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  • Media, academics in overdrive pushing post-assassination-attempt narratives July 27, 2024 4:57 am The College Fix OPINION: They think you’re stupid … and hope you’ll forget their past behavior Academia and the mainstream media just can’t help it — they continue to make fools of themselves by pushing The Narrative in the aftermath of the Donald Trump assassination …
  • Vigil honoring Sonya Massey held in Wilmington July 27, 2024 4:00 am WWAY 3 - North Carolina WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — People gathered at St. Stephen Church in Wilmington for a vigil honoring Sonya Massey, the 36-year-old black woman allegedly shot and killed by a law enforcement officer. According to an autopsy report released Friday, Massey was …
  • 12 reasons to visit Bristol — an English city with creative flair and working-class history July 27, 2024 1:18 am Irish Examiner Visitors from Cork to Bristol will surely be familiar with their own city’s iconic ‘Shakey Bridge’, officially named Daly’s Bridge, that connects Sunday’s Well with the Mardyke. The Shakey Bridge is a fine example of a suspension bridge, but there is …
  • Jason Aldean concertgoer escorted out by police after rushing the stage July 27, 2024 12:59 am Entertainment Weekly Jason Aldean's Thursday night concert in Savannah, Ga., didn't go exactly as planned. At one point, a man rushed the performer and was "escorted off the stage," a rep for the Savannah Police Department tells EW. No charges were filed; …
  • State prosecutors decline to press charges against western Illinois police in murder of four-year-old July 27, 2024 12:41 am World Socialist Web Site State prosecutors in western Illinois have declined to press charges against Macomb police officers who shot and killed four-year-old Terrell Miller and Anthony T. George on March 16 while responding to a domestic violence call. Repeated delays and …
  • The Virtues of Equivocation July 26, 2024 11:52 pm The Dispatch Dear Reader (even those of you forming bizarre political friendships),  As a conservative, the best case I can make for Kamala Harris is she’s a fraud.  That sounds harsh. Let me rephrase: I could make a good case for Harris if she were a fraud—and I hope …
  • Kamala Harris is a contender: where now for US politics? July 26, 2024 11:44 pm Morning Star DONALD TRUMP was facing an easy ride to the White House when he was matched against Joe Biden. Now he has to face off against Kamala Harris things look very different. Trump has good reason to be scared. He might even lose, again, although it is quite …
  • DEI efforts in Minnesota schools still matter July 26, 2024 11:35 pm Star Tribune - Minnesota Opinion editor's note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. ••• When it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in Minnesota schools, confusion, concerns and …
  • Woke culture: Why millennials and Gen Zers are facing a backlash from the left July 26, 2024 11:32 pm The New Zealand Herald The mother of two idealistic Gen Z daughters, Victoria is an entrepreneur who has built her company culture on diversity, equity and inclusion. That’s exactly the kind of wokeism pilloried by many of those with ideological views that lean harder right. But …
  • Two former Marines to serve prison time for neo-Nazi power grid plot July 26, 2024 11:11 pm Military Times Two former Marines were sentenced to prison Thursday for their participation in a plot to attack the U.S. power grid, the Justice Department said. A judge sentenced Liam Collins, 25, of Johnston, Rhode Island, to 10 years in prison. Justin Wade Hermanson, …

