Police Raid Atlanta Forest After ‘Cop City’ Opponents Overrun Security Post
By Unicorn Riot Dekalb County, GA – At least 30 people were arrested on Sunday evening in the South River Forest during a ‘week of action’ music festival taking place…
Most “Progressive” Police Force in the US is Slammed For Response to Police Killing
Cambridge police shot and killed Arif Sayed Faisal just four days into 2023, and officials are no closer to releasing the names of the officers responsible.
Judy Heumann, ‘Mother of Disability Rights Movement,’ Dies at 75
"Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives—job opportunities or barrier-free buildings, for example," Heumann told one reporter.
How Israeli Cyber Weapons Are Taking Over Latin America
By Jessica Buxbaum / MintPress News In January, Salvadoran newspaper El Faro revealed that the country’s police have purchased three Israeli surveillance tools. Through the approximately $2.2 million contract, El…
John Kiriakou: The Threat to Journalism
C.I.A. whistleblower John Kiriakou told the Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney, Australia on Saturday that the threat to Julian Assange is a threat to every national security reporter. (With transcript)
‘Stop Cop City’ Week of Action Begins in Atlanta
By Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA – Atlanta-area forest defenders, community activists and their allies from around the country and the world are initiating a ‘week of action’ against a proposed…
Student Loan Forgiveness Program Appears Headed for Defeat in the Supreme Court
The right-wing “justices” seemed impervious to the economic plight of tens of millions with debilitating student debt.
A Top UC Berkeley Professor Taught With Remains That May Include Dozens of Native Americans
Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains.
This Women’s History Month, We Won’t Renegotiate Our Place in the Economy
This Women’s History Month, out of touch lawmakers are rolling out economic plans that would set women back generations. Not this time!
Chris Hedges: Lynching the Deplorables
The criminal investigation undertaken by the federal government against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol is polarizing the country and shredding civil liberties.
US Officials Point the Finger at Pro-Ukrainian Group for Nord Stream Attack
According to new intelligence revealed by anonymous US government sources, a pro-Ukrainian group with no alleged ties to the Ukrainian government is being blamed for the September 2022 sabotage.
Minneapolis Teachers Union, Cops Battle Over Student Recruitment
By Marjaan Sirdar / Unicorn Riot Minneapolis, MN – A Minneapolis Public Schools teacher talked to Unicorn Riot about the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) newly created PEACE Recruitment Program and…
Life Without Parole Prisoners Reignite Movement to End Mass Incarceration
A 50-year-old organization led by prisoners with life sentences has emerged from a COVID shutdown to fight for the abolition of legalized slavery.
We Live in a Society That Pays Men More When They Have Kids, But Women Less
Stereotypes around parenthood are having a lasting effect on the gender pay gap, which has not budged in 20 years, according to a new study by Pew.
Woman Arrested in South Carolina for Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills in 2021
Though the alleged abortion happened in 2021, police didn’t obtain the warrant for her arrest until after “Dobbs.”