A Bright Star In A Dark Sky
Martin Luther King Day 2021 occurs during dark times. Millions of polarized...
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Category: National
Justice Department Lets Giant Corporation Evade Prosecution for Deaths of Over 100 People
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2015 by Common Dreams by Andrea Germanos, staff writer The...
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Federal Court Overturns Landmark Ruling on NSA Spying
Published on Friday, August 28, 2015 by Common Dreams by Nadia Prupis, staff writer A federal...
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Brothers in Arms: Jeb Bush Won’t Say ‘No’ To Future Torture
Published on Friday, August 14, 2015 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer While also...
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Black and White: Survey Reveals Huge Disparities in Assessing Police Violence
Published on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer Just days...
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Police Attack On Black Children At Pool Party Sparks Outrage, Calls to Mobilize
Published on Monday, June 08, 2015 by Common Dreams, by Sarah Lazare, staff writer A police...
Read MoreA Stillborn Child, A Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on ‘Fetal Harm’
Rennie Gibbs, a 16 year old in Mississippi when she gave birth to a stillborn child, is facing life in prison for taking cocaine during her pregnancy. Hers is among a burgeoning number of cases in which women are prosecuted for allegedly endangering their unborn children.
Read MoreBoys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them
It is a classic predatory tactic known as “grooming,” and no one familiar with it could have been terribly surprised when a new report from the U.S. Department of Justice declared that young people in the country’s juvenile detention facilities are being victimized in just this way.
Read MoreBank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Former Employees Say
Bank of America employees regularly lied to homeowners seeking loan modifications, denied their applications for made-up reasons, and were rewarded for sending homeowners to foreclosure, according to sworn statements by former bank employees.
Read MoreA Prosecutor, a Wrongful Conviction and a Question of Justice
Prosecutors who are implicated in misconduct often seem immune from meaningful punishment.
Read MoreThe 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers in a World of Hurt
World Finance, a billion-dollar company, peddles installment loans, a product that often drives borrowers into crippling debt
Read MoreUS kidnap victims switched on 'auto-pilot' to survive
To survive a 10-year ordeal of beatings and rapes at the hands of the Ohio kidnapper, his three victims may have shut down mentally
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