Apr 26, 2018 | Drug War |
Please help us get the word out! On Friday, April 27th at 9am, Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Review Board is considering adding more than 20 new conditions to the list of qualifying conditions. They will be listening to public...
Read MoreApr 25, 2018 | Human Rights / Diversity, Immigration, Middle East |
JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has scrapped a controversial plan to deport thousands of African migrants after a high-court petition filed by human rights groups challenged the plan’s validity. The government’s announcement...
Read MoreApr 24, 2018 | Immigration |
In the biggest setback yet for the Trump administration in its attempt to end a program that shields some undocumented young adults from deportation, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the protections must stay in place and that...
Read MoreApr 23, 2018 | Civil / Criminal Justice Reform, United States |
WASHINGTON — The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has begun dismissing hundreds of civil rights complaints under a new protocol that allows investigators to disregard cases that are part of serial filings or that...
Read MoreApr 22, 2018 | Civil / Criminal Justice Reform, United States |
The city of Chicago paid more than $20 million in settlements for police-involved lawsuits in the first two months of the year, WBBM-TV reported Tuesday, and there could be millions of dollars more paid out in the near future....
Read MoreDon’t let an apartment you own sit empty, or the city may turn it into affordable housing for someone else. That’s the message this monthfrom Barcelona, as it revives a controversial policy to force banks to do something with...
Read MoreApr 15, 2018 | Enviroment, India |
Shrinking reservoirs in India, Morocco, Iraq and Spain could result in water taps going completely dry in these four countries, a study based on a new early warning satellite system has warned. According to the developers of the...
Read MoreApr 14, 2018 | Enviroment, United States |
Amid renewed national attention to the dangers of lead poisoning, hundreds of Chicagoans have taken the city up on its offer of free testing kits to determine if they are drinking tap water contaminated with the brain-damaging...
Read MoreApr 11, 2018 | Civil / Criminal Justice Reform, Human Rights / Diversity, United States |
This is the third lawsuit and the fourth plaintiff in Lackawanna County’s prison sexual-assault scandal, involving at least 16 female victims and 10 alleged perpetrators. OLIVIA MESSER 04.03.18 10:17 AM ET A former inmate has...
Read MoreApr 10, 2018 | Drug War |
ANN ARBOR, MI – Although hundreds of students and pot supporters were smoking marijuana Saturday in Ann Arbor, there were no arrests at the 47th annual Hash Bash, police say. Two people were arrested during the pro...
Read MoreApr 6, 2018 | Drug War |
Binge drinking across the United States is at an all time high. Yet, a new report from the Wall Street investment firm Cowen & Company shows that this dangerous alcoholic behavior is on the decline in states that have...
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