____ (2022-10-07). China urges U.S. to end police violence against Black Americans during UN session. ecns.cn A senior Chinese diplomat on Monday urged the U.S. to take concrete action to address systemic racism, racial discrimination and police violence in the country.

_____ (2022-10-06). Cherokee Nation, Others Set To Defend Indian Child Welfare Act. popularresistance.org Tahlequah — Constitutionality of the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act is the focus of an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court review in which the Cherokee Nation and other tribes will play supporting roles. | The federal ICWA legislation, promoted for decades as a means of preserving Native families and culture, gives Native American families priority in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native children. Chad and Jennifer Brackeen, of Texas, initiated a lawsuit in 2017 alleging that the ICWA is unconstitutional. Since then, the case has worked its way through the lower courts. In late February, the Supreme…

Jeremiah Mosteller (2022-10-06). Hidden Taxes Don't Belong Anywhere, Least of All in Our Justice System. aclu.org Picture this: On your way home from work after a long week, you're pulled over and issued a ticket for rolling through a stop sign. The fine is $75 — but once mandatory fees are tacked on, the ticket's total cost is over $300. | What would happen if you couldn't afford to pay this cost immediately? In most places in the U.S., your government would tack on additional fees and interest charges, suspend your driver's license, or even issue a bench warrant — meaning that police could arrest and jail you. | Fees are a hidden, regressive tax that harshly punish hard-working families living paycheck to pa…

TeleSUR (2022-10-06). Mexico to File New Lawsuit Against Lax US Gun Laws. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced that his country plans to file a new civil lawsuit in the United States alleging U.S. arms manufacturers are arming drug cartels and other criminal groups through proxies and fronts. | RELATED: | "We are going to show that they are operating through frontmen and that they must be held criminally responsible," Ebrard told a plenary session of…

Ria Tabacco Mar (2022-10-06). U.S. Military Academies Continue to Discriminate Against Parents. aclu.org Just weeks before his graduation from the United States Coast Guard Academy, "No parents allowed" sounds like a sign on a child's bedroom door, not official United States policy. But the academy, along with the nation's four other federal military service academies, bans parents from enrolling or graduating. | Cadets who learn they are…

TeleSUR (2022-10-06). Ecuador: At Least 13 Dead, Some 20 Injured in Guayaquil Prison. telesurenglish.net The National Service of Integral Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) said, "We regret to inform that, as a result of the clashes of persons deprived of liberty in the Center of Deprivation of Liberty Number 1, there are 13 dead." | RELATED: | The authorities reported that control was resumed at the prison and expressed "their solidarity with the families in these moments of grief." | This event triggered a demonstratio…

____ (2022-10-06). China urges U.S. to end police violence against Black Americans during UN session. ecns.cn A senior Chinese diplomat on Monday urged the U.S. to take concrete action to address systemic racism, racial discrimination and police violence in the country.

_____ (2022-10-05). John Kiriakou: A Depressing Journey. popularresistance.org I had occasion to visit London and Jerusalem to meet with members of the (establishment) media, of the two respective parliaments and people from think tanks and universities. | I took this trip to talk with interested parties about a human rights case. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of a group called the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is being held in solitary confinement in a prison in Nigeria. His crime? He gave an interview to the BBC in which he said that Nigeria's 70 million Biafrans want a referendum on independence. | Nnamdi is a British citizen; his wife and child live in Manchester, England. He renounced…

Dana Sanchez (2022-10-05). Virginia NAACP Leader Murdered By Group With Automatic Weapons In Turks And Caicos. moguldom.com Kent Carter, vice president of the Arlington, Virginia NAACP branch, was fatally shot while celebrating his 40th birthday in Turks and Caicos Sunday after gunmen "indiscriminately" opened fire on a vehicle in which he was taking a tour, local authorities said. Carter was returning from an excursion in Long Bay when several men with automatic …

Sammie Lewis (2022-10-05). Faulty Shotspotter gun crime surveillance system doesn't meet needs of Detroit's people. peoplesworld.org I still remember the common occurrences of police brutality as a frontliner throughout the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings. I can still feel the trauma sinking to the pit of my stomach and making my skin crawl with the tingling sensation of goosebumps when I think about it. I flashback to Aug. 22 and 23 …

Elliott Wallace (2022-10-04). Gang violence plagues Ecuador's prison system. america.cgtn.com While the government has blamed gangs for this violence, activists and families affected by the crisis have argued that government negligence and inaction are making the problem worse.