Gender and Crime

Prison Privatization

  • Abolish ICE! Fighting for Humanity over Profit in Immigration Policy July 27, 2024 5:51 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 July 27, 2024 5:51 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 …
  • US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico July 26, 2024 7:14 pm Truthout On June 20, more than 200 angry farmers pulled their tractors into the highway outside the Carroll Farms feed plant in the Mexican town of Totalco, Veracruz, blocking traffic. Highway blockades are a traditional form of protest in Mexico. Every year, poor …
  • Stocks that make up the Trump trade July 21, 2024 4:48 pm Yahoo Finance Wall Street is already making bets on stocks that stand to benefit if former President Donald Trump is voted back into the White House. Trump's social media platform company (DJT) isn’t the only stock that has climbed following an assassination attempt …
  • New Oklahoma County Jail soap opera hangs on a cliff July 11, 2024 6:18 am NonDoc - Oklahoma Oklahoma County lacks enough money to build the new jail voters approved two years ago, and it’s not even close. On another front, the county is throwing concern about optics aside in an effort to squash the City of Oklahoma City in court, claiming that …
  • Three Years After Cuba’s 11J, Discontent and Persecution Continue July 10, 2024 6:59 pm North American Congress on Latin America July 11 marks three years since protests erupted in different parts of Cuba expressing a collective cry for political and economic change. At the time, President Miguel Díaz Canel responded by issuing a “combat order,” calling on loyalists to take the …
  • CIA’s Dirty Games in Subverting Russia — Part 2 July 10, 2024 12:55 am Sri Lanka Guardian Barrick Gold was established in 1986 as American Barrick Resources and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Khashoggi, Marcos’s intermediary in offloading the Japanese gold onto the market, was, in fact, the majority owner of Barrick Gold. Munk, a …
  • CT contracting watchdogs asked not to talk without director’s OK July 9, 2024 9:21 am The Connecticut Mirror An appointee of Gov. Ned Lamont is proposing that Connecticut’s contracting watchdog panel not publicly discuss its work — which includes investigations of Executive Branch agencies — without clearing it with him. But Gregory F. Daniels, appointed by Gov. …
  • Rise of Far-Right Populism in France Threatens Culture Across Europe, While U.K. Potentially Sets Opposite Course July 4, 2024 8:02 am Variety Europe is in a flux. Two sets of elections taking place within days of each other could see two of the continent’s most powerful countries — both with influential entertainment industries — head in opposite directions. In the U.K., the Labour Party is …
  • The Explosion That Shook River June 27, 2024 4:45 pm The Nigerian Voice The Thwarted Power Grab: Did an Orchestrated Explosion Near Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt Aim to Justify a State of Emergency, Only to Backfire? In the midst of political turmoil and the relentless pursuit of power, an event of grave concern unfolded …

Prison Abolition

  • Cause at Heart: Socialists & the Abolition of Antisemitism July 26, 2024 5:17 pm International Viewpoint I. The Latest Form of Jew-Baiting For decades a bogus accusation of antisemitism was tolerated by too many people as the two-bit rhetorical ruse of pro-Zionists to shield their nationalist project from scrutiny by Arab and especially Palestinian anti- …
  • California Moves to Ban Forced Prison Labor — But There’s Still More to Do July 25, 2024 12:48 am The Good Men Project - California   By Giuliana Perrone If you’re looking for a rare bit of good news, look no further: California is finally taking steps to abolish slavery from its constitution by banning it in state prisons. On June 27, 2024, the state legislature passed the End Slavery …
  • Prisons and the Pandemic: Enraging New Book Looks at How Incarcerated Americans Experienced COVID-19 July 24, 2024 4:13 pm The Indypendent - New York When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, public-health experts warned the virus was both highly contagious and airborne. This prompted governments throughout the world to institute lockdowns in an attempt to control its spread. Even the United States took …
  • No Time to Grieve July 24, 2024 7:48 am WHYY FM - Pennsylvania YAHYA: My name is John Moore, but everyone calls me Yahya. [MUSIC] I grew up in North Philadelphia, around 12th and Somerset in the poorest zip code of the city. And I was raised in a dysfunctional household. There was a lot of drinking, a lot card playing …
  • Authors talk about new book and push to end forced, unpaid prison labor July 24, 2024 1:14 am Spectrum News NY1 - New York It wasn’t that long ago that New York was facing shortages in PPE during the height of the pandemic and then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his initiative to have inmates in state prisons make hand sanitizer. It’s a reality rarely considered. While in prison, …
  • The Rolling Stone UVA Hoax Turns 10: A Time Capsule of the 2010s July 19, 2024 6:07 pm Truthdig This November will mark the 10-year anniversary of the publication of “A Rape on Campus,” Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s notorious, comprehensively debunked and long-retracted Rolling Stone story. The story recounts the vicious campus rape of a young University of …
  • Criminalized Lives July 18, 2024 8:48 pm POZ For more than 10 years, activist and criminologist Alexander McClelland has been interviewing people who have been charged and convicted in HIV-related cases. The result of this work is Criminalized Lives: HIV and Legal Violence (Rutgers University Press, …
  • How Solidarity Falters Amid Repression and How We Can Do Better July 18, 2024 5:00 pm Truthout Part of the Series “This system was designed to do exactly what it is doing and has been doing: concentrating wealth and facilitating racial capitalism and colonialism and extraction,” says author and activist Dean Spade. In this episode of “Movement Memos …
  • Wayne stole a bike when he was 17 now he's 34 and still in prison July 17, 2024 5:05 pm Manchester Evening News Wayne Bell was just 17 when he was locked up for robbery - that was 17 years ago. He's now 34 and is still behind bars, one of the most shocking victims of a now discredited sentence long since abolished by the courts - Imprisonment for Public …
  • Why Libraries Are Crucial to Faith and Justice Movements July 16, 2024 5:23 pm Sojourners - Washington D.C. This interview is part of The Reconstruct, a weekly newsletter from Sojourners. In a world where so much needs to change, Mitchell Atencio and Josiah R. Daniels interview people who have faith in a new future and are working toward repair. Subscribe here. …

