by Common Dreams | Mar 31, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former U.S. President Donald Trump for his role in a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, The New York Timesreported Thursday, citing five people with knowledge of the matter. The grand jury’s move makes Trump...
by Common Dreams | Mar 26, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
The zealots are out in force these days, feverishly banning pernicious texts like Sneezy the Snowman, Grandmama’s Pride, A Storm Called Katrina and Dim Sun For Everyone because they’re “putting children at risk” while they quietly sit through...
by Common Dreams | Mar 24, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
Librarians from across the United States released a report showing that pro-censorship groups’ efforts to ban books with LGBTQ+ themes and stories about people of color have driven an unprecedented rise in the number of book challenges, with right-wing...
by OtherWords — Institute for Policy Studies | Mar 19, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
The Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, turned 20 this March. It was launched in 2003, right around the time I moved to the United States from the Philippines at age 6. I didn’t yet know the impact this gargantuan department would have on my life. I loved my life...
by KFF Health News | Mar 2, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
Jennifer Mitchell remembered getting a call nearly two years ago that her 69-year-old husband, Bill, had crashed his car and had been committed to the Montana State Hospital, the state-run psychiatric hospital for adults about 20 miles from their home in Butte....
by Common Dreams | Feb 27, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
“Unfortunately, this is not a quick fix,” activist Erin Brockovich said to a packed crowd in an East Palestine, Ohio High School auditorium Friday night. “This is going to be a long game.” About 2,500 people and 100 reporters attended the town...