Thursday, January 2, 2025

Tag: justice

Minority lawyers hanging from their own bootstraps

How law schools fail those who seek justice.

Airmen guarding US nuclear missile base caught using LSD, cocaine, and...

In total, fourteen airmen were disciplined, while six of them were convicted in courts martial of LSD use or distribution or both.

Crisis in consciousness: Change and the individual

Remove the psychological clutter and Love will shine forth, bringing clarity and lasting change, within the individual and by extension society.

Juvenile detention officer arrested for civil rights violations resulting in teen’s...

“By and through this bounty system, Johnson caused, encouraged and induced juvenile detainees, in exchange for rewards and privileges, to forcibly assault.”

Bill Cosby guilty of sexual assault charges

Accused of sexually assaulting at least 50 women during his decades-long career, the jury in his retrial found him guilty Thursday of three counts of aggravated indecent assault.

Special needs school fires educators for mocking autistic child on audio...

Instead of expressing a modicum of compassion for the special needs student, his teacher and a teacher’s aide incessantly derided the boy and his condition with open disdain.

Man framed by police for murder awarded $10M in damages

Trulove was initially sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder before his release in 2015.

Red for Ed: The teachers’ red state revolt rolls on

The teachers' strikes today are part of a national revolt that has been growing for months, arcing from one red state to another.

Spending a night in the Concord jail when Martin Luther King,...

On the evening of April 4, 1968, an hour or so after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, I was in a jail cell in Concord, Mass., writing a freshman paper about King, Gandhi and Thoreau.

Video shows off-duty officer punching unarmed man

“They should have terminated him, quite frankly. I mean, period.”

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Exclusive prayer for $100K: Trump’s Inauguration Committee faces criticism over ‘pay-to-pray’ event

Trump’s inauguration committee faces scrutiny for exorbitant ticket prices to interfaith prayer event.

Bernie Sanders’ nine-point plan to overhaul America’s healthcare system

Bernie Sanders unveils bold plan to reform U.S. healthcare and address inequality.

15 dead and dozens injured after terrorist attack on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street

Tragedy strikes Bourbon Street as terrorist attack claims lives on New Year’s Day.

Billionaire wealth hits $10 trillion as Sanders warns of oligarchic rule

As the world’s wealthiest accumulate unprecedented riches, concerns mount over the impact of wealth inequality on democracy and society.

War Is Making Us Poor

The book presents unmistakable proof of the mess our country is in, and it points the finger at rampant, accelerating militarism.