This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: The man isn't even trying to prosecute cannabis possession anymore; A small Massachusetts town loses its police force and say, "Meh"; And a federal court puts the kibosh on another agra-chemical killer.
This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: The man isn't even trying to prosecute cannabis possession anymore; A small Massachusetts town loses its police force and say, "Meh"; And a federal court puts the kibosh on another agra-chemical killer.
“It takes a remarkable force to keep nearly a million people quietly indoors for an entire day, home from work and school, from neighborhood errands and out-of-town travel. It takes a remarkable force to keep businesses closed and cars off the road, to keep playgrounds empty and porches unused across a densely populated place 125 […]
(ANTIMEDIA) — Police in Chatsworth, Georgia, tasered an 87-year-old woman after an employee at the local Boys and Girls Club called them to complain that she was carrying a knife and looking to cut vegetation on their property. The caller said Martha al-Bishara did not appear to be a threat. “She’s old so she can’t get around too well,” […]
(ANTIMEDIA) In January of 2016, a 12-year-old girl was killed after her father pointed a gun at a Pennsylvania constable and the constable fired his own weapon. The officer’s bullet hit the young girl, and she later died from the wounds. Last week, a jury found the father guilty of his daughter’s murder. On January 11, 2016, constable […]
Immigrant children are suffering abusive treatment and cruel and inhumane conditions in government detention centers. (CD) U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee of Los Angeles ruled on Monday that a Texas detention center for unaccompanied immigrant children and those forcibly separated from their families by the Trump administration must stop administering psychotropic drugs without parental consent. “A federal court has now […]
RIO DE JANEIRO — “I don’t believe Brazil is made for change. Returning to my country, though I’d like to, is something that will take a long time, if it’s ever possible one day.”
The date was July 22, 2013. The blighted hope, part of a letter written by Wagner dos Santos, a survivor of the Candelaria Massacre in central Rio de Janeiro. Twenty years prior to the day, July 23, 1993, dos Santos bore witness to a night littered with as many bullet casings as there were kids forever lost to the so-called marvelous city.
“I’ll be the happiest woman in the world,” said Jimena’s mother, Cindy Madrid, as she prepared for the moment. “It’s been very painful to be apart.” (PP) Houston — Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid walked out of a Houston airport early this morning to cheers, holding her mother’s hand, one month after they were separated at a […]
London falling, catching witches and the summer of snitches + this day in history w/the explosive start of the Atomic Age and our song of the day by Clutch on your Morning Monarchy for July 16, 2018.
(CW) Last week, the New Jersey Senate unanimously passed a bill to remove excessive licensing fees for hair braiders, who for years have been forced to spend thousands of dollars in order to provide a service that has been around for centuries in West Africa. Hair braiders have been required to take beauty courses that cost […]
