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
- Gov. Pritzker Announces Retirement of Major General Rich Neely March 18, 2024 11:01 pm Illinois Governor ILLINOIS, March 18 - Major General Rodney Boyd selected as Adjutant General for Illinois, making history as the first Black officer to command the Illinois National Guard CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker announced today that Major General Rich Neely, The …
- Gov. Pritzker Announces Retirement of Major General Rich Neely March 18, 2024 6:35 pm DVIDS CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES 03.18.2024 Courtesy Story CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker announced today that Major General Rich Neely, The Adjutant General for Illinois, Commander of the Illinois National Guard, and Director of the Illinois Department of …
- Dubai Police give students insight into forensic science March 18, 2024 9:30 am Gulf Today Dubai Police Headquarters Gulf Today, Staff Reporter As part of their “the Land of Talents” initiative, the Dubai Police Council for University and College Students has recently organised a visit to Dubai College of Pharmacy students to the General …
- 'You're starting a war': NSW Premier Chris Minns warned over proposed bail changes March 17, 2024 8:13 pm ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) In short: Some of the country's top legal and criminal justice experts have written to NSW Premier Chris Minns about proposed bail changes. Sixty organisations signed the letter, including the Aboriginal Legal Service and the Sydney Institute of …
- Mass. detective and U.S. Army veteran dies after 'lengthy battle with illness' March 17, 2024 7:46 pm MassLive.com - Massachusetts A Chelsea detective and U.S. Army veteran died March 15 “after a lengthy battle with illness,” but the police department is remembering him for his “ardent dedication to our community and service to our nation.” Det. Scott Conley was born on Nov. 10, 1971, …
- Sham: New York Times hits new low with discredited ‘Hamas mass rape’ story March 17, 2024 10:49 am Press TV By Press TV Staff Writer In a front-page article published on December 28, less than three months into the Israeli war on Gaza, the New York Times accused the Hamas resistance group of “weaponizing” sexual violence on October 7. The exhaustive report, …
- Shopper alert: Target to implement new self-checkout policy March 16, 2024 6:43 pm Southwest Times Record - Arkansas If you want to use Target's self-checkout lanes, you'll have to start limiting your cart to 10 items or less. The Minneapolis-based retailer is making some checkout changes after recently testing limits on the number of items customers can have in …
- Amos C. Sawyer College Dean Receives Prestigious Award from University’s Scholars March 16, 2024 6:14 pm GNN Liberia Associate Professor Dr. Josephus Moses Gray, Dean of Amos C. Sawyer College of Social Sciences and Humanities has won the prestigious: “Most Progressive Dean of Year Award” at the University of Liberia.The prestigious Progressive Dean’ of the Year 2021- …
- Here’s Where Scott Peterson’s And Other Notorious Murder Cases Stand March 15, 2024 7:29 pm HuffPost It once seemed inconceivable that convicted murderers Scott Peterson and Alex Murdaugh could get another chance at freedom, but some shocking developments and legal wrangling have seen both return to the courtroom. And while “Serial” subject Adnan Syed in …
- Calgary Police Services accused of charge stacking against two Black human rights advocates March 14, 2024 7:35 pm Rabble.ca Taylor McNallie and Adora Nwofor, both Black women who are active human rights advocates, have been at the receiving end of charge stacking—in each incident that they received a charge, they were speaking up against police violence, racial injustices or …
Crime Theory
- How the media facilitates climate criminality March 18, 2024 10:41 pm Prism A climate protester named Mama Julz spent February 1 locked to a grounded helicopter, the kind usually used to transport construction workers to remote portions of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the rushed and ecologically destructive pet project of West …
- 4 years, 1.2 million lives and trillions of dollars later, a rematch March 13, 2024 10:55 pm KTVZ - Oregon Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Americans may feel like they’re reliving 2020, with a general election rematch set for 2024. But while the politicians’ faces are the same, life is much different. On March 13, 2020, then-President Donald Trump …
