by The Conversation | Apr 20, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
It’s all over but the spinning. At the eleventh hour, after the jury was sworn in and the lawyers were ready to make their opening statements, the judge presiding over Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News announced on April 18, 2023, that the “parties have resolved the...
by The New Lede | Apr 17, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
It’s been nearly eight years since the filing of the first US lawsuit alleging that Roundup weed killer and other herbicides made by Monsanto with a chemical called glyphosate can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Fueled by findings from international cancer...
by OtherWords — Institute for Policy Studies | Apr 13, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
There’s no question that parenting has gotten harder in this country. Gun violence is now the leading killer of children in this country, a brutal fact made clearer with each new school shooting. Child care is out of reach for many parents, while the rising cost of...
by Governing Magazine | Apr 10, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
On March 30, 2023, Pope Francis renounced the 550-year-old Doctrine of Discovery, which granted European nations the right to claim the new lands they discovered on behalf of Christendom. According to the statement issued by the Vatican, the Catholic Church formally...
by Common Dreams | Apr 7, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives on Thursday voted to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson, two of three Democrats who recently interrupted a floor session with chants for gun control in the wake of the deadly Covenant School shooting in...
by Common Dreams | Apr 5, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
The historic arraignment of former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday highlighted how infrequently American political leaders are held accountable for any crimes. “The last time anything remotely similar happened was” in 1872, when a police officer...