(2023-07-21). The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling, Explained. aclu.org Under a
(2023-07-20). Athletes boycotted games in 2020 to demand racial justice. Where's the fire gone? therealnews.com 
The growth of the Black Lives Matter movement through the 2010s catalyzed a resurgence of Black activism in professional sports that had its climax in 2020 with the athletes' boycott following the shooting of Jacob Blake. Just a few years later, this energy seems to have dissipated. What happened, and how can we comprehend these recent events in the longer arc of Black activism in sports? Sports journalist and author Howard Bryant joins Dave Zirin on Edge of Sports for a look at the build-up to 2020 and how many athletes' politics were co-opted in the aftermath. | Later in the show, Zirin shares some 'Choic…
(2023-07-21). 60 Years After the March on Washington, 1 in 3 Black Children Live in Poverty. truthout.org Conservatives today would have you believe the civil rights movement of the 1960s was so successful that systemic racism is a problem of the past. Every February, white Republicans observe Black History Month by twisting famous lines from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech to serve their own agendas. The Constitution is "colorblind," they claim, and if this flies in the face of… |
(2023-07-20). BLM Protesters Victimized by New York City Police Win $13 Million Settlement. truthout.org New York City has agreed to a record-breaking settlement of more than $13 million in the civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of nearly 1,300 people who were abused and arrested by police during the George Floyd uprisings of 2020 — one of the most expensive payouts ever awarded in a lawsuit over mass arrests. The lawsuit, brought by lawyers associated with the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) — New… |
(2023-07-20). Trump May Be Charged With Law Enacted to Stop Terrorism Against Black Voters. truthout.org Special counsel Jack Smith's letter informing former President Donald Trump that he is the target of the Justice Department's Jan. 6 investigation signaled that he could be charged with a civil rights law that dates back to…
(2023-07-21). Reforms Have Failed to Prevent Sexual Abuse in ICE Jails, Report Reveals. truthout.org A damning new investigation by journalists Maria Hinojosa and Zeba Warsi examines how immigration officials have failed to properly address complaints of sexual abuse from people held in detention centers. The report from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA details how women in jails run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have been sexually abused, often in a medical setting when they… |
(2023-07-21). "Immensely Invisible": Immigrant Women in ICE Jails Face Sexual Abuse Despite Reforms, Report Reveals. democracynow.org 
A damning new investigation by journalists Maria Hinojosa and Zeba Warsi examines how immigration officials have failed to properly address complaints of sexual abuse from people held in detention centers. The report from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA details how women in jails run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have been sexually abused, often in a medical setting when they are at their most vulnerable. It comes more than a decade after Hinojosa's report for PBS Frontline about sexual abuse in ICE detention. But allegations of abuse have continued. "If you complain, you are goin…
(2023-07-20). Egypt: Activist Pardoned One Day After Conviction. telesurenglish.net Egypt's president Abdul Fattah Al-Sissi pardoned human rights activist and researcher Patrick Zaki and his lawyer, Moahmed el-Baqer, a day after Zaki was sentenced to three years in prison over an online article he wrote describing discrimination against Egypt's Coptic Christian minority. | Related: | The courts impose sentences on Zaki in a national emergency situation, and although the state of emergency was lifted in 2021, the trials c…
(2023-07-21). Russian Legendary Military Commander Igor Strelkov Arrested In Moscow. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageIgor Strelkov once said that if he was allowed to go fighting on the Ukrainian frontlines, then (the Kremlin) made the decision to fight until Russia wins the war. If he is jailed, i.e. that the "surrender party" definitely won in Russia. | On July 21, former DPR Defense Minister, Russian military and political activist, Igor Girkin (Strelkov) was arrested. He is charged with public calls to extremist activities through Internet. | The court arrested the former head of the DPR Defense…
(2023-07-21). 19-Year-Old Girl Sent to Jail for Self-Managed Abortion in Nebraska. truthout.org A 19-year-old woman in Nebraska has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of probation for ending a pregnancy with abortion pills. Although she was 17 when she ended her pregnancy in April 2022, she was charged as an adult and faced up to two years in prison. Self-managed abortion is only explicitly illegal in Nevada and South Carolina, not in Nebraska. But prosecutors have criminalized… |
(2023-07-21). Headlines for July 21, 2023. democracynow.org Russia Targets Ukrainian Grain Supplies; Ukraine Starts Deploying U.S.-Supplied Cluster Bombs, Nebraska Teen Who Used Abortion Pill Gets Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail, Women Suing Texas over Abortion Ban Share Harrowing Personal Accounts, Florida's New Black History Standards Say Slavery Had "Personal Benefit", Florida Rights Groups Sue over Law Cracking Down on Immigrant Communities, Florida Rights Group Sue for Illegal Intimidation of People with Felonies Seeking to Vote, GA to Purge Nearly 200,000 Voters; AL Legislature Ignores SCOTUS Redistricting Order, Alabama Executes James Barber as It Re…
(2023-07-21). First man tried in Hong Kong for insulting national anthem sentenced to 3 months in jail. ecns.cn A man has been sentenced to three months in prison in HKSAR on Thursday for replacing the national anthem with a song associated with the 2019 Hong Kong riots in a video showing a Hong Kong athlete celebrating his victory at the Tokyo Olympics.
