(2024-07-03). Under-Resourced Neighborhoods Can Be Incubators For Future Entrepreneurs. popularresistance.org In 2016, I walked into a school's career day on the west side of Chicago and met a great young man. This honor roll student played basketball and was respected by his peers. But despite these wonderful qualities, he sold drugs to pay for the things he desired. | He was one of thousands of young Black men in Chicago who have the ambition, intelligence and leadership acumen to become successful, legitimate entrepreneurs but have no idea how to find that path, let alone follow it. There are tens of thousands more like him in cities across the country. Some put their entrepreneurial drive and leadership skills to des…
(2024-07-03). Multiple States Are Building New Women's Prisons; Can They Be Stopped? popularresistance.org Tiff Harrington spent 15 years of her life under Department of Corrections (DOC) supervision in Vermont, where she gave birth to two children while incarcerated at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility—a prison with a particularly bad reputation. | In 2019, Vermont DOC came under fire when Seven Days, a local independent newspaper, reported that guards at Chittenden Regional engaged in drug use and sexually abused the incarcerated women they oversaw. Public outcry only grew when an incarcerated woman named Penny Powers filed a whistleblower complaint against former Chittenden Regional "shift supervisor…
(2024-07-03). The US Supreme Court Outs the Imperial Presidency. dissidentvoice.org The US Supreme Court has much to answer for. In the genius of republican government, it operates as overseer and balancer to the executive and legislature. Of late, the judges have seemingly confused that role. In contrast to its other Anglophone counterparts, the highest tribunal in the US professes an open brand of politics, with …
(2024-07-03). Supreme Court Decision Guts Key Civil Rights Protection for Unhoused People. indybay.org ACLU lawsuit challenging San Francisco' costly and ineffective response to homelessness will continue…
(2024-07-03). The US Supreme Court Outs the Imperial Presidency. globalresearch.ca
(2024-07-03). Letter from London: Attempts at the Apolitical. counterpunch.org 
A number of times over the past five years I have woken up in the middle of the night wondering how Julian Assange was getting on in nearby Belmarsh Prison. (I have written about this here before.) I wondered again last week, only to discover — like one of those dramatic slam cuts in a
(2024-07-03). The Trump Supreme Court's War on the Environment. counterpunch.org 
(2024-07-03). The release of Julian Assange: plea deals and dark legacies. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-07-03). Wisconsin Supreme Court To Review Challenges To 175-Year-Old Abortion Law. latintimes.com The contested statutes, enacted in 1849, were largely interpreted to prohibit abortions except to save the mother's life.
(2024-07-03). China praises UN resolution on artificial intelligence. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) China noted the importance of the recent approval of a key resolution on cooperation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the United Nations, at the proposal of Beijing and supported by more than 140 countries.
(2024-07-03). Democrats downplay Supreme Court immunity ruling, while Trump doubles down on plans for dictatorship. wsws.org The chilling implications for the working class of the Supreme Court's legal counterrevolution have already begun to emerge in the immediate aftermath of the 6-3 ruling by the court's far-right supermajority.
(2024-07-03). Whistleblower Richard Boyle loses his appeal to be protected. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-07-03). AI deals lift US venture-capital funding to highest level in two years, data shows. scmp.com Investors' ongoing excitement around building and adopting artificial intelligence has fuelled the recovery of venture-capital funding in the world's largest economy.
(2024-07-03). Judge delays Trump's hush money sentencing until at least September 18 after immunity ruling. scmp.com Former US president is seeking to have conviction overturned after Supreme Court ruling granting immunity to presidents. He had been expected to face sentencing on July 11.
(2024-07-03). Julian Assange: Free at last. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-07-03). Julian Assange's release a victory for those fighting for truth, against war. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-07-03). Supreme Court Urged to Form Expert Committee for Hathras Stampede Probe. devdiscourse.com A plea filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday calls for the formation of a five-member expert committee under the supervision of a retired apex court judge to investigate the Hathras stampede incident that resulted in 121 fatalities.
(2024-07-03). First Amendment victory: Oklahoma Supreme Court vetoes public dollars for religious 'charter school'. peoplesworld.org 
OKLAHOMA CITY (PAI)—The AFT (Teachers) and its Oklahoma affiliate are cheering an overwhelming 7 to 1 State Supreme Court ruling outlawing funneling public taxpayer dollars to a religiously established charter school. The justices ruled on June 25 that the state's charter school board violated both the state and federal constitutions by trying to funnel public …
(2024-07-03). Assange returns to Australia to the resentment of hacks. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-07-03). Trump's sentencing date in hush money case postponed to September. independent.co.ug 
NEW YORK, THE UNITED STATES | Xinhua | The sentencing date for former U.S. President Donald Trump in the hush money case was postponed on Tuesday to Sept. 18 from July 11, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity. Trump's attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove on Monday sought leave to file a …
(2024-07-03). 15 Suspected Robbers Netted After Nabweru Attacks. plusnews.ug 
Up to 15 suspected machete attackers have been arrested days after an attack that left several people injured in Nabweru. They were arrested in an operation conducted by the Directorate of Crime Intelligence (DCI) together with teams from Nabweru and Kawempe police stations. Denis Bbosa, one of the victims of the attacks said machete-wielding men …
(2024-07-03). Julian Assange is free. fidh.org
(2024-07-03). EMERGENCY: To save democracy, unions say Supreme Court reform an immediate necessity. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's majority ruling giving Donald Trump almost total absolute immunity forever from federal prosecution, unions and more than 100 progressive allies revived a dormant campaign to get Congress to change the court. Organized by Demand Justice, the United for Democracy coalition — which includes the nation's two big …
(2024-07-03). How a Supreme Court ruling empowers Pa. towns — and threatens unhoused people. whyy.org
(2024-07-03). Germany steps up Lebanon invovlement amid Israel war threats. newarab.com 
Germany has dispatched the deputy chief of its intelligence service to Lebanon to meet with Hezbollah, days after According to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, which is close to Hezbollah, the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) Deputy Director Ole Diehl met Hezbollah's second in command Sheikh Naim Qassem in Beirut's southern suburbs on 29 June. Berlin and Hezbollah n…
(2024-07-03). 'He's the devil', Trump critics speak out against Supreme Court immunity ruling. presstv.ir Protesters gathered at the US Supreme Court after it recognized that ex-presidents have immunity from prosecution for certain actions taken in office.