“Alternatives to widespread immigration detention in the U.S. would also ensure that migrants are not arbitrarily detained.” by: Jessica Corbett, A sign that reads “shut it down” is pictured at the Northwest Detention Center as […]
Sanders has called for a robust coronavirus relief package that would include direct monthly payments for undocumented people, who were left out of the CARES Act. by: Julia Conley, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders […]
The country boosted healthcare spending to allow for contact tracing and enforced a nationwide lockdown in late March. by: Julia Conley, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern briefs the media about the coronavirus at the […]
“If you leave it to Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell we will have a Great Depression. If we had the right policy structure in place we could avoid it easily.” by: Jake Johnson, A line […]
As percentage of wealth, billionaire taxes have fallen 79% since 1980 by: Chuck Collins In early April this year, as 22 million Americans lost their jobs and the U.S. employment rate approached 15 percent, the […]
In a moment like this, where some steadying force is coveted, we have this circus instead. by: Randall Amster President Donald J. Trump speaks with Vice President Mike Pence and members of the coronavirus task […]
For Immediate Release Friday, April 24, 2020 Organization Profile: Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under LawContact: Phone: 202-662-8600 Condemns Reopening Economy As “Reckless.” WASHINGTON – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a […]
Two and three-quarters of a million—that’s the number of cases worldwide as of this morning. by: Laura Flanders Want to pay the WHO to fight pandemics and poverty around the world for a decade? One man […]
Sweden’s intake of refugees—from Syrians five years ago to Somalis ten years ago—may not seem like an obvious place to start, but it is. by: Christian Christensen A right-wing protester in Minnesota holds a sign […]
Queen Elizabeth II’s second son and Sarah, bought the plush holiday home in the Verbier ski resort in southwest Switzerland in 2014. By IBT Staff Reporte Legal proceedings have been launched in Switzerland against Britain’s Prince […]