Georgia church sign calls for death to gay people
WGXA-TV - Thu Apr 30, 2015
A Milledgeville church known for stating what some would call extreme beliefs, now threatens the lives of gay people. More»
House votes to overturn DC law so employers can fire women for using birth control
Raw Story - Thu Apr 30, 2015
Late Thursday night, the House of Representatives voted in favor of "H. More»
NJ police punched, kicked, allowed dog to bite Phillip White before he died in custody
Daily Kos - Thu Apr 30, 2015
Late Tuesday morning, police in Vineland, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia, killed 32-year-old Phillip White. More»
Cop Who Arrested Freddie Gray Had Guns Confiscated Over Mental Health
Associated Press - Thu Apr 30, 2015
BALTIMORE, Maryland - The highest-ranking Baltimore police officer in the arrest that led to Freddie Gray's death was hospitalized in April 2012 over mental health concerns for an unknown duration and had his guns confiscated by local sheriff's deputies, according to records from the sheriff's office and court obtained by The Associated Press. More»
Experts: You Can't Break Your Own Spine Like Freddie Gray
Daily Beast - Thu Apr 30, 2015
The Baltimore Police Department's leaked report claims that Freddie Gray intentionally broke his own spine while in custody - We spoke to experts to see if that is even possible. More»
American Psychological Association Collaborated with C.I.A. Torture Program, Report Says
New York Times - Wed Apr 29, 2015
WASHINGTON - The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George W. More»
The Death of Freddy Gray
Wikipedia - Mon Apr 27, 2015
On April 12, 2015, 25-year-old African American Freddie Gray was taken into custody by the Baltimore Police Department for possession of a switchblade. More»
Rural Georgia city council votes to fly 'Christian flag' at City Hall over objections by its own attorney
Raw Story - Wed Apr 22, 2015
Even after the city attorney told them it was a violation of church/state separation, the city council of little Cochran, Georgia, population 5,100, voted last week to fly the "Christian flag" over its City Hall. More»
Oklahoma adopts nitrogen as possible execution method
Associated Press - Fri Apr 17, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma may use nitrogen gas as an alternative execution method if the US Supreme Court finds the state's lethal injection process unconstitutional or drugs are unavailable, under a bill Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed on Friday. More»
The Numbers Are Staggering: U.S. Is 'World Leader' in Child Poverty
AlterNet - Tue Apr 14, 2015
America's wealth grew by 60 percent in the past six years, by over $30 trillion. More»
Cop Admits to Quotas, Falsifying Charges, & Extorting the Poor
AlterNet - Tue Apr 14, 2015
Kennewick, WA - A disturbing yet incredibly revealing video was uploaded to YouTube recently which shows an alleged Kennewick police officer admit to a slew of misdeeds. More»
Fox guest: Keep discrimination legal because Bible tells businesses not to hire atheists
Raw Story - Sun Apr 5, 2015
A former Department of Justice official went on Fox & Friends over the weekend to discuss the passage of a Madison, Wisconsin city ordinance that prohibits businesses from discriminating against atheists. More»
Prosecutor fired amid reports of sterilization in plea deals
Associated Press - Thu Apr 2, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A Nashville prosecutor has been fired after reports surfaced that he made sterilization of women part of plea negotiations in some cases. More»
Corporation Literally Served Inmates Trash
Think Progress - Mon Mar 30, 2015
Two weeks ago Progress Michigan uncovered emails revealing that a prison food provider served cakes nibbled on by rats to inmates. More»
Man serves 900 days in jail, though he didn't commit a crime
AP - Thu Mar 12, 2015
PORTLAND, Oregon - A man waiting to testify in an Oregon murder case has been held in jail as a material witness for nearly 900 days, though he has committed no crime. More»
Texas Bill Would Make Recording Police Illegal
Huffington Post - Thu Mar 12, 2015
A bill introduced to the Texas House of Representatives would make it illegal for private citizens to record police within 25 feet. More»
Arkansas Republican Gave Adopted Girls to Rapist Because They Were 'Possessed By Demons'
