Two new laws passed by the Mississippi legislature and signed into law by the governor are going to further remove the Jackson police and so-called justice system from any semblance of control by the people of Jackson. The first, House Bill 1020, establishes a...
ProPublica recently revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for decades received luxury trips from billionaire Harlan Crow and even sold properties to Crow for tens of thousands of dollars – none of which he disclosed on his financial reports,...
On April 6, Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives upped the ante on political repression in the United States. Tennessee Democratic Party representatives, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, were expelled by the Republican-controlled legislature. This is...
Yesterday, Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts for falsifying business records around hush money payments to a porn star seven years ago. The media has gone into a frenzy over this indictment, but much of it seems like a big distraction rather than a...
Reported violations of state and federal child labor laws are on the rise nationwide. From meatpacking plants to construction sites to food packaging and coffee harvesting, teenagers, mostly immigrants, are being exploited in violation of longstanding child labor...
