Five years after choking Eric Garner to death, NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo has been fired. Planned Parenthood withdraws from federal funding, citing the Trump administration's rule barring abortion referrals. Related: You can donate to Planned Parenthood at its website. For the first time, Facebook and Twitter have identified
Topical headline TK Topical headline TK Topical headline TK Some think democracy is having a midlife crisis. New books suggest we don’t even know what democracy is. This year is stocked with police officers being shot by people who were not legally allowed to possess guns. We should expect
A new Trump proposal would allow federally contracted businesses to use religious objections as a means of discriminating against workers based on nearly anything. Following reports that Trump repeatedly asked his staff about buying Greenland from Denmark, Greenland responds that it's "not for sale." Greenlanders overwhelmingly
Global markets continue to slide, with the 30-year US government bond yield dropping to its lowest level on record. People who buy expensive bunkers—a booming business currently—feel that global forces have left society increasingly vulnerable. A large survey of voting machine security finds a significant number of
Since El Paso, at least six men have been arrested in separate threats to undertake copycat murders. A lack of diversity in media is seen in the short shrift given to the targeted nature of the El Paso attack. A comparison of right-wing media and the El Paso killer&
For yet another day, protesters practically shut down Hong Kong’s airport. Hong Kong’s chief executive refused to offer a political solution to the crisis. “What we have is racist harmony.” Singapore’s government likes to think it's unprejudiced. Furor over a "brownface" ad proves
Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead by apparent suicide in his jail cell this morning. Critical US voting systems remain vulnerable, with many still accessible online, despite officials' assurances to the contrary. With 8chan's shutdown, far-right users head to messaging platforms, the dark web,
The annual Hajj pilgrimage begins today. In 2018, 2.37 million Muslims made the journey to Mecca. Russians plan protests tomorrow in Moscow and 40 other cities for another weekend of civil unrest. Domino's spent $8.5 million stockpiling ingredients to prepare for a hard Brexit. Many companies
In raids on seven food-processing plants in Mississippi, 680 undocumented workers were arrested, in some cases leaving children with no one to pick them up from school. Swept up in Trump's immigration enforcement, a 41-year-old Detroit man was deported to Iraq, where he died on
The President visits Dayton and El Paso. Dayton’s mayor says Trump’s comments on guns are “unhelpful.” Leaders in El Paso urge Trump to stay away. Venezuela and Uruguay issue a travel warning about the US, warning visitors about violence and hate crimes. For 24 hours, 36 journalists spread
