Friday, March 23, 2018

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Land of the Free

PHOTOS: Since Standing Rock, 56 Bills Have Been Introduced in 30 States to Restrict Protests (February 16, 2018)


The War on Assange Is a War on Press Freedom (July 15, 2018)


Former FBI Agent Who Outed Bureau’s Racial Profiling Sentenced to 4 Years for Leaking Classified Documents (October 21, 2018)


CNN fires commentator Marc Lamont Hill, who called for a ‘free Palestine from the river to the sea’ (November 29, 2018)


He Disparaged the Police on Facebook. So They Arrested Him. (January 7, 2019)


Michigan Dem Senators: Israel more important than the First Amendment (January 8, 2019)


25 Years in Jail for Protecting the Planet? (February 18, 2019)


ICE Has Kept Tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ Protesters in New York City (March 6, 2019)


Fearing for his life (March 13, 2019)


Harsh new anti-protest laws restrict freedom of speech, advocates say (August 22, 2018)


ACLU: Anti-protest bills around the country (June 23, 2017)


Texas State Bill Would Make Protesting Pipelines a Felony on Par With Attempted Murder (May 17, 2019)


Outrage as Texas Senate Passes 'Unconstitutional' Bill That Would Hit Pipeline Protestors With Up to 10 Years in Prison (May 21, 2019)


A Utah judge was suspended for six months after he criticized Trump in court and on Facebook (May 26, 2019)


Utah Judge Suspended Without Pay After Critical Quips About Trump (May 25, 2019)


Aiding or abetting migrants? Trial for humanitarian aid volunteer begins in Tucson (May 29, 2019)


Extending 'Zero Tolerance' To People Who Help Migrants Along The Border (May 28, 2019)


'Criminalizing Compassion': Trial Begins for Humanitarian Facing 20 Years in Prison for Giving Water to Migrants in Arizona Desert (May 29, 2019)


Trump administration seeks criminal crackdown on pipeline protests (June 3, 2019)


WV Senate strengthens anti-strike language in education bill (June 2, 2019)


Moral Mondays protest: William Barber convicted of trespassing for 2017 action (June 6, 2019)


Red States Are Criminalizing Speech to Wage War on Environmental Activists (June 7, 2019)


Florida’s Governor just signed a bill that will censor criticism of Israel throughout the state’s public schools (June 6, 2019)


Republican lawmakers introduce bills to curb protesting in at least 18 states (February 24, 2017)


Donald Trump stopping US government scientists from speaking out publicly is 'chilling' (January 25, 2017)


Oil Companies Persuade States to Make Pipeline Protests a Felony (August 19, 2019)


Shell Workers Had To Attend Trump Speech To Be Paid, Were Ordered Not To Protest: Report (August 17, 2019)


Dissent Is Being Criminalized Right Under Our Noses (August 26, 2019)


Washington invokes "domestic terrorism" to justify police state rule (August 28, 2019)


US Olympic medalist faces discipline for taking knee after winning Pan-Am gold (August 10, 2019)


I was arrested, jailed and assaulted by a guard. My ‘crime’? Being a journalist in Trump’s America (July 10, 2020)



Guns and Liberty — The Second Amendment

Five Places Hypocritical Republicans Ban Guns for Their Own Safety (February 22, 2018)


After Parkland, a push for more school shooting drills (March 14, 2018)


If We Want Kids to Stop Killing, the Adults Have to Stop, Too (February 16, 2018)


DeVos: Safety commission won’t look at role of guns in school violence (June 5, 2018)


Schools getting more police but at the expense of counselors, nurses: Report (March 5, 2019)


Less than 24 hours after mass shooting at mosques, New Zealand vows to ban semi-automatic rifles (March 16, 2019)


Parkland shooting survivor Sydney Aiello takes her own life (March 22, 2019)


Colorado School Shooting Victim Died Trying to Stop Gunman (May 8, 2019)


TWITTER: Ajamu Baraka points out the hypocrisy of the American society vis-a-vis gun violence (May 8, 2019)


Houston police chief: Vote out politicians only "offering prayers" after shootings (May 20, 2018)


America's failure to protect its children from school shootings is a national disgrace (February 15, 2018)


A list of mass killings in the United States since January (October 26, 2023)
 
 
 



 
 
 
 

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Mass Incarceration and the Prison-Industrial Complex

New Report Names Nearly 4,000 Companies Profiting Off of Private Prison Industry (April 30, 2019)


NKY jail placed woman having strokes in solitary for several days. Now she's disabled, suit says (May 18, 2019)


Black men get longer prison sentences than white men for the same crime: Study (November 17, 2017)


How anti-immigration policies are leading prisons to lease convicts as field laborers (June 7, 2019)


Crime Is Down, Yet U.S. Incarceration Rates Are Still Among the Highest in the World (April 25, 2019)


Dozens Of Civil Rights Groups Ask Presidential Candidates To Support Letting People In Prison Vote (April 30, 2019)


America's longest-serving innocent prisoner receives $1m for 39 years in jail (March 20, 2015)


New York Could Become First State To Be Completely Done With Private Prisons (June 18, 2019)


Bernie Sanders is right that South Carolina spends more on prisons than schools (August 27, 2019)


Will the coronavirus make us rethink mass incarceration? (May 18, 2020)


TWITTER: Senator Jeff Merkley calls for a constitutional amendment to end slavery through imprisoning (July 1, 2020)
























 
 
 
 

Mass Incarceration and the Prison-Industrial Complex (2025)

How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades (June 7, 2025)