U.S. Police Trainers with Fascist Ties are Teaching Hundreds of Cops
One police instructor who has taught 560 officers in recent years has joined one extremist group and supported other far-right movements. Others
CIA Knew it had the Wrong Man, but Kept Him Anyway
Highlights: Internal CIA report reveals new details of arrest of German citizen Khaleed al Masri Agents realized early that there was no reason to h
Armed Black Panthers Confront Armed White Militia on Streets of Dallas
Blacks in Dallas say ‘No’ to White militia’s armed protest outside Nation of Islam mosque APR 6, 2016 DALLAS—The chant of “Whose str
Three Stabbed at California KKK Rally: 'All Hell Broke Loose'
Dozens of protesters who heard about a planned Ku Klux Klan rally were waiting by a Southern California park when six people pulled up in a black SUV.
How Charles Koch Backed the John Birch Society at the Height of Its Attacks on Martin Luther King
January 18, 2016 As noted in the new book, Dark Money, by The New Yorker's Jane Mayer, Charles and David Koch have spent millions on public
Dallas Progressives Stand Up to Fascism
Dallas: We are not afraid to stand up to fascism By Alan Bancroft and Doug Thompson Liberation, Dec 13, 2015 For several weekends, the pr
Two Men Arrested in Shooting of Black Lives Matter Protesters in Minneapolis
November 24, 2015 MINNEAPOLIS — Simmering racial tensions boiled over yet again Monday night when several men shot five people who had been pr
Advocate of Voter Suppression Speaks to White Suppremacist Group
Voter suppression expert Kris Kobach speaks to white nationalist publishing group Sure, sure. Tell me more about how voting rights restrictions h
VIDEO: White People With Confederate Flags Crash Black Child's Birthday Party
A group of white passengers in trucks with waving Confederate flags reportedly interrupted a black child's birthday party in Douglasville, Georgia on
New Documents Raise Concerns About CIA's Domestic Data Collection
The American Civil Liberties Union in concerned the CIA is hoovering up mass amounts of data on Americans as it conducts foreign surveillance operati
New York to Pay Eric Garner's Family $5.9 Million
Also see: NYPD Edits Wikipedia Entries On Eric Garner, Other Police Brutality Victims Ahead of the one year anniversary of Eric Garner's death at the
Louisiana’s Racist Injustice: Why the Angola 3 Spent Decades in Solitary Confinement
"... The American prison system has made the cruel and unusual something common. Of the 2.3 million incarcerated people in this country, around 80,000
Bill C-51 and ‘Fascist Shift’ in Canada Decried at Toronto Rally
"... This legislation is not new. German and Italian versions were passed in the 1930s in Europe and they looked very much like C-51 ..." More than 5
DEA Seizes Life Savings from Black Traveler NEVER CHARGED with Crime
DEA to traveler: Thanks, I’ll take that cash Maybe he should have taken traveler’s checks. But it’s too late for that now. All the mon
Should We Trust Secret Government? Nope
Provisions of the Patriot Act passed after 9/11 that have enabled the bulk collection of cell phone and Internet usage exposed by the Edward Snowden l
Delaware: Video Shows White Officer Kicking Black Man in Face
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police in Delaware have released dashcam video showing a white police officer kicking a black suspect in the face as he puts hi
The Guardian: Of Snowden and the NSA, Only One has Acted Unlawfully – and it’s not Snowden
With the NSA’s bulk surveillance ruled illegal, the debate on the Patriot Act should be reinvigorated – with Edward Snowden free to join in On 6
NSA Phone Records Program Illegal, Court Rules
Federal appeals court says NSA program that collected millions of Americans’ phone calls was not authorized by Congress The
DEA Spied on Billions of American Phone Calls for Decades
Also see: DEA Spy Program More Intrusive Than NSA Invasion Indiscriminate spying was the DEA’s blunt force weapon of choice in its “War on
The Toxic Culture of Death and Invincibility in Louisiana Prosecutors' Office (WaPo)
A couple of years ago, I wrote about the ongoing problem of prosecutor misconduct, using Louisiana as the poster state to explain why even egregious
"Being A Cop Showed Me Just How Racist And Violent Police Are. There's Only One Fix."
Redditt Hudson, a former cop, works for the NAACP and chairs the board of the Ethics Project. The views expressed here are his own. As a kid, I got
Liar, Liar Pence On Fire!
Let’s face it: You don’t get to be governor of a deeply red state like Indiana, which went Republican in every presidential election from 1968 to
California Seeks to Head Off Initiative to Execute Gays
Petitioning Craig Holden Disbar lawyer who wants to legalize the murder of LGBT people Petition by Carol Dahmen West Sacramento, California Peop
A Hard Time of It (Poem by Kathryn Nevin)
A Hard Time of It By Kathryn Nevin It’s a gibbous moon. The astronauts are out tonight. Perfecting their craft, fixing frayed patches, hamme