(2023-07-22). White Leaders Prevent an Alabama Town's First Black Mayor From Serving. truthout.org Newbern, Alabama — There's a power struggle in Newbern, Alabama, and the rural town's first Black mayor is at war with the previous administration who he says locked him out of Town Hall. After years of racist harassment and intimidation, Patrick Braxton is fed up, and in a federal civil rights lawsuit he is accusing town officials of conspiring to deny his civil rights and his position because of… |
(2023-07-22). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Illinois Abolishes The Cash-Bail Trap. levernews.com Good things are happening! Illinois takes the lead on curbing pretrial discrimination, the EPA gets serious about lead poisoning, incarcerated students regain access to federal aid, and another college ends legacy admissions.When You Land On Illinois, Get Out Of Jail Free: Illinois is the first state to abolish cash bail, with its supreme court determining it's unconstitutional to hold defendants in jail based on their inability to pay.Cash bail allows people to put up a sum of money in exchange for leaving jail and awaiting trial at home. It's entirely contradictory to the principle of "innocent until pr…
(2023-07-23). Young Arab and Black Men Jailed and Fined in France's Riot Trials. scheerpost.com 
(2023-07-23). Lawsuit Challenges EPA's 2023-2025 Renewable Fuels Standard. indybay.org WASHINGTON, July 13, 2023 — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels for 2023-2025. Last month the EPA set the 2022 required minimum volume for transportation sector use at roughly 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol and 5.63 billion gallons of advanced biofuels.
(2023-07-22). Gender Rebels: A Threat to Capitalism. susanrosenthal.com Why are gender rebels being attacked? Why are they being attacked now? Who benefits from such attacks?>
(2023-07-22). Sierra Club Workers Challenge Leaders' Greenwashing 'Apartheid Tours'. popularresistance.org In June, members of the Sierra Club unit of the Progressive Workers Union (PWU) passed a resolution pledging solidarity with the Palestinian people as the environmental organization pushes forward with its planned trips to Israel. | The workers' resolution puts its words into action by ensuring union funds aren't investing in Israel's settler enterprise and contributing to the oppression of Palestinians. It also calls for establishing a Palestine solidarity committee to foster relationships with Palestinian-led organizations and help educate members on the connections between Palestine and Indigenous struggles in…
(2023-07-23). Guantanamo Features Most Flagrant Human Rights Violation. telesurenglish.net Jose Ramon Cabanas, director of Cuba's Center for International Policy (CIPI), denounced that the prison at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay sees the most flagrant violation of human rights perpetrated by the U.S. administration. | RELATED: | "This is a topic that has been presented again before the international community, but it is one of the longest human rights violations in U.S. history," Cabanas recalled. | Sp…
(2023-07-22). Trump Campaign Reportedly Spending Over Half of Recent Donations on Legal Bills. truthout.org As former President Donald Trump's legal woes mount, the line between his criminal defense and his 2024 presidential campaign is blurring, a political and financial muddying that The Washington Post projects will only worsen as multiple prosecutions continues to dominate his time, resources and messaging. Trump's appeals to stay out of prison on social media, in rally speeches and in interviews… |
(2023-07-22). Over 3 thousands protesters arrested during week of unrest in France. mronline.org 
France's Interior Minister reports that one-third of those imprisoned during the week of violence were young rioters.
(2023-07-22). The evolution of a solution. mronline.org After 20 plus years of educating and organizing throughout the Alabama prison system, one of the most frequently asked questions I get is, "What is a work stoppage like?" Well, it's surreal, it's really hard to put into words and I don't want to be cliche about it, but I'll do my best.
(2023-07-22). 'I wasn't sentenced to be cooked': Heat desperation in a Texas prison. scheerpost.com 
(2023-07-22). California: Tustin rallies in solidarity with Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Tustin, CA – On July 12, over 20 activists and community members rallied in front of the Tustin Police Department in solidarity with the Tampa 5 and against police repression in Orange County. The rally was held for an emergency National Day of Action with rallies happening across the country. The Tampa 5 are student and worker activists who were arrested while for protesting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's attacks on education. The activists now face up to ten years in prison. | Diana Terreros, a member of Community Service Organization Orange County (CSO OC), explained, "The Tampa 5 were attacked, body slammed,…