Criminology
- Black History Month: WHIO celebrates all who have pushed our nation forward February 13, 2024 9:52 pm WHIO TV - Ohio Every February, Black History Month gives us the opportunity to learn about the rich and, oftentimes, forgotten pieces of American history. Black Americans helped build this country physically, culturally, diplomatically, and philosophically. They have …
- Public Practice and the Origins of Sociology: New Thoughts on an Old Issue January 30, 2024 1:28 pm Contexts by Marcus A. Brooks | January 30, 2024 As sociology faculty nationwide counted down the days to winter break, heated debate again erupted on Academic Twitter (ahem, X). The point of contention? Praxis-oriented, justice-focused sociology. The debate was …
- Identifying and Treating Incarcerated Women Experiencing Substance Use Disorders: A Review November 13, 2023 4:33 am Dove Medical Press Introduction Rates of substance use in the United States (US) continue to rise, with the number of individuals endosing past month illicit substance use increasing from approximately 27 million in 2015 to more than 37 million in 2020.1 Nationally …
- Celia Donert: Invention of the Trickster October 25, 2023 4:26 pm London Review of Books In August 1992, violent riots in the former East German port city of Rostock culminated in arson attacks on a tower block housing Roma and Vietnamese asylum seekers. Neo-Nazis threw Molotov cocktails while local residents looked on. The surrounding estate …
- Pregnancy and childbirth should not be deadly for Black women in CT July 6, 2023 4:16 am The Connecticut Mirror Tori Bowie, the former fastest woman in the world and three-time Olympic medalist, tragically died at age 32. Recent news revealed that her death was due to complications from childbirth while being eight months pregnant. The Associate Medical Examiner …
- Book Review: Gender, Race, Identity & Batman in Gotham City Living June 22, 2023 3:30 pm The Geek Anthropologist By Alissa Whitmore McCrystal, Erica. 2021. Gotham City Living: The social dynamics in the Batman comics and media. New York: Bloomsbury. Erica McCrystal’s ambitious Gotham City Living: The Social Dynamics in the Batman Comics and Media (2021) aims to trace …
- FactChecking Ron DeSantis’ Presidential Announcement May 26, 2023 9:39 am FactCheck.org Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made his presidential candidacy official on May 24, first with a glitch-delayed livestream on Twitter Spaces, followed by an interview on Fox News. Making his pitch for the Republican nomination, DeSantis leaned heavily into his …
- ‘The sexism was so blatant, as if officers felt irreproachable’: my year on the streets with the Met police May 6, 2023 9:15 am The Guardian Putting on a police uniform for the first time is a peculiar experience. It feels like fancy dress, like a joke taken too far. Boots, trousers, shirt, necktie, kit belt, stab vest, hat – and a face hidden somewhere in the middle of it all, lost among the …
- DeSantis vs. diversity: Blacklists have universities playing defense as Republicans attack March 19, 2023 4:13 pm The Rockdale Citizen - Georgia MIAMI — When she visited Florida Polytechnic University with a group of girls from her middle school class last month, Sarah imagined herself in college learning how to use the beakers and Bunsen burners she saw while touring the chemistry lab. As a sixth …
- Black People Are Six Times More Likely To Be incarcerated For Violent Offenses, Study Suggests March 14, 2023 3:20 pm NewsOne CLOSE Black men disproportionately make up the US prison population. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Racial disparities in state imprisonment rates dropped significantly during the first two decades of the 21st century. That’s one of the main findings from a …
Critical Criminology
- Israel detains then releases renowned Palestinian academic April 20, 2024 3:21 am The New Arab Israeli police arrested Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian for alleged incitement to terrorism, violence and racism [GETTY] The Jerusalem District Court ordered the release of Palestinian feminist scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian on Friday after her arrest by …
- Farnworth vows Surrey police transition plan on solid ground even as RCMP ramps up hiring April 20, 2024 12:08 am Vancouver Sun Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Despite assurances from B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth that there's a solid transition plan in place for Surrey, the head of the RCMP said more Mounties are being hired in the city. Get the latest from …
- How a Canada-based Zionist charity funds illegal settlements in West Bank April 19, 2024 5:01 pm TRT World In this way, the donations are not directly allocated to the chosen Israeli charities. Instead, they are initially routed to a Canadian charity, in this case, Mizrachi Canada, which then forwards the funds to Israeli organisations, Miles Howe, an Assistant …
- Kohberger attorneys file alibi defense April 19, 2024 8:43 am Bonner County Daily Bee - Idaho Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger met the Wednesday deadline to file their client’s alibi defense in the murder case against him in the deaths of four University of Idaho students in November 2022. In a 10-page filing near the end of the day, Kohberger’s …
- Family Of Slain Idaho Student Slams Bryan Kohberger's New Alibi Claim April 19, 2024 3:18 am HuffPost The family of one of the University of Idaho students brutally stabbed in an off-campus rental house in 2022 slammed a new alibi statement from the accused killer in a scathing statement provided to HuffPost Thursday. Bryan Kohberger, 29, claimed in a new …
- 14th annual Academic Honors Convocation recognizes Northeastern students and faculty for their scholarship, research, leadership and innovation April 19, 2024 1:50 am Northeastern Global News - Massachusetts “This event only started 14 years ago, but I can assure you that it will continue for another 125 years,” Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun said. The 14th annual Academic Honors Convocation recognizes Northeastern students and faculty for their …
