Nadia Prupis: Decade of Court Cases Quietly Wiped from Online Database.
PACER removes electronic copies of cases from five US courts with no warning in ‘upgrade’ to new system A decade of records from four U.S. appeals courts and one bankruptcy … Continue reading
Is It Time to Quit Facebook?
When researchers from Facebook and Cornell University published their findings on emotional contagion among Facebook users (PDF) last month, they did so in the matter-of-fact language of social scientists: “The … Continue reading
Ferguson Police Officer Justin Cosma Hog-Tied And Injured A Young Child, Lawsuit Alleges
According to a lawsuit filed in 2012 in Missouri federal court, Justin Cosma and another officer, Richard Carter, approached a 12-year-old boy who was checking the mailbox at the end … Continue reading
Jews Demand Community Leaders Show Moral Leadership on Gaza
Jewish Voice for Peace delivers petitions to Jewish community leaders in major U.S. cities demanding they call for end to Israeli occupation of Palestine. OAKLAND – Over the last two … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Love In A Time Of Riots
Yesterday, on National Public Radio, “And now the news from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and St. Louis.” There’s a list on which I’m proud to hear my hometown, the city I … Continue reading
Video: “I Kill Everybody. I don’t care,” says Ferguson cop
A fourth police officer has been suspended in St. Louis, after a violent episode in which he pushed CNN reporter Don Lemon. After the incident, CNN reporters began looking into the … Continue reading
Noa Yachot: Journalism is Under Attack, and Not Just in Ferguson
It is not a great time to be a journalist in America. The assault on the First Amendment by militarized police in Ferguson, Mo., continues unabated, and the press is … Continue reading
Oil companies fracking into drinking water sources, Stanford University research shows
Energy companies are fracking for oil and gas at far shallower depths than widely believed, sometimes through underground sources of drinking water, according to research released Tuesday by Stanford University … Continue reading
France passes sweeping gender-equality law
Measure eases abortion restrictions, promotes workplace equality, supports abused and impoverished women France passed a sweeping gender-equality law this week that eases current restrictions on abortion, encourages paternity leave and promotes … Continue reading
No Jail Time For Elite Real Estate Broker Who Shoplifted $1,600 In Clothes
“It’s okay, I never have to deal with the consequences of my actions!” The daughter of a wealthy tech CEO who owns a mansion in Southampton will avoid jail after … Continue reading
Osama Bin-Laden, Michael Brown, James Foley—The Common Thread
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
Obama and crew watch as Osama bin-Laden is executed Greg Laxer The common thread connecting these three recently deceased individuals stands out like a…
As US Officials Hint At More Troops to Iraq, Voices Warn Against Further Military Intervention
Following execution of U.S. journalist, critics warn military escalation would play into hands of ISIS. Following Tuesday’s release of a video depicting the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley by … Continue reading
Robert Reich: The Disease of American Democracy
Americans are sick of politics. Only 13 percent approve of the job Congress is doing, a near record low. The President’s approval ratings are also in the basement. A large … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: How America Made ISIS
Whatever your politics, you’re not likely to feel great about America right now. After all, there’s Ferguson (the whole world was watching!), an increasingly unpopular president, a Congress whose approval ratings … Continue reading →