- Is friendship, not romance, the key to a happy and fulfilled life? March 13, 2024 10:04 am The Guardian Rhaina Cohen was at a party one night when, on the other side of the room, she saw another woman she found magnetic. “In her pastel sleeveless blouse and snug pencil skirt, she had the posture of a dancer, if that dancer was also running a boardroom …
- How dangerous is New York City, anyway? March 12, 2024 12:15 pm Vox Last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new policy that made headlines across the country: Following a handful of high-profile violent crimes, she’s sending 750 members of the National Guard and hundreds of state troopers into the city’s subway …
- Hawking Stephen Net Worth March 10, 2024 10:11 am Turkish Weekly Stephen William Hawking (Eng. Stephen William Hawking) - English theoretical physicist, known for his research in astrophysics, in particular the theory of black holes, popularizer of scientific knowledge. He studied the theory of the emergence of the …
- Takeaways from Tallahassee — Looking sharp! March 9, 2024 11:09 am Florida Politics For the ninth year in a row, players in The Process have thinned out their closets to help job seekers and first-time professionals look and feel confident as they foray into the world of work. Volunteer Florida collected and released the grand total this …
- Minister Ronald Lamola: Strengthening the Integrated Criminal Justice System and Reviewing the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 to keep our people safe and secure Conference March 8, 2024 9:58 am South African Government It is a great privilege for me, to be here today to wish you all a Good Morning and to extend a special Welcome to Deputy President Paul Mashatile Cabinet Ministers present today Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development: Mr John Jeffery, …
- Social Stigma Toward Individuals with Schizophrenia in a Lebanese Population March 8, 2024 8:16 am Dove Medical Press Introduction Schizophrenia has been acknowledged as a mental disorder that is associated with significant levels of stigma.1 Individuals with schizophrenia often become targets of social stigma from their surrounding society. Stigma is encountered when …
- 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 …
- Revisiting Cold War Rhetoric: Implications of North Korean Strategic Culture March 7, 2024 6:47 am E-International Relations The collapse of the Soviet Union precipitated the dismantling of the old bipolar world order and triggered debates about the merits of unipolar versus multipolar security environments. It became evident that the traditional Cold-War framework, centred …
Black Lives Matter
- Waukesha middle school receives threats of bombs, shootings following post from Libs of TikTok March 19, 2024 1:27 am Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin Butler Middle School in Waukesha experienced a series of bomb and school shooting threats over the span of a week following a social media post from a popular right-wing account, Libs of TikTok, that was critical of a principal's 2022 social media post …
- ‘Hinge moments’ of the past can provide lessons for today March 19, 2024 1:05 am Republican American - Connecticut It’s difficult to convey just how strange life in the third decade of the third millennium has become,” Michiko Kakutani writes in “The Great Wave,” her cultural survey of the discontented present. The insight is truthful (the times are strange), if broad …
- Four years on, COVID damage remains while Fauci & Co. pay no price March 19, 2024 12:49 am New York Post We just passed the fourth anniversary of “15 Days To Slow the Spread,” the start of the COVID lockdowns that did damage from which we still haven’t recovered. I’m embarrassed to admit I fell for it. I was a COVID hawk in the early days. It seemed right at …
- ‘Click and pay for whites only, no credit for black fellas’: First Nations shoppers slam ASIC decision to cut off Centrepay March 18, 2024 11:55 pm The National Tribune Urban Rampage, the lifeline retail network for remote Indigenous communities in rural Australia, says the Australian Securities & Investments Commission’s (ASIC) decision to maintain an interim stop order on the company’s Centrepay facility …
- Whites Only: Ade’s Extremist Adventure review – a woeful failure to challenge racism March 18, 2024 11:09 pm The Guardian Not every attempt at documenting real events ends up fulfilling its intended purpose. Capturing the Friedmans started as a sweet tale about clowns and ended up lamenting harrowing crimes. Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster was planned to be a couple of …