- Accused Idaho Killer’s Alibi Corroborated by Cell Phone Data, Defense Says April 18, 2024 5:29 pm NTD The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students submitted an alibi on Wednesday that disputes his location on the night of the quadruple murders. Bryan Kohberger, 29, was out for a drive at the time of the murders, the newly-filed document …
- University of Idaho murder suspect says he was ‘out driving’ in new alibi April 18, 2024 4:05 pm Global News Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the suspect accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in 2022, entered an alibi on Wednesday claiming cellphone tower data proves he was “out driving” at the time of the murders. Kohberger’s lawyers have …
- University of Idaho murder suspect says cellphone data proves he was out driving at the time of deaths April 18, 2024 12:34 pm NBC DFW - Texas The legal team of the suspect accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 has said that cellphone tower data proves he was out driving late at night and miles away when they were killed. Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, who was indicted for …
- Kohberger’s alibi disputes his location on night of Idaho student killings: Lawyers April 18, 2024 10:58 am Daily Dodge - Wisconsin In this Sept. 13, 2023, file photo, Bryan Kohberger, accused of murder, arrives for a hearing in the courtroom in Latah County District Court, in Moscow, Idaho. (Ted S. Warren/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger — the man accused of …
Crime Theory
- “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” April 19, 2024 10:08 pm The Imaginative Conservative - Texas Between ingenuity and the analytic ability there exists a difference far greater, indeed, than that between the fancy and the imagination, but of a character very strictly analogous. It will found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the …
- Calming the Long War in the Philippine Countryside April 18, 2024 11:46 pm International Crisis Group What’s new? The Philippine Maoists, one of Asia’s longest-running communist insurgencies, are on the defensive, with Manila pushing for definitive victory through counter-insurgent operations and development initiatives. Fighting has fallen in intensity …
- Psychic Numbing April 18, 2024 3:09 pm Boston Review Combat Trauma: Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in post-9/11 America Nadia Abu El-Haj Verso, $29.95 (paper) Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Ran Zwigenberg University of Chicago Press, $35.00 ( …
- NPR Suspends Editor Critical of DEI Moves April 16, 2024 7:42 pm Journal-isms Right Wing Praised Broadside Against Network Homepage illustration credit: NPR Support Journal-isms Donations are tax-deductible. Credit: NPR Right Wing Praised Broadside Against Network “NPR has formally punished Uri Berliner, the senior editor who …
- Sexual Harassment at Work: Scoping Review of Reviews April 16, 2024 12:16 pm Dove Medical Press Introduction In 2017, the world witnessed a significant upsurge in global awareness surrounding the issue of Sexual Harassment (hereafter, SH), largely catalyzed by the #MeToo campaign. In a mere 24-hour period following Alyssa Milano’s initial tweet, …
- Sunak says ‘all sides should show restraint’ after Iranian attack on Israel – as it happened April 15, 2024 2:58 pm The Guardian Government not planning further concessions to Lords on Rwanda bill, No 10 signalsMPs will vote tonight on the latest Lords amendments to the safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill. If the first strike in the “ping pong” process comes when the …
- Sunak says ‘all sides should show restraint’ after Iranian attack on Israel – as it happened April 15, 2024 9:57 am The Guardian Government not planning further concessions to Lords on Rwanda bill, No 10 signalsMPs will vote tonight on the latest Lords amendments to the safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill. If the first strike in the “ping pong” process comes when the …
- Who is Seeing the Real America? April 15, 2024 6:17 am China Media Project The first time I saw a “zero-dollar shopping” (零元購) video, I was taking the Beijing Subway late at night. “Zero-Dollar Shopping, America’s Common Prosperity Policy” — it was certainly an eye-catching headline. “Bang!” A gunshot rings out and the camera …
- Kamala Harris calls Trump ‘architect of healthcare crisis’ in Arizona abortion speech – live April 12, 2024 1:14 pm The Guardian Trump: I would 'absolutely' testify at New York criminal trialDonald Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago he would “absolutely” testify at his New York criminal trial, which is set to start next week. It is not, however, clear if he will actually do …
- Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur: Call to Action for National Unification April 11, 2024 11:15 pm San Francisco Bay View - California The Oakland panel for the Prison Lives Matter: Liberate Our Elders series of webinars includes from left Darby Aono-Shek, Uncommon Law lawyer for Political Prisoner Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa; Marie Levin, prisoner advocate and sister to Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa; …
Black Lives Matter
- Christians Are Offended By The Wrong Things April 20, 2024 7:47 am The Post-Journal - New York Some Christians are offended by all the wrong things: Starbucks cups, Easter eggs, and now, the vicissitudes of the calendar. Instead, they should be offended by more vital things like ignorance, intolerance, and hate. In Rev. Mel McGinnis’ latest mash-up …
- Black lives matter much less to UNWFP head April 20, 2024 7:44 am Ynet The UN World Food Programme (UNWFP) admirably aims to bring "life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters," and to "help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks." …
- US Senate to vote to extend foreign surveillance Bill April 20, 2024 6:54 am MediaNama The United States Senate is set to vote on legislation that would extend the US’ Wiretap program for surveillance of non-Americans. ‘The Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA)’, also drastically increases the number of businesses that the …
