Friday, October 18, 2024

Activists arrested in Capitol Hill protest urging Biden to cancel student debt and divest...

The Debt Collective’s protest underscores the urgent need for student debt relief and a reevaluation of U.S. military spending.
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17-year-old helps win last-minute stay of deportation for his mom – now she’ll see...

It has been Sikandar’s lifelong dream to send her son to college.
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2020 candidates address historical trauma, missing Indigenous women & more at Native American forum

Exploring the candidates’ proposals to tackle issues affecting the Native American community, including the chronic murder and disappearance of Native American girls and women, land sovereignty, and generational trauma caused by colonialism.

Fear: What Police Reform Doesn’t Address

The most effective reforms are the ones that build community trust between citizens and the police that serve them.

Video reveals deputy punching and slamming teen’s head against ground

"It was outrageous that a deputy would do this to an unarmed student who was not fighting back, who was giving no resistance.”
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Video shows mentally ill man’s death in sheriff’s custody

“I don’t want any violence in my city. I want us to view this tape and I want us to learn what we don’t want happening here.”

Why President Hillary Clinton Will Need Bernie’s “Political Revolution” to Get Anything Done

The pragmatist in her must know that the only way her ideas will make it in real life is if the public is organized and mobilized behind them.

VIDEO: 'These Are War Crimes:' Shocking Details Emerge of US Resident Majid Khan’s Torture...

Details of Majid Khan's, the only known legal resident of the U.S. to be held at Guantánamo, torture provides new insight on the abuse by the CIA. The declassified information is both abusive and sick in nature.

Firearm stocks spike after mass shootings as investors dismiss the chance of tightening gun laws

Mass shootings occur with such frequency that we can no longer implement this kind of analysis looking at the effect of isolated incidents and the stock market effect on gun companies.

Chicago Officials Release Footage Showing Police Misconduct That Led To Unarmed Black Teen’s Death

A police review chief called the footage "shocking and disturbing.”