Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead
From today’s NPR News: Police in Charleston, S.C., are investigating the death of John Barnett, a former Boeing quality control manager who became a whistleblower when he went public with…
SF’s DA recalled, LA’s Caruso Advances, Testing Democrats On Crime
From today’s New York Times: Crime, homelessness and Democratic divisions over the issues took center stage Tuesday as a liberal prosecutor in San Francisco was recalled and seven states held…
Rap Sheets Haunt Former Inmates. California May Change That.
From today’s New York Times: After spending more than seven years in prison for robbery and auto theft, Jay Jordan tried to get work selling insurance, real estate and used…
#RussiaGate: AG Sessions Interviewed in Mueller’s Russia Investigation
Breaking news from today’s New York Times: Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week by the special counsel’s office as part of the investigation into Russia’s…
Fake News, #Pizzagate, and the Ugly Turn to the Right after Trump
From today’s New York Times: The North Carolina man who was arrested on Sunday for firing a rifle in a popular Washington pizzeria confirmed he was motivated by the storm…
The Expanding World of Poverty Capitalism
From NYT “Opinion” August 26, 2014 by Thomas Edsall: In Orange County, Calif., the probation department’s “supervised electronic confinement program,” which monitors the movements of low-risk offenders, has been outsourced…