- Boston Catholic Schools Foundation Features Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBTQ Guv At Fundraising Gala April 20, 2024 5:41 am CatholicVote - Indiana CV NEWS FEED // Boston-based Catholic Schools Foundation (CSF) held a fundraising gala last week which featured an appearance from Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey. Healey is not only a staunch supporter of abortion and the LGBTQ movement …
- Author: Jews wandered for 40 years – SA has another 10 to go April 20, 2024 5:37 am The Citizen (South Africa) This was author and activist Muzi Kuzwayo’s message to guests on Thursday at the SA Jewish Board of Deputies annual Freedom Seder. The Jews wandered in the desert for 40 years as they struggled to shrug off the shackles of their oppression after fleeing …
- US Senate votes to reauthorize surveillance program April 20, 2024 5:02 am The Gazette - Colorado By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted late on Friday night to approve the reauthorization of a controversial surveillance program, narrowly missing the midnight expiration of the program. The reauthorization secures what supporters …
- Lawsuits under New York's new voting rights law reveal racial disenfranchisement even in blue states April 20, 2024 4:17 am WKMG 6 - Florida FREEPORT, N.Y. – Weihua Yan had seen dramatic demographic changes since moving to Long Island's Nassau County. Its Asian American population alone had grown by 60% since the 2010 census. Why then, he wondered, did he not see anyone who looked like him …
- Jeopardizing the right to protest, Supreme Court refuses to block lawsuit by police officer against demonstration organizer April 20, 2024 3:38 am World Socialist Web Site Effectively jeopardizing the right to organize any large protest in the US, the Supreme Court refused to intervene Monday to stop a lawsuit by a police officer seeking to hold a protest organizer liable for the act of one of the protesters. The Supreme …
- How Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, a satire on publishing, unpacks race April 20, 2024 3:19 am The Federal In an early scene in American Fiction, Cord Jefferson’s whip-smart adaptation of Percival Everett’s novel Erasure (2001), Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) attends the book launch of a ‘commercially successful’ writer, Sintara Golden (Issa Rae), …
- US Senate votes to renew Fisa surveillance program April 20, 2024 2:41 am The Guardian The US Senate voted late on Friday night to approve the reauthorization of the controversial Fisa surveillance program, narrowly preventing its midnight expiration. The reauthorization secures what supporters call a key element of the United States’ …
Gender and Crime
- Bruce Lehrmann defamation verdict LIVE: Judge finds Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins and was 'hellbent' on having sex with her at Parliament House April 14, 2024 11:50 pm Daily Mail LIVE By Charlotte Karp For Daily Mail Australia Published: 19:02 EDT, 14 April 2024 | Updated: 00:14 EDT, 15 April 2024 Advertisement Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa …
- The Limits Of MeToo In Italy April 12, 2024 5:54 pm Worldcrunch Updated April 12, 2024 at 4:10 p.m.* -Analysis- For a few fleeting hours, it seemed the MeToo movement might finally break out of the shadows in Italy: the internet was buzzing early last year after the La Repubblica daily had published the testimonies of …
- Youngkin amendment would end state funding for fetal anomaly abortions April 9, 2024 8:05 pm News & Advance - Virginia DAVE RESS and CHARLOTTE RENE WOODS Richmond Times-Dispatch Near the bottom of his list of 242 amendments to the General Assembly budget, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, an abortion opponent, included a short sentence that would end state funding of abortions for …
- Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: March 2024 [Citations: 146-210] April 1, 2024 12:18 pm Live Law Ahammedkutty Bran v Sukumaran 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 146 B. v State of Kerala 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 147 Manuja Mythri v Advocate T K Ajan 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 148 Dr.Navaneeth K.Unni v State Represented By Public Prosecutor 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 149 State of …
- A Conservative Thought Experiment on a Liberal College Campus March 20, 2024 1:54 pm Boston Magazine Longform Last fall semester, professor Eitan Hersh and a class of undergrads embarked on a mission to understand conservative thought. Here's what happened. Hersh jots down a few notes on the blackboard for his American Conservatism course at Tufts …
- Resilience in robes: Women’s triumphs in legal practice March 8, 2024 9:54 am The Leaflet On International Women’s Day, a look at the powerful trailblazers who have forged a path for women in the legal profession. — LOOKING around this Women’s Day, I attempted to pen down the celebrated symbols that women hold. The list goes long: We call this …
- Duchess of Edinburgh praises 'brave' survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine as she urges the world 'not to turn our backs on the horrors of this crime' March 4, 2024 1:25 pm Daily Mail The Duchess of Edinburgh has called for an end to conflict related sexual violence as she praised 'brave' survivors from Ukraine for sharing their experiences. Speaking in a pre-recorded video for a conference in the war-torn nation, which was …
- Lea Melandri: ‘Love has been a veil’ for domestic violence March 4, 2024 9:34 am Vox Europ Lea Melandri (1941) is an essayist, writer and journalist. She is an established figure in Italian feminism. Her latest book is Love and Violence: The Vexatious Factors of Civilization (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2019). More of her …
