Disability Rights Are at Risk as 7 States Back Case Attacking Key Protections
admin Advocates for disability rights are fighting the lawsuit, which would push more people to be warehoused in institutions.
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Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison
The judge’s ruling rejected a request to end the prison’s use of grueling farm labor as a disciplinary measure.
ICE and Prison Guards Retaliate Against Detainees and Protestors at Delaney Hall
ICE and prison guards have escalated their attacks on detainees and activists at Delaney immigrant jail in New Jersey.
Jury Awards $50 Million to Family of Woman Killed in Boeing Crash
Samya Stumo was among 346 killed in what a judge previously called “the deadliest corporate crime in US history.”…
Netanyahu Says Israeli Military to Take Over 70 Percent of Gaza
“Gaza’s humanitarian space is further shrinking,” said the EU commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management.
A Grassroots Group in Tucson Is 3D-Printing Tourniquets to Send to Lebanon
A small non-hierarchical collective in Arizona is using an open-source design to create life-saving tourniquets.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund
The order comes in response to a suit alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendments and Congressional authority.
Hunger in US Under Trump Reaches Levels Not Seen Since Peak of COVID Pandemic
A new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reveals the fallout from cuts to federal food aid…
Oregon Employers With Most SNAP Recipients Included Safeway, Walmart, and Amazon
These companies financially benefitted in the billions from Trump’s tax cuts while their workers struggled to buy food.
Ex-Nuclear Negotiator Criticizes Trump’s Push for Abraham Accords in Iran Deal
Trump threatened to blow up Oman and said Gulf states “owe” it to the US to normalize relations with Israel.