Body cam video shows officers threatening and handcuffing 5-year-old
The child’s mother subsequently filed a civil lawsuit accusing the officers of assault, false arrest, and emotional distress.
To best understand inequality, think class, not generation
We can’t change the generation we get born into. We can change how the world we enter distributes income and wealth.
Baltimore cop suspended for planting evidence on video
Within the past six years, the city of Baltimore has paid more than $13 million to settle lawsuits alleging police misconduct.
Alabama court shocks nation: Frozen embryos declared children, threatening IVF
The case originated from an incident at a fertility clinic where frozen embryos were destroyed due to unauthorized access and mishandling.
‘Hands Off My Birth Control’: Activists Demand US Supreme Court Protect Women’s Health
'Denying any woman the healthcare she needs and is guaranteed by law is discrimination, plain and simple'
Now’s the time for Medicare for all
It's either expensive health care for the few, or affordable health care for the many.
On 13th anniversary of last minimum wage hike, Dems urged to raise ‘deplorable’ $7.25...
"They must immediately raise the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour. Our country cannot afford to reach a 14th anniversary of $7.25."
Los Angeles is creating a model for fighting mass incarceration
Los Angeles County is laying out a vision for reducing incarceration and providing care that could have national significance.
Surviving today’s toxic brew of doomsday moralism, criminality and derangement
You don’t have to be an English major to appreciate that style reveals as much as content when assessing persona, character and...
Ex-Cop Indicted For Murder of Unarmed Teen
“They're not celebrating, of course, because you can't celebrate the death of Jose Cruz. You can only celebrate the fact that Officer Johnson will be charged for the murder of Jose Cruz.”