Corporate Crime

  • Australian PM seeks desperate cabinet reshuffle amid growing political discontent July 27, 2024 5:30 am World Socialist Web Site Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce tomorrow his first reshuffle of ministers since his Labor Party government scraped into office in May 2022. Anthony Albanese announces on July 25, 2024 that Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor ( …
  • Ex-copper’s new app helps people speak up July 27, 2024 4:56 am KentOnline A former policeman has developed a new app to enable firms, sports clubs and organisations to protect their reputation and ensure a healthy culture. Nick Inge, from Allington, near Maidstone, spent 25 years as a sergeant with Kent Police before retiring …
  • Can Keith Scotland make a difference? July 27, 2024 4:48 am Trinidad and Tobago Guardian Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley’s sur­prise an­nounce­ment on Thurs­day of a new ad­di­tion to his Cab­i­net throws the spot­light on an MP who has spent most of his par­lia­men­tary term on the Gov­ern­ment back bench­es. How­ev­er, Kei­th Scot­land, …
  • Kite Man Hell Yeah! Just Revived a Classic Batman The Animated Series Villain July 27, 2024 4:30 am Collider Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for "Kite Man: Hell Yeah' Episode 3. The Big Picture Kite Man: Hell Yeah! is a hilarious spin-off with raunchy humor & bloody gags, perfect for one of DC's silliest villains. Episode 3 …
  • NYT’s Predictable Advice for Kamala Harris: Go Right July 27, 2024 4:18 am Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)   As the Democratic Party began to coalesce behind Kamala Harris, the New York Times‘ popular Morning newsletter (7/23/24) quickly put forward the knee-jerk corporate media prescription for Democratic candidates: urging Harris to the right. Under …
  • New Jersey (NJ) Small Business Insurance Guide 2024 July 27, 2024 3:06 am Fit Small Business Appropriately named the Garden State, New Jersey’s robust small business economy includes nearly 10,000 farms. Whether it is a farm or a transportation company, small businesses are a significant part of New Jersey’s growing economy—driving small business …
  • The 10 Must-Watch Futuristic Anime That Every Fan Should See July 27, 2024 3:02 am OtakuKart Anime is known for its wide range of stories, each reflecting the boundless creativity of its creators. Among the various genres, speculative fiction stands out for its focus on futuristic themes and ideas. This genre allows for an exploration of what the …
  • 20 Best Dark and Twisted Anime Series July 27, 2024 3:00 am Movie Web Anime has come a long way from being colorful and light-hearted and only suited for children. Over the decades, the medium has evolved into a storytelling powerhouse capable of tackling almost any genre and subject – from high school romances to thought- …
  • Jennifer Aniston Slams Trump’s VP JD Vance for ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Comment July 27, 2024 2:44 am Heavy.com Getty Jennifer Aniston. Jennifer Aniston has slammed former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate J.D. Vance for his previous comment comparing some Democrats to “childless cat ladies,” CNN reported. According to CNN, the former “Friends” …
  • JAN MOIR: Why Americans are fleeing the liberal cesspit of today's California for low tax, anti-woke, leave-your-doors unlocked booming Texas! July 27, 2024 1:45 am Daily Mail Located just around the corner from the historic battle ground of the Alamo, a shop called Paris Hatters has been on the same spot in downtown San Antonio, Texas, since 1917. Here the Cortez family have been selling Stetsons to cowboys and fedora dress …

