Jenn Rolnick Borchetta (2023-06-22). State and Local Governments Must Take Responsibility for Police Violence. aclu.org Last week, the Department of Justice issued a Police violence is common across police departments, and…

Urooba Abid (2023-06-22). Police Should Not Be Allowed to Compel Our Cell Phone Passwords. aclu.org Our cell phones and other digital devices play a central role in our private lives, storing an unprecedented amount of our most personal information. While

Editor (2023-06-22). Missing Links in Textbook History: Civil Rights and Human Rights. scheerpost.com By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost Human rights invented America. Ours was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded explicitly on such an idea. — Farewell address of President Jimmy Carter January 14, 1981 President Carter was right when he said that "human rights invented America," but he was not …

Staff (2023-06-22). How AI Is Enabling Racism & Sexism: Algorithmic Justice League's Joy Buolamwini on Meeting with Biden. democracynow.org We speak with Dr. Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, who met this week with President Biden in a closed-door discussion with other artificial intelligence experts and critics about the need to explore the promise and risk of AI. The computer scientist and coding expert has long raised alarm about how AI and algorithms are enabling racist and sexist bias. We discuss examples, and she lays out what should be included in the White House's "Vision for Protecting Our Civil Rights in the Algorithmic Age."…

Tanya Wadhwa (2023-06-22). Peru's former prime minister Betssy Chávez arrested on rebellion and conspiracy charges. peoplesdispatch.org On Tuesday, June 20, the Peruvian National Police arrested former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez for the alleged crimes of rebellion and conspiracy against the state. Chávez was arrested at her home in the southern city of Tacna after the Supreme Court ordered 18 months of pre-trial detention for her. The charges against Chávez stem from

Masha Borak (2023-06-22). Civil Society Groups Warn About EU Digital ID Wallet Privacy, Discrimination Risks. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-06-22). New U.S. anti-immigrant measures: Militarization, and discrimination watches over the border. mronline.org It is hard to imagine it could get any worse, but another calamitous situation has been created at the U.S.-Mexico border due to the new policies implemented by Joe Biden's administration, which have forced hundreds of migrants to wait on the Mexican side.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-22). Addressing cancer concerns in the LGBTQ+ community. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During June, many cities and towns around the U.S. and the world celebrate and raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ community's accomplishments and the ongoing fight for equality and acceptance. When it comes to health, the LGBTQ+ community faces increased cancer concerns. Stigma and discrimination create barriers to health care, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer. Being aware of cancer risks and finding ways to overcome these challenges can be lifesaving. Mayo…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-22). Cancer and the LGBTQ+ community: Mayo Clinic expert addresses key topics. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Being diagnosed with cancer is a hardship on its own, but it's especially challenging if a person is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Jewel Kling, M.D., director of women's health at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains that stigma and discrimination create barriers to healthcare, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer due to delayed cancer screenings as well as challenges with survivorship care. Increased cancer risks…

Joe Piette (2023-06-21). Incarcerees organize unprecedented seminar against life sentences. workers.org For some Pennsylvania state legislators, incarcerated people belong in prison, no questions asked. "Lock 'em up and throw away the key," as the reactionary saying goes. State policies that sustain the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people and members of impoverished communities hinge on people not knowing the hidden . . . |

Jonathan Cook (2023-06-22). Daniel Ellsberg Is Lauded in Death by the Same Media that Lets Assange Rot in Jail. globalresearch.ca

Snookie (2023-06-22). Graffiti All Over Transgender District Condemns Private Prisons. indybay.org Site of historic trans insurrection is currently a private mini-jail run by GEO Group…

Brenda Norrell (2023-06-22). Interior Sec. Haaland Supports Digging into Paiute Massacre Site for Lithium. indybay.org Paiute Shoshone elders and youths were raided by police, and their Eagles Feathers were confiscated. Now, the foreign company Lithium Americas has filed a major lawsuit against the protectors of the Paiute Massacre Site. Interior Sec. Deb Haaland has further broken the people's hearts by voicing support for this violation of both sacred and human laws, imperiling future generations.

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-22). Lithium Nevada Lawsuit Aims To Stop Praying At Sacred Site. popularresistance.org

Protect Thacker Pass (2023-06-22). Lithium Nevada Files Lawsuit Against Paiute Shoshone Protecting Massacre Site. indybay.org Lithium Nevada Corporation has filed a lawsuit against Protect Thacker Pass and seven people for opposing the Thacker Pass lithium mine. The lawsuit is similar to what is called a "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation," or SLAPP suit, aimed at shutting down free speech and protest. The suit aims to ban the prayerful land defenders from the area and force them to pay monetary damages which could total millions of dollars.

Ted Kelly (2023-06-22). Hunger strike threat by Palestinian prisoners forces concessions. workers.org Credit: Samidoun.net Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, who had been held without charges by Israeli authorities, were poised to launch a mass hunger strike beginning on June 18. But in a statement by The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement, the strike has been postponed. Why? Because the organized . . . |

Brenda Norrell (2023-06-22). U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Peltier, Oak Flat and Line 5 in Final Report. indybay.org The priorities in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues final report include the release of imprisoned Leonard Peltier, the protection of Apaches sacred Oak Flat, and decommissioning Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline. Censored News looks at what is included in the final report, and what is not.

