Signs decrying solitary confinement adorn the entrance to California’s San Quentin State Prison during a Feb. 20, 2012 protest. An overcrowded prison system and a race-based identification system are accused of leading to increased numbers of inmates being confined in their cells.(Photo/@bastique via Flickr) In several men’s prisons across California, colored signs hang above cell […]
Signs decrying solitary confinement adorn the entrance to California’s San Quentin State Prison during a Feb. 20, 2012 protest. An overcrowded prison system and a race-based identification system are accused of leading to increased numbers of inmates being confined in their cells.(Photo/@bastique via Flickr) In several men’s prisons across California, colored signs hang above cell […]
Frederick Reese Germany has — since the end of World War II — found itself at sometimes conflicting ends concerning its past with Nazism. On one hand, Nazism is banned in Germany; symbols of the Third Reich are outlawed, the party is forbidden to hold public office and even public denial of the Holocaust is […]
Frederick Reese Germany has — since the end of World War II — found itself at sometimes conflicting ends concerning its past with Nazism. On one hand, Nazism is banned in Germany; symbols of the Third Reich are outlawed, the party is forbidden to hold public office and even public denial of the Holocaust is […]
Immigrant families protest in Minneapolis on April 10, calling for immigration reform. (Photo/Martin Michaels) [soundcloud id=’87432911′] “Although we are here in the cold you should know across the country there are rallies like this everywhere. The time is absolutely now for comprehensive immigration reform,” shouted Javier Morillo, a representative for SEIU Local 26, Minnesota’s […]
Immigrant families protest in Minneapolis on April 10, calling for immigration reform. (Photo/Martin Michaels) [soundcloud id=’87432911′] “Although we are here in the cold you should know across the country there are rallies like this everywhere. The time is absolutely now for comprehensive immigration reform,” shouted Javier Morillo, a representative for SEIU Local 26, Minnesota’s […]
The U.S. government’s efforts to compensate victims of foreclosure are almost as complicated as mortgage-related banking services themselves. (Photo/OccupyFightsForeclosures via Flickr) The government’s largest effort to compensate victims of the banks’ foreclosure practices is finally sputtering to an end. But for most of those eligible – nearly three million borrowers – it won’t be much […]
The U.S. government’s efforts to compensate victims of foreclosure are almost as complicated as mortgage-related banking services themselves. (Photo/OccupyFightsForeclosures via Flickr) The government’s largest effort to compensate victims of the banks’ foreclosure practices is finally sputtering to an end. But for most of those eligible – nearly three million borrowers – it won’t be much […]
This undated photo provided by Tom Smedinghoff, shows Anne Smedinghoff. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was killed Saturday, April 6, 2013 in southern Afghanistan , the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year’s attack on the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Tom Smedinghoff) She was young and idealistic, caught […]
This undated photo provided by Tom Smedinghoff, shows Anne Smedinghoff. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was killed Saturday, April 6, 2013 in southern Afghanistan , the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year’s attack on the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Tom Smedinghoff) She was young and idealistic, caught […]
Police offers are increasingly equipped with cameras that record their interactions with suspects. (Photo / David Holt London via Flickr) The makers of the taser — the electroshock weapon that discharges 50,000 volts into a person and results in the complete override of the central nervous system, causing an uncontrollable contraction of the muscle tissue — have […]
Police offers are increasingly equipped with cameras that record their interactions with suspects. (Photo / David Holt London via Flickr) The makers of the taser — the electroshock weapon that discharges 50,000 volts into a person and results in the complete override of the central nervous system, causing an uncontrollable contraction of the muscle tissue — have […]
In this Sept. 4, 2009 file photo, a KZO surveillance drone takes off from the German base in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) “St. Bonifacius gets it!” said FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley, known for exposing intelligence failures before the 9/11 attacks, while addressing a crowd that had gathered in the social hall of St. […]
In this Sept. 4, 2009 file photo, a KZO surveillance drone takes off from the German base in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) “St. Bonifacius gets it!” said FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley, known for exposing intelligence failures before the 9/11 attacks, while addressing a crowd that had gathered in the social hall of St. […]
