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Report Finds Police Worldwide Criminalize Dissent, Assert New Powers in Crackdown on Protests
In a major new report, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations details a global crackdown on peaceful protests through excessive police force and the criminalization of dissent.
Money, Politics and the Roberts Court: Seventh Game of The Court’s Plutocrat Series
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what has become its annual dismantling of campaign finance law.
US Cuts to Egyptian Military Won’t Weaken Coup Regime
Mohamed Elmeshad: Dozens killed in clashes across Egypt over the past week, highlighting the violent nature of the country's US-backed coup regime.
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Why Won’t The Press Police Radical Republicans?
Eager to maintain a political symmetry in which both sides are responsible for sparking conflict, the press effectively gives Republicans a pass for adopting truly outside-the-norm behavior.
The Standoff: The House and Obama
They're crazy too. Iu2019m going to shoot you. That will be the method.
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Texas State Trooper Checkpoints Meet Social Media
With tens of thousands of people up in arms about the checkpoints, there is momentum for reform.
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Backup Plan
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Patriarchal Society
Copyright Universal Uclick.
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Subsidizing Economic Inequality
The push to privatize the public sector through contracting out is expanding our economic divide.
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Boehner in the Catbird’s Seat
By taking up the Obamacare battle, Boehner's grip on the speakership may be tightening, not loosening.