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-22). Julian Assange's Imprisonment Is The Intellectual Imprisonment of Us All. theduran.com

Orisanmi Burton (2023-06-22). New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners. truthout.org The documentary record of "mind control" experiments conducted by the United States and other governments during the Cold War is just the tip of the iceberg, and our collective ignorance is by design. In early 1973, as the fallout from the Watergate scandal exposed the need for greater congressional oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ordered… |

Staff (2023-06-22). Headlines for June 22, 2023. democracynow.org Nearly 40 Asylum Seekers Drown as Ship Sinks En Route to Canary Islands, Israeli Drone Strike in West Bank Kills Three Palestinians, Putin Claims Ukraine's Counteroffensive Hits "Lull" Due to Heavy Losses, Russian Court Denies Pretrial Release to Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich, More Progressives to Boycott Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Speech to Congress, Capitol Rioter Sentenced to 12+ Years in Prison for Attacking Officer with Stun Gun, House Republicans Censure Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia Claims, House Speaker McCarthy Rejects Immediate Vote on Resolution t…

Staff (2023-06-22). Six US Citizens Indicted in Venezuela on Conspiracy Charges and Related Crimes (+Operation Gideon). orinocotribune.com According to a report by news outlet It is worth noting that six of the eight Americans detained are being prosecuted for conspiracy and related offenses. Two of the prosecuted have already sentenced to 24 years in prison each: Airan Berry and Luke Alexander Denman. According to…

Stansfield Smith (2023-06-22). Liberal and "Left" Silence on National Security Police State When Used against Trump and His Supporters. dissidentvoice.org The National Security police state now regards the Democratic Party as a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government. We see this in the attack on the Uhuru Movement as being in the pay of Russia, in the imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange, in …

teleSUR (2023-06-22). Israel Demolishes Palestinian Prisoner's Family Home in West Bank. telesurenglish.net On Thursday predawn, the Israeli occupation forces blew up in Nablus the family home of a Palestinian prisoner Kamal Jouri, who is a member of the armed group called the Lions' Den and was arrested on February. | RELATED: | Israeli army forces, backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers, stormed the city to demolish his home. The 130-square-meter apartment was located on the second floor of a residential building…

Sarah Anderson (2023-06-21). 55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People's Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices. inequality.org Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders launched a Poor People's Campaign in 1968 to tackle what he called the "Triplets of Evil" — systemic racism, poverty, and militarism. Fifty years later, activists revived this multi-racial fusion movement to carry on the fight against these injustices, as well as the growing …

Editor (2023-06-20). East Coast Wildfires Put Incarcerated People on Frontlines of Climate Crisis. scheerpost.com More than 150 detention facilities experienced "hazardous" air last week, according to an analysis by The Appeal. As wildfires have gotten worse, prisoners are facing a unique threat.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-20). Palestinian Prisoners Suspend Hunger Strike. orinocotribune.com The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement in occupation jails issued a statement on Saturday, 17 June, announcing that the mass open hunger strike of Palestinians jailed without charge or trial scheduled to begin on Sunday was suspended pending further dialogue with the occupation prison administration to achieve their demands. | There are currently 1,083 Palestinians jailed under administrative detention — that is, without charge or trial on the basis of so-called "secret evidence." They constitute over 20% of the nearly 5,000 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli occupa…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-21). Addressing cancer concerns in the LGBTQ+ community. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During June, many cities and towns around the U.S. and the world celebrate and raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ community's accomplishments and the ongoing fight for equality and acceptance. When it comes to health, the LGBTQ+ community faces increased cancer concerns. Stigma and discrimination create barriers to health care, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer. Being aware of cancer risks and finding ways to overcome these challenges can be lifesaving. Mayo…

Fight Back (2023-06-20). FRSO and other organizations demand Tallahassee become an LGBTQ+ sanctuary city. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – The Tallahassee District of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), Florida State University Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and the Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) held a rally outside of the Leon County courthouse, June 17, to demand that Tallahassee become a sanctuary city for LGBTQ+ people. | Organizers are taking action to prevent the Tallahassee Police Department from arresting people based on gender identity when using public restrooms. | Activists have advocated for the city to allow drag performers to access any venue without discrimination. Furthermore, v…

Joe Piette (2023-06-21). Incarcerees organize unprecedented seminar against life sentences. workers.org For some Pennsylvania state legislators, incarcerated people belong in prison, no questions asked. "Lock 'em up and throw away the key," as the reactionary saying goes. State policies that sustain the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people and members of impoverished communities hinge on people not seeing the hidden . . . |

Snookie (2023-06-21). Graffiti All Over Transgender District Condemns Private Prisons. indybay.org Site of historic trans insurrection is currently a private mini-jail run by GEO Group…