- Opinion: Power, patriarchy, sexual violence February 25, 2024 6:31 pm Telengana Today Women themselves must be empowered to speak out against injustice and claim their rightful place in society By Sushiila Ttiwari, D Samarender Reddy India, a vibrant democracy, proudly showcased its egalitarian ideals on the 26th of January, 2024. The all- …
- Why the Most Educated People in America Fall for Anti-Semitic Lies February 15, 2024 3:40 pm The Atlantic This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. By now, December’s congressional hearing about anti-Semitism at universities, during which the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT all …
Prison Privatization
- Abolish ICE! Fighting for Humanity over Profit in Immigration Policy April 20, 2024 8:20 am North American Congress on Latin America In its less than 20 years of existence, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has amassed an extensive and shocking record of human rights violations. The current administration’s anti-immigrant sentiment has radicalized the agency, emboldening it to …
- AdWatch: Gloves come off in guv’s race, with ad rapping Otter over prison scandal April 20, 2024 8:20 am The Spokesman-Review - Washington State The gloves have come off in Idaho’s governor’s race, with Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff launching a hard-hitting new ad faulting GOP Gov. Butch Otter’s handling of a scandal involving the state’s largest prison. You can read my full AdWatch story …
- Church ministers skeptical about plan to reform prisons in Argentina April 17, 2024 8:51 am Crux Now SÃO PAULO, Brazil – After drug cartels terrorized the city of Rosario in March, causing four deaths and leading thousands to stay out of the streets in order to avoid threats, President Javier Milei announced he was planning a number of changes in the …
- WATCH: Nun carries suitcase later discovered to contain remains of deceased friend April 13, 2024 5:44 pm Fox News Lorenza Ramirez, 80, was seen on video in the city of Santiago, Chile, wheeling a suitcase down the streets. Police identified her through the CCTV footage after a pedestrian discovered the suitcase and its grisly contents. (Courtesy: Newsflash) Chilling …
- License to Sue April 10, 2024 6:53 pm Dollars & Sense Making Sense By Sam Knight | March/April 2024 This article is from Dollars & Sense: Real World Economics, available at http://www.dollarsandsense.org This article is from the March/April 2024 issue. It sounds like viral fake news, but …
- Sali Berisha will be released after two weeks from prison, Kreshnik Spahiu explodes the "bomb", here is Edi Rama's shopping with the "non-woman" to destroy SPAK April 6, 2024 11:43 am SotNews The well-known analyst and lawyer, Kreshnik Spahiu, has confirmed what "SOT" newspaper has been reporting for months about a consolidated business between Edi Rama and Sali Berisha, to which some readers react with surprise, considering it …
- Petro declares war on Congress after collapse of his flagship initiative April 5, 2024 8:17 pm El País Gustavo Petro was enthused by Pedro Castillo’s ascension in Peru. The story could be a Julio Ramón Ribeyro plot: a primary school professor, son of enslaved farmers that General Juan Velasco set free, who was brought up in an Andean town that sits more …
- Education Watch: Millions at Stake in Epic Embezzlement Case April 4, 2024 12:55 pm Oklahoma Watch This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. In a single year at the height of Epic Charter Schools’ enrollment, owners of its management company …
- New Insights Into Criminal Justice Dynamics in Town Of Palm Beach Support Reasonings For Nationwide Inherent Reform April 2, 2024 8:33 pm EIN Presswire PALM BEACH, Fla., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A recent request for Federal Investigation by C.K. McWhorter & The McWhorter Foundation has cast a spotlight on the criminal justice system on Palm Beach Island, revealing a complex web of financial, …
- Is Srettha planning to divest his finance portfolio to SET chief Pichai? March 30, 2024 7:02 am Thai PBS The first Cabinet reshuffle of the Srettha Thavisin government is expected to take place after the close of the current Parliamentary session on April 9. Among the frontrunners for the finance minister’s post is Pichai Chunhavajira, 76, a longtime …
Prison Abolition
- IA Symposium hosts wide range of perspectives April 20, 2024 12:06 am Pioneer Log - Oregon Courtesy of IA Symposium THIS year’s International Affairs Symposium — the 62nd at Lewis & Clark — highlighted a set of contentious debates on pressing, modern issues and featured twelve notable speakers. The symposium, entitled “Strings Attached: …
- Abolition Is a Project of Human Liberation That Must Be Ongoing April 18, 2024 8:28 pm Truthout Part of the Series One of the most common misconceptions about prison abolition is that it’s “unrealistic.” However, in Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché’s new book, How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment, they show not only …
- Students rally for a free Congo and free Sudan April 18, 2024 6:57 am Massachusetts Daily Collegian On Wednesday, April 17, over 75 students at the University of Massachusetts gathered outside the Student Union to raise awareness for the ongoing struggles specifically in Sudan and the Congo. Both students and educators spoke at the rally organized by the …
- Schiraldi-fication: The Moore admin's plan to abolish Maryland's 'youth prison' model April 17, 2024 5:55 am WJLA 7 - Washington D.C. ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — FOX45 News is learning more about the policies and beliefs of Gov. Wes Moore's juvenile justice czar after he dodged questions during a book tour stop in Massachusetts last week. Maryland Secretary of Juvenile Services Vincent …
- Authors Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché discuss abolition, new novel during Monday conversation April 16, 2024 1:25 am The Daily Northwestern - Illinois Almost 10 years after they first began discussing the book, authors Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché discussed their recently released novel, “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment,” at a Monday event. The novel provides an …
