DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big Landlords and a Real Estate Tech Company ( www.propublica.org )
In the US, higher interest rates are forcing people to cut back ( www.aljazeera.com )
Chicago Police Officers Appeared on Membership List of Extremist Oath Keepers Group ( www.occrp.org )
Reporting by Chicago public radio station WBEZ, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has identified nine current and at least 18 former members of the Chicago Police Department on past internal rosters of the Oath Keepers obtained by OCCRP. The investigation identified another 12...
US prisons rife with human rights abuses, especially against Black people, UN says ( www.reuters.com )
Practices that are routine in U.S. prisons, like shackling women during childbirth and unpaid forced labor, are an “affront to human dignity,” and represent the “worst version of a racist criminal legal system” that perpetuates slavery to the present day, according to the U.N. report.
Biden accused of betrayal of Khashoggi over push to deepen Saudi ties ( www.theguardian.com )
The charge, from human rights campaigners and some Democrats, follows the fifth anniversary of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of Saudi regime agents and comes amid mounting criticism of a proposed new defence treaty between Washington and Riyadh that could result in Saudi Arabia granting official recognition to...
An Open Letter from Faculty at West Virginia University ( www.bostonreview.net )
Florida Expected to Approve Classical Exam as a Competitor to the SAT ( www.nytimes.com )
NYT gift article expires in 30 days....
Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine ( www.reuters.com )
Norfolk police pull over man with bull riding shotgun ( www.1011now.com )
Tennessee State House votes to 'silence' Rep. Justin Jones, 1 of 2 Democrats expelled earlier this year ( www.cnn.com )
Undercover With the New Alt-Right ( www.thenation.com )
Andy Ngo Loses Lawsuit: Portland Jury Finds No Fault for Two Activists in Civil Trial ( itsgoingdown.org )
'Barbenheimer' highlights U.S. ignorance of nuclear reality ( www.japantimes.co.jp )
Florida sheriff's office: Stop calling the cops on manatee sex ( www.axios.com )
DeSantis' 'war on woke' looks a lot like attempts by other countries to deny and rewrite history ( theconversation.com )
Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll ( www.washingtonpost.com )
A judge has now clarified that this is basically a legal distinction without a real-world difference. He says that what the jury found Trump did was in fact rape, as commonly understood....
Berkeley Vote Spreads Psychedelic Decriminalization in the Bay Area ( filtermag.org )
In sweeping change, Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit reports | ABC News ( abcnews.go.com )
Tragic Attack in Haiti: U.S. Missionary Couple and Haitian Colleague Killed by Gangs ( thenarinder.in )
Another Boeing whistleblower has come forward, this time alleging safety lapses on the 777 and 787 widebodies ( www.businessinsider.com )
‘Moscow Marjorie’: Republican accuses Marjorie Taylor Greene of irresponsible Ukraine rhetoric ( www.theguardian.com )
The far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is ungovernable and should be known as “Moscow Marjorie”, said a former Republican colleague in the US House, accusing Greene of “getting her talking points from the Kremlin” when opposing new federal aid for Ukraine....
An earthquake just rocked NYC, New Jersey, and the surrounding areas ( www.theverge.com )
Ben Gurion, founder of Israel, admits having stolen land from Arabs and that's there's no reason for arabs to make peace. See more of his behaviour on this article ( en.m.wikipedia.org )
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/13965815...
Washington Strippers Win Bill of Rights ( inthesetimes.com )
The campaign’s primary focus for the new law has been on improving dancers’ working conditions especially around expanded safety regulations. Strip clubs in Washington will now be required to hire full-time security guards, add keypad locks to dressing room doors, and conduct sexual harassment training for all employees....
Large Grocers Took Advantage of Pandemic Supply Chain Disruptions, F.T.C. Finds ( www.nytimes.com )
