“This is now such an obvious example of the war at home and how skewed our priorities are. We need the money we're spending on militarizing our streets to be used to help the poor in DC.”| The Real News Network
Cashless bail allows people to walk free before trial without exorbitant and often predatory fees.| The Real News Network
The Trump administration has been secretly deporting prisoners to Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy.| The Real News Network
“It's just unimaginable to see it and witness it, to see an elderly couple being split apart… to see a child ripped out of their mother's arms. It's something that you think would never happen here in the United States, and it's happening right now behind the doors of that nondescript building.”| The Real News Network
“The state of mind of DC citizens right now is that they're under a police state, mainly in the poor Black and Brown communities... their mandate is to harass the citizens of the District of Columbia.”| The Real News Network
“They're showing up and just kidnapping people. I think we, as Americans, should have an expectation that we should be able to walk—regardless of the color of our skin, what we do for a living, the language that we speak—and not be grabbed off the street.”| The Real News Network
In his first public interview since he was beaten and arrested by federal agents in June, David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union - United Service Workers (West), speaks about the status of his case and the roles unions must play in the fight against fascism.| The Real News Network
Cop watchers are a diverse community of First Amendment activists who exercise this right through recording encounters with police. We launched a 4-year investigation to expose the truth in all its complexity and contradiction.| The Real News Network
“Incarcerated workers are a part of the working class,” award-winning journalist Kim Kelly says. And we are “not telling the real history of labor in this country if [we’re] not focusing on the organizing efforts and the labor of people who are in prison.”| The Real News Network
"The agent lied and said he was in hot pursuit of a person who punched him," explained one local defense attorney. "The entirety of the affidavit is false."| The Real News Network
