Yesterday in Sacramento a federal judge heard closing arguments in a motion challenging the constitutionality of cannabis’ Schedule I classification. ...

Riot Started in Texas Immigrant Prison
About 40 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in Raymondville, Texas, there is a facility nicknamed Ritmo, or Raymondville’s Guantánamo. It was ni...

Masked Military-like Chicago PD Intimidates Reporters
This man circled around a reporter and photographer for the Guardian twice while waiting for a local politician to show up at the Chicago Police Depar...

FCC commissioner balks at net neutrality rules
A Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission wants to narrow the scope of new net neutrality rules that are set for a vote on Thursday, The Hil...

Chicago police are running a horrifying CIA-style black site out of a warehouse
A remarkable report from Spencer Ackerman at The Guardian has revealed in detail the existence of an interrogation facility used by Chicago police to ...