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Jan 16 2020
News
ICE Is Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers, in Violation of Medical Ethics
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is subjecting asylum seekers to forced feeding and hydration, despite widespread agreement among medical professionals that the practice is unethical and never justified.
Three men at ICE’s LaSalle detention center, a facility in Louisiana run by the for-profit prison company GEO Group, have been on a hunger strike since November 1, according to
Mother JonesJun 17 2017
News
'Mad as hell,' Philando Castile's mother reacts to not guilty verdict
Later Friday, thousands of people gathered on the steps of the state Capitol in St. Paul, holding signs and banners and chanting in response to the not guilty verdict. After the hourlong rally, protesters took to the streets. Saint Paul Police escorted the crowd, which they estimated to be about 2,000 people.
USA TODAYAug 11 2020
Analysis
Is Kamala Harris as Safe a VP Pick as She Seems?
So, it’s Kamala. After all the speculation about whom Biden might pick to be his running mate, he chose the woman most likely to get the nod all along, according to the betting markets.
The California senator was and is widely seen as the “safe” choice, given the constraints Biden had imposed on himself. He pledged to pick a woman, and after the George Floyd protests he seemed
National Review (News)Sep 22 2016
News
Why Americans see different things when looking at same police videos (+video)
An officer was charged with manslaughter in Tulsa, Okla., in one police shooting. In Charlotte, N.C., where the governor declared a state of emergency after violent protests, the police chief said he would not release video in another shooting.
Christian Science MonitorFeb 06 2021
News
2 Prominent 'New York Times' Journalists Depart Over Past Behavior
Two widely heralded journalists for The New York Times departed the paper Friday after unrelated episodes of their past behavior received sharp new scrutiny from other media outlets, readers and colleagues.
Donald McNeil Jr., recognized as one of the nation's leading reporters on COVID-19, left after fallout from the disclosure in The Daily Beast that he had used a racial slur during a
NPR (Online News)Jan 08 2021
Analysis
The four-hour insurrection
How a Trump mob halted American democracy
Before noon, the president of the United States, their rogue hero, told thousands of his supporters that this was the last stand, the moment to overturn the result of November’s election and ensure a second term for Donald Trump.
“We’re going to have to fight much harder,” Trump told several thousand red-clad, flag-waving acolytes
Washington PostAug 10 2020
Opinion
Trump’s Opening in Africa
There isn’t much good news in the world these days, but a potential bright spot is Sudan. The U.S. has a chance to pull the northeast African nation closer to the West if it doesn’t blow the moment.
The opening comes from the fall last year of Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled for 30 years and turned Sudan into a pariah state. Mass protests led to his arrest last year, and
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Aug 21 2017
News
America’s Founding Father Would Be Outraged By Trump
What would our first president think of our 45th? George Washington would be horrified by Donald J. Trump’s claim that there were “fine people” among those who rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, with neo-Nazis, Klansmen and white nationalists, and that they were morally equivalent to those who protested the event.
HuffPostApr 29 2017
News
Climate March expected to draw massive crowd to D.C. in sweltering heat
On what could be a record-hot day, tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to assemble in Washington on Saturday. Their large-scale climate change protest will mark President Trump’s first 100 days in office, which have been punctuated by multiple rollbacks of environmental protections.
Washington PostAug 17 2017
News
In Their Own Words: The Radical Political Goals Of ‘Anti-Fascists’
In the days since violent clashes at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville culminated in a neo-Nazi sympathizer driving his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, journalists have mainstreamed the self-described “anti-fascists” (or “antifa”) at the rally — largely ignoring their involvement in the escalating political violence in this country.
The Daily Caller