Police Seek a Radio Silence That Would Mute Critics in the Press
Restricting the right to listen in. Ari Paul September 25, 2023 Read the full article here FAIR
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Atlanta father Johnny Hollman killed by police on his way home from Bible study
On Aug. 10, 2023, Johnny Hollman said goodbye to his daughter and left his Bible study, just as he had done so many times before. Hollman, the chairman of the Deacon Board at The...
Treating Homeownership as a “Smart Investment” Has Fueled the Housing Crisis
For the middle class, homeownership is held up as the key to financial security. But there’s a dark side: government policies that prop up the homeowner-as-investor are deeply implicated in the housing crisis and...
Fed Up With the Homelessness Crisis, the Sacramento County DA Sues the City
Can DA Thien Ho’s lawsuit force cities to more effectively confront a growing humanitarian catastrophe? Sarah Abramsky September 22, 2023 Read the full article here The Nation
Michigan school board orders LGBTQ-inclusive student mural painted over
A high school student painted the mural last year after winning an art contest. Will Fritz September 22, 2023 Read the full article here American Independent
New Jersey Provides a Road Map for Fighting Racially Biased Traffic Stops
When the Supreme Court struck down the use of race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina last term, the conservative justices behind the decision robustly claimed to seek the end of...
A cop said a woman killed by a police crash had ‘limited value’. That’s appalling
The Seattle police officer’s comments are a grim reminder that US policing is about endowing the criminal legal system with authority to determine how much each of us is worth Moustafa Bayoumi September 19,...
Her students reported her for a lesson on race. Can she trust them again?
Mary Wood’s school reprimanded her for teaching a book by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now she hopes her bond with students can survive South Carolina’s politics. Hannah Natanson September 18, 2023 Read the full article here...
Sanders Sends Message to Big Three CEOs: ‘Time for You to End Your Greed’
“The CEOs of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis and their major stockholders on Wall Street have got to understand: they cannot have it all,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “We refuse to live in an...
Can America defeat the new ‘economic royalists’ ?
Rightwing billionaires have seized control of our Supreme Court and, through that, pretty much other every other aspect of American political and economic life. Thom Hartmann September 15, 2023 Read the full article here...