If you use Facebook, you have probably already seen dozens of friends pour buckets of ice water on their heads to raise awareness for ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s disease), a progressive neurodegenerative disease. As the ALS Association explains: Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the…
Another violent night of protests in Ferguson, Missouri culminated with more police intimidation of journalists. Yesterday alone saw a Getty photograph get arrested, CNN anchor Don Lemon pushed on a sidewalk, and reporters with Al Jazeera America told that if they did not leave the tiny nearby town Kinloch, Missouri, that the officer would “bust…
John Oliver spent the better part of his comedy show on Sunday night talking about the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown and the protests that ensued in St. Louis suburb Ferguson, Missouri. Oliver left no stone unturned, looking at everything from the possible police cover-up to the crackdown on basic constitutional rights and militarization…
President Obama spoke Monday afternoon about the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. He called for an end to violence in the streets and announced an independent investigation into the police shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. “The Justice Department has opened an independent, federal civil rights investigation into the death of Michael Brown,” the president…
Sometimes it takes a seminal event to spark change. That might be taking place today in regards to the militarization of the nation’s police departments. The image of police wearing military uniforms, brandishing assault weapons in the streets of a small Midwestern town, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, and arresting journalists is…
The fatal police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Missouri resident Michael Brown ignited protests in his hometown of Ferguson late Sunday night that continued into Monday morning and afternoon. Residents held a vigil for Brown in the St. Louis suburb where he died after a police officer shot him 10 times Saturday night. His body was…
