Tag: New York
How Eric Adams has backed a secretive NYPD unit ridden with...
The mayor has repeatedly championed the CRT and his allies who run it, even as NYPD officials have warned its policing has been too aggressive.
22 Republican Attorneys General sue New York over climate change Superfund...
Legal challenge seeks to block state’s effort to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages.
14 guards beat Robert Brooks to death at New York prison...
Outrage and investigations follow the death of Robert Brooks in a violent incident at a New York prison.
It was the rage of the age
Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County, pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and world?
21 bodycam videos caught the NYPD wrongly arresting Black kids on...
Police have frequently used that power to withhold footage, not only from the public, but also from civilian investigators.
New York calls PepsiCo’s plastic pollution a ‘public nuisance’ in first-of-its-kind...
The company's packaging was found to be the most significant contributor to plastic waste clogging the Buffalo River.
Stand for Indigenous land justice: Stop STAMP
If the state and federal governments truly stand behind their commitments to environmental justice, then we should stand with the Tonawanda—for the Big Woods, and for Indigenous land justice.
New York to require public power provider to source 100% clean...
The move boosts renewable energy and could give the public more control over their energy.
Rejecting ‘brazen’ interference in Trump criminal case, New York DA sues...
Bragg is seeking to bar Jordan from enforcing the subpoena and from demanding testimony from anyone else, including the district attorney himself.
‘A huge deal for accountability’: New York Grand Jury votes to...
"Donald Trump has spent his entire political career dodging accountability for his wanton disregard for the law. It is finally catching up to him."
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Trump accused of weaponizing Social Security and immigration system to target immigrants and silence...
Critics warn of authoritarian overreach as Trump administration marks immigrants as “dead” to force deportation and targets lawful residents for protected political speech.
Trump executive order targets state climate laws, shields fossil fuel industry from accountability
New order directs Justice Department to block enforcement of state climate laws, raising legal questions and stoking fears of fossil fuel immunity.
This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage would have been huge
The answer is simple: the economic cost to the U.S. was too high.
New book reveals tactics Coca-Cola uses to remain No. 1 soft drink company in...
“Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick” is a detailed account of the tactics used to maintain a great reputation despite company's secrets.
Louisiana jury orders Chevron to pay millions to restore coastal wetlands
The jury found Texaco, which was bought by Chevron in 2001, in violation of state coastal resource regulations because the company didn't restore wetlands destroyed by drilling oil wells, dredging canals and dumped wastewater.