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imageTrump to pardon notorious drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernandez
Hazelton Federal Correctional Complex, where Whitey Bulger was killed, reportedly is known as the second deadliest prison in the country.
by Lynda Carson
Hazelton Federal Correctional Complex, where Whitey Bulger was killed, reportedly is known as the second deadliest prison in the country....
Posted: Sun, Nov 30, 2025 12:22am PST
textBecause ‘This Is Murder,’ Family of Colombian Fisherman Killed by Trump Readies Legal Fight by Jake Johnson
“We want this case to help stop these killings from taking place again,” said the American lawyer representing the family....
Posted: Sat, Nov 15, 2025 6:32pm PST
imageAgainst U.S. military aggression on Venezuela & all imperialist presence in Latin America
Working class organizations throughout the world made a statement calling for global united action against the imminent invasion of Venez...
by International Statement
Working class organizations throughout the world made a statement calling for global united action against the imminent invasion of Venezuela by the US...
Posted: Sat, Oct 25, 2025 8:08pm PDT
textNational Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order on homelessness by National Homelessness Law Center
Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime, will make homelessness worse...
Posted: Thu, Jul 24, 2025 10:49pm PDT
imageACLU Condemns Trump Executive Order Targeting Disabled and Unhoused People
Convicted Felon President Trump Attacks The Homeless & Disabled After Pushing For Massive Budget Cuts Passed By Congress Lately!
by Posted by Lynda Carson
Convicted Felon President Trump Attacks The Homeless & Disabled After Pushing For Massive Budget Cuts Passed By Congress Lately!...
Posted: Thu, Jul 24, 2025 4:34pm PDT
imageCalifornia Republican mayor calls for the extermination of the homeless
𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙧 𝙍. 𝙍𝙚𝙭 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨
by Marc Wells
In language that echoes that of the Nazis against those “unworthy of life,” the long-serving Republican mayor of Lancaster, California, R. Rex Parris, recently suggested that the city’s homeless population should be given “free fentanyl … as much as they like” and expressed his desire for a federal “purge” to eliminate them....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2025 5:04am PDT
imageEl imperio del dolor: fentanilo y sufrimiento social
dolor social, negocios farmacéuticos, narcopoliticas... exterminio
by reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras
El imperio del dolor: fentanilo y sufrimiento social...
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2025 2:18pm PST
imageJustice Department Complaint Filed for Murder of Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham
A complaint for the murder of Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, by U.S. Border Patrol agents and tribal police was filed with the U.S. Just...
by Brenda Norrell
A complaint for the murder of Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, by U.S. Border Patrol agents and tribal police was filed with the U.S. Justice Department. The civil rights complaint was filed by Ophelia Rivas, O'odham Voice Against the Wall, and signees. Mattia was murdered by U.S. Border Patrol agents and tribal police at the entrance to his home on the Tohono O'odham Nation....
Posted: Fri, Nov 29, 2024 8:59am PST
imageCannabis activist Jim Belushi has a birthday soon on June 15
Back in the late 60s and perhaps the early 70s, at times John and Jim Belushi used to go the "Lord & Lady Q Billiards," in Wheaton, I...
by Lynda Carson
Back in the late 60s and perhaps the early 70s, at times John and Jim Belushi used to go the "Lord & Lady Q Billiards," in Wheaton, Illinois, while they resided there....
Posted: Thu, May 16, 2024 4:58am PDT
imageSoutheast Asian Financial Scams Can Begin with a “Simple” Text
It may start out ubiquitous, but those innocent or inquiring text messages from unknown numbers that suddenly appear on your phone saying...
by Phil Pasquini
It may start out ubiquitous, but those innocent or inquiring text messages from unknown numbers that suddenly appear on your phone saying “Hello” or “Is this Stephanie’s phone number?” are a disaster lurking in disguise. Not to be left out of the equation, too, are Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media platforms that offer ads promising jobs working from home and investment opportunities, along with access to online gambling that are all part of scams run by Southeast Asian transnational ...
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 5:44pm PDT
imageJustice for Raymond Mattia: Tohono O'odham Murdered by US Border Patrol Press Conference
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by Censored News
Justice for Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, Murdered by U.S. Border Patrol Agents on the Front Steps of His Home on the Tohono O'odham Nation. The Press Conference will be at the Tucson Federal Courthouse, November 17, 2023, 10 a.m....
Posted: Thu, Nov 16, 2023 9:42pm PST
imageNarcomarketing: juvenicidios en México y narcocultura
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by reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras
Narcomarketing: juvenicidios en México y narcocultura Los medios virtuales son hogar para la cultura del narco...
Posted: Sat, Sep 2, 2023 3:09am PDT
imageImmunity for Sackler opioid kingpins exposes sentencing disparities in opioid epidemic
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by Lynda Carson
The mass murder of hundreds of thousands of people from the opioid epidemic, and immunity for the Sackler opioid drug kingpins exposes sentencing disparities in opioid epidemic!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 10, 2021 8:41pm PDT
textShould A Mother Of 5 In Prison Since 1996 Die In Prison Over $260? by Cindy Boskofsky
Grant CLEMENCY to TAMARA LLAMAS, mom of 5, serving sentences for crimes she DIDN'T commit....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2021 11:24pm PDT
textHomeland Security Now Spying on Americans by Michael Webster
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV´s) and Space-Based Domestic Spying Surveillance technology the U.S. Government is now watching American citizens under the guise of disaster management and controlling the U.S. Mexican border...
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 10:55am PDT
textI Grew Up in the Opiate Overdose Capital of America by anonymous
Op-ed about the current treatment system for addiction in the U.S. and ideas about means that might be more effective- from the standpoint of a sober addict....
Posted: Fri, Apr 26, 2019 4:13pm PDT
textBasra struggles to tackle drug abuse problem filling prisons by Iraq Solidarity News (Al-Thawra)
The southern Iraqi city of Basra is struggling to cope with a growing drug problem that has overcrowded prisons and strained police resources, only months after violent protests over poor municipal services. Basra’s prison system is clogged up....
Posted: Sat, Apr 13, 2019 10:54pm PDT
imageNew Report: The Costs and Benefits of a Supervised Use Site in Denver, Colorado
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by Drug Policy Alliance
Report Highlights Extensive Potential Cost Savings and Public Health Benefits Of a Supervised Use Site For Denver Advocates Say Report Findings Should Inspire Urgent Action By the Legislature...
Posted: Sat, Mar 9, 2019 7:08pm PST
imagePhilippines: Stop the killings, stop silencing dissent
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by PA + PES
This is the statement of a seven-member delegation of the Progressive Alliance (PA) and the Party of European Socialists (PES) that have visited Manila this week to assess the situation and to demonstrate solidarity in support for democracy in the Philippines. The delegation was hosted by Akbayan Party, a member of Progressive Alliance....
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2017 1:19am PDT
textCannabis for the Treatment of Cancer - Scientific Details in Report by Justin Kander (report author)
The 182 page report titled "Cannabis for the Treatment of Cancer: The Anticancer Activity of Phytocannabinoids and Endocannabinoids" by Justin Kander and edited by Dennis Hill reveal detailed descriptions of studies where cannabis stopped cancer cells from surviving, spreading and metastasizing. Included are also personal testimonies of patients that have used cannabis to treat their cancer. The U.S. government chooses to ignore this critical information and instead continues to publically vi...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2017 7:47am PDT
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