Julia Conley, staff writer
Civil rights groups on Friday filed a lawsuit against Alamance County and the city of Graham, North Carolina, after officials issued a new ordinance last week announcing the police department would not be issuing protest permits during the city's current state of emergency.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This suffering cannot be forgotten."
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Mike Lofgren
Former National security adviser John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence before the start of a joint news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House June 7, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder announced Friday that he would conduct a "thorough review" of his NFL team's name, which has been the target of protests for decades by Indigenous people and other critics who say the name amounts to a harmful slur.
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Jeffery Robinson
A staff member raises the state flag for the flag retirement ceremony at the Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi on July 1, 2020. - Mississippi's flag, the last US state banner to feature a Confederate emblem, was permanently retired Wednesday when it was lowered from the state's capitol and removed from the grounds. The move comes one day after Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill ordering the rebel-themed flag's removal, which comes in the wake of... Читать дальше...
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We won't be social distancing," said the South Dakota governor.
Jeff Cohen
Martin Luther King Jr. and others march in Washington, DC in August 1963 demanding economic reforms, including full employment and better wages. (Photo: CWA/Local 7076)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
A small "left-right anti-war coalition," warns The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald, remains "no match for the war machine composed of the establishment wings of both parties."
Liz Watson
A nurse attends a protest, organised by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) in front of the National Holdings Corporation on May 8, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)
Nikola Mikovic
U.S. Soldiers navigate a stream during a security patrol in Chabar, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2009. The Soldiers are from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. (Photo: DoD/Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II, U.S. Air Force)
Julia Conley, staff writer
The ACLU on Thursday launched a new digital ad campaign calling on the U.S. Senate to correct the "unconscionable" omission in the nation's coronavirus testing strategy, demanding that all immigrants be made eligible for Covid-19 testing and treatment in any upcoming legislation.
Neil deMause
Activists hold signs and protest the California lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on May 01, 2020 in San Diego, California. The protesters demands included opening small businesses, churches as well as support for President Trump. (Photo: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
Stephen Miles
Among some of the most powerful Democrats in the House, Rep. Eliot Engel (NY-16) (far left) was just defeated in a primary; Rep. Steny Hoyer (MD-5) (center), the House Majority Leader; and Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28) (right), chair of the House Intelligence Committee, all have received massive support from the weapons industry and pro-war lobbyists. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"She is fighting with the nonpartisan GAO on basic data that lets them do their job of transparency and accountability," Porter said of small business administrator Jovita Carranza.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As we've seen all too often from Big Pharma, saving lives is incidental to their business model—the profit motive always comes first."
Michael Galant
There is no alternative. To rebuild the global economy, to prepare for the next pandemic, to confront the climate crisis, we have no choice: we need a Global Green New Deal. (Photo: Peg Hunter/flickr/cc)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is insane to issue bayonets to soldiers for crowd control."
Common Dreams staff
"I hope the SDNY and all relevant parties have conducted an extensive review of the failures of Epstein's custody," said the New York Democrat.
Julia Conley, staff writer
More than 300 law professors from universities across the U.S. on Thursday signed a letter imploring Congress to pass legislation to fully abolish qualified immunity for law enforcement officers and hold local governments accountable when their officers violate a person's constitutional rights.
