Fighting the Unprecedented ‘Proletarianization’ of the Human Mind

Leonid Bilmes / Los Angeles Review of Books Nov 15, 2019 In analyzing today’s politico-economic malaise, philosopher Bernard Stiegler uncovers how digital technology threatens the human spirit. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

4 Homeless Men Beaten to Death With Pipe in New York City

VERENA DOBNIK and REBECCA GIBIAN / The Associated Press Oct 5, 2019 The 24-year-old suspected assailant, who is also homeless, is in custody, accused of assaulting people as they slept in the Chinatown area. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Police Seek Motive After Teen Throws Boy From Tate Modern’s 10th Floor

The Associated Press Aug 5, 2019 The 6-year-old is in critical but stable condition after falling from the London museum's open-air terrace to a fifth-floor roof. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Manafort ‘Brazenly Violated the Law’ for Years, Mueller Memo Says

CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER / The Associated Press Feb 23, 2019 The sentencing document depicts President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman as an unrepentant criminal who does not deserve leniency. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

FBI Scientist Linked Defendants to Crimes When His Lab Results Didn’t

Ryan Gabrielson / ProPublica Feb 23, 2019 Court statements veered from the scientist's original conclusions in at least three cases. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Trump Links Drugs, Violent Crime to Lack of Border Wall

CATHERINE LUCEY, JILL COLVIN and LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press Jan 8, 2019 His televised speech is laden with dark rhetoric on immigration but provides little to help break the shutdown stalemate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Arrested in Texas as Suspected Serial Killer

The Associated Press Sep 15, 2018 He is taken into custody in a hotel parking lot on suspicion of killing four prostitutes after a fifth woman escapes and notifies authorities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Deadnamed

By Lucas Waldron and Ken Schwencke / ProPublica Aug 10, 2018 The way cops in Jacksonville, Fla., and other jurisdictions investigate the murders of transgender women adds insult to injury and may be delaying justice. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Rot and Rehabilitation in the American Penal System

Rayyan Al-Shawaf / Truthdig Jul 13, 2018 Rachel Kushner's new novel set in a women's prison brims with morally tainted characters who are also victims of repressive and dehumanizing incarceration. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Muslims Accused of Violent Crimes Get More Media Attention, Harsher Sentences

Emily Wells / Truthdig Apr 7, 2018 A study finds that Muslims who plot violence get seven times more news coverage than non-Muslims and sentences that are four times longer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Forget Tribalism, Disavow Politics and Stand Up for Inclusive Justice

Teodrose Fikre / The Ghion Journal Mar 30, 2018 When we glom on to political labels and attach ourselves to partisan ideologies, we allow the establishment to shatter us into encampments. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump Considers Pulling ICE Out of California

Emily Wells / Truthdig Feb 25, 2018 The president criticizes the state’s position on “sanctuary cities” and says it needs to learn the value of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )