Walter Mendenhall, Next City. (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…

Sierra Dickey, Scheer Post. (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…

Binoy Kampmark (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 …

ACLU of Northern California (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…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2024-07-03). The US Supreme Court Outs the Imperial Presidency. globalresearch.ca

Peter Bach (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

Melvin Goodman (2024-07-03). The Trump Supreme Court's War on the Environment. counterpunch.org

greenleft.org.au (2024-07-03). The release of Julian Assange: plea deals and dark legacies. greenleft.org.au

latintimes (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.

Javier Arana Villasusa (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.

WSWS (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.

greenleft.org.au (2024-07-03). Whistleblower Richard Boyle loses his appeal to be protected. greenleft.org.au

Reuters (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.

Associated Press (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.

greenleft.org.au (2024-07-03). Julian Assange: Free at last. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-07-03). Julian Assange's release a victory for those fighting for truth, against war. greenleft.org.au

noemail (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.

Press Associates (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 …

greenleft.org.au (2024-07-03). Assange returns to Australia to the resentment of hacks. greenleft.org.au

The Independent (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 …

Plus News (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 …

Maxime Duriez (2024-07-03). Julian Assange is free. fidh.org

Mark Gruenberg (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 …

Kenny Cooper (2024-07-03). How a Supreme Court ruling empowers Pa. towns — and threatens unhoused people. whyy.org

newarab (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…

presstv.ir (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.

Sharon Zhang, Truthout. (2024-07-01). SCOTUS Overturns 'Chevron' Deference, Massive Transfer Of Power To Courts. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines on Friday to overturn a 40-year-old doctrine known as Chevron deference in a seismic decision that could see a major erosion of federal administrative rule in issues of public health, labor rights, environmental protection, food safety, and more. | The Court ruled 6 to 3 in a pair of decisions that hands a massive amount of control over federal regulatory powers to the courts, overturning the doctrine that allowed federal agencies to have interpretive authority when there was any ambiguity in a law. Chevron deference allowed experts at federal agencies — as pe…

presstv.ir (2024-07-01). Israel dreads new front opening as Ansarullah's clout grows in North Africa. presstv.ir Israeli intelligence agencies are increasingly worried about a potential new front emerging against the regime as the Yemeni Ansarullah resistance movement is expanding its influence in North Africa.

Binoy Kampmark (2024-07-01). Assange's Return to Australia: The Resentment of the Hacks. dissidentvoice.org Julian Assange of WikiLeaks fame is now back in the country of his birth, having endured conditions of captivity ranging from cramped digs in London's Ecuadorian embassy to the maximum-security facilities of Belmarsh Prison. His return to Australia after striking a plea deal with the US Department of Justice sees him in a state with …

Anthony Grasso, The Progressive Magazine. (2024-07-01). The Supreme Court Made Regulating Corporations Nearly Impossible. popularresistance.org On June 28, the Supreme Court published its decision in the case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. While the case has not attracted as much attention as some of the Court's recent spate of controversial rulings, it revoked a long held precedent and will limit government agencies' ability to do their jobs. | Loper Bright deals with seemingly mundane questions of commercial fishing regulation. Current federal law requires fishing companies to allow National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) monitors to board their boats for regulatory purposes. The NMFS, however, has interpreted federal law to create a new rule…

ecns.cn (2024-07-01). Ministry of State Security warns public of 'spy eyes' in space. ecns.cn China's Ministry of State Security revealed Sunday that some countries' intelligence agencies use data analyzed by professionals and even coordinates provided by "enthusiastic" netizens to conduct real-time monitoring.

ecns.cn (2024-07-01). (W.E. Talk) 'If you are an intelligent person, you'll necessarily be interested in what Marx has to say'. ecns.cn In a BBC poll in 1999, revolutionary writer Karl