- Opinion: Is it possible to get the effort to close Rikers Island back on track? April 15, 2024 1:01 am New York Nonprofit Media My first visit to Rikers Island took place in 1992, when I participated in a small, day-long tour. It was an eye-opening experience. The daily jail population had only recently peaked, with more than 21,000 people behind bars. In addition to a decaying …
- Inside infamous US 'Sing Sing' prison where 614 inmates fried to death on 'Old Sparky' April 13, 2024 8:09 am Daily Star The phrase "being sent up the river" refers originally to getting sentenced to a spell at the infamous "Sing-Sing" slammer. Located on the banks of the Hudson River, about 30 miles north of New York City, the prison is one of the oldest …
- Paul Mpagi Sepuya is a photographer whose works incorporate several elements, including history, literary modernism and queer collaboration. The art of Sepuya—who is also an associate professor in visual arts April 12, 2024 5:34 pm Windy City Media Group Paul Mpagi Sepuya is a photographer whose works incorporate several elements, including history, literary modernism and queer collaboration. The art of Sepuya—who is also an associate professor in visual arts at the University of California-San Diego—is in …
- Arizona Prisons Now Marginally Less Horrific, Hooray! April 9, 2024 4:19 pm Wonkette - Michigan We don’t get a lot of good news when it comes to prison conditions in the United States, so even a small amount of improvement is something to celebrate. For years, the conditions in Arizona prisons have been the subject of intense scrutiny, particularly …
- Angela Davis presents on past activism work April 5, 2024 2:26 pm Pioneer Log - Oregon Courtesy of California State Fullerton On the evening of April 2, students and faculty alike crowded into the Agnes Flanagan Chapel for an event organized by the Prison Abolition Club (PAC) to kickstart the Third Annual Transformative Action & …
Corporate Crime
- [What to Stream] Take a break with heartwarming, rib-tickling sitcoms April 20, 2024 8:19 am Korea Herald Escape from the stresses of daily life this weekend by binging on light-hearted sitcoms that feature colorful characters and comically relatable moments. After another week of hard work and dedication, marathon your way through clever wordplay and …
- Prosecutor should be prosecuting criminals April 20, 2024 7:59 am Tribune Chronicle - Ohio DEAR EDITOR: This letter is written to repudiate some recent comments in a Letter to the Editor. I stated previously that every person is guaranteed to a defense attorney. Seems the respondent to my original letter didn’t read my entire letter. While Lynn …
- 'Ecocide' law campaign could lead to jail for polluting water firm bosses April 20, 2024 7:28 am iNews UK Green campaigners are calling on the UK Government to introduce prison sentences for those who commit ecocide, acts which cause serious damage to ecosystems, claiming that current environmental law is not strong enough. The legal activists told i creating …
- U.S. Senate hopefuls debate crime, abortion and money in politics April 20, 2024 6:31 am The Washington Post In their first televised primary debate, Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks each sought to position themselves as the Democratic Party’s best chance of defeating the state’s popular, two-term former Republican …
- We’ll appeal against Lubinda’s acquittal – ACC April 20, 2024 5:14 am News Diggers THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it will appeal against the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court’s decision to acquit PF faction vice president Given Lubinda of four counts of being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. And ACC says it …
- US Senate candidates Trone, Alsbrooks face off in first — and only? — TV debate April 20, 2024 3:17 am Baltimore Banner - Maryland The top Democrats running for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat engaged in their first televised debate in Baltimore on Friday, which may prove to be the only televised matchup ahead of Election Day. For an hour at Fox45′s studios in Woodberry, moderators …
- The Weekend Mumbo: Dig up, Seven! How did it all go so wrong for the TV giant? April 20, 2024 2:32 am Mumbrella If the week starts on a Sunday, as some insist it does, then Seven’s week started on the worst possible note. Granted, things were already fairly bad. The week before, the Sydney Morning Herald (owned by Nine) revealed that Seven’s outgoing commercial …
- The Columbine High School massacre: American Pastoral … American Berserk April 20, 2024 2:25 am World Socialist Web Site April 27, 1999 Twenty-five years ago, on April 20, 1999, two students at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, near Denver, killed 12 fellow students and one teacher, and wounded 24 others (21 by gunfire), before committing suicide. The pair …
- Google worker fired for pro-Palestinian protest: “Workers are the ones that have the power to stop the genocide” April 20, 2024 2:25 am World Socialist Web Site On Tuesday, April 16, Google had nine of its employees arrested for staging sit-ins at the company’s offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California, to demand that Google cancel “Project Nimbus.” The $1.2 billion contract with Amazon and the Israeli …
- CARICOM pushes need for Reparations Tribunal at Forum in Geneva April 20, 2024 1:44 am Magnetic Media MONTEGO BAY, April 17 (JIS): Jamaica’s law-enforcement landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with the digitisation of police stations across the island in progress. The recent opening of Jamaica’s first fully digitised police station in …
White Collar Crime
- The Cutting Edge: Current Issues in White Collar Crime and Corporate Governance April 20, 2024 8:20 am Columbia Law School Jed S. Rakoff has served since March 1996 as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of New York. He frequently sits by designation on the 2nd and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals. His most noteworthy decisions have been in the areas of securities law …
