Friday, November 15, 2024

Deputies Charged with Beating Inmate to Death and Falsifying Report

Two former deputy jailers were charged with violating a detainee’s civil rights after the state medical examiner’s preliminary report cited “jail beating.” Both face life in prison for depriving him of his constitutional rights.

VIDEO: We Won't Torture Anymore: APA Tells US to Withdraw Psychologists from National Security...

The American Psychological Association has barred psychologists from participating in national security interrogations through a new policy passed in August. Are these changes key to protecting health professionals from military prosecution?

VIDEO: Voices of Rise Up October: Quentin Tarantino, Cornel West, Victims' Families Decry Police...

With some 40 families across the country impacted by police violence, thousands took to the streets of New York City in solidarity for the victims demanding an end to police brutality. We need change.

Prostitution: Being Raped for a Living

Rachel Moran, like many other girls and women, was forced into prostitution—desperate and homeless. Now a prostitution abolition activist, writer and blogger, Moran has created an organization for survivors of prostitution and is striving for its outlaw.

VIDEO: 'Everybody Is a Suspect:' European Rights Chief on Edward Snowden's Call for Global...

In a new campaign to establish global privacy standards, Edward Snowden along with others proposed the International Treaty on the Right to Privacy, Protection Against Improper Surveillance and Protection of Whistleblowers. Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, discusses the treaty.

If Ever America Needed A People’s Political Revolution It’s Now

The U.S. is in desperate need of a revolution in order to restore the nation’s democracy and if Bernie Sanders is elected president this very well might happen. “This government is so thoroughly controlled by special interest campaign funding, so inept and dysfunctional, that it needs to be completely overhauled.”

An Awfully Bitter Brew

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest beer conglomerate, is taking over the second largest which will leave them in control of 70 percent of the U.S. market. Seem fair?

Time to Rein In the Casual Overuse of Undercover Cops in America

Do undercover cops create a dangerous paranoia in every day citizens? It's time to say "Enough! No more undercover cops on patrol, or just trolling for busts. No more Corey Joneses!"

Police Refuse to Release Details About Church Drummer Killed by Plainclothes Officer

A fatal police shooting occurred in Palm Beach Gardens and killed Corey Jones, a drummer in a church band, while he was waiting for a tow truck to arrive. The department is withholding details, but where is the transparency inside the Florida Police Department?

VIDEO: The Four Big Lies About Immigrants—and the Truth

While Donald Trump “opened the floodgates to lies about immigration,” Robert Reich uncovers these myths and explores the truth behind immigration and the government’s comprehensive immigration reform.