Food insecurity The House of Representatives passed a bill to address food insecurity among veterans last week. H.R. 8888, the “Food Security for All Veterans Act,” would establish an office within the VA that will be responsible for disseminating information to veterans about federal nutrition assistance programs and collaborating with other program offices to identify and […]
Violent arrest The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted qualified immunity to a Texas police officer who violently arrested a Black mother and her daughters in 2016. Fort Worth officer William Martin was dispatched in response to a conflict between neighbors on December 21, 2016. Jacqueline Craig’s then-seven-year-old son allegedly littered in a white neighbor’s yard. The […]
Introduction Environmental justice (EJ) is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. Fair treatment means no group of people should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from […]
Christian Glass Prosecutors in Colorado are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in a mental health crisis who called 911 when his car became stuck on a mountain road. Christian Glass, 22, sounded paranoid and mentally unstable when he requested emergency services on the night of June 11. “I’m in a 2007 Honda Pilot. I will […]
Michigan The day before the August 2 primaries in Michigan, a group of GOP leaders instructed poll workers to break election rules to catch purported Democratic fraud. Video obtained by CNN shows Wayne County Republican officials telling poll workers to act as “undercover agents” and counteract “bad stuff” happening in the election by “secretly” breaking rules. “None […]
Filming police A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction last week preventing Arizona’s law restricting the filming of police from taking effect. The Republican-controlled state legislature passed a bill (HB 2319) earlier this year making it unlawful for a person to record law enforcement activity within 8 feet without an officer’s permission. A violation of […]
IRS threats Congressional Republicans spent the last month spreading disinformation and fear-mongering about the Inflation Reduction Act and the influx of cash it will provide to the IRS. Sen. Rick Scott, a Florida Republican, sent a letter to the public in August warning constituents not to apply for jobs with the IRS and pledging to “defund” the […]
Studies show that pregnant incarcerated women have higher rates of poor perinatal outcomes, such as miscarriage, preterm infants, and infants who are small for their gestational age, compared to women in the general population. This is likely due to the fact that several jails and state prisons do not have any implemented prenatal care policies. […]
Constitutional sheriffs “The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is calling upon all Americans and law enforcement nationwide to come together in pursuit of the truth regarding the 2020 election. Considering the persistent allegations of election fraud since even before the 2020 elections began, and as a response to the perpetual polarizing effect this […]
“Our decision returns the issue of abortion to those legislative bodies, and it allows women on both sides of the abortion issue to seek to affect the legislative process by influencing public opinion, lobbying legislators, voting, and running for office. Women are not without electoral or political power.” —Supreme Court Ending a nationwide right to […]