- How the media facilitates climate criminality March 18, 2024 10:41 pm Prism A climate protester named Mama Julz spent February 1 locked to a grounded helicopter, the kind usually used to transport construction workers to remote portions of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the rushed and ecologically destructive pet project of West …
- ‘Important milestone’ as replacement slavery plaque installed at Dundas statue March 18, 2024 10:38 pm The Times A plaque blaming a powerful Scottish politician for the enslavement of more than 500,000 Africans has been reinstalled at the foot of his statue in Edinburgh. Sir Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, was controversial enough in the 1790s, but more than 200 …
- A Look at a 'Tactical Civics' Seminar in Kittitas County and the Plan to 'Take America Back' March 18, 2024 10:29 pm I Fiber One News - Washington State Dominick Bonny is a columnist and contributor to Source ONE News About 30 people gathered for Kittitas County’s first “Tactical Civics” meeting at the Masonic Hall in the tiny town of Roslyn, Washington on the evening of March 14. We sat on folding chairs …
- Kristen Stewart’s Fiancee: Everything to Know About Dylan Meyer March 18, 2024 10:17 pm Hollywood Life View gallery Kristen Stewart burst into the pop culture zeitgeist when she took on the role of Bella Swan in Twilight and its subsequent sequels, but perhaps the biggest source of intrigue was her relationship with co-star Robert Pattinson. While the two …
- Steph Curry hints at future White House run March 18, 2024 9:49 pm AS While it’s not unheard of for sporting icons to enter into the world of politics, it’s certainly not something that happens frequently. To that end, one can imagine that heads most definitely turned when the greatest shooter in NBA history hinted at the …
Gender and Crime
- Church juggles delayed abuse allegation, pastor's 'tremendous growth' March 19, 2024 1:41 am Indianapolis Star - Indiana Rosalyn and Keith Carlson felt proud as pastors at their church preached about the importance of taking a strong stand to support sexual abuse survivors. The message at Grace Church Noblesville called for swift action against abusers and healing aid for …
- 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 …
- ‘Variety Confidential’ Revisits the Errol Flynn Trial That Became a Media Circus January 24, 2024 7:07 pm Variety After starring in the 1935 film “Captain Blood,” actor Errol Flynn became the big screen’s foremost swashbuckler. Seven years later, two underage girls accused the golden age movie star of statutory rape. In “When You’re A Star,” the sixth episode of …
- Human Trafficking Prevention Needs A Public Health Approach January 11, 2024 4:59 pm Forbes January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Children make up 1 in 4 victims of human trafficking ... [+] including forced labor, early marriage and sexual exploitation.getty January 11th is recognized as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and …
- Triple killer, multi-millionaire rapist and 'Brixton R Kelly' among 42 notorious criminals jailed in the UK in December January 6, 2024 10:36 am Manchester Evening News A double-killer who committed his third murder while on licence and an extremist who planned a terror attack at London's Hyde Park were among the worst offenders sent to jail in the UK in the final month of last year. Other criminals facing lengthy …
- Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 12.13.23 December 13, 2023 9:51 am Florida Politics Good Wednesday morning. A top-of-Sunburn happy birthday shoutout to the best state Party Chair in Florida, Nikki Fried of the Florida Democratic Party. Nikki Fried celebrates another trip around the sun. ___ Breaking overnight — “School Board urges Moms …
Prison Privatization
- Abolish ICE! Fighting for Humanity over Profit in Immigration Policy March 19, 2024 1:41 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 March 19, 2024 1:41 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 …
- Split verdict: Former JEA CEO Zahn guilty, ex-CFO Wannemacher not guilty March 16, 2024 9:00 pm The Florida Times-Union Jurors returned a guilty verdict against ousted JEA CEO Aaron Zahn and a not guilty verdict on former JEA chief financial officer Ryan Wannemacher in a federal trial stemming from the fast-moving events in 2019 when a potential sale of JEA could have …
