Tag: justice
We are militarism’s hostages
There is a danger that our world, with all the beauty and value that it contains, will be destroyed by this cynical game for power and money, in which civilians are militarism's hostages.
Independent review released after police fracture elderly woman’s arm
According to the assessment, staffing shortages at the police department are leading to fatigue and frustration, while the quality of law enforcement has declined due to policies pushing officers to increase the number of arrests and citations.
Trump-appointed judge sides with cops who brutalized DAPL protesters
A decision that critics have characterized as a tacit endorsement of the violent repression of climate justice advocates.
It’s time for corporations to get off the sidelines on social...
It’s both good ethics and good business to support the rights of Black Americans and women when they are under assault.
How to ensure global debates about inequality are informed by views...
In the last decade inequality has been placed at the centre of the agenda for global social and economic policy. This has...
Federal court blocks government from expelling families from US under ‘Title...
“President Biden should have ended this cruel and lawless policy long ago, and the court was correct to reject it today.”
Judge says California’s Prop 22 unconstitutional in ‘major’ win for gig...
A measure that let so-called gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft limit worker protections—is unconstitutional.
Former Tennessee deputy charged with assaulting police officers during Capitol riots
Ronald McAbee was arrested Tuesday after the FBI received a tip concerning his exposed identity on police body cam footage during the Capitol riots.
To save the planet, we need to end corporate funding of...
Those fighting to protect the planet face intense police repression that's funded by private corporations.
‘Huge legal win’: Court stops police from blockading Line 3 protester...
"The Hubbard County sheriff has been served notice that his illegal campaign of militarized harassment and obstruction against our clients must end now."
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Over 4,000 factory workers laid off as Trump tariffs spark economic chaos
A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing.
Not very bright
How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?
Now the putz has really done it, exposing the USA as trade pariah but,...
As a destroyer of global trade and hard-won allied trust, Trump mayhem in eight weeks tops the devastation Covid took two years to achieve.
Chevron ordered to pay $744 million for decades of destruction to Louisiana’s coastal wetlands
A Louisiana jury’s landmark verdict against Chevron signals a major shift in holding Big Oil accountable for environmental degradation and decades of ignored coastal restoration laws.
Patriotic Millionaires challenge oligarch power with sweeping economic plan
As economic inequality worsens and public frustration grows, a coalition of wealthy Americans offers a radical legislative blueprint to dismantle the grip of the ultra-rich on democracy.