Big Oil <3 Police
Our modern world is full of unholy alliances. Evangelicals and President Donald Trump, Sprint and T-Mobile, pickles and trash beer (actually, that last one sounds awesome). But there are few relationships as toxic as...
New Records Show the NYPD’s Favored Punishment: Less Vacation Time
After the repeal of a state law shielding New York police officers’ disciplinary histories from disclosure, the New York Police Department in March released several years’ worth of disciplinary records for...
Here’s Every 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate’s Plan to Legalize Weed
On Wednesday, Senator Bernie Sanders announced his plan to legalize weed by executive order if he were to become president. Like several other Democratic candidates (or all of them—except for one)...
Will Bernie Sanders Push Joe Biden Toward Dramatic Marijuana Reform?
Former vice president Joe Biden is the presumed Democrat presidential nominee, as Sen. Bernie Sanders announced he was ending his presidential campaign last week. This week Sanders formally endorsed Biden for President in...
Racist monuments fall: Watery end for slave trader statue in UK
LONDON (AP)—The toppling of a statue of a notorious slave trader in Bristol, a city in the southwest of England, on Sunday by anti-racism protesters was greeted with joyous scenes.
Demonstrators attached...
Biden-Sanders Task Force Does Not Recommend Legalizing Marijuana
While the unity task force pushed Biden farther left on cannabis policy, the former Vice President still doesn’t support ending prohibition.
Joe Biden will not change his mind on cannabis anytime soon....
Mayor & Council Have Prioritized the NYPD Over Our Communities; Movement to #DefundNYPD Continues!
The City Council’s FY21 budget vote was a racial and economic justice litmus test and we now have the results. We commend the councilmembers who voted NO on the FY21 City...
The Queen, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle’s Commonwealth Trust Speaks Out in Support of...
The Queen's Commonwealth Trust is openly siding with the Black Lives Matter moment as protests for racial justice take place across America.
The trust, which is overseen by Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry,...
Woman enslaved as a maid for nearly 40 years freed
A Brazilian woman enslaved as a maid from the age of eight for almost four decades and forced into marriage has been rescued in a rare crackdown on domestic slavery, officials...