(2023-07-21). Women denied abortions despite health risks testify in Texas case. thecanary.co Content warning: graphic discussion of deaths of infants resulting from abortion bans A Texas court has heard arguments in a lawsuit that says the state's strict abortion ban is preventing people who develop serious medical conditions during pregnancy from receiving the care they need. Amanda Zurawski, one of the plaintiffs in the case, gave harrowing …
(2023-07-20). Federal Judge Extends Statewide His Previous Order Blocking Florida's Drag Ban. truthout.org A federal judge has rebuked efforts by the state of Florida to block an injunction on the state's ban on drag show performances. The order from U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell on Wednesday means Florida officials are now barred from enforcing a ban on venues that host drag shows in places where children may be present or nearby, pending the outcome of a lawsuit from one restaurant in the… |
(2023-07-20). Woman Suing Over Texas Abortion Ban Vomits on Stand Recounting Baby's Death. truthout.org A hearing in a lawsuit over Texas's abortion ban was put on pause on Wednesday after a woman who recounted her traumatic pregnancy and birth threw up during her heart-wrenching testimony. In a county courthouse in Austin, Texas, Samantha Casiano took the stand to describe how she was denied an abortion after learning that her baby had a fatal condition, forcing her to carry and give birth to a non… |
(2023-07-20). New York City to Pay $13 Million to George Floyd Protesters. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the New York City Hall agreed to pay compensation of US$13.7 to 1,380 protesters who were affected by the illegal tactics used by the Police during the repression of anti-racist protests that occurred between May 28 and June 4, 2020. | RELATED: | More specifically, New York City will pay US$9,950 to each of the citizens who filed a class action lawsuit for violation of constitutional rights against the Police. | In the paym…
(2023-07-21). An Afrofeminist Reading from Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina and Merlyn Pirela A Conversation with Merlyn Pirela (Part II) Hegemonic feminist currents focus on patriarchal oppression, but racialized forms of oppression seldom enter their discourse. Merlyn Pirela is a Venezuelan Afrofeminist activist and organizer, and a member of the Afro-Venezuelan Women's Cumbe. In Part I of this two-part interview, Pirela explored the historical…
(2023-07-20). Sierra Club Workers Challenge Leadership's Greenwashing 'Apartheid Tours'. mintpressnews.com 
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…
(2023-07-21). The True Cost of Julian Assange's Persecution: An Exclusive Interview with Stella Assange. mintpressnews.com 
Lowkey catches up with legal expert and human rights defender Stella Assange to talk about her battle to free her husband Julian, the world's most famous political prisoner.
(2023-07-21). Stella Assange & Lowkey Discuss The War On Julian Assange. youtube.com 
Lowkey catches up with legal expert and human rights defender Stella Assange to talk about her battle to free her husband Julian, the world's most famous political prisoner. Please support independent media and join the new MintPress campaign on Indiegogo here: www.indiegogo.com/projects/say-no-to-censorship-support-mintpress#/ Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews MintPress News: www.mintpressnews.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/MintPressNews Instagram: www.instagram.com/mintpress/ Telegram …
(2023-07-20). Reprieve for framed Lucasville Uprising defendant Keith Lamar. workers.org 
Keith Lamar is one of five prisoners on Ohio's death row who were framed on murder charges after the 1993 Lucasville prison rebellion. When his legal appeals were exhausted, he was scheduled for execution — state-sponsored lynching — on Nov. 16, 2023. In mid-July, his execution was delayed until Jan. . . . |
(2023-07-20). Political prisoners Patrick Zaki and Mohamed el-Baqer are free. peoplesdispatch.org Patrick George Zaki had been sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday while Mohamed el-Baqer, the lawyer of Alaa Abdel Fattah, was serving a four-year term. Rights organizations have urged Egypt to free all political prisoners…
(2023-07-20). Headlines for July 20, 2023. democracynow.org More Temperature Records Fall as U.S. Heat Wave Intensifies, Migrants Face Intense Heat in Mexico as They Wait to Apply for Asylum at U.S. Border, Receding Floodwaters in Northern India Prompt Warnings over Waterborne Diseases, Russia Bombards Ukraine's Black Sea Ports and Threatens Cargo Ships, Kenyan Police Crack Down as Protesters Rally Against Tax Hikes and Inflation, Taliban Guards Attack Women Protesting Closure of Beauty Parlors and Salons, Iraqis Storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad to Protest Qur'an Burning in Stockholm, Egyptian President Pardons Rights Researcher and Lawyer for Political Prison…
(2023-07-20). Community Gathers in Bremerton, WA for Puget Sound Prisoner Support Benefit for June 11th. itsgoingdown.org 
Report on recent June 11th benefit event for Puget Sound Prisoner Support in so-called Bremerton, Washington. On June 9th, comrades from across the Pacific Northwest came together for a benefit show and zine fair in honor of June 11th, a day set aside to stand in unity with those who have taken up the fight…
(2023-07-20). French MPs to vote on Bill that would allow police to spy through phones. mronline.org 
The proposed law specifies that the procedure can be executed "without the knowledge or consent of its owner or possessor," but is limited to suspects involved in terrorism, organised crime and other illegal activities punishable by five or more years in prison.