More cops in schools, more kids in jail Thanks to increased funds from Obama’s Justice Department (that he later regretted), there are increasing amounts of police officers in public schools—often disguised behind the benign term “school resource officers”—resulting in an even easier access point for the school-
In the last decade, 40 states have cut the budgets of their environmental departments, with four—Illinois, New Mexico, Georgia, and North Carolina—slashing 30 percent or more. ↩︎ posted Nov. 1, 2016 Air pollution affects different American populations differently—and guess who’s safest? The air quality in most of
You know it’s happening but it’s almost impossible to prove. It’s all over the place. Trump’s “poll watchers” all sound like conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. ↩︎ The Wall Street Journal, posted Oct. 28, 2016 Zombie voters haven’t been effective since the Civil War Dead people “voting”
Assange attacked by dating site An obscure Christian dating website called ToddAndClare.com is waging a legal war on Julian Assange based on Swedish rape and sexual assault charges against him. WikiLeaks has denounced the campaign as a “smear,” as expected, but even a a modicum of thread-pulling at
A look back on the war against the Panthers is uncomfortably relevant today Though this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the start of the Black Panther movement, in just a few years, we will be noting the 50th anniversary of its demise, which began when the Chicago Police Department
Haiti asks you to send your donations somewhere else (than the Red Cross) Even as the country is beginning its rebuilding and emergency operations after being ravaged by Hurricane Matthew, Haitians are requesting that those looking to help please not donate to the Red Cross. ↩︎ posted Oct. 13, 2016 Raising
“The Führer Often Described his Defeats at Stalingrad and in North Africa as Great Victories” In no particular order, four Hitler-related things reported about Donald Trump and his family by Marie Brenner for Vanity Fair in 1990: 1) As an in-joke, Jeffrey Walter, a cousin and Trump Organization
The Chicago Police Department has a massive, eight-digit, off-the-books bank account dedicated to the proceeds from stuff that it seizes from people, like cars from disabled elderly black women whose kids get caught with drugs. ↩︎ posted Sept. 29, 2016 Cash on Wheels The five municipal governments that
How to Kill Kim Jong Un, if Necessary Giving confirmation to what had long been assumed, South Korean Minister of Defense Han Min-koo admits that there is an official government plan to assassinate Kim Jong-un in the case of a legitimate nuclear threat. ↩︎ posted Sept. 26, 2016 The
This summer’s ongoing war between Chief Keef and Rahm Emanuel is as much about urban history as holograms.