- KSP identifies murder victim from 1990 cold case in Philpot April 20, 2024 1:35 am The Owensboro Times - Kentucky Reconstruction of the victim Kentucky State Police has identified the victim in a 1990 cold case where an unidentified male was found deceased with his hands and feet cut off in a wooded area off of Pleasant Valley Road in Philpot. KSP said attempts to …
- Cobb Superior Court Clerk Probe Sent to Georgia Attorney General April 19, 2024 10:34 pm Marietta Daily Journal - Georgia The Georgia Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the findings of a state investigation into Cobb Superior Court Clerk Connie Taylor, the AG’s Office confirmed this week. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation into Taylor in late 2022 …
- New clues unearthed in 28yo mystery of missing woman Marcia Ryan April 19, 2024 10:09 pm ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) When Marcia Ryan rang her parents on Monday, August 19, 1996 to tell them she was on the way up north to visit, they had no idea it would be the last time they would hear her voice. That morning, the 33-year-old, who lived in the bayside Melbourne suburb …
- Taylor Swift Strikes Out Looking on The Tortured Poets Department April 19, 2024 8:40 pm Paste Sylvia Plath did not stick her head in an oven for this! When Taylor Swift took the Grammy’s stage last month to claim her award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights, she saw that spotlight as an opportunity to announce her 11th studio album: The …
- Buyer Beware: What to Know About the DOJ’s Policy on Self-Reporting in M&A April 19, 2024 8:13 pm Lexology Click here to listen to the audio What happens when you buy somebody else’s problems? A new policy from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is encouraging companies to disclose the misconduct of the companies they buy. The DOJ says it won’t prosecute …
- United States: Antitrust authorities confirm their view that algorithmic price fixing is a per se antitrust violation April 19, 2024 6:35 pm Global Compliance News In brief Both the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, “Agencies“) have submitted a joint Statement of Interest in a third-party dispute currently active in the Federal District of …
- Donald Trump trial live updates: Man self-immolates outside Manhattan criminal courthouse April 19, 2024 6:31 pm Kent Ravenna Record-Courier - Ohio NEW YORK — A young man set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place. His condition and motives were unclear. The shocking incident took place in full view of news cameras shortly …
- Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and all of DC's July 2024 solicitations April 19, 2024 6:19 pm GamesRadar+ DC is diving into the middle of summer with its now fully revealed July solicitations, which kick off the big DC summer event Absolute Power, and a whole lot more. Speaking of Absolute Power, in that major crossover event, which brings in Batman, Superman, …
- More volleys fired in Brett Favre’s defamation suit against Auditor Shad White April 19, 2024 5:46 pm WDAM - Mississippi JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - More volleys have been fired in a case that could determine whether the state auditor defamed a former NFL quarterback tied to the state’s largest welfare scandal. The latest battle is over statements Auditor Shad White made about …
State Crime
- Texas 19 Year Old Alleged To Have Sent Drugs To Jails Across State April 20, 2024 7:34 am KWFS - Texas A 19 year old from the state of Texas is currently facing felony charges due to alleged actions towards state jails. Here's what is known at the time of writing. Kylie Rae Alvarado And Her Alleged Crimes In Texas According to ABC 13 Houston, 19 year …
- Alina Barbara Lopez and Jorge Fernandez Era Are Again Harassed by Cuban State Security April 20, 2024 7:11 am 14ymedio The professor denounces mistreatment during her unjustified detention Cuban professor and historian Alina Bárbara López Hernández / Facebook 14ymedio, Havana, 18 April 2024 — Cuban State Security harassed professor Alina Bárbara López Hernández and …
- Murray Discusses Key Investments to Support Victims and Survivors of Violent Crime, Ensure a Fair and Functioning Justice System at DOJ Budget Hearing April 20, 2024 6:39 am KLCK - Washington D.C. ***WATCH: Senator Murray’s questioning of Attorney General Merrick Garland*** Washington, D.C. — Today—at a Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget request for the …
- U.S. Senate hopefuls debate crime, abortion and money in politics April 20, 2024 6:31 am The Washington Post In their first televised primary debate, Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks each sought to position themselves as the Democratic Party’s best chance of defeating the state’s popular, two-term former Republican …
- Opioid settlement cash a boon to state prosecutors April 20, 2024 6:25 am Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania As the opioid crisis raged across Pennsylvania, public defenders increasingly represented people whose charges stemmed from their addiction. In Elk County — a sparse mountainous region home to just over 30,000 people — local officials saw opioid settlement …
- Carjacking Task Force targeting violent crime in Southeast Texas April 20, 2024 6:18 am Port Arthur News - Texas Published 12:36 am Saturday, April 20, 2024 During the evening of Oct. 6, a vehicle was taken at gunpoint in Port Arthur. At approximately 12:38 a.m. the next day, a Vidor Police Department officer patrolling eastbound Interstate 10 observed the same …
- Here Are The Most Dangerous Gangs From Every State In The U.S. April 20, 2024 5:54 am KEEL - Louisiana There's a world out there that has a dark underbelly and is ruled by notorious criminal organizations. I'm talking about gangs right here in the United States. From the streets of New York to the boulevards of Los Angeles, these gangs have staked …
- Second Ecuadoran mayor killed ahead of anti-crime vote April 20, 2024 5:07 am RTE Ireland The mayor of a mining town in violence-riddled Ecuador was shot dead, the second such killing in days ahead of a weekend referendum on tougher measures against organised crime. Jorge Maldonado, the mayor of Portovelo, "fell victim to gunshots that …
