News centered on the United States
ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft, to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity. by George Joseph / ProPublica – The States, Immigration The Department of Immigration & Customs Enforcement is taking new steps in its plans for monitoring the social media accounts […]
Spencer is learning that just because you have freedom of speech, it doesn’t mean everyone elses’ freedom of association takes a back seat. by Idavox – The States In the wake of the Unite the Right rally, White Supremacists have been feeling the backlash from a number of […]
Inmates in Texas experience flooding and lack of food and water. They are drinking toilet water while under lockdown and two prisoners were reported dead. Left Voice interviews Rachel, whose husband is currently in Beaumont Federal Prison. by Left Voice – The States The following interview was conducted […]
Thousands of counter-protesters easily outnumbered the right-wing provocateurs, many of whom were bloodied after being stormed by an anarchist contingent. by TeleSur – The States In a “Rally Against Hate,” hundreds of anti-fascists made their way to Berkeley in a counter-demonstration against the white supremacist who had called for […]
by Democracy Now! – The States St. Louis, MO – Friends and family held a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening for Kiwi Herring, an African American transgender woman who was killed by a St. Louis police officer. Relatives say the police officer shot Herring earlier on Tuesday while responding […]
Citing an NPR and ProPublica investigation, a top Florida lawmaker and a national insurance fraud group criticized a law used by insurers to turn in injured undocumented workers and avoid paying workers’ comp benefits. by Howard Berkes / NPR and Michael Grabell / ProPublica – The States The […]
by Democracy Now! / The States CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – James Alex Fields Jr. appeared in court via video link from jail for his first court appearance, where he was charged with second-degree murder for driving his car through a crowd of counterprotesters during the white supremacist rally on […]
by TeleSur – The States Police body cameras automatically recorded the incident, before the officer formally activated the device and “discovered” the package of drugs. A video released by Baltimore’s public defender office shows Officer Richard Pinheiro walking into a garbage strewn lot, stashing a bag filled with white […]
by Unicorn Riot – The States WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIP, PA – Construction of the Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline faces several new obstacles as local authorities and the public respond to a series of drilling accidents. Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners recently voluntarily stopped construction in certain areas […]
by Democracy Now! – The States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has moved to close the State Department’s office tasked with holding war criminals accountable. This week, the head of the Office of Global Criminal Justice told his staff he was being reassigned elsewhere and that the office’s […]
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