The Freedom of the Press Foundation said Winner’s release from federal prison was “long overdue.”
Posted inWorking People
Death is a lot of work
From being a gravedigger’s assistant as a child to working as chief medical investigator for Nueces County, Texas, Ric Ortiz has always lived and worked in close proximity to death.
Posted inRattling the Bars
The latest on the deadly effects of COVID-19 in prisons
Eddie Conway talks to two experts about the latest infection rates, issues with transparency, and more.
Posted inArticle
What just happened? The year, so far, in review
In this week’s roundup of Baltimore news we talk about the year so far—from the rare examples of people power making a difference to the ongoing demands to defund the police.
Posted inPolice Accountability Report
Cops lied to put him in handcuffs, but a camera caught the truth
A Los Angeles man says he was targeted by police after he was pulled over for crossing a line in front of a stop sign; but after placing him in handcuffs and arresting the passenger in his car, a recording cellphone caught the real reason cops pulled him over.
Posted inArticle
Co-ops are democratizing the food chain
Millions went hungry when the pandemic hit, but at the Black-owned cooperative Brooklyn Packers, workers rose to the challenge by packing thousands of meals a week.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Is neoliberalism finally ending in Chile?
Chile voted for sweeping structural reform and an end to neoliberalism. It’s a repudiation of Augusto Pinochet and the economic regime he cemented in the country.
Posted inArticle
The true price of coal
Over 1,000 union coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, have been on strike since April 1. While industries around the world depend on the coal these workers pull out of the ground, few know the toll this work takes on them, their bodies, and their families.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
There’s nothing good about the rich getting richer
The pandemic didn’t just increase the wealth of existing billionaires, it created new ones.
Posted inRattling the Bars
France’s attempts to extradite Hassan Diab have chilling implications (EXTENDED INTERVIEW)
The French government has renewed its attempts to extradite professor and exonerated terrorism suspect Hassan Diab.