While the CIA claims it subjected just three prisoners to waterboarding, new lawsuits and documents as well as a further analysis of last year’s Senate Torture Report show that a separate water-torture technique known as “water dousing” was used on at least 13 men, the Guardian reported Friday. That tactic, according to journalist Spencer Ackerman,…
Read moreFrom Streets to Cells, Harrowing Violence Inflicted on LGBTQ Prisoners
From policing to sentencing to incarceration, LGBTQ people—especially those who are poor, black, and brown—are systematically targeted and then, once locked up, subjected to “constant violence by both prison staff and other prisoners,” a harrowing new study reveals. , released Friday by the LGBTQ prison abolition organization Black and Pink, is based on 1,118 prisoners’…
Read moreBeing 'Let Out' May Not Equal Freedom As Release of 6,000 Held on Drug Charges Begins
As the Department of Justice began transferring more than 6,000 people incarcerated on drug charges out of federal prisons on Friday, rights campaigners celebrated the development while also expressing concern for those whose imminent release may not mean freedom at all. Of those people slated for transfer on Friday and Monday from 122 Bureau of…
Read moreCalling for 'Radical Shift' in Drug Policy, Ireland Moves to Decriminalize
Moving away from the prevailing Drug War paradigm under which users and addicts are shamed and criminalized, Ireland’s chief of National Drugs Strategy said Monday that he is backing the decriminalization of a number of narcotics and will be opening supervised injection rooms beginning next year. In an address to the London School of Economics…
Read moreFrance Wonders If Kerry 'Confused' on Upcoming Climate Talks
John Kerry’s statement that the upcoming United Nations climate talks in Paris will result in no “legally binding” agreement on emissions reductions is being met with rebuffs on Thursday, including a retort that the U.S. Secretary of State must be “confused.” In an interview with the Financial Times Wednesday, Kerry said the outcome of the…
Read moreWith Demands for Racial Justice, Student 'BlackOut' Actions Sweep US
Students at colleges and universities from coast to coast walked out of class, held rallies and teach-ins, and protested on Wednesday as part of a coordinated national day of action demanding racial justice both on- and off-campus. Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey #StudentBlackOut Tweets The actions were both inspired by and in solidarity with recent…
Read moreThe Conservative Playbook for Keeping ‘Dark Money’ Dark
How do you stop states and cities from forcing more disclosure of so-called dark money in politics? Get the debate to focus on an “average Joe,” not a wealthy person. Find examples of “inconsequential donation amounts.” Point out that naming donors would be a threat to “innocents,” including their children, families and co-workers. And never…
Read moreJeremy Scott designs limited edition line for Hudson’s Bay
Moschino and Hudson’s Bay are teaming up for a limited-edition collection celebrating the latter’s 350th anniversary. Designed by Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott, the collaboration will retail solely through Hudson’s Bay stores and its ecommerce site. The 11-piece unisex collection reimagines distinctive Moschino Couture pieces with the Hudson’s Bay signature stripes in red, green, yellow…
Read moreDems kick off unity commission
Democrats met Friday afternoon to kick off a unity commission tasked with repairing the party’s divisions after a contentious 2016 primary and giving more control to grassroots activists. The Unity Reform Commission meeting in a basement conference room of a Washington D.C. hotel had been a long time coming. Democrats across the country have been anxious…
Read moreHeitkamp breaks with Dems on regulations
Sen. Heidi HeitkampMary (Heidi) Kathryn Heitkamp70 former senators propose bipartisan caucus for incumbents Susan Collins set to play pivotal role in impeachment drama Pro-trade group launches media buy as Trump and Democrats near deal on new NAFTA MORE is breaking with her party to push for a top conservative issue: regulatory reform. The North…
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