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    Background: The New Iraq

    May 07, 2003 04:00 AM EST

    ... We are not about. Not right which come from abroad. We live here and know everything. IAN WILLIAMS: The palace complex has become the focus for other petitioners and complainants. And in the searing heat, American patience soon runs thin. SOLDIER: Right over there. Get out of here. Go, get ...

  • Supreme court to rule on lethal injection, Mercury emissions

    Supreme court to rule on lethal injection, Mercury emissions

    Jun 27, 2015 05:27 PM EST

    ... start of the process. The first-ever limits on mercury emissions, more than a decade in the making, began to take effect in April. The justices also could say Monday whether they will take on important cases for the term that begins in October on abortion, affirmative action and the ...

  • It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Who inspired you to teach?

    It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Who inspired you to teach?

    May 07, 2019 12:00 PM EST

    ... author of "For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Ya'll Too," but he inspired me to become fearless while teaching for social justice. His commitment to young people showed me that integrity, humility and hope are three of the greatest principles a person can ...

  • Sanders to attend Vatican conference before New York primary

    Sanders to attend Vatican conference before New York primary

    Apr 08, 2016 04:35 PM EST

    ... with the pope during his trip. The meeting will mark the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's encyclical Centesimus Annus, a high-level teaching document which advocated for economic and social justice and environmental sustainability. Sanders will be speaking at the conference of the Pontifical Academy of Social ...

  • Why Americans are so divided over teaching critical race theory

    Why Americans are so divided over teaching critical race theory

    Jun 24, 2021 10:25 PM EST

    ... Jalaya Liles Dunn, Director, Learning for Justice: When I hear the talk of critical race theory, I immediately get a signal as an alarming system for me, because it is a misrepresentation and misuse of the word. Amna Nawaz: Jalaya Liles Dunn is the director of Learning for Justice, which ...

  • U.S. Justice Department declines charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

    U.S. Justice Department declines charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

    Dec 29, 2020 10:36 PM EST

    ... Inconsistent witness statements also complicated any prosecution, and neither person said they saw exactly what Rice was doing just before the shooting, according to the Justice Department. In a statement at the scene to three other law enforcement officers, Loehmann "repeatedly and consistently stated" that Tamir was reaching for a ...

  • U.S. at a unique time in history for justice reform, says Attorney General Lynch

    U.S. at a unique time in history for justice reform, says Attorney General Lynch

    Oct 09, 2015 12:58 AM EST

    ... which is a multiagency task force across government to look at a whole host of barriers to reintegration. Housing, for example, is a major concern for those coming out of our criminal justice system, the ability simply to go home. What so many of us take for granted at the ...

  • Why recovery will be tough for Alaska's villages flooded by an unusually powerful storm

    Why recovery will be tough for Alaska's villages flooded by an unusually powerful storm

    Oct 18, 2025 05:53 PM EST

    ... and winter is closing in. Native residents of Kipnuk discuss the challenges of permafrost loss and climate change in their village. Video by Alaska Institute for Justice These villages are also small. They don’t have extra housing or the resources to rapidly recover. The region was already recovering from ...

  • Top French court upholds some of Assad's legal protections, but permits future war crime warrants

    Top French court upholds some of Assad's legal protections, but permits future war crime warrants

    Jul 25, 2025 10:29 PM EST

    ... will support another dictatorship to keep doing this kind of crime — they know they will enjoy immunity,” said Mazen Darwish, president of the Syrian Center for Media, which collected evidence of war crimes. “It is a sad day for us,” Darwish said. ‘Missed opportunity for justice’ The president of the ...

  • What Pope Leo XIV's election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide

    What Pope Leo XIV's election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide

    May 08, 2025 10:53 PM EST

    ... the world seems -- world government seem to be just not caring anymore about what's happening. And so he has to be a prophetic voice for peace, for justice, for the disenfranchised, for protecting the environment. And then he's got to look at his own church. In the north ...