- Judge mulls third contempt case against Arizona for failing to improve prison health care March 15, 2024 11:05 pm News4Jax - Florida PHOENIX – A judge presiding over a nearly 12-year-old lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons is considering whether to launch a third contempt-of-court proceeding against the state for failing to improve prisoner care. Arizona’ …
- Former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn guilty, ex-CFO Ryan Wannemacher not guilty in fraud trial March 15, 2024 8:57 pm The Florida Times-Union Jurors returned a guilty verdict against ousted JEA CEO Aaron Zahn and a not guilty verdict on former JEA chief financial officer Ryan Wannemacher in a federal trial stemming from the fast-moving events in 2019 when a potential sale of JEA could have …
- JEA trial: Jury hears closing arguments March 14, 2024 10:59 pm The Florida Times-Union Prosecutors urged jurors to convict former JEA executives Aaron Zahn and Ryan Wannemacher by saying they conspired to "fleece the city of Jacksonville" and only got stopped because the City Council Auditor's Office figured out the …
- Pressures and threats do not hold water, Irena Gjoka refuses to release Berisha and his son-in-law from "house arrest", Argita Malltezi explodes in accusations against SPAK prosecutors and judges March 13, 2024 10:49 am SotNews The pressures and threats against the judge of the Special Court, Irena Gjoka, but also the accounting expert act they ordered themselves, seem not to have helped Sali Berisha and his son-in-law, Jamarbër Malltezi. They will again remain under "house …
- Prison to plate: Incarcerated workers are part of a hidden workforce behind many popular food brands March 11, 2024 10:23 am The Milwaukee Independent Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work, for pennies an hour or sometimes nothing at all. After rumbling down a country road to an auction house …
- Rama-Berisha return to the 2008 agreement, ready to massacre SPAK to save themselves and their collaborators from prison, here are the scenarios being woven to undo the reform March 9, 2024 10:56 am SotNews Prime Minister Edi Rama and former Prime Minister Sali Berisha seem to have decided to return to the agreement of 2008, while they are ready to massacre the Special Prosecutor's Office (SPAK) to save themselves and their collaborators from prison, …
- Ostap Stakhiv, a failed Ukrainian politician and anti-vaxer, created a multi-thousand-strong anti-mobilization network. Its members block the work of the state bodies. March 7, 2024 3:44 pm Babel An activist and a failed politician Ostap Stakhiv is 38 years old, born in Lviv region. He started his career in politics in 2005, when he headed the branch of the Svoboda party in Zhydachiv, Lviv region. In 2007, he ran for the Verkhovna Rada on the party …
Prison Abolition
- It’s Time to Compost the Prison Plantation March 12, 2024 10:30 am The Nation Satellite images of prisons with agriculture. The Pivot / March 12, 2024 This article appears in the March 2024 issue, with the headline “It’s Time to Compost the Prison Plantation.” At Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Mo., stone buildings …
- 50 Political Prisoners in Jaw Prison Continue Protest against Security Isolation Punishment for Fellow Inmates March 11, 2024 2:33 pm Bahrain Mirror Bahrain Mirror: Fifty political prisoners held in the Jaw Central Prison persisted in their protest by refusing to enter their cells, rejecting the prison administration's implementation of the security isolation punishment on several of their fellow …
- The abolition of slavery in Mauritania March 11, 2024 2:14 pm Pressenza By the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, international conventions denounce and prohibit the enslavement of human beings. They have been ratified by every state in the world. However, despite these treaties, some states continue to practice …
- 'Partizani'/ He was released by the judge in a conflict of interest, SPAK demands the return to prison of Berisha's son-in-law, the Supreme Court decides today March 5, 2024 10:31 am SotNews The Special Prosecutor's Office requests the return to jail of Jamarbë Malltez, in the investigation of the 'Partizani' affair. The request of SPAK, which opposes the measure of house arrest for Malltez and the change of the measure to prison …
- Exclusive: Met Police sacks just 5 firearms officers despite 2,000 complaints March 4, 2024 10:37 pm OpenDemocracy More than 2,000 complaints and misconduct allegations have been made about the Metropolitan Police’s disgraced firearms squad in the past six years – but only five officers have been sacked. MO19 was one of two units given a damning assessment in last year …