- Washington state GOP endorses Brian Dansel for Congress April 20, 2024 5:04 am The Spokesman-Review - Washington State A week after the Spokane County GOP gave Ferry County Commissioner Brian Dansel its top rating for the Fifth Congressional District, the state Republican Party has given the former Trump appointee its endorsement. The endorsement came at the end of a long …
- State, defense cases rest in Swartz murder trial April 20, 2024 5:03 am The Times Republican - Iowa Swartz The Scott Swartz murder bench trial was adjourned Friday without closing arguments or a verdict. Scott Swartz, 47, is accused of murdering his father, Paul Swartz, in January of 2023. On Jan. 7, the Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) was …
Environmental Crime
- Earth Matters: Republican energy-transition saboteurs; Biden's eco-work; are EVs truly green? March 17, 2024 3:18 pm Daily Kos At Sierra magazine, in a no-paywall article, veteran investigative reporter Rebecca Burns writes on Climate-Science Deniers, Right-Wing Think Tanks, and Fossil Fuel Shills Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition. Two or three paragraphs cannot do …
- Earth Matters: No technological miracles needed to address climate; Green New Deal push relaunches March 3, 2024 5:08 pm Daily Kos Rod Lamberts wrote a decade ago: If there’s one thing decades of advertising, public relations, psychology research and science communication have taught us, it’s that throwing facts at opposing opinions with the hope of changing people’s minds is like …
- Why Is the US Producing More Oil and Natural Gas Than Ever Under Biden? February 20, 2024 11:48 pm Truthout The current year has a one-in-three chance of being even hotter than 2023, which was already the world’s warmest year on record, according to analyses conducted by scientific organizations such as NASA and Copernicus Climate Change Service. And there is a …
- 'This is what money smells like:' $2.2M fine is latest entry in Clairton's air pollution history February 4, 2024 2:21 am Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania Melanie Meade monitors plumes of pollution. Her hilltop home overlooks Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke-manufacturing facility in North America — and Allegheny County’s top source of air pollution. From that tree-dotted perch, Meade uses her iPhone …
- Earth Matters: Endangering the Endangered Species Act; 'new denial' on climate change at YouTube January 21, 2024 4:08 pm Daily Kos Half a century ago last month, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act, which, in a move that would be unthinkable today, the Senate had passed unanimously and the House of Representatives approved in a 390-12 vote. As President Joe Biden …
- The decades-long fight in a community treated as a dumping ground January 19, 2024 2:15 pm The Center for Public Integrity Reading Time: 9 minutes Protecting people’s health from environmental hazards, Maricela Mares-Alatorre and her family found out the hard way, is a never-ending fight. She was in high school in the late 1980s when her parents, both farmworkers, organized …
- Letters to the editor: January 17, 2024 (mega warehouse, democracy, nuclear weapons and more) January 17, 2024 6:09 am Hudson Valley One - New York The views and opinions expressed in our letters section are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Hudson Valley One. You can submit a letter to the editor here. Letter guidelines: Hudson Valley One welcomes …
- Accra’s e-waste quagmire - An existential threat January 15, 2024 11:23 am Graphic Thick, dark and foggy smoke made its way into the atmosphere. The dense clouds of smoke containing toxic gasses spread across the Old Fadama slum, located at Agbogbloshie in the Greater Accra Region, impeding vision beyond 30 metres. The emissions emanated …
- Residents call Chicago report that maps neighborhood pollution flawed because calculations don’t include industrial corridors November 20, 2023 11:29 am Chicago Tribune - Illinois A recent report on the distribution of pollution and industry across Chicago could be a first step to addressing decades of discriminatory planning, zoning and land-use policies in Chicago. But, some residents on the South and West sides say their …
- Weekend reads: A fiscal warning, growing hate crimes, and cleaning-up a toxic legacy November 5, 2023 4:40 pm News from the States 1. Veteran State Auditor issues stern warning, announces she will not seek re-election By Clayton Henkel Beth Wood, the first woman to hold the office, has held agencies accountable since 2009. One of the most recognizable figures in the North Carolina …
Critical Theory
- Why are Christians attracted to social justice? April 16, 2024 8:04 am The Christian Post - Washington, D.C. By Virgil Walker, Op-ed contributor Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Unsplash/Malu LakerEvangelical Christianity is evolving by championing causes and adopting language and tactics once exclusive to social justice — such as combating the marginalization of …
- The Summers of Theory April 9, 2024 3:59 pm Boston Review The Summer of Theory: History of a Rebellion, 1960–1990 Philipp Felsch, translated by Tony Crawford Polity Press, $30 (cloth) The Long Summer of Theory directed by Irene von Alberti Filmgalerie 451 Not long ago and in certain small circles of academic life …
- Is Opposition to Critical Race Theory Correlated with Ignorance of Critical Race Theory? April 2, 2024 3:55 pm Reason Magazine A new academic study by Brianna Richmond, et al., purports to show that opposition to Critical Race Theory is correlated with ignorance of CRT. The quiz the authors use, however, to determine the level of knowledge of CRT is quite problematic. CRT, being a …
- Interview – Darcy Leigh March 20, 2024 9:10 pm E-International Relations Dr Darcy Leigh is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, with a background in International Relations. Darcy’s research addresses the legacies of European settler colonialism and eugenics for today’s international politics of race, gender and …
