Julia Conley, staff writer
Attorney General William Barr agreed on Wednesday to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in July, as the panel investigates whether the U.S. Department of Justice has been politicized under the Trump administration.
Robert P. Alvarez
This obsession with criminalization is driven by structural racism. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Leonardo Flores
President Nicolás Maduro addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters on May 1, 2019, a day after Guaidó’s attempted coup.
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Julia Conley, staff writer
The head of the International Criminal Court expressed shock late Tuesday at the Trump administration's threats to the institution, made in response to the court's decision to open a probe into war crimes in Afghanistan, and accused the U.S. of unlawful conduct.
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Boston should not use racially discriminatory technology that threatens the privacy and basic rights of our residents."
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Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"There are no more worthy targets of a climate fraud lawsuit than Exxon, Koch Industries, and API: the unholy trinity of climate denial."
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The ACLU on Wednesday urged policymakers to end law enforcement use of facial recognition technology and filed an administrative complaint with Detroit police on behalf of Robert Williams, a Black man who was wrongfully arrested in January after software owned by Michigan State Police misidentified him as a shoplifting suspect.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Wilson's record against civil rights and healthcare, and his lack of judicial temperament and experience, should have disqualified him."
Daniel Costa
The new proclamation looks to be mostly symbolic and is likely a political tactic to blame immigrants for high unemployment, despite that fact that they had nothing to do with causing it. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
Jamal Abdi, Ryan Costello
By January 2021, the U.S. is likely to have been in material breach of the JCPOA for 32 months and will have very little credibility or leverage to insist on changes to the agreement or a grand bargain addressing all of the international community’s concerns about Iran. (Photo: Ron Adar / Shutterstock.com)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is a sign that the times are changing."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Two years after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stunned the Democratic establishment with her primary win, the grassroots progressive movement which helped secure her victory has spread to surrounding congressional districts in New York.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged the Israeli government to abandon a developing plan to annex about a third of the occupied West Bank, which "has alarmed Palestinians, many Israelis, and the broader international community."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Today shows that vulnerable communities face barriers to the vote. Long lines, late poll openings, and more show voter suppression is a threat to democracy."
Simon Whalley
London based Vegan burger company Biffs Kitchen handing out samples of their pulled jackfruit burgers during Plant Powered Expo 2020 at Olympia London on February 2, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Ollie Millington/Getty Images)
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Yohuru Williams, Savannah Shepherd
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, is a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the U. S. (Photo: Ron Cogswell/flickr/cc)
David Cooper
From a general macroeconomic perspective, raising the minimum wage in a period of depressed consumer demand is smart policy. (Photo: SEIU)
Michael Winship
In his Tulsa speech and an interview Trump previews his hate-fueled, if incoherent, 2020 campaign strategy.
