Buzzword
The false claim that there is a genocide against white people is a key rallying cry used by organized white supremacists to justify racist violence targeting people of color, Muslims and Jews. With the...
View ArticleSteve King’s Statements Are Outrageous, But His White Nationalist Policies...
Steve King's latest white nationalist tweet reflects a long history of racist remarks and reactionary policy promoted by the Iowa Republican. The post Steve King’s Statements Are Outrageous, But His...
View ArticleIs Trump Waging a Stealth War of Retaliation Against Sanctuary Cities?
CNN reported on March 25 that an unnamed “senior U.S. immigration official with direct knowledge of ongoing ICE actions” testified that federal authorities have descended upon sanctuary cities to...
View ArticleYou Might Be Surprised Where The Leading Areas Of Drug Overdose Are In The U.S.
“Drug overdose was by far the single leading cause of premature death by injury in 2015 and contributed to the accelerated rise in premature death from 2014 to 2015,” the study determines. “Large...
View ArticleDiverse Protest Groups Unite As ‘The Majority,’ Aiming For Large-Scale...
Now, 50 years after Dr. King’s historic address, a new coalition called “The Majority” is emerging to tackle the triple evils identified by Dr. King and build a “multi-racial, cross-movement fight for...
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