After 28 years, a man wrongfully convicted is free
As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work…
Shootings outside LA synagogues called hate crimes
A man who allegedly shot and wounded two Jewish men as they left synagogues in Los Angeles this week was charged Friday with federal hate crimes. (Feb. 17)
100 years of earthquakes: Turkey, Syria disaster could be among this century’s worst
More than 35,000 people have been killed and the death toll is expected to rise after two earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6. The quakes have become one…
Human trafficking laws were supposed to help women. Victims’ stories say otherwise.
EDITOR’S NOTE: USA TODAY does not name victims of sexual violence. Massage workers in this story are referred to by their spa nicknames or their initials. Shirley had been in Baltimore…
Gunman kills 6, including ex-wife, in shooting spree in rural Mississippi town, officials say
A lone gunman killed six people in a rural Mississippi town on Friday, including his ex-wife, in a “series of shootings,” officials said. A suspect is in custody, according to…
U.S. Calls Off Search for Unidentified Objects It Shot Down
DEADHORSE, Alaska — The United States on Friday called off the search for two of the unidentified flying objects that the military shot out of the sky this month, raising…
Fetterman’s Disclosure of Depression Signals New Openness on Mental Health
Lynn Rivers, a Democrat from Michigan, opened up about her diagnosis with bipolar disorder during a radio call-in show when she first ran for Congress. Her opponents had been hinting…
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/17/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day In honor of the tool-using Cockatoo: Gang-gang Cockatoo, Rail Trail, Launching Place Swamp, Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia. The cockatoo is…
Asking the Oppressed to Be Nonviolent Is an Impossible Standard That Ignores History | naked capitalism
Yves here. It may well be that the circumstances where nonviolent protest can succeed are more limited than Gandhi and Martin Luther King fans would have you believe. Getting a…
Sturgeon’s Departure Doesn’t Solve Scotland’s Problems | naked capitalism
Yves here. The sudden implosion of Nicola Sturgeon and its implications for the Scottish National Party are important in and of itself and as a reference point for the US.…