Tag: justice
What’s driving our epidemic of distrust?
Many failures, in turn, can help explain why the only major institution in American life that Americans trust less than Big Business just happens to be Congress.
Report reveals: CNN’s Gaza coverage filtered by IDF-monitored Jerusalem bureau
It reveals that CNN's coverage, especially concerning the recent Gaza conflict, is routed through its Jerusalem bureau, operating under Israeli military censorship
Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts,...
It is against the law for federal judges to hear cases when they own stock in a party. But state supreme court justices, in North Carolina and elsewhere, are not held to the same standard.
A grim Halloween: Surge in mass shootings exposes America’s enduring gun...
The broad geographic distribution of these incidents underscores the fact that no region is immune to this ongoing crisis.
‘This is unacceptable’: As many as 20 reported dead, dozens wounded...
Between 15 and 22 people were killed and scores wounded Wednesday night in the city of Lewiston, Maine.
Missouri set to execute Marcellus Williams despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again
Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.”
NYPD ‘friendly fire’ killed an officer. Investigators seemed to ignore video...
New records show that investigators allowed police misstatements to stand, despite having body-camera video to disprove them.
‘Police lied’: Video belies Philly cops’ claim in fatal shooting of...
"In my view this is a crime against humanity, to be perfectly truthful."
History must record Trump’s plan for a nationwide ‘Kent State’ massacre
there are two particularly chilling passages in Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump: Both, to my mind, invoke Kent State, but on a much larger scale.
Extremists want to ban discussing their abortion bans
Thirty-nine years later, here comes a clique of theocratic extremists in our country using Orwellian manipulation in its crusade to take control over every woman’s personal reproductive rights.
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...
Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.
Tlaib, ACLU, and advocates warn H.R. 9495 could empower Trump to silence nonprofits and...
Progressives and civil rights groups sound the alarm over legislation that could allow President-elect Trump to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status without evidence, threatening free speech and democracy.