White Collar Crime

  • Shreveport Police Searching for Check Fraud Suspects July 27, 2024 12:47 am KEEL - Louisiana SHREVEPORT, LA-    SPD Detectives Search for White Collar Thieves Detectives with the Shreveport Caddo White Collar Crimes Task Force are seeking the public's assistance in locating two wanted suspects:   Ashley Dunn (DOB: 08/28/1983) and her …
  • Police Appeal To Locate Teenage Boy Missing From Nowra July 26, 2024 10:35 pm The National Tribune PLEASE NOTE: An image of the missing boy has been posted to the NSW Police social media pages. Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a teenage boy missing from the state’s South Coast. William McCarthy, aged 13, was last seen at midday …
  • Beaufort County denies law enforcement request for results of spending audit July 26, 2024 8:27 pm The Post & Courier - South Carolina BEAUFORT — Contention over a spending audit authorized by Beaufort County Council that cost taxpayers an estimated $350,000 continues as county officials have denied a sheriff's office request for a copy of the audit. After firing then-County …
  • Woman assaulted on south Lincoln bike trail July 26, 2024 6:27 pm KOLN - Nebraska LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Police are investigating an assault on the Tierra Williamsburg Trail that happened Thursday evening. A 20-year-old woman told police she encountered a man on a bicycle on the trail just south of 33rd Street and Nebraska …
  • Woman Assaulted on South Lincoln Trail Thursday Evening July 26, 2024 5:56 pm KFOR - Nebraska Lincoln Police cruiser. (Jeff Motz/KFOR News) LINCOLN–(KFOR July 26)–Lincoln Police say a 20-year-old woman suffered minor injuries, with scratches to her lower back and around her shirt collar area, after she was grabbed by a man on a bike early …
  • Five Candidates Vying In Party Primaries For State Attorney July 26, 2024 5:23 pm The Town-Crier - Florida By Stacy Carchman Primary elections on Tuesday, Aug. 20 will determine the candidates moving forward in the race to become state attorney for Florida’s 15th Judicial Circuit, serving Palm Beach County. Three-term incumbent State Attorney Dave Aronberg is …
  • Lincoln Woman Assaulted on Walking Trail, Police Searching for Suspect July 26, 2024 4:13 pm KLIN News Talk - Nebraska Lincoln Police are seeking more information regarding a frightening incident for a 20-year-old Lincoln woman. On Thursday, July 25, around 6:21 p.m., the woman called LPD after walking the Tierra Williamsburg Trail, just south of 33rd & Nebraska …
  • 'It feels like Obama': Harris revitalizes Central Virginia Democrats July 26, 2024 12:25 pm The Daily Progress - Virginia It was shocking. It was sad. It was relieving. It was exciting. It had to happen. The dust is still settling after President Joe Biden’s historic decision to end his reelection campaign, leaving Virginia voters, politicos and pundits with varied reactions …
  • Bisping, Edwards and Aspinall: Inside the making of English MMA's golden generation July 26, 2024 12:00 pm ESPN Andreas Hale Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for "MMA Live" Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Jul 26, 2024, 07:46 AM ET LONG BEFORE THE country of England could claim multiple UFC champions, …
  • DOJ files Boeing plea deal. Now, families of crash victims have 7 days to take action July 26, 2024 7:16 am WJLA 7 - Washington D.C. WASHINGTON (7News) — The clock is now ticking for families of Boeing crash victims to try to undo a plea deal between the aviation giant and the Department of Justice. As part of the agreement, Boeing pleaded guilty to a fraud charge for misleading the FAA …

State Crime

  • Palestine hails decision by UK to drop objection to ICC war-crime warrant for Netanyahu July 27, 2024 4:34 am Middle East Monitor The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Friday welcomed the decision by the British government to withdraw its objection to the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, …
  • Public, private partnership central to checking crime rate in S’West – Aare Onakakanfo July 27, 2024 3:30 am The Guardian (Nigeria) 18 mins ago • Recent Experiences Show That It Can Be Hijacked By Miscreants, Says CAN • It Can Be Manipulated, Exploited For Political Gains — Third Republic Lawmakers • TSG Urges Patience, Says Tinubu’s Policies Will Yield Results  • Don’t Participate, …
  • Lesotho food crisis spurs theft surge in Free State farms July 27, 2024 3:15 am The Citizen (South Africa) The food crisis in Lesotho drives increased theft in Free State farms. Farmers spend heavily on security as they face rising crime and border protection issues. Farmers in the Free State are spending half a million rands on security because border …
  • MSHP data shows youth most likely age group to be arrested for violent crime in Columbia this year July 27, 2024 2:14 am KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 15-year-old boy was sentenced this week to a state facility for his role in the Feb. 14 shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade that left one person dead and more than 20 people injured, The Associated Press reported. …
  • State’s prisons at 144 per cent capacity, made worse by housing crisis July 27, 2024 1:30 am WAtoday The government has also rejected a recommendation that Parole Board Queensland be more independent of the executive, and will not establish an independent strategic panel to devise ways to reduce remand numbers, rates of re-offending, over-representation …
  • Woman Assaulted in Suspected Hate Crime on Q Train July 27, 2024 1:07 am Shore News Network 36 NEW YORK, N.Y. — The NYPD is investigating a suspected hate crime following an incident on a northbound Q train at the West 57 Street and 7th Avenue subway station on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. At approximately 8:10 p.m., a 28-year-old woman was verbally …
  • Denver police launch 'trust patrols' to help prevent crime July 27, 2024 1:01 am Denver 7 - Colorado DENVER — The Denver Police Department has launched a new program aimed at building trust with business owners and other community members. It’s called the Trust Patrol and is part of Mayor Mike Johnston’s plan to reduce crime. “We know that the best way to …
  • Twisted crime: Man accused of tampering with evidence in his girlfriend's death July 27, 2024 12:52 am FOX 26 Houston - Texas Boyfriend of woman found dead at League City Pier arrested League City police have arrested the boyfriend of a woman found dead at the end of a pier at Wharf Marina in May. LEAGUE CITY, Texas - A League City man was arrested on Thursday for tampering with …
  • France train network sabotage could be "organized crime" July 27, 2024 12:02 am NHK French authorities have started an investigation into acts of sabotage targeting their high-speed train network on early Friday morning. They say the vandalism could be related to organized crime. Officials with the state-owned railway say saboteurs …
  • Caught with drugs, cigs and crime cash July 26, 2024 11:56 pm The Anglo-Celt Previous Next Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024, 4:00 PM A Lithuanian national who hadn't worked in almost six years but was found in possession of €42,670 and £8,360 in cash, as well as nearly 50,000 cigarettes and over €25,000 worth of cannabis, has been …

