Human Rights Groups Urge UN to Call for Abolition of “Death by Incarceration”
A number of human rights organizations submitted a 31-page complaint to United Nations experts todayThe group claims that the United States is torturing people and violating the prohibition against racism by incarcerating them in extreme sentences, including life without parole (LWOP), and condemning them to death. The Center for Constitutional Rights (the Drop LWOP Coalition) […]
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GOP’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Is a Midterm Tactic — But Not in the Way You Think
Tuesday was less than three months since the Supreme Court reaffirmed its decision. Roe v. WadeSenator Lindsay Graham (R. South Carolina) introduced a 15-week national abortion ban in the U.S. Senate. This bill is the first Republican abortion ban since 2006. Roe’s end, contains exceptions for rape, incest and to save the life of the […]
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Minor League Baseball Players are Unionized for the First Time in History
Minor league baseball was established in 1901. This is the first time that minor league players have been unionized. Major League Baseball (MLB), however, voluntarily recognized the union Wednesday. MLB Announces its intent to recognizeThe union was formed last week. over half ofMinor leaguers signed authorization cards from the union, which were certified this week […]
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Trump Admits to Taking Government Docs, But Claims He Declassified Them
Former President Donald Trump claimed on a far right radio show on Thursday that he had given “verbal orders” to declassify the documents that were found at his Mar-a-Lago estate last month. When Host Hugh Hewitt asked if he issued such orders verbally while president, Trump said that was a “correct” assessment, even though it […]
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Oath Keepers Were Emboldened by Trump Tweet, New January 6 Audio Shows
The House committee investigating the January 6 attack released an audio recording Thursday in which members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia react in real-time to one of former President Donald Trump’s tweets as his supporters stormed and ransacked the U.S. Capitol. The new audio makes clear the militia members were emboldened by Trump’s response […]
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Across the Midwest, Counties Are Building New Jails on Toxic Land
This story was published in partnership by Capital B News. Nestled in Cleveland’s Industrial Valley, the intersection of Transport Road and Rockefeller Avenue holds the story of the city’s toxic past — and potentially poisonous future. Once the home of a massive oil refinery, the plot is now the potential new home of a $700 […]
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Reimagining the Commons Is One Step Toward a Future Without Police
“Commoning” is about affirming humanity, eliminating inequality and social hierarchies, and promoting shared well-being and greater safety. Mariame Kaba & Andrea J. Ritchie argue that police are the antithesis for the commons. This excerpt is from their latest book. No More Police: A Case for Abolition, Kaba and Ritchie explore what coming together to cultivate […]
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Judge Said Religious Employers Can Deny Preventive Care — a Dizzying Precedent
Whenever I think that the hyper-politicized judiciary in the U.S. can’t do anything more destructive than what it has already done in recent years, yet another far right judge quickly proves me wrong. This occurred yet again last week, when Judge Reed O’Connor, a notorious former Republican staffer who now serves on a federal district […]
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Biden’s paranoid presidency delivers divisiveness to Americans, not unity
The Left’s vision for America has grown increasingly dark. Its embrace of identity politics has become a drive for divisiveness, vilifying large swathes American citizens for political purposes. The most recent examples of this came last week when President Joe Biden labeled tens of millions of his own constituents — Americans who oppose his far-left policies — […]
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The Chinese government shouldn’t be invited to the Queen’s funeral, say some MP’s
Some MP’s and peers have expressed disdain towards the invitation of the Chinese government to the Queens funeral. Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Tim Loughton, Conservative MPs, wrote to James Cleverly to voice their concern. They described the invitation as “extraordinary” and referred to the Chinese as the “architects” of genocide against the Uyghur minority. […]
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