Justice Dept. to Probe Ferguson Police Force

By Sari Horwitz, Carol D. Leonnig and Kimberly Kindy The Washington Post
The number of police department reviews the Justice Department has initiated under Holder for possible constitutional violations is twice that of any of his predecessors. At least 34 other departments are under investigation for alleged civil rights violations.

What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common

John Feffer and Foreign Policy in Focus The Nation
Today’s headlines are filled with similar stories of the spread of death and destruction in the Middle East and Africa. American commentators worry that these plagues will burst their borders and somehow spread to these shores. And, as in Camus’ novel, these diseases point to something larger, not the imposition of a new malignant system but the breakdown of the existing order.

They Don’t Need a Majority To Get Things Done

Samantha Winslow Labor Notes
For 20 years workers at the Rocky Mount Engine Plant have worked with the United Electrical Workers (UE), using the minority union strategy to get management to hear their demands, address problems, and improve pay. They have fought for and won a wage scale, raises, and paid holidays—all through petitions, sticker days, and other group actions.

Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault; The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin

John J. Mearsheimer Foreign Affairs
The crisis shows that realpolitik remains relevant -- and states that ignore it do so at their own peril. U.S. and European leaders blundered in attempting to turn Ukraine into a Western stronghold on Russia’s border. Now that the consequences have been laid bare, it would be an even greater mistake to continue this misbegotten policy.