This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldIn devastating report, human rights experts call on international criminal court prosecutor to open an immediate investigationLast modified on Tue 27 Apr 2021 14.05 EDTThe systematic killing and maiming of unarmed African Americans by police amount to crimes against humanity that should be investigated and prosecuted under international law, an inquiry into US police brutality by leading human rights lawyers from around the globe has found.A week after the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was in George...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldIn devastating report, human rights experts call on international criminal court prosecutor to open an immediate investigationLast modified on Tue 27 Apr 2021 14.05 EDTThe systematic killing and maiming of unarmed African Americans by police amount to crimes against humanity that should be investigated and prosecuted under international law, an inquiry into US police brutality by leading human rights lawyers from around the globe has found.A week after the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was in George...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldBones of children who died in 1985 police bombing used in anthropology course – but some bones now appear to be missingFirst published on Sat 24 Apr 2021 01.00 EDTTwo Ivy League institutions, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton, are facing mounting demands to apologise and make restitution for their handling over decades of the bones of African American children killed by police in 1985.As calls pour in for action to be taken over the use of the children’s remains as props in an online Princeton anthropology...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldBones of children who died in 1985 police bombing used in anthropology course – but some bones now appear to be missingFirst published on Sat 24 Apr 2021 01.00 EDTTwo Ivy League institutions, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton, are facing mounting demands to apologise and make restitution for their handling over decades of the bones of African American children killed by police in 1985.As calls pour in for action to be taken over the use of the children’s remains as props in an online Princeton anthropology...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldRemains of those killed in 1985 Move bombing in Philadelphia serve as ‘case study’ in Princeton-backed courseLast modified on Fri 23 Apr 2021 14.27 EDTThe bones of Black children who died in 1985 after their home was bombed by Philadelphia police in a confrontation with the Black liberation group which was raising them are being used as a “” in an online forensic anthropology course presented by an Ivy League professor.It has emerged that the physical remains of one, or possibly two, of the children who were killed in...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldRemains of those killed in 1985 Move bombing in Philadelphia serve as ‘case study’ in Princeton-backed courseLast modified on Fri 23 Apr 2021 14.27 EDTThe bones of Black children who died in 1985 after their home was bombed by Philadelphia police in a confrontation with the Black liberation group which was raising them are being used as a “” in an online forensic anthropology course presented by an Ivy League professor.It has emerged that the physical remains of one, or possibly two, of the children who were killed in...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFormer senator and ambassador lost one of the most lopsided US elections in history to Ronald ReaganFirst published on Mon 19 Apr 2021 21.15 EDTWalter F Mondale, the former vice-president and liberal leader who lost to in one of the most lopsided presidential elections, has died at the age of 93.A towering figure in the Democratic party who resolutely put humility and honesty before the glitz of mass communication, Mondale’s death marked something of an end of an era in . He was described by a biographer as the last...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFormer senator and ambassador lost one of the most lopsided US elections in history to Ronald ReaganFirst published on Mon 19 Apr 2021 21.15 EDTWalter F Mondale, the former vice-president and liberal leader who lost to in one of the most lopsided presidential elections, has died at the age of 93.A towering figure in the Democratic party who resolutely put humility and honesty before the glitz of mass communication, Mondale’s death marked something of an end of an era in . He was described by a biographer as the last...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldAlabama lawmaker’s bid to overturn a 28-year yoga ban in public schools faces backlash from conservative Christian groups Last modified on Sat 17 Apr 2021 05.32 EDTJeremy Gray, a state lawmaker in , has been practicing yoga for years, initially as a workout after college football matches and later as a means of instilling in himself the virtues of focus and patience.Now the Democrat from Opelika needs all the patience he can get as he seeks to overturn a 28-year yoga ban in Alabama public schools. The ban, believed to...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldAlabama lawmaker’s bid to overturn a 28-year yoga ban in public schools faces backlash from conservative Christian groups Last modified on Sat 17 Apr 2021 05.32 EDTJeremy Gray, a state lawmaker in , has been practicing yoga for years, initially as a workout after college football matches and later as a means of instilling in himself the virtues of focus and patience.Now the Democrat from Opelika needs all the patience he can get as he seeks to overturn a 28-year yoga ban in Alabama public schools. The ban, believed to...WW…

