Police Can Be Held Liable for Killing a Dog but Not a Black Person
In back-to-back rulings on when cops should be afforded qualified immunity, an appeals court came to radically different conclusions.
Wins at the Ballot Box for Abortion Rights Still Mean Court Battles for Access
By Bram Sable-Smith / KFF Health News Before Ohio voters amended their constitution last year to protect abortion rights, the state’s attorney general, an anti-abortion Republican, said that doing so…
The Law is Not for Us, It’s Against Us
The remedy for the problems the law supposedly addresses comes from creating better conditions for people to flourish and be free from the ills oppression facilitates.
‘We Want Peace’: Spain Applies to Join ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel
"We do it out of commitment to the United Nations and to international law," said the Spanish foreign minister, calling for an end to civilian deaths.
US Bombs Used in Israeli Massacre of 40 in Gaza Refugee Camp
The targeting of the UN school-turned-shelter is a “blatant” violation of international law, one UN official said.
The Triad Is Not the Trinity
Or, Ending My Thermonuclear Odyssey.
Who By Fire? The Burning of Rafah’s Tent People
By Jeffrey St. Clair / CounterPunch “Oh hell, what do mine eyeswith grief behold?” – John Milton, Paradise Lost People were saying their evening prayers when the IDF attacked the…
‘What Are They Afraid Of?’: Columbia Law Review Board Shuts Down Website Over Nakba Article
The author of the 106-page piece said the suppression attempt is "reflective of a pervasive and alarming Palestine exception to academic freedom."
We Can Safeguard Democracy Without Giving in to Fear and More Policing
With voter intimidation and political violence on the rise, it’s time to invest in proven nonviolent, civilian-led safety endeavors.
Hundreds of Doctors Demand Biden End Solitary Confinement in Immigration Prisons
Solitary confinement in ICE prisons would likely explode in scope under Trump’s mass deportation plan.
How Tens of Thousands of Grad Workers Are Organizing Themselves
By Valentina Luketa / Labor Notes It’s the biggest organizing wave the U.S. labor movement has seen in decades. Graduate workers are unionizing in huge numbers, winning drive after drive…
Why Women Will Be Hardest Hit by President Biden’s Executive Order
Women fleeing persecution and violence do not deserve to be caught up in election year politics.
Q&A w/ Chris Hedges — What I’m Doing After Real News
By Chris Hedges / Substack On this first livestream at my new studio, I explained what the plans are for my show following the termination of my program at The…
Vivisection of the Vibe-Recession
Economists just don't get why we don't trust the government or them!
Stanford University Team Issues Apology Over Allegations of Copying Chinese Project for AI Model
Undergraduate developers admit a project developed by Tsinghua University and ModelBest is “very similar.”