Friends of Mayor Densmore

Hillary Clinton’s response to Bernie Sanders’ plan to aggressively break up the big banks responsible for the financial crisis is to suggest that he is naive.
“My plan also goes beyond the biggest banks to inclu […]

As Sgt. Kizzy Adonis becomes the first officer to face reprimand for Eric Garner’s death, the only person present that day to be criminally charged is the young man who filmed it. Ramsey Orta, who recorded the f […]

Eighteen months after Eric Garner’s death at the hands of New York City police, one officer is finally facing charges. But the charges are not criminal, and the officer was not directly involved in Garner’s dea […]

One of Mexico’s most beloved writers, Elena Poniatowska is a founder of the newspaper La Jornada and the country’s first feminist magazine, Fem. She’s the recipient of the Cervantes Prize, the most prest […]

The Mexican government has moved toward extraditing drug lord Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán to the United States after his recapture in Mexico on Friday. Guzmán’s drug cartel is said to be one of the most powerful in t […]

Iraq: Scores Killed in Attacks Claimed by ISISTurkey: Explosion in Istanbul Kills At Least 10U.S. Repatriates Saudi Prisoner, Leaving 103 in GuantánamoLondon: Former Prisoners Call for Closure of Guantánamo on 1 […]

Jacob Appelbaum says that a number of Tor’s development projects are inspired by the needs of the people that Tor works with around the world. Many of these people are working on the front lines of human rights […]

A prominent video game company mistakenly used a Treasury sanctions list to block a Muslim American professor from signing up to play one of its video games.
Muhammad “Zakir” Khan is a speech professor at Bro […]

“One of the minor puzzles of American life is what question to ask people at parties and suchly to get to know them,” a nineteen-year-old Aaron Swartz wrote in 2006.
“‘How ya doin’?’ is of course mere formality, […]

Twitter has struggled with how to deal with harassment and abuse on its service for years. Former CEO Dick Costolo went so far as to say, “We suck at dealing with abuse” and vowed to make improvements. Some of Twi […]

LAST MARCH, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley spoke on the Senate floor against a bill aimed largely at reducing mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. He decried the “leniency i […]

Nearly 200 experts, companies, and activists in 42 countries have signed a letter demanding that world leaders take a stand in support of encryption technology, which protects nearly every internet transaction fr […]

AFTER NEARLY 10 MONTHS of war, the destruction of Yemen continues with little respite for civilians.
On Sunday, a hospital in northern Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders (known by its French acronym, MSF) […]

A NEW SET OF BILLS that aims to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act may nullify the efforts of states such as Maine and California to regulate dangerous chemicals. The Senate’s bill, passed last month, j […]

Five climate justice activists go on trial in Washington state today for tying themselves to a 25-foot tripod structure to block a mile-long oil train. The protesters, members of the activist group Rising Tide […]

Today marks the 14th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo, where 107 prisoners are still being held. Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Se […]

In a major legal victory, New York City will appoint an independent civilian monitor to oversee the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism activities. The announcement comes after two lawsuits challenged t […]

A Muslim woman and a Jewish man were kicked out of a Donald Trump rally on Friday after silently protesting the Republican front-runner’s Islamophobic views. Rose Hamid, a flight attendant, and Marty Rosenbluth, a […]

Mexico Begins Process of Extraditing Drug Lord Chapo GuzmánYemen: 5 Killed in Bombing of Doctors Without Borders HospitalU.S. Flies B-52 Bomber over South Korea in Show of ForceCatalonia Lawmakers Elect New […]

(This is a Portuguese translation. For the English version, click here.)
O Deputado Federal Jean Willys (PSOL-RJ), conhecido por seu progressismo e sua liderança em movimentos de justiça social, está tentando se […]