- Sociology professor Jessica Simes promotes justice system reform through research March 4, 2024 8:10 pm The Daily Free Press - Massachusetts Growing up in a racially divided community in Los Angeles, Jessica Simes observed early on in life how white supremacy informs racial segregation. These first-hand observations informed Simes’ interest in social justice and would later inspire her career …
- The Essential Women's History Month Reading List March 1, 2024 9:19 pm Harper's Bazaar Carmel Snow, the legendary fashion editor who helmed Harper’s Bazaar from 1934 to 1958, once famously remarked that this publication is a hub for “well-dressed women with well-dressed minds.” Her words ring even truer today as readers face a literary scene …
- Editorial Comment: Modest amendments should make hanging abolition law constitutional February 26, 2024 11:28 pm The Herald (Zimbabwe) MANY people must have been startled when the Parliamentary Legal Committee made an adverse report on the proposed Bill to abolish the death penalty, saying it went against the Constitution, that legal foundation of all our rights. Most people would have …
- Riot fallout: 18 ex-inmates face death sentence in Thailand prison riot February 23, 2024 12:38 pm Thaiger Thong Pha Phum Provincial Court in the central province of Kanchanaburi sentenced 18 former Thai inmates to death following the death of two people and six injuries in a riot in the Thong Phra Phum Prison nine years ago. The death penalty was given to 18 …
- Husband sentenced to life in prison for Surrey woman's murder February 23, 2024 1:30 am Prince George Post Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News It was alleged Sim and his staff breached the Vancouver charter by refusing park board commissioner Laura Christensen's request to participate in the meeting electronically while at home with a one-month-old …
Corporate Crime
- Cadwalader Climate (March 11, 2024) March 19, 2024 1:11 am National Law Review EU Value Chain Due Diligence Directive Not Endorsed Following four years of attempting to progress and approve the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the European Council failed to give the agreement final approval on February 28, …
- 12 key legal issues impacting health systems March 19, 2024 1:09 am Becker's Hospital Review 1. Increased government interest in False Claims Act, Stark Act and related issues. In 2023, the U.S. government and whistleblowers were involved in 543 False Claims Act settlements and judgments. This is the highest number recorded in a single year, with …
- Cryptic Conundrums: The Tug of War Between Privacy and Security March 19, 2024 1:09 am International Policy Digest Amid ongoing debates over privacy, U.S. government requests for access to private company data continue to clash with the tech industry’s defense of user privacy. The conflict, underscored by Apple CEO Tim Cook’s 2016 congressional testimony, highlights …
- ‘Almost Unhinged’: Victor Davis Hanson Lays Out Issues With Media’s Coverage On Out-Of-Context ‘Bloodbath’ Remarks March 19, 2024 1:07 am The Daily Caller Hoover Institute senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson detailed issues Monday on Fox News with the media’s out-of-context coverage of former President Donald Trump’s “bloodbath” remarks. Hanson appeared on “The Ingraham Angle” to discuss the coverage of Trump’ …
- Court resolves pretrial motions in drug trial March 18, 2024 11:46 pm Missouri Lawyers Media Where the defendant was charged with multiple drug-related crimes, the court resolved multiple pretrial motions, including the admissibility of co-conspirator statements and prior convictions. Background The operative indictment charges defendant with …
- Beloved Seattle Bakery Closes Seattle Spot That Made Them Famous March 18, 2024 11:13 pm KIT - Washington State Every town has that one spot. The OG. The original. The staple. The one that started it all. Sure, they may have opened up other locations for convenience but there's always the original location that just has that vibe that you can't replicate. …
- How the media facilitates climate criminality March 18, 2024 10:41 pm Prism A climate protester named Mama Julz spent February 1 locked to a grounded helicopter, the kind usually used to transport construction workers to remote portions of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the rushed and ecologically destructive pet project of West …
- SC dismisses regular bail plea of AAP leader Satyendar Jain in money laundering case March 18, 2024 10:29 pm The Print New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI) In a setback to senior AAP leader Satyendar Jain, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed his regular bail in a money laundering case, saying there is sufficient material collected by the Enforcement Directorate to show that he along …
