(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 […]
In the first hour Paul Wright of the Human Rights Defense Center and Prison Legal News joins me to discuss prisoner rights. We talk about the current state of America’s 2.5 million incarcerated individuals and the tremendous hardships they face. Paul talks about the legacy of Prison Legal News and how it represents one of the only truly independent media outlets talking about the prison system.
(CW) — Amid Amazon’s ongoing collusion with government organizations, company employees circulated an open letter to CEO Jeff Bezos this week demanding he cancel the internet monolith’s contracts with law enforcement and Palantir, a tech firm that has helped the NSA expand its surveillance capabilities. Gizmodo reported Wednesday that the internal letter circulated on a mailing list titled, “we-won’t-build-it,” calls on […]
This week on the New World Next Week: police chief calls press conference then arrests everyone who attends; California is flirting with a fake news council; and there's blood in the water as the SPLC pays up in a landmark defamation settlement.
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-06-21%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio]This week on the New World Next Week: police chief calls press conference then arrests everyone who attends; California is flirting with a fake news council; and there's blood in the water as the SPLC pays up in a landmark defamation settlement.
(MPN) — On the heels of the recent high-profile police killings of Jamar Clark and Philando Castile, the Twin Cities has lost another black man at the hands of police. On the evening of Saturday, June 23, Thurman “Jun” Blevins was gunned down in an alley near 48th and Bryant Avenues in North Minneapolis, less than two […]
“The government can no longer claim that just using technology like your cellphones means you’ve given up your Fourth Amendment rights,” says the ACLU. “This is huge.” (CD) — In a decision that digital rights advocates called “a groundbreaking victory for Americans’ privacy rights,” the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that police generally must obtain a […]
Disease X, powerful sedatives and genetic genealogy + this day in history w/the birth of West Virginia and our song of the day by Trevor Moore on your Morning Monarchy for June 20, 2018.
Space Force, gaming addiction and the CREEPER Act + this day in history w/the Shishou incident and our song of the day by Trevor Moore on your Morning Monarchy for June 19, 2018.