AlterNet - Wed Mar 11, 2015
The story of Arkansas state Representative Justin Harris (R) - whose family adopted a pair of girls then "re-homed" them to another household where one of the girls was raped - has taken a bizarre turn with allegations that the Harris family gave the girls up because they believed the children could communicate telepathically and were possessed by demons. More»
Florida officials banned from saying 'climate change' because Gov. Rick Scott doesn't think it's real
Raw Story - Sat Mar 7, 2015
Administrators working for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection have been banned from using the terms "climate change" or "global warming" in any state documents, as well in meetings, on orders handed down from high-ranking officials in Governor Rick Scott's administration, reports the Miami Herald. More»
Video shows Los Angeles police shooting homeless man dead
Reuters - Sun Mar 1, 2015
A video posted online shows Los Angeles police scuffling with and shooting a homeless man during a confrontation, The Los Angeles Times reported on its web site. More»
The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'
The Guardian - Mon Feb 23, 2015
The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site. More»
Cop Who Allegedly Said 'We Don't Have Time For This' Before Shooting Schizophrenic Teen Dead Has Been Indicted
Think Progress - Thu Feb 12, 2015
A police officer who allegedly yelled "we don't have time for this" before shooting and killing a schizophrenic teen has been indicted on manslaughter charges. More»
GOP lawmakers declare 'all-out assault' on marriage for same-sex and atheist couples in Oklahoma
Raw Story - Fri Jan 23, 2015
Oklahoma Republicans are fighting the legalization of marriage equality in their state with a number of bills restricting same-sex or atheist couples from being able to wed. More»
Rapper Tiny Doo facing long prison sentence over lyrics
CNN - Fri Jan 23, 2015
Song lyrics that glorify violence are hardly uncommon. More»
Video shows man shot by New Jersey police raising his hands
Associated Press - Wed Jan 21, 2015
BRIDGETON, New Jersey - With the dashboard camera in their cruiser rolling, police pulled a Jaguar over for running a stop sign on a dark night. More»
Study: Agent Orange may have affected Air Force workers after Vietnam
Los Angeles Times - Thu Jan 8, 2015
Two dozen US Air Force planes used to spray Agent Orange during the Vietnam War remained contaminated with the herbicide at levels that likely posed a health risk to some personnel who flew on them in the decade after the conflict, according to a new report. More»
Kings of torture who made $81m inflicting pain
Daily Mail - Fri Dec 12, 2014
Their names appear again and again in the US Senate's shocking report on CIA torture - two clinical psychologists who dreamt up ever more brutal ways to inflict humiliation and pain on uncharged prisoners kept in secret prisons. More»
Torture report reveals how Poland objected to CIA's secret jail on its soil - but became 'flexible' after being bought off with large cash payment
Daily Mail - Fri Dec 12, 2014
The US Senate Committee's torture report has claimed Poland initially objected to the CIA's secret prison on its soil but became 'flexible' after being bought off with a large sum of money. More»
The Psychology Profession Has Disowned the CIA's Two Torture Psychologists
Motherboard - Thu Dec 11, 2014
The largest group representing US psychologists calls the torture performed by the Central Intelligence Agency on terrorist suspects "sickening and morally reprehensible," formally distancing itself from the two members of the profession who consulted on the program. More»
Guard Arrested After Rikers Island Inmate "Bakes to Death" in Hot Cell
NBC - Sun Dec 7, 2014
A jail guard has been arrested in connection with the February death of a homeless ex-Marine inside a 101-degree Fahrenheit jail cell in a special Rikers Island unit for mentally ill inmates, prosecutors said Monday. More»
Largest Homeless Camp In US Evicted And Destroyed To Make Way For Tech Billionaires
Addicting Info - Sat Dec 6, 2014
More than 350 homeless Americans lived in their makeshift village, 'The Jungle' in San Jose, California - that is, until police and social services raided the camp, evicting tenants and destroying their self-made homes on Thursday. More»