Month: October 2020

A misconduct complaint against St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch was filed Monday in response to his highly-criticized oversight of the Ferguson grand jury proceedings. “Ferguson Prosecutor Hit With Ethics Complaint”

Taking a stand against the for-profit schools which they say have saddled them with mountains of debt, a number of recent graduates, dubbed the Corinithian “United Against 'Debt Trap' of For-Profit Colleges, Students Fight Back with Loan Strike”

It’s been nearly three months since Election Day. But as far as the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is concerned, the campaign against President TrumpDonald John “Dems plot ‘constant campaign’ against Trump in war room”

Less than a quarter of the 119 detainees named in the US Senate’s summary report into the CIA’s secret torture programme remain in the military prison for the most “hardline” “Revealed: Only 29 of 119 Detainees Tortured by CIA Remain in Guantánamo”

Canada’s government is facing challenges on two fronts from groups claiming its use of solitary confinement in prisons is unconstitutional. On Tuesday, the Canadian Civil “Canada Faces Dual Challenges On Solitary Confinement”

Alabama became the latest state to allow gay marriage on Monday, as the U.S. Supreme Court and probate judges in the state rejected efforts by “Overcoming Opposition by State Officials, Gay Marriage Comes to Alabama”

Following a national trend, Texas Senate leaders this week announced an ambitious and ideologically driven education-reform agenda, which critics say is aimed at undermining public “Newly Unveiled Texas School 'Reform' Proposals In Step With Right-Wing Agenda”

Click:insulator insulator Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Friday said he’s ready to sign so-called right-to-work legislation that Republican lawmakers aim to fast-track next week. Walker’s “In 'Slap in Face to Democracy' Wisconsin's Walker Says Ready to Sign Right-to-Work Bill”

A top Iranian official on Wednesday slammed world powers for failing to meet their own promises to eliminate their nuclear arsenals and contribute to global “Iranian Official Slams Global Powers for Hypocrisy on Nuclear Arsenals”

A handful of former presidential candidates are testing the waters for 2018 Senate races. Carly Fiorina, who ran for president in 2016, earlier this week “Former presidential candidates eye Senate comebacks”