• How a political fight is delaying timely mental health treatment in Oklahoma’s jails

    How a political fight is delaying timely mental health treatment in Oklahoma’s jails

    Aug 02, 2024 08:17 PM EST

    ... the state’s lone facility for evaluations and housing for people awaiting criminal trial with a backlog of cases, according to the Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, a Tulsa-based nonprofit that advocates for criminal justice. More than 900 people in Oklahoma jails across the state received evaluation ...

  • Sister of American not part of Russian prisoner swap: 'We don't have the celebrity status'

    Sister of American not part of Russian prisoner swap: 'We don't have the celebrity status'

    Aug 01, 2024 10:40 PM EST

    ... brother Marc? Anne Fogel: I want you to know that Marc has had an outsized impact on the world, essentially, because he has taught internationally for so many years. He has thousands of students that he has taught, and he is -- there's not a hall of fame for teaching ...

  • DOJ claims releasing audio of Biden's special counsel interview could lead to deepfakes

    DOJ claims releasing audio of Biden's special counsel interview could lead to deepfakes

    Jun 04, 2024 06:07 PM EST

    ... that the public can’t be trusted with that information,” the attorney, Chuck Tobin, wrote in an email. Bradley Weinsheimer, an associate deputy attorney general for the Justice Department, acknowledged “malicious actors” could easily utilize unrelated audio recordings of Hur and Biden to create a fake version of the interview ...

  • House passes reauthorization of key U.S. surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes

    House passes reauthorization of key U.S. surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes

    Apr 12, 2024 05:59 PM EST

    ... querying the intelligence repository for information about Americans or others in the U.S., including about a member of Congress and participants in the racial justice protests of 2020 and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Those violations have led to demands for the FBI to ...

  • House nears reauthorization of U.S. spy program amid GOP pushback

    House nears reauthorization of U.S. spy program amid GOP pushback

    Apr 12, 2024 02:43 PM EST

    ... querying the intelligence repository for information about Americans or others in the U.S., including about a member of Congress and participants in the racial justice protests of 2020 and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Those violations have led to demands for the FBI to ...

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on how music empowers communities

    A Brief But Spectacular take on how music empowers communities

    Dec 28, 2023 11:15 PM EST

    ... On Philly is an organization that provides transformative music training experiences to children in the area of Philadelphia. POP's mission mirrors El Sistema advocacy for social justice. It felt like it was an extension of my work in Venezuela. Over 90 percent of the students identify as a student ...

  • As conservative adults target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe

    As conservative adults target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe

    Jun 07, 2023 10:24 PM EST

    ... to pick it up, “because you’re a slave.” She was stunned — no one had ever said anything like that to her before. As protests for racial justice broke out in 2020, white students at her Tennessee high school kneeled in the hallways and chanted, “Black lives matter!” in mocking ...

  • WATCH: Biden gives remarks after EPA proposes greenhouse gas emission rules for power plants

    WATCH: Biden gives remarks after EPA proposes greenhouse gas emission rules for power plants

    May 11, 2023 06:34 PM EST

    ... executive director the Carbon Capture Coalition, said the proposed rules “elevate the role of carbon capture by naming it as one of the available technologies for reaching emissions standards.'' Even with aggressive growth of renewables over the next decade, fossil fuels, especially natural gas, “will be in the domestic energy ...

  • Workers call for labor rights, economic justice at May Day rallies across the globe

    Workers call for labor rights, economic justice at May Day rallies across the globe

    May 01, 2023 01:34 PM EST

    Union members marched from Calais in the north to Toulouse in the south, joined by environmental activists and other groups fighting for economic justice, or just expressing anger at Macron and what is seen as his out-of-touch, pro-business leadership. Activists opposed to the 2024 Paris Olympics and ...

  • What does the Comstock Act, a law from the 1870s, have to do with abortion pills?

    What does the Comstock Act, a law from the 1870s, have to do with abortion pills?

    Apr 08, 2023 09:51 PM EST

    ... next? The Supreme Court has never weighed in on Comstock and — assuming the justices take up the case— the ruling could have far-reaching consequences for American women, abortion providers and their opponents. Kacsmaryk's order is limited to mifepristone, but the same approach could potentially be used for other ...