- Lawmakers move hundreds of bills ahead of key deadline in session’s final weeks March 18, 2024 8:23 pm Baltimore Banner - Maryland Maryland lawmakers facing a critical deadline turned the legislative gears a little faster Monday, passing hundreds of bills between the chambers to give each the best chance of becoming law. If a bill hasn’t been shuttled across the State House’s marble …
- DOJ Announces it is Designing a Whistleblower Rewards Program March 18, 2024 8:20 pm National Law Review In early March 2024 at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco’s keynote remarks previewed the development of new and significant Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) …
White Collar Crime
- Carr’s Gang Prosecution Unit Obtains New Indictment in DeKalb County Involving PDE March 19, 2024 1:42 am Office of Attorney General ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that his office’s Gang Prosecution Unit has obtained a new indictment in DeKalb County charging Darius Scott, Jamerson McCammey, and Corey Dumas with Violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and …
- San Francisco Launches Whistleblower Pilot Program to Combat Crime, Offers Potential Immunity for Self-Disclosure March 19, 2024 1:28 am Hoodline - California San Francisco's crimefighting scene just got a major upgrade with U.S. Attorney Ismail Ramsey's recent unveiling of the Whistleblower Pilot Program. In a move to thoroughly root out criminal activities within its jurisdiction, the Northern District …
- Hamilton County forming conviction integrity unit, sources say March 18, 2024 11:11 pm FOX19 - Ohio CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office will form a conviction integrity unit, according to sources. Prosecutor Melissa Powers confirmed the creation of the new unit with FOX19 NOW on Monday. Powers informed county police chiefs of the …
- What to expect in the Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga trial March 18, 2024 8:31 pm KHON - Hawaii Attorney Alexander Silvert, author of “The Mailbox Conspiracy,” joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss the charges against former Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro and Dennis Mitsunaga & associates, key witnesses, possible defenses …
- DOJ Announces it is Designing a Whistleblower Rewards Program March 18, 2024 8:20 pm National Law Review In early March 2024 at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco’s keynote remarks previewed the development of new and significant Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) …
- Fraud trial of British tech tycoon begins in US March 18, 2024 6:01 pm BBC Mr Lynch, a former UK government adviser who sat on the boards of the BBC and the British Library, vigorously fought attempts by US prosecutors to bring him to trial in America, which is known for its punitive approach to white-collar crime.
- Former Ald. Danny Solis set to testify as feds outline Michael Madigan's corruption trial March 18, 2024 5:52 pm Chicago Sun Times - Illinois Former Ald. Danny Solis’ days on the federal witness stand are apparently not over. Months after declining to call the notorious FBI mole to testify in the trial of ex-Ald. Edward M. Burke, prosecutors disclosed Monday that they will summon Solis to the …
- Banks Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Customers From Scams March 18, 2024 11:47 am TIME Magazine Venessa Dikousman thought she’d adequately checked to make sure the man calling her cell phone in November 2023 wasn’t a scammer. The man said he was a Wells Fargo representative, knew her name, and was calling from a number her phone identified as …
- Is Britain's Bill Gates about to spend 25 years in a U.S. prison cell? Mike Lynch faces fraud charges in a California court - defended by a lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein and Roman Polanski March 18, 2024 2:04 am Daily Mail The first computing breakthrough made by Mike Lynch was a program that allowed law enforcement to instantly match suspects’ fingerprints to records on their database. Back in the early 1990s, it would have been hard to believe that the tech genius hailed …
- 2024 will be the Latino election March 17, 2024 10:00 pm spiked Latino identification with the Democrats, notes Gallup, now sits at its lowest level ever. A Reuters / Ipsos survey in December revealed that Trump might actually be leading Joe Biden among Latino voters. Even a close contest could be catastrophic for …
