Hundreds of counter-protesters overwhelmed a handful of far-right protesters at a “free-speech rally” in Boston on Saturday, one week after thousands of counter-protesters humiliated a tiny white supremacists rally in Washington, D.C. Saturday’s “Anniversary March Against Far-Left Violence” in Boston was organized by the groups Boston Free Speech and Resist Marxism, which have ties to far-right […]
About 75 members of the intelligence community are taking a public stance against President Trump’s unprecedented decision to revoke former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance. In the 48 hours following Trump’s announcement that he would strip Brennan’s clearance — which came after Brennan had repeatedly spoken out publicly against the president — 15 former senior […]
Businesses on Maryland’s Eastern Shore are feeling the sting from President Donald Trump’s “America first” immigration and visa policies, as establishments struggle to hire workers. Crab-picking houses typically enjoy busy summer seasons in Maryland, which is famous for its seafood. But this year around a third of crab-picking jobs remain unfilled due to a shortage […]
A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to dismantle a key element of an Obama-era rule combating housing discrimination, giving U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson a big legal victory in his efforts to fundamentally scrap the rule. A coalition of fair housing advocates and the state of New […]
Father-to-be Joel Arrona was about to meet his infant son when ICE agents apprehended him. Arrona stopped for gas in San Bernardino, California on Wednesday while driving his pregnant wife, Maria del Carmen Venegas, to a local hospital for a scheduled C-section. ICE agents approached the car while it was parked at the gas station and […]
Children in U.S. Army housing were found to have elevated levels of lead in their systems, prompting calls from lawmakers on Capitol Hill for immediate measures to fix the problem, which has been found to cause severe developmental problems. In a letter sent Friday to Army Secretary Mark Esper, four U.S. senators cited a Reuters […]
President Donald Trump is overseeing a massive uptick in requests to reopen previously closed deportation cases, according to data published this week by BuzzFeed News. With less than two months to go in fiscal year 2018, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyers have asked federal immigration judges to reopen nearly 8,000 cases so far — almost […]
Growing impatient with the conflict in Afghanistan as it stretches into its 17th year, President Trump is becoming more receptive to appeals to privatize the war, advisers to the president told NBC News. The privatization proposal would involve replacing soldiers with mercenaries who report to a special U.S. envoy, who would in turn report directly to the […]
Incarcerated people across the United States are set to go on strike next week, demanding wide-ranging prison reforms, several months after a deadly incident at a correctional facility in South Carolina. A nationwide strike kicks off on August 21, according to the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), and is set to last until September 9, […]
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and its conservative allies were thrilled earlier this month when Attorney General Jeff Sessions addressed the legal organization and assured them that they are not a hate group, contrary to their designation as such by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The large body of evidence rests in favor of the […]
Federal regulators have served Facebook with an official complaint, alleging that the company’s advertising tools enabled landlords to engage in housing discrimination by allowing them to exclude certain audiences. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said in a complaint issued Friday that the advertising targeting systems made it possible for more disadvantaged communities, […]
