A Federal Judge Ordered Wealthy Orange County to Find Housing for its Homeless
Denise Lindstrom, a 49-year-old homeless woman, sits in a wheelchair in front of a moving truck in an homeless encampment on the Santa Ana River trail in Anaheim, Calif.Jae C. Hong/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal judge in California is fed up with how officials in affluent Orange…
Puerto Rico Might Ship Inmates to the Mainland to Help Solve Its Budget Crisis
Gatsi/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The government of Puerto Rico has proposed sending hundreds of jail inmates to detention facilities on the mainland, a decision that would take them away from their families, weakening the community links that activists say aid post release rehabilitation. First reported last week…
Larry Nassar Is Locked Up for Life, But Michigan State’s Trouble Is Just Starting
Dale G.Young/Detroit News/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the past two weeks, as more than 150 women came forward to tell their stories of abuse at the hands of sports physician Larry Nassar, one of the biggest questions has been how his behavior was able to continue for decades. “There…
New York Is Standing Up for Net Neutrality in a Big Way
roman_slavik/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The battle to restore net neutrality received a huge boost on Wednesday when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order directing state agencies to not enter into any contracts with internet service providers unless they follow net neutrality principles. The order comes just days…
A New Report Shows How the Trump Administration Is Targeting Asylum Seekers
Customs and Border Patrol agents pick up immigrants suspected of crossing into the United States illegally along the Rio Grande near Granjeno, Texas, in August 2017. Eric Gay/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When President Trump issued an executive order last January to make the criminal prosecution of immigration offenses a “high…
“You Were Building an Army of Survivors”: The Most Horrifying and Inspiring Testimony from the Larry Nassar Hearing
A victim makes her “impact statement” during sentencing hearing to doctor Larry Nassar, who has pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges. Dale G. Young/Detroit News/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a Michigan courtroom earlier this week, Larry Nassar covered his eyes with his hands as, one by one, the women…