State Crime
- Draconian crime bill becomes law in Washington, D.C. as “law-and-order” campaigns spread across the country March 19, 2024 1:41 am World Socialist Web Site Washington D.C.’s local legislative body, the Democratic Party-controlled Council of the District of Columbia, voted on March 5 in favor of final passage of the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024. The bill combines several others that were proposed …
- This Upstate New York Nursing Home Is #1 in the State March 19, 2024 1:37 am WNBF - New York When it comes to planning end-of-life care, it's normal to want the best of the best for those you love. According to a new report, there's one nursing home that's miles better than the rest. Choosing a Nursing Home Rapid Covid-19 Testing In …
- A Small New York Town is Suddenly the 2nd Most Dangerous in State March 19, 2024 1:34 am The Nutfield News - New Hampshire Brownsville, a small town in New York, has recently made headlines for a concerning reason – it has been identified as the 2nd most dangerous city in the state. This revelation has sparked discussions and raised questions about the safety and security of …
- Oakland pushes for safety in crime-ridden corridor March 19, 2024 12:36 am NBC Bay Area - California The Hegenberger Corridor is home to multiple businesses leading to the Oakland International Boulevard where more than 10 million people travel in and out every year. But the area has been plagued with crime recently, and city, county and state leaders …
- Louisiana not alone in new ‘tough-on-crime’ policies March 19, 2024 12:10 am Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana Fueled by public outrage over the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and other high-profile incidents of police violence, a seismic shift swept across the U.S. shortly afterward, with a wave of initiatives aimed at reining in …
- Cracking Down On Career Criminals And Organised Crime March 19, 2024 12:05 am The National Tribune The Allan Labor Government is cracking down on organised crime and career criminals – targeting them with tough new laws aimed at depriving crime bosses of the use and enjoyment of their unexplained wealth. As part of a new Bill introduced into the …
- Maryland House unanimously passes bill to restructure embattled hate crime commission March 18, 2024 11:54 pm WJLA 7 - Washington D.C. ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — A bipartisan measure to restructure Maryland's hate crimes commission passed the House unanimously on Monday. During a busy afternoon voting session on "crossover day," the House passed a bill to change membership …
- Opinion: State civil asset forfeiture laws give government ‘license to steal’ March 18, 2024 11:47 pm The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia Civil asset forfeiture is when law enforcement takes a person’s private property on the assumption that the property is connected to a crime. However, the government does not actually have to prove the property was used in a crime, or even charge any …
- Column: Biden’s loud, angry, partisan State of the Union March 18, 2024 10:58 pm The Virginian-Pilot President Joe Biden is angry. When he ran for office in 2020, Biden promised to restore normalcy and unity to America. In his State of the Union address on March 7, he gave a speech that was partisan, dishonest and, at times, incoherent. It wasn’t an …
- Conservative criminal justice practitioner doubtful Kentucky anti-crime bill will be effective March 18, 2024 10:56 pm WHAS 11 - Kentucky Sponsors of the Safer Kentucky Act say it'll help get a handle on shootings and carjackings, rates of which haven't come down to pre-COVID levels. FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Republican-backed proposal to make Kentucky safer is raising concerns, even …
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
- 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 “ …
- David Ryazanov, a Revolutionary Scholar of Marxism February 28, 2024 7:01 pm Jacobin In 1870, David Ryazanov, one of the most committed, humane, and relevant figures of Marxism, was born in Odessa, the great cosmopolitan Ukrainian city, into a well-to-do Jewish family. The city was home to a large Jewish community — 37 percent in 1897 — …
- Chinese immigrant running for Congress fears Marxism followed her to US February 22, 2024 12:29 pm Fox News Join Fox News for access to this content Plus get unlimited access to thousands of articles, videos and more with your free account! Please enter a valid email address. By entering your email, you are agreeing to Fox News Terms of Service and Privacy …
