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FBI Opens Civil Rights Probe on Border Patrol Shooting
On Friday, the FBI added a civil rights investigation to its ongoing probe into last week’s Border Patrol shooting of 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca, AP reported.
Top Law School Deans Endorse Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan
Washington - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has never tried a case to verdict before a jury, and she has never sat as a judge in a live trial. …
BP Is a Corporate Criminal
Gosh, how quickly things turn. One day, you're a strutting peacock — the next day, you're just another gasping, oil-covered bird. In early April, BP was strutting about in …
News in Brief: BP Contract Worker Killed at Netherlands Refinery, and More
A British Petroleum (BP) contract worker was killed today at a refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands. A construction pole likely struck the 22-year-old man as it was being put in …
American Prisons Keep Jim Crow Racism Alive
Roughly 2.4 million people are behind bars in the U.S. If you include those bound by probation or parole, the number increases to almost 8 million. Just 40 years …
How Much Does a Gallon of Gas Cost? A Whole Lot More Than You Think
It seems like an easy question. You might ask if I mean premium or regular, and where in the country I'm buying. Beyond that, though, the price is displayed …
Jordan Flaherty | Cultural Extinction
Louisiana's coastal communities fear they may never recover from BP's drilling disaster. As BP's deepwater well continues to discharge oil into the Gulf, the economic and public health effects …
Witnesses of Border Killing Dispersed
At dusk on June 7, Bobbie McDow and her husband were heading south across the busy Paso Del Norte foot-bridge, which connects El Paso, Texas, to Juarez, Mexico. In …
President Outlines Plan for the Gulf; Congress Members Push for Accountability From BP and Government
Back from his latest trip to the Gulf, President Obama outlined his plan for handling the recent oil spill, as well as his goals for the country's energy ambitions, …
Tom Engelhardt | Entering the Soviet Era in America
Mark it on your calendar. It seems we've finally entered the Soviet era in America. You remember the Soviet Union, now almost 20 years in its grave. But who …