Biden’s Border Crackdown Explained – A Refugee Law Expert Looks at the Legality and Impact of New Asylum Rule
This rule will deny thousands of migrants fleeing persecution their right to seek asylum at the United States’ southern border.
John Kiriakou: Covid & the Way of Death in US Prisons
If we don’t care about prisoners on any normal day, then why would we care about them when a pandemic is spreading through the system?
Formerly Incarcerated People Seek Discrimination Protection as “Protected Class”
Formerly incarcerated people in Atlanta won collective protection from discrimination, inspiring organizing nationwide.
Mexico’s AMLO Announces Campaign Against US Blockage of Cuba, Denounces Neoliberalism
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Mexico will lead an international movement to end the US government’s “inhumane” blockade against Cuba. Praising Fidel Castro as a “visionary”, AMLO denounced neoliberalism…
Chomsky and Prashad: Cuba Is Not a State Sponsor of Terrorism
The inclusion of Cuba on the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list has further restricted its ability to purchase essential goods for its population.
New Israeli Regime Moves Toward “Cleansing” All Palestinians From Palestine
Israel’s new fascist government has increased the collective punishment of Palestinians — a war crime.
Earthquake Leaves Millions Homeless and Without Water and Electricity in Turkish, Syrian Harsh Winter, Many Facing Death
By Juan Cole / Informed Consent Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Jordanian newspaper al-Ghad reports that on top of the now nearly 30,000 known deaths in Turkey and Syria,…
California Immigrant Detention Center Operator Faces Fines, Lawsuit Over Working Conditions
California has fined GEO Group over $100,000 for “willful and serious” health and safety violations.
How to Rescue Our Democratic Society: Constitutionally Render Corporations Unequal to Humans
By Ralph Nader / RalphNader.org No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in the World as the Giant Global Corporations – not governments, not armies, not religions and certainly…
After 46 Years of Imprisonment, It’s Time to Free Leonard Peltier
Today marks Global Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier.
Ralph Nader: The Progenitor of Inequalities – Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings
By Ralph Nader The word “inequality” is everywhere in the media. It usually refers either to race, gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between human beings. Absent from the…
Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?
Dubious forensic techniques have spread throughout the criminal justice system for decades. Here’s what ProPublica has learned about junk forensic science techniques and how they proliferate.
A Woman’s Calls Sustained Her Incarcerated Grandson. Now a Law in Her Name Will Lower Prison Phone Rates.
The law in Martha Wright-Reed's name calls on the FCC to better regulate the exorbitant costs of prison and jail phone calls for incarcerated people and their families.
Far Right Supreme Court Ready to Gut Unions (Again) as Workers Die on the Job
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch One of the first dead giveaways for fascism is animosity toward trade unions. That’s not to say all anti-union businesspeople are fascist, but simply that…
Jane Olson: Storytelling Exposes Humanity
Numbers and facts only tell half the story of some of the world’s most horrendous circumstances.