Calls are mounting for the Biden administration to set up a national tracking system of covid-19 deaths among front-line health care workers to honor the thousands of nurses, doctors and support staffers who have died and ensure that future generations are not forced to make the same ultimate — and, in many cases, needless — sacrifice.This story also ran on . It can beLost On The FrontlineKHN and The Guardian are tracking health care workers who died from COVID-19 and writing about their lives and what happened in their final days.Health policy experts and union leaders are pressing the...…Calls are mounting for the Biden administration to set up a national tracking system of covid-19 deaths among front-line health care workers to honor the thousands of nurses, doctors and support staffers who have died and ensure that future generations are not forced to make the same ultimate — and, in many cases, needless — sacrifice.This story also ran on . It can beLost On The FrontlineKHN and The Guardian are tracking health care workers who died from COVID-19 and writing about their lives and what happened in their final days.Health policy experts and union leaders are pressing the...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThe New York governor faces a legendary fall from grace due to allegations of bullying, a cover-up of nursing home Covid deaths and a sexual harassment scandal involving seven women Last modified on Sun 14 Mar 2021 18.33 EDTEarlier this month the Democratic governor of New York, , sat down in front of TV cameras in the executive chamber of the state capitol in Albany to deliver one of the most awkward messages of his decade in office.By then three women had accused him of sexually inappropriate behaviour. Among them was...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThe New York governor faces a legendary fall from grace due to allegations of bullying, a cover-up of nursing home Covid deaths and a sexual harassment scandal involving seven women Last modified on Sun 14 Mar 2021 18.33 EDTEarlier this month the Democratic governor of New York, , sat down in front of TV cameras in the executive chamber of the state capitol in Albany to deliver one of the most awkward messages of his decade in office.By then three women had accused him of sexually inappropriate behaviour. Among them was...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldCongresswoman wades into debate amid growing concerns nominees from minority backgrounds are being singled out for harsh scrutinyLast modified on Tue 23 Feb 2021 10.02 ESTAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez has stepped into the intensifying dispute around the treatment of women and people of color nominated to top jobs in the Biden administration, as the confirmation process in the US Senate begins to sour.The leftwing Democratic congresswoman waded into the debate amid growing concerns in progressive circles that Joe Biden’s...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldCongresswoman wades into debate amid growing concerns nominees from minority backgrounds are being singled out for harsh scrutinyLast modified on Tue 23 Feb 2021 10.02 ESTAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez has stepped into the intensifying dispute around the treatment of women and people of color nominated to top jobs in the Biden administration, as the confirmation process in the US Senate begins to sour.The leftwing Democratic congresswoman waded into the debate amid growing concerns in progressive circles that Joe Biden’s...WW…

A Senate official has ruled that the plan for a $15 minimum cannot be passed with only a simple majority but the fight is far from overLast modified on Sat 27 Feb 2021 08.02 ESTIt was a major plank of the Democratic plan to “build back better” – raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour as a way of boosting the economy during the pandemic and tackling poverty and income inequality. But on Thursday the much-vaunted plan hit a roadblock in the , which has knocked the proposal sideways.So what happened, and is this game over for the $15 minimum wage?The idea of pushing up the...…A Senate official has ruled that the plan for a $15 minimum cannot be passed with only a simple majority but the fight is far from overLast modified on Sat 27 Feb 2021 08.02 ESTIt was a major plank of the Democratic plan to “build back better” – raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour as a way of boosting the economy during the pandemic and tackling poverty and income inequality. But on Thursday the much-vaunted plan hit a roadblock in the , which has knocked the proposal sideways.So what happened, and is this game over for the $15 minimum wage?The idea of pushing up the...WW…

This article is more than 10 months oldThis article is more than 10 months oldAfter voting rights defeat, president expresses mounting frustration over rule that allows 41 senators to block legislationLast modified on Thu 28 Oct 2021 12.39 EDTJoe Biden has given the strongest indication yet that he is willing to end or whittle down the Senate filibuster as a means of overcoming Republican intransigence and moving ahead with reforms to voting rights, the debt ceiling and possibly more.Speaking in Baltimore a day after Senate Republicans yet again legislation designed to secure access to the...…This article is more than 10 months oldThis article is more than 10 months oldAfter voting rights defeat, president expresses mounting frustration over rule that allows 41 senators to block legislationLast modified on Thu 28 Oct 2021 12.39 EDTJoe Biden has given the strongest indication yet that he is willing to end or whittle down the Senate filibuster as a means of overcoming Republican intransigence and moving ahead with reforms to voting rights, the debt ceiling and possibly more.Speaking in Baltimore a day after Senate Republicans yet again legislation designed to secure access to the...WW…