- The War on Education—in Gaza and at Home February 15, 2024 3:41 pm In These Times - Illinois On January 17, after having first occupied it as a military base and interrogation center, the Israeli army employed scores of landmines to blow up Israa University, the last institution of higher learning then left standing in Gaza. While the terms “ …
- How a conservative proposes to save higher education | Opinion February 12, 2024 11:04 pm Deseret News - Utah Oct. 7 of last year has taken its place in history as yet another “day that will live in infamy.” The shock of the Hamas slaughter of Israeli innocents — and the baffling response from so many young Americans — continues to reverberate. The tragedy threw a …
Vegan Criminology
- Columbus zoo to study how animals react to total solar eclipse in April March 19, 2024 12:16 am WBNS - Ohio This will be the first total solar eclipse in Ohio since 1806, so there is not a lot of data to show what the animals will do. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Zoo will be in the path of totality when the solar eclipse crosses over Ohio, and zookeepers want …
- Animal Center announces return of April rabies vaccination clinics March 18, 2024 11:49 pm Williamson Herald - Tennessee Williamson County Animal Center (WCAC) has again teamed up with local veterinarians to provide rabies vaccination clinics at various locations throughout Williamson County. Pet parents will have nine options to choose from with at least one clinic …
- New Texas Law Looks To Deter Animal Abuse In The State March 18, 2024 11:09 pm KWFS - Texas You probably know somebody in the state of Texas who owns a pet. We've all gotten smiles when a dog runs up to us for pets and treats, or when a cat snuggles up with us. It simply just makes us feel better when our pets love us just as much as we love …
- Meet Leo, the law enforcement puppy building bridges with older adults March 18, 2024 11:00 pm CBS 4 - Colorado The older adult population in Douglas County is expected to double by 2050. Now the Douglas County Sheriff's Office is finding new ways to build bridges with that population, thanks to a special K9. The youngest attendee at March's Highlands Ranch …
- County 10 Law Enforcement Log: Riverton Police Department – March 18, 2024 March 18, 2024 10:41 pm County 10 - Wyoming All persons arrested or cited are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law. Below are the most recent arrests and call blotters from publicly available reports provided directly by the Riverton Police Department. Click here for more details …
- US Marshals arrest man accused of stealing puppy from Petland in Parma; dog's location still unknown March 18, 2024 10:12 pm WKYC - Ohio Parma authorities say members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested 18-year-old Markeze Williams sometime last week. However, the suspect did not have the puppy with him at the time and "refused to cooperate in …
- California Bill Seeks to Empower Students to Opt Out of Cruel Animal Dissection March 18, 2024 9:50 pm PETA 3 min read Talk about a class act! California legislators have just proposed a PETA-backed bill that could modernize science education and empower students to opt out of cruel classroom lessons. Assembly Member Ash Kalra (D–San Jose) introduced Bill 2640— …
- Why was Saffron the opossum taken during Mardi Gras? The report is finally released. March 18, 2024 9:50 pm NOLA - Louisiana Mardi Gras 2024 seems like a long time ago. But the saga of the opossum named Saffron, who was confiscated by state authorities in the French Quarter during Carnival, continues with no conclusion in sight. At least the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and …
- Activists demand that Dane County DA prosecute Ridglan Farms for animal cruelty March 18, 2024 9:23 pm Isthmus About three dozen animal rights activists, and one dog (a service animal), dropped by the Dane County District Attorney’s Office Monday morning to demand that it bring criminal charges of animal mistreatment against Ridglan Farms, a dog breeding and …
- Equestrian Sports – The Equestrian Association files a complaint about animal cruelty in the United States of America – Sports March 18, 2024 9:03 pm The Weston Forum Warndorf (dpa) – The German Equestrian Association (FN) filed a complaint against two Germans on charges of cruelty to animals in the United States of America. The association said in a statement that it had received “a collection of videos and photos from …