In a sweeping order, a judge has ruled that the bail system in Harris County, Texas, including the city of Houston, is unconstitutional. Because of the decision, “we are on the road to eradicating the notion of wealth-base human caging,” said Alec Karakatsanis, executive director of the Washington-based Civil Rights Corps. The ruling affects defendants charged with low level offenses. “On any given night in this country there are about 450,000 human beings who are sitting in a cage because they can’t come up with a particular amount of money that’s been required for their release,” said Karakatsanis.
Assata Shakur exposes the conditions faced by incarcerated Black women in a powerful 1978 essay.
American exceptionalist hypocrisy was on full display during Nancy Pelosi's provocative trip to Taiwan.
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Ann Garrison was invited to address the annual Eritrean Festival, which was held in Dallas. These are her remarks.
The elites who control international finance are the best educated people in the world. They are also the most dangerous and have inflicted the most harm.
