In the United States, we allow all adult citizens to register to vote. Sure, there are some other locally relevant requirements, such as not being a convicted felon or establishing residency. There are also informal (wink wink, nudge nudge) requirements, such as being able and willing to jump through the ridiculous hoops necessary in some
A woman in Indiana has been accused of tampering with her 15-year-old son’s IV while he was undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. The mother, identified as 41-year-old Tiffany Alberts, told authorities she had been injecting her son’s own feces into his system in order to get him moved from
What began as a quick stop at a San Antonio, Texas Walmart to buy an outfit for an annual holiday lighting ceremony quickly turned into a devastating nightmare for the family of Isidro Zarate after the man was shot to death in the store’s parking lot. While circling the lot as his wife went inside,
The late Dr. Amos Wilson is credited with saying, “If you want to understand any problem in America, you need to focus on who profits from that problem, not who suffers from the problem.” That advice will shed a useful light on any number of inequities, among them the Standing Rock Sioux-led protest against the
Happy Thanksgiving, Legal Readers! If you’re reading this waiting for the turkey (or Tofurkey) to cook as you anticipate spending Thanksgiving with a politically diverse family, take heart. You’re not alone; right now a purple America is having that same awkward moment at family gatherings from Newport, Oregon, to Newport News, Virginia. After a bitter
Incoming President-elect Trump certainly has his share of legal troubles to work through, but here’s one I bet he didn’t expect to face: a bunch of kids suing his government over the inevitable effects of climate change. The climate change kids won their right to a day in court recently when US District Judge Ann
While ordinary people flood the streets to voice their rejection of president-elect Donald Trump, the Liberals have been tripping over each other in a rush to appease the fascistic demagogue. President Obama said after meeting with Trump that he wants to ensure the president-elect is “successful.” Vice President Joe Biden, after a meeting with his
On Friday, November 18, Washington D.C.-based Italian restaurant Maggiano’s Little Italy unintentionally hosted a banquet for members of the alt-right (translation: Neo-Nazi) collective known as the National Policy Institute, who were there to celebrate Donald Trump and Adolph Hitler. And this, folks, is what it’s come to. Having lied and hidden (as white supremacists are
A Morris County, New Jersey woman who suffers from severe anorexia and weighs a mere 69 pounds may not be force-fed, as ruled by a superior court judge on Monday, November 21. The 29-year-old has been a psychiatric patient at the state’s Greystone Park facility since 2014 upon having been found unconscious in a hotel
Kalamazoo, a town in southwestern Michigan, is facing the same problem as a lot of American municipalities: a declining tax base that led to a budget deficit. Reduced revenue sharing from the State of Michigan, a law that prevents raising property taxes faster than the rate of inflation, and the inability to convince a stakeholder