- Challenge to 'Critical Theory' doesn't come from right-wing conspiracy March 17, 2024 3:31 pm Palladium-Item - Indiana The debate over ideological diversity on campus won’t end with Senate Bill 202. Also, the heart of the issue isn’t what most people think. It doesn’t fit easily into ideological labels of conservative or liberal, and it isn’t about political party. The …
- The Left's control of language is the first step toward tyranny March 17, 2024 1:23 pm The Christian Post - Washington, D.C. By Bill Connor, Op-ed Contributor Sunday, March 17, 2024 | Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty ImagesDuring Joe Biden’s State of the Union and its aftermath, Americans were again shown the attempts of the Progressive Left to control our language. For three years, …
- Sri Lankan Trotskyists hold critical meetings on the Tamil translation of Trotsky’s <em>The Revolution Betrayed</em> March 15, 2024 8:07 am World Socialist Web Site The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in Sri Lanka held a successful meeting on March 7 at the Colombo Tamil Sangam Hall in Wellawatte to promote the recently published Tamil translation of Leon Trotsky’s seminal work, The …
- The life and work of Edward Webster March 8, 2024 2:04 am Africa is a country It is exactly 50 years since C. Wright Mills (1959) penned his rendition of the sociological imagination as the interplay of biography and history, or, more actively, as transforming private troubles into public issues. Given the currency of Mills’s pithy …
- Why I am a Christian: From Marxian feminism to faith March 2, 2024 12:49 pm The Christian Post - Washington, D.C. By Kelley Keller, Op-ed contributor Saturday, March 02, 2024 iStock/Adrian VidalI learned I was an adopted kid in 1978, the year I turned five. Mom read The Chosen Baby by Valentina Wasson to my older sister and me (she is also adopted) every night …
- Rooting out 'woke': One church leader's mission to rescue Christianity from cultural Marxism March 1, 2024 4:56 pm WND - Washington [Editor's note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.] By Tyler O'Neil The Daily Signal NASHVILLE, Tenn.—An Indiana pastor has launched an effort to connect Christian leaders across the country and root out the influence of a “ …
Vegan Criminology
- Tougher sentences for proposed pet abduction legislation move closer to becoming law April 20, 2024 6:31 am The News Letter The Pet Abduction Bill, which would apply in England and Northern Ireland, creates two new offences and will now be sent to the House of Lords for further consideration. Animals are regarded as property under existing theft legislation, with campaigners …
- Watch: Deer management group chairman filmed shooting animal in head - even though it was already dead April 20, 2024 6:11 am Irish Mirror The Wild Deer Association of Ireland has insisted that no law was broken during the filming of a bizarre video in which the chairperson of the organisation was recorded shooting a deer that was already dead. The WDAI, which promotes good practice and …
- 3 facing several animal cruelty charges in Yakima County April 20, 2024 6:07 am Fox 11 and 41 - Washington State YAKIMA, Wash. – Three individuals from Yakima County are facing 11 animal cruelty charges each, with 10 being in the first degree and one in the second degree. Court documents say Norma Lister, 80, David Schuster, 35, and Rachel Stein, 33, allegedly …
- Animal case under investigation April 20, 2024 3:38 am Paragould Daily Press - Arkansas Greene County authorities are investigating an animal farm, where officials said animals were found in bad conditions. According to a social media post from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, authorities are investigating the Greene County Animal Farm. …
- B.C. judge orders shared dog custody for exes who both 'clearly love Stella' April 20, 2024 12:00 am CTV News Many pet owners will agree their furball isn't just a friend, they're family – but what happens when a family breaks up? In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a B.C. judge has awarded a former couple joint custody of their dog. According to the B.C. …
- Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter overrun with dogs April 19, 2024 10:32 pm Elizabethton Star - Tennessee Published 3:24 pm Friday, April 19, 2024 1 of 8 Buzz Trexler/Star Correspondent/Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter Director Shannon Posada talks on Wednesday about the extreme pressure the shelter has been experiencing as it deals with …
- Connecticut leaders highlight link between animal, child abuse April 19, 2024 10:26 pm WTNH - Connecticut by: Braley Dodson Posted: Apr 19, 2024 / 06:15 PM EDT Updated: Apr 19, 2024 / 06:15 PM EDT HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The recent expansion of a law has the Connecticut Department of Children and Families working together with animal control officers …
- Monterey Co. man guilty of animal abuse for killing animals at school; faces 20 years prison April 19, 2024 10:25 pm CBS News Bay Area - California April 19, 2024 / 12:52 PM PDT / CBS/Bay City News Service PIX Now - Morning Edition 4/19/24 PIX Now - Morning Edition 4/19/24 10:25 A Gonzales man faces over 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of stabbing animals …
- Mail's Sarah Vine wins her FOURTH award as Lucy Letby podcast is acclaimed at the Press Awards April 19, 2024 10:17 pm Daily Mail As a dedicated reader, you already know the outstanding quality of the journalism that has made the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday Britain's biggest- selling newspapers. With the best scoops, finest columnists, superlative features and unmissable …
- A plague on Scotland's new puritans April 19, 2024 10:17 pm Daily Mail Come the weekend, many a Scot likes to settle down with family and friends, enjoy a meal and pop open a bottle or two. A fruity red number, perhaps, or a wee nip of the water of life. It’s their little indulgence after another week of working hard, …