Protect Thacker Pass (2023-06-21). Lithium Nevada Files Lawsuit Against Paiute Shoshone Protecting Massacre Site. indybay.org Lithium Nevada Corporation has filed a lawsuit against Protect Thacker Pass and seven people for opposing the Thacker Pass lithium mine. The lawsuit is similar to what is called a "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation," or SLAPP suit, aimed at shutting down free speech and protest. The suit aims to ban the prayerful land defenders from the area and force them to pay monetary damages which could total millions of dollars.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-21). Swaziland: Campaign launched for release of political prisoners. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR (2023-06-21). Attacker of Brazilian School Found Dead. telesurenglish.net The author of the shooting attack on a public school in southern Brazil, which left two students dead on Monday, was found lifeless in his prison cell, apparently after committing suicide, according to the Parana State's Security Secretariat. | RELATED: | The body of the confessed murderer, a 21-year-old former student of the same school, was discovered on Tuesday night by prison guards in the cell of the Custody House…

Amy Goodman (2023-06-20). The Late Daniel Ellsberg's Wish: Free Julian Assange, Encourage Whistleblowers. truthout.org Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg joined us after the Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act for publishing U.S. military and diplomatic documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Assange is locked up in London and faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited and convicted in the United States. Ellsberg died Friday, and as we remember his life… |

Staff (2023-06-20). Daniel Ellsberg's Dying Wish: Free Julian Assange, Encourage Whistleblowers & Reveal the Truth. democracynow.org Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg joined us after the Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act for publishing U.S. military and diplomatic documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Assange is locked up in London and faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited and convicted in the United States. Ellsberg died Friday, and as we remember his life and legacy, we revisit his message for other government insiders who are considering becoming whistleblowers: "My message to them is: Don't do what I did. Don't wait 'til the bombs are actually falling or tho…

Staff (2023-06-20). RIP Daniel Ellsberg: "Most Dangerous Man in America" on Leaking Pentagon Papers, Exposing Gov't Lies. democracynow.org We remember the life and legacy of Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who died Friday at the age of 92, just months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, then a top military strategist working for the RAND Corporation, risked life in prison by secretly copying and then leaking 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the secret history of the U.S. War in Vietnam. The leak would end up helping to take down President Nixon, accelerate the end of the War in Vietnam and lead to a major victory for press freedom. Henry Kissinger once called Ellsberg "the most da…

Mansa Musa, The Real News Network. (2023-06-20). A Juneteenth Call To Close Prisons. popularresistance.org Juneteenth has become a federal holiday—yet prison slavery under the 13th Amendment continues. Uprooting the prison industrial complex is vital to completing the abolition of slavery. In California, the Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) coalition aims to close 10 state prisons in the next 5 years as part of the People's Plan for Prison Closure. CURB Executive Director Amber-Rose Howard joins Rattling the Bars to discuss this bold plan. | Amber-Rose Howard is a poet, public speaker and organizer from Pomona, California. She currently serves as Executive Director of CURB.

Amy Goodman (2023-06-20). The Late Daniel Ellsberg's Wish: Free Julian Assange, Encourage Whistleblowers. truthout.org Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg joined us after the Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act for publishing U.S. military and diplomatic documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Assange is locked up in London and faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited and convicted in the United States. Ellsberg died Friday, and as we remember his life… |

Staff (2023-06-20). Daniel Ellsberg's Dying Wish: Free Julian Assange, Encourage Whistleblowers & Reveal the Truth. democracynow.org Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg joined us after the Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act for publishing U.S. military and diplomatic documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Assange is locked up in London and faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited and convicted in the United States. Ellsberg died Friday, and as we remember his life and legacy, we revisit his message for other government insiders who are considering becoming whistleblowers: "My message to them is: Don't do what I did. Don't wait 'til the bombs are actually falling or tho…

Staff (2023-06-20). RIP Daniel Ellsberg: "Most Dangerous Man in America" on Leaking Pentagon Papers, Exposing Gov't Lies. democracynow.org We remember the life and legacy of Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who died Friday at the age of 92, just months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, then a top military strategist working for the RAND Corporation, risked life in prison by secretly copying and then leaking 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the secret history of the U.S. War in Vietnam. The leak would end up helping to take down President Nixon, accelerate the end of the War in Vietnam and lead to a major victory for press freedom. Henry Kissinger once called Ellsberg "the most da…

Mansa Musa, The Real News Network. (2023-06-20). A Juneteenth Call To Close Prisons. popularresistance.org Juneteenth has become a federal holiday—yet prison slavery under the 13th Amendment continues. Uprooting the prison industrial complex is vital to completing the abolition of slavery. In California, the Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) coalition aims to close 10 state prisons in the next 5 years as part of the People's Plan for Prison Closure. CURB Executive Director Amber-Rose Howard joins Rattling the Bars to discuss this bold plan. | Amber-Rose Howard is a poet, public speaker and organizer from Pomona, California. She currently serves as Executive Director of CURB.