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Police Warrant Squads Were Used to Monitor Wall Street Protesters, Suspects Say
On Monday, the New York Police Department sent its warrant squads after an unusual set of suspects: people who had old warrants for the lowliest of violations, misconduct too minor, usually, …
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Inside The Matrix: My Night in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Jail
Part I: Targeting ICE I was sitting on the pavement stopping traffic in the middle of a busy Phoenix thoroughfare at rush hour with five other activists. A large …
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Wisconsin Recall Election a Preview of 2012 Big Money to Come
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. (Photo: Max Whittaker / The New York Times)Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is facing a recall election after he pushed through legislation last year that …
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A Tale of Two Cities: Ciudad Juarez and El Paso
A municipal police officer at a crime scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, October 28, 2011. (Photo: Katie Orlinsky / The New York Times) Charles Bowden dubbed Ciudad Juárez "Murder …
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The Department of Homeland Security Was Out of Bounds – for Two and a Half Hours
The latest installment in Truthout's FOIA of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) involvement in law enforcement's response to Occupy Wall Street (OWS) shows considerable coordination between various agencies …
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Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster Than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the US
The radioactive inventory of all the irradiated nuclear fuel stored in spent fuel pools at Fukushima is far greater and even more problematic than the molten cores. In the …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Big Corporate Money Is Heating Up in Wisconsin, and More
In today's On the News segment: Battle between grassroots organizing and big corporate funding heats up in Wisconsin, new study from the Commonwealth Fund shows why the nation needs comprehensive …
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CUNY Brooklyn College Students Roughed Up by Police for Demanding Fairer Treatment
Every gate at the City University of New York's Brooklyn College had doubled security—no one was getting in without a student ID. That and the rain might have dampened …
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Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC
With the recent publication of additional American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) documents, new questions are being raised about the source of certain provisions in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's controversial …
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Quebec Students Ignite the Popular Imagination
Vibrant nightly protests over the past week in downtown Montréal, in solidarity with the Quebec student strike, are sparking global attention. As the Quebec-wide strike continues - it has …