13-year-old killed by police after officers say teen fled and pointed replica handgun at them | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
US Supreme Court Says Trump Immune From Prosecution for Official Acts ( sputnikglobe.com )
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Supreme Court said on Monday that former US President Donald Trump can claim immunity from prosecution on election subversion charges as it relates to official acts as president, although he could still face prosecution for unofficial acts....
Suicides rates among US construction and mine workers at alarming levels ( www.wsws.org )
An analysis published last December by the CDC, based on data collected in 2021, reported that the suicide rates in these industries are nearly double the average of all occupations and the highest of 20 industry groups examined....
Axios just comes out and says that US is ruled by an oligarchy ( www.axios.com )
U.S. Supreme Court decided that the US Constitution does not protect homeless people against cruel and unusual punishment ( homelesslaw.org )
In a profoundly disappointing ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today decided that the US Constitution does not protect homeless people against cruel and unusual punishment, even when they have no choice to sleep in public using things like blankets or pillows....
Oregon’s striking nurses: ‘Patients over profits’ ( www.workers.org )
Providence, one of Oregon’s largest corporations, owns one-quarter of Oregon’s health care market. The yearly income of Providence CEOs has risen to $10 million. The nurses are being offered a 7% raise the first year and only 3% in subsequent years, less than the annual rate of inflation....
Amazon Labor Union, Teamsters take on world’s largest online retailer ( www.workers.org )
The affiliation agreement gives the ALU the exclusive right to organize other New York City area Amazon facilities into the Teamsters union, which has pledged an initial $8 million toward that effort....
Bronx Pride March: ‘There is no pride in genocide’ ( www.workers.org )
As anti-imperialist Bronxites, we reject the bourgeois co-optation of queer revolt, the Zionist attempt to pinkwash the genocide in Gaza and the consistent pushing out of Bronxites by capitalist real estate developers....
US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators in boost for business ( apnews.com )
The Supreme Court has upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the United States federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests....
Top Oklahoma educator says teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license ( www.nbcnews.com )
New York Times urges Biden to withdraw ( www.rt.com )
“That is no longer a sufficient rationale for why Mr. Biden should be the Democratic nominee this year,” the editorial board wrote. “Voters… cannot be expected to ignore what was instead plain to see: Mr. Biden is not the man he was four years ago.”...
Forget the old jokes, foreign policy was the real debate horror ( responsiblestatecraft.org )
27% of Americans Are Skipping Meals Because of Skyrocketing Food Costs ( www.foodandwine.com )
Protest exposes Biden’s deceit: Jersey City is the ‘Red Line’ ( www.workers.org )
Jersey City protesters stretched a red banner across the width of the pedestrian plaza for their Red Line. They made posters with enlarged photographs of victims and the rubble of homes and hospitals left by [neocolonialism’s] bombs in Gaza. These same bombs were paid for by U.S. tax dollars....
Victory at Columbia Univ. — Now, drop all charges! ( www.workers.org )
Fourteen of the 15 remaining defendants, proudly wearing their Palestinian keffiyehs defiantly in court, turned down the ACD deal and issued a joint statement stating the reason for their decision: “We stand here today united by our action and the Palestinian cause. The state has attempted, once again, to divide us —...
The excess savings Americans stored away during the pandemic ran dry months ago, and the US economy is feeling the effects. ( www.bloomberg.com )
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Whistleblower warned Boeing of flaws in 787 planes that could have ‘devastating consequences’ ( www.cbs58.com )
Supreme Court Backs Biden's Social Media Censorship ( news.antiwar.com )
The fertility crisis is here and it will permanently alter the economy ( www.cnn.com )
The Lockbit ransomware group announced that it had breached the US Federal Reserve and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data. ( securityaffairs.com )
40% of US DoD (dept. of defense) weapons system and infrastructure supply chains rely on Chinese semiconductors ( cdn.prod.website-files.com )
California activists plant smuggled Palestinian watermelon seeds ( www.workers.org )
“The way our traditional agriculture practices developed is that they really did co-evolve with their different micro-climate. So we have a collection of seeds … that our ancestors, our great grandmothers, selected varieties [of] that were kind to the micro-climate,” Sansour said in an interview with Sasha Rabin....
Feds vs. UAW — Workers’ control, not government control! ( www.workers.org )
Workers might jump to the conclusion that this investigation, prompted by allegations that Fain is retaliating against other members of the International Executive Board (IEB), is being conducted with UAW members’ best interests in mind. On the surface that might appear to be the case, after the federal investigation led to...
The Biden régime is finally offering some migrants a pathway to citizenship ( apnews.com )
After months spent alienating his base, Biden has announced new legal protections for certain undocumented people who have been living in the United States, offering a path to citizenship for those who have been living here for a decade or more and are married to American citizens. The White House claims the new policy would...
Lawsuit reveals Chiquita’s rôle in financing Colombian death squads ( www.workers.org )
The AUC didn’t just receive funding and weaponry from the U.S. and Chiquita. [Herzlian] settlers traveled to Colombia to train AUC gunmen. Fifty of the AUC’s most effective assassins were sent to [the Middle East] on “scholarship” to train with [a neocolonial] military. In May 2002, an [imperialist] defense contractor...
