Pundits Rewrite History to Defend Biden’s Record of Dog-Whistle Politics

Today’s centrist liberals wish to exclude the voices of those impacted by these policies just like they did in the 1990s. Maybe the times are not so different after all.

Kevin Gosztola
Brian Sonenstein
By Kevin Gosztola
And Brian Sonenstein
Pundits Defend Joe Biden Record of Dog-Whistle Politics Feature photo

An emerging defense of Joe Biden’s Democratic presidential campaign is that many of his questionable political acts occurred during a “different time.” When it comes to the 1994 “crime bill,” it is excused as a product of a time when the United States was more tolerant of racial injustice than it is today. Biden wrote the legislation that became

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America’s Dirty Little Secret: Sex Trafficking of Young Girls

Our culture is grooming these young people to be preyed upon by sexual predators. And then we wonder why our young women are being preyed on, trafficked and abused?

John Whitehead
By John Whitehead
Mebers of the industry group Club Owners Against Sex Trafficking sit for a talk given by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent teaching owners of strip clubs and strippers how to spot sex traffickers, at the Burbank Community Services Building in Burbank, Calif. A year-long academic study of sex trafficking in Las Vegas is providing a glimpse at a shadowy world behind the neon where underage girls threatened by pimps solicit for business in casinos, on streets and online. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

They’re called the Little Barbies. Children, young girls—some as young as 9 years old—are being bought and sold for sex in America. The average age for a young woman being sold for sex is now 13 years old. This is America’s dirty little secret. Sex trafficking—especially when it comes to the buying and selling of young girls—has become big

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Why Police Reforms Often Fail: Lessons From Latin America

Understanding the politics of police reform in Latin America may be informative for those who hope for changes in policing in the U.S.

Yanilda González
By Yanilda González
Police who were stained with yellow paint thrown by protesters, form outside the PepsiCo plant on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Security forces clashed Thursday with former PepsiCo employees after resisting eviction from the plant. Workers had occupied the plant after PepsiCo closed the plant last month.(AP/Natacha Pisarenko)

President Donald Trump’s appointment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions has led people to speculate about the fate of recent police reform efforts. Early into his tenure, Sessions said he intended to “pull back on” the Justice Department’s investigations of police department abuses, saying they diminish effectiveness. Americans have mobilized

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Trump’s ‘VOICE’: A Fascist Doctrine Straight Out Of Hitler’s Playbook

A new program to be introduced under the Trump administration seems inspired by the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany. How far will his government go to belittle and vilify America’s immigrants?

Roqayah Chamseddine
By Roqayah Chamseddine
A 1935 article from the Nazi periodical Neues Volk entitled, “The Criminal Jew.” This article shows photos of Jews alongside their alleged crimes.

Donald Trump's first month in office has already left countless human rights organizations and activists reeling. The ACLU and a small army of lawyers have been working around the clock, pro bono, to fight an executive order that has targeted visa holders, green card holders and DREAMers. One would hope that things couldn't get any worse in such a

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Trump’s Blue Lives Matter Executive Order Means More Criminalization Of Protests

This agenda will likely have a disproportionate impact on Black Lives Matter activists, immigrant rights activists, and Native Americans engaged in protest against pipeline projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a statue he received as a gift while meeting with county sheriffs in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. (Photo: Andrew Harrer/CNP/MediaPunch/IPX)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump set in motion an agenda for escalating the criminalization of citizens, who engage in protest. This agenda will likely have a disproportionate impact on Black Lives Matter activists, immigrant rights activists, and Native Americans engaged in protest

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New Administration To Publish Weekly List Of Crimes Committed By Immigrants

The order does not specify if the list will only publish crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Protesters listen to an speaker as the hold signs during a rally against President Donald Trump's order cracking down on immigrants living in the US at Washington Square Park in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP/Andres Kudacki)

(REPORT) --- U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his new administration to publish a weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants. The move is part of the new executive order signed Wednesday, which targets sanctuary cities and counties which do not comply with federal requests to detain undocumented immigrants. The order underlines

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