Pope’s senior adviser charged with multiple counts of sexual assault
Numerous victims have come forward in the past few years alleging sexual assault charges against the cardinal.
Everything Wrong With How Our Justice System Treats Poor People, In One Awful Case
“Driving while poor” can be a harrowing experience, as minor offenses can lead to fines that low-income drivers cannot afford.
Fired cop charged with battery and misconduct after attacking woman on video
“If [police] violate those professional standards, then we will terminate them. If their conduct rises to the level where it’s criminal, [State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle] is going to prosecute you.”
Minneapolis agrees to pay $20M to family of unarmed woman killed by police
“There was not a clear threat before the use of force was made. This is not a victory for anyone, but rather a way for our city to move forward.”
National prison strike begins: Prisoners in 17 states demand end to ‘slave labor’ behind...
Prisoners in at least 17 states are expected to participate in the coordinated sit-ins, hunger strikes, work stoppages and commissary boycotts from today until Sept. 9.
Corporate profiteering destroyed the Baltimore bridge
The price of corporate compromising on safety is usually paid with taxpayer dollars and immigrant worker lives.
The well-heeled and our personal well-being
Do we need, some observers of our fraying social fabric suggest, more people in public life noble enough to champion basic ethical norms?
Exclusive: Gay High School Student Delivers Valedictorian Speech He Was Barred from Giving
Evan Young, the 2015 class valedictorian of Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School in Longmont, Colorado was prevented from giving his graduation speech because he was going to announce he is gay. But Young finally got his chance and was praised for his bravery.
Another Flint? Newark, NJ, faces public health crisis over lead contamination in city’s water...
Thousands of residents in Newark, New Jersey, remain unable to drink their tap water in an enduring public health nightmare. Lead contamination...
Race, belonging, and unconditional white amnesty
Though Trump casts amnesty as incompatible with “being a country of rules,” history proves otherwise.