Новости за 17.09.2018

“I was shocked and frustrated,” says Destiny Harris, 17, describing her reaction last September when she learned that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was planning to build a $95 million police academy in her home neighborhood of West Garfield Park. Emanuel claims that the academy is a necessary response to the 2017 Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation, which revealed significant civil rights violations by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and offered 99 suggestions for improvement.

Despite claiming concern over U.S.-backed atrocities in Yemen, some of the most influential Democrats in the U.S. House are refusing to publicly endorse the latest political effort to end the U.S. role in the Saudi-led war. That effort would attempt to put a stop to American participation in the devastating military intervention by invoking the War Powers Resolution. For more than three years, the United States has provided intelligence, arms and mid-air refueling for the Saudi-led bombing campaign as it has hit hospitals... Читать дальше...

About 60 members of ICE Out of LA faced off with a handful of Trump supporters outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters July 23. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abolitionist group was there to confront County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, accused of transferring immigrants into federal custody. The Trump fans were there to troll.

Starting in the mid-1970s, it became common practice among establishment newspapers to provide positive coverage of conservative think tanks—particularly during Republican administrations. As I explain in my book on the history of conservative think tanks, such stories served a dual purpose. For the think tanks, the stories were essentially press releases that gave them credibility in Washington. For the papers, the stories functioned as a signal of political balance—a sign that conservative intellectuals... Читать дальше...