Environmental Crime

Critical Theory

  • Hanns Eisler, 20th century composer July 6, 2024 1:01 am World Socialist Web Site An unusual musical program was presented in New York City recently, a rare opportunity to hear some of the songs of German composer Hanns Eisler (1898-1962). The program, entitled “Will There Still Be Singing? A Hanns Eisler Cabaret,” was part of a series …
  • The Marxists come for Dolly Parton July 5, 2024 1:45 pm Orange County Register - California The first time I sat down to read “Llama Llama Red Pajama” with my one-year-old daughter, I had no idea I was supporting “white saviorism.” In fact, according to an academic at University of North Carolina, the book was one of many sharing “racist, sexist, …
  • The Communist Plan That Has Subverted Our Intel Agencies July 3, 2024 11:29 am American Thinker On June 21, the FBI declassified a 1999 video of Saudi intelligence agent Omar al-Bayoumi casing the Capitol and other Washington D.C. sites for the 9/11 attack.  How, then, did the CIA-FBI 9/11 report conclude in 2005 that Saudi Arabia was not …
  • Enzo Traverso, historian: ‘Germany is being complicit in a genocide in Gaza’ July 2, 2024 5:57 pm El País A scholar of intellectual history, a specialist in totalitarianism and the politics of memory, the career of Enzo Traverso, 66, has focused on topics such as the Jewish question, the Holocaust and the revolutions of the 20th century. An admirer of Adorno …
  • Why sexual politics are an American regime change June 20, 2024 11:22 am The Blaze Americans aren’t stupid. Every day, we see examples of the government flexing its power to destroy citizens merely for saying the “wrong” word. At the time of this writing, prominent examples include the U.S. Department of Education opening a “civil rights …
  • ‘Mute Compulsion’: A Danish Marxist examines the economic power of capital June 14, 2024 5:32 pm People's World Establishing a Valmet plant in Tanzania was part of the development aid to increase agricultural mechanization in East Africa. Here, an engineer and workers in Kibaha, Tanzania, inspect a Valmet 604 tractor at the assembly line in 1963. Why does capitalism …
  • Ensuring Students Learn the Truth About Communism June 13, 2024 5:35 pm The Heartland Institute For decades, the public education system in the United States has failed to accurately teach generations of American students about communism. Even worse, a new movement is afoot in middle schools and high schools in which vulnerable children are being …
  • Ask the Mama Bears: When did we become so critical of critical thinking? June 7, 2024 3:14 pm The Washington Times OPINION: Dear Mama Bears, I have always been a huge proponent of teaching my kids critical thinking skills. However, I keep hearing people talk about critical thinking like it’s a bad thing and I’m confused because they are people who would normally be pro …
  • Unveiling ‘Big Intel’: How the CIA and FBI became deep state villains June 7, 2024 12:50 pm The Blaze J. Michael Waller and I became acquainted exactly one week after the events of January 6, 2021. We both published our first observations of that day on January 13. Waller’s account, “Covert Cadre: What I saw leading up to the US Capitol attack,” was …
  • Disgraced Disinformation Czar Nina Jankowicz Betrays Marxist Agenda is a Driver of ‘Disinformation Studies’ June 3, 2024 10:58 pm NewsBusters Nina “Mary Poppins” Jankowicz, the would-be director of the now-defunct Disinformation Governance Board, let the cat out of the bag, exposing disinformation studies as a ploy to promote Marxism. The Mary Poppins of disinformation appeared at a panel hosted …

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