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‘A champion’: Lawmakers remember Feinstein as trailblazer for women’s rights, gun control
By Matt Berg and Kierra Frazier On September 29, 2023 Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed their condolences following the death of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein at 90, remembering her as a trailblazing senator who dedicated decades of her life to public service. “She leaves behind an incredible legacy — breaking barriers…
Read MoreWomen’s Rights Campaigner To Take Feinstein’s Vacated Senate Seat
By Agence France Presse On October 2,, 2023 California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday appointed women’s rights campaigner and former labor union leader Laphonza Butler to the United States Senate, filling the vacancy left by the death of Dianne Feinstein. “I’m proud to announce California’s new United States Senator — Laphonza Butler,” Newsom posted on…
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Ohio wants to revive a strict abortion law. Justices are weighing the legal arguments
On September 27, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Supreme Court justices vigorously questioned the state’s lawyer Wednesday about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning on abortions except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. Before Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers even finished the first sentence of his argument, justices began peppering him…
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White House Directs Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets
The directive is intended to embed the cost of climate change into all federal agencies. But it is not legally binding and could come with legal and logistical challenges. By Coral Davenport On September 21, 2023 A directive issued on Thursday by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the…
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Young environmental activists prevail in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown On August 14, 2023 HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists scored what experts described as a ground-breaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by allowing fossil fuel development. The ruling in this first-of-its- kind trial in…
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Eddie Irizarry’s relatives distraught after charges dropped against officer who fatally shot him
By Maryclaire Dale On September 26, 2023 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge dismissed murder and other charges Tuesday against a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up window — a confrontation police initially described as the officer shooting the driver after he lunged at him with a knife outside the car. Municipal…
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Over a decade, 10 NYPD officers accounted for $68M in police misconduct payouts: Report
By Ramsey Khalifeh On September 25, 2023 In the decade between 2013 and 2023, 10 NYPD members accounted for more than $68 million in misconduct payouts, according to a new report by the Legal Aid Society. All of them are still on the public payroll, according to the analysis and police records. Earlier this summer,…
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You’re Sexually Assaulted. You Report. And Police Make You the Suspect.
Police unleash a slew of interrogation techniques meant for criminal suspects on vulnerable people. By Rachel De Leon On September 26, 2023 This article is a collaboration between Mother Jones and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit investigative newsroom. Sequestered in a small interrogation room, sipping an iced coffee, Nicole Chase was trying to explain just how dysfunctional…
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Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs
By Sudhin Thanawala On September 25, 2023 ATLANTA (AP) — Randal Quran Reid was driving to his mother’s home the day after Thanksgiving last year when police pulled him over and arrested him on the side of a busy Georgia interstate. He was wanted for crimes in Louisiana, they told him, before taking him to…
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