Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election
Vice - Fri Aug 14, 2020
The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation or reason given, Motherboard has learned through interviews with postal workers and union officials. More»
Coronavirus: Why US is expecting an 'avalanche' of evictions
BBC - Sun Aug 9, 2020
As hair salons, churches and restaurants reopened across the US, so did eviction courts. More»
Memphis woman, 56, still recovering from COVID-19 after a hospital stay is evicted from her home over her mother-in-law's medical debt
Daily Mail - Sun Aug 9, 2020
A Memphis woman who is recovering from COVID-19 was evicted from her home last week over medical debt belonging to her mother-in-law. More»
Judge Calls It ‘Discriminatory’ To Deny Puerto Rico Access To U.S. Aid
PBS - Tue Aug 4, 2020
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal judge on Monday ruled that it is unconstitutional to deny Puerto Ricans living in the US territory access to three federal welfare programs in a major decision cheered by many. More»
Thousands Ordered To Evacuate As Wildfires Scorch Southern California
Huffington Post - Mon Aug 3, 2020
BANNING, California - Thousands of people were under evacuation orders Sunday after a wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles exploded in size as crews battled flames in triple-digit heat. More»
Georgia governor files lawsuit to "restrain" Atlanta mayor from talking about face masks
Raw Story - Sun Jul 19, 2020
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) revealed on Sunday that Governor Brian Kemp (R) is trying to use the court system to "silence" her because he opposes the face mask mandate she has put in place. More»
Roy Den Hollander: "Anti-Feminist" Lawyer Suspected of Murdering Judge's Son
Heavy - Sun Jul 19, 2020
BRUNSWICK, New Jersey - Roy Den Hollander was a well-known mens rights attorney and self-described "anti-feminist" who is suspected of being the gunman who shot the husband and son of federal Judge Esther Salas in the doorway of the familys home in North Brunswick, New Jersey, before killing himself. More»
Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This'
NPR - Fri Jul 17, 2020
The emergency room overflowed with patients. More»
US Coronavirus Data Has Already Disappeared After Trump Shifted Control From CDC
WNBC-TV - Thu Jul 16, 2020
Previously public data has already disappeared from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions website after the Trump administration quietly shifted control of the information to the Department of Health and Human Services. More»
Trump Sending Military to Hospitals to "Oversee" COVID-19 Data
Daily KOS - Wed Jul 15, 2020
There are a number of jobs that the National Guard has been trained to perform. More»
Trump Orders Hospitals Not To Provide COVID Data To CDC
New York Times - Wed Jul 15, 2020
The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and, beginning on Wednesday, send all coronavirus patient information to a central database in Washington - a move that has alarmed public health experts who fear the data will be distorted for political gain. More»
Social Security demands money from Georgia woman from 4 decades ago - when she was still a child
WSB-TV - Thu Jul 9, 2020
ATLANTA, Georgia - The Social Security Administration is demanding a Georgia woman should have to pay for a government mistake the agency made more than four decades ago. More»
No Danger to the Public! Employees at New Mexico nuclear lab may have been exposed to plutonium
Daily Mail - Wed Jul 8, 2020
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico - Officials at one of the nations premier nuclear labs are investigating the potential exposure of employees to plutonium. More»
Georgia governor declares state of emergency and calls up National Guard
CNN - Mon Jul 6, 2020
ATLANTA, Georgia - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Monday declared a state of emergency and activated as many as 1,000 National Guard members. More»
Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected
ABC - Thu Jul 2, 2020
Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have been attending parties in the city and surrounding area as part of a disturbing contest to see who can catch the virus first, a city council member told ABC News on Wednesday. More»
Cities try to arrest their way out of homeless problems
PBS - Tue Jun 30, 2020
FORT WALTON BEACH, Forida - In the nine years he has been homeless, Kenneth Shultz has spent one of every three nights in jail. More»
75-year-old Protester Knocked Down By Buffalo Police Leaves The Hospital Nearly One Month Later
NPR - Tue Jun 30, 2020
Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old protester pushed to the ground by Buffalo police earlier this month, has been released from the hospital after nearly four weeks. More»
Trump Attacks Anti-Segregation Rule For ‘Devastating’ America’s Suburbs
Raw Story - Tue Jun 30, 2020
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump tweeted that he was “studying” the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule - claiming that it is “devastating” to America’s suburbs, and that former Vice President Joe Biden would make it “MUCH WORSE” if elected president. More»
Two Friends in Texas Were Tested for Coronavirus. One Bill Was $199. The Other? $6,408.
New York Times - Mon Jun 29, 2020
Before a camping and kayaking trip along the Texas Coast, Pam LeBlanc and Jimmy Harvey decided to get coronavirus tests. More»
Donald Trump tweets video showing a MAGA fan yelling 'white power'
Daily Mail - Sun Jun 28, 2020
Donald Trump deleted a post Sunday where he shared a video of senior citizens clashing over their support and opposition of him where one pro-Trump protester could be heard yelling white power. More»
NYC Judge Rejects Effort To Halt Publication Of Tell-All Book By Trump’s Niece
PBS - Thu Jun 25, 2020
A New York City judge has dismissed a claim by Donald Trump’s brother that sought to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece. More»
65 faculty members from AG Barr's law school alma mater say he has 'failed to fulfill his oath of office'
CNN - Tue Jun 23, 2020
Law professors and faculty from George Washington University Law School, Attorney General William Barrs alma mater, said in a letter Tuesday he has "failed to fulfill his oath of office to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. More»
"They Just Dumped Him Like Trash": Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents
New York Times - Mon Jun 22, 2020
Nursing homes across the country are kicking out old and disabled residents and sending them to homeless shelters and rundown motels. More»
How to Dodge and Disarm the Sonic Weapon Used by Police
Popular Mechanics - Sun Jun 21, 2020
Audio producer Cory Choy was reporting on the 2014 Black Lives Matter protests in New York City when he first experienced sound as a weapon. More»
Georgia nurses accuse hospital of manipulating COVID-19 test results
WXIA-TV - Sat Jun 20, 2020
ATHENS, Georgia - The lawsuit filed against Landmark Hospital in Athens has many allegations including nurses being instructed to swab incorrectly to give false results. More»
Missouri cop charged with assault after driving police cruiser into black man
New York Daily News - Thu Jun 18, 2020
FLORISSANT, Missouri - A Missouri police officer who was fired 10 days after he was filmed plowing his cop car into a fleeing black man, then attacking him on the ground, has been charged with assault. More»
"Blue Flu" in Atlanta
The Guardian - Thu Jun 18, 2020
Donald Trump has defended the police officer who shot dead Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, as a number of officers called in sick after their colleague was charged with murder. More»
Atlanta Police Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Charged With Felony Murder
NPR - Wed Jun 17, 2020
ATLANTA, Georgia - The white Atlanta police officer who shot a 27-year-old black man in the back last week in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant will face a charge of felony murder and 10 other charges, a Georgia county prosecutor announced Wednesday. More»
Atlanta police chief RESIGNS and mayor calls for white cops who shot dead 27-year-old black man Rayshard Brooks to be fired
Daily Mail - Sat Jun 13, 2020
The chief of police in Atlanta has resigned less than 24 hours after cops fatally shot a man whom investigators say grabbed an officers taser and pointed it as he fled from police. More»
Georgia election disaster condemned as result of deliberate GOP voter suppression: "This is by design"
AlterNet - Wed Jun 10, 2020
Photos of would-be Georgia voters standing - and, in some cases, sitting - in long lines after 11 pm to cast their ballots in the states primary on Tuesday encapsulated what rights groups and lawmakers decried as a disastrous day for democracy and an entirely predictable result of years of deliberate voter suppression efforts by Republican lawmakers and the US Supreme Court. More»