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View More NewsFrom Tassinari v. Salvation Army, decided Monday by Judge Leo Sorokin (D. Mass.); I’d love to hear what list members think of it: [Plaintiffs] assert that TSA [The Salvation Army] maintains a policy at its Adult Rehabilitation Centers that prevents such individuals from accessing medication for their disorder [including methadone and buprenorphine for Opiod-Use Disorder [OUD]], in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3604…. [The Salvation Army] operates twenty-nine Adult Rehabilitation Centers (“ARCs”) in that territory. TSA refers to ARC participants as “beneficiaries.” ARCs provide beneficiaries…
Abuja, July 10, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to stop harassing journalists, following the detention of journalist Zainab Sodiq on July 8, stringent bail conditions placed on Secret Reporters’ Stanley Ugagbe following his forcible disappearance on July 1, and an espionage summons issued to his publisher Fejiro Oliver on July 6. “Is it outrageous that journalist Zainab Sodiq has been jailed by intelligence agents and has seemingly been denied due process. It is also utterly punitive for Stanley Ugagbe to spend hours, every other day, needlessly reporting to the police,” said CPJ Africa Director Angela Quintal.…
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A review of Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders by Claudia Verhoeven; 384 pages; Verso (May 2026)Although the True Crime genre of publishing and documentary television is replete with accounts of murderous spouses, serial killers, Mafia wars, and financial scams, rarely do the subjects transcend the headline immediacy of police procedurals to deliver the long-term import of critical analysis. The Victorian predator Jack the Ripper and the Depression-era exploits of Bonnie and Clyde are two such exceptions; a third is the countercultural carnage wrought by the Manson family. As such, Claudia Verhoeven’s new book Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History…
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from the history-is-now-a-black-hole dept Earlier this year Nieman Lab broke the story that major news publishers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today…
New York, June 5, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a recent Russian attack in Ukraine that injured Olha Kalinovska, a war correspondent with the privately owned Ukrainian…
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from the whiny-ass-debate-me-bros dept MAGA got itself a martyr when Charlie Kirk was killed. The “violent left,” etc. as they say. One of it’s…
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