“One girl said to me, ‘I would hit you, but that’s called animal abuse,’” Gavin, an Oregon 4th grader, said at a city council meeting after a racist incident. Laura Bassett June 16, 2023...
These patterns represent a litany of violations of the public’s constitutional rights, the report finds Sharon Zhang, June 16, 2023 Read the full article here Salon
Daniel Penny has now been indicted in connection with the tragic killing, which came in a climate of fear mongering and New York City’s long failure to support people experiencing homelessness. Nicole Narea and...
Five House seats may well shift to Democrats in the wake of “Allen v. Milligan.” Marjorie Cohn June 13, 2023 Read the full article here Truthdig
Overloaded with debt, with maintenance and repairs cut back to the bone, tenants are being bled dry to make millions for speculators—with a crucial assist from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Eileen Markey...
The bill would create a Truth and Healing Commission that would document ongoing impacts to Native communities. Kalle Benallie June 10, 2023 Read the full article here Truthout
The League of Women Voters of Erie County held a forum for candidates running for five contested Buffalo Common Council seats Tuesday night, but multiple candidates showed up in only one of the races....
Adjusted for inflation, incomes for U.S. workers remain below their pre-pandemic highs as elevated costs for goods and services linger. Rob Wile June 9, 2023 Read the full article here NBC News
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown sought expertise on how to better prepare for future blizzards of this magnitude. He commissioned the NYU Wagner School to conduct an analysis of the storm’s impacts and to identify...
To many people, the image of a nuclear family in a stand-alone house with a green lawn and white picket fence still represents a fulfillment of the American dream. However, this ideal is relatively...