Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed four bills into law Thursday that implement some criminal justice reforms, notably one with the goal of preventing false confessions.
Too often, the militant, radical history of Mexican American workers is omitted or forgotten. But from resisting racist exclusion to building CIO unions in the 1930s, Mexican American workers have been central to left-wing politics in the U.S.
They’ve long been a financial boondoggle that ruins lives and enriches the corporate class. This year, they might also spread a deadly Covid variant among a largely unvaccinated population.
Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer, has died. She was 99.
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"The embargo is absurdly cruel and, like too many other U.S. policies targeting Latin Americans, the cruelty is the point."
Last year shattered the myth of people needing to trek into the office every single day. The post-pandemic future of work could include various models of shorter workweeks and flexible schedules.
How the Food and Drug Administration messes up approval of new drugs including the new one, aducanumab, that supposedly helps Alzheimer’s disease patients.
The billionaires headed for space are flying with money from taxpayers and/or money that should have been paid as taxes!
Misinformation, fraud, and manipulation try to turn scenarios created in American laboratories into social unrest. Many things are not said about Cuba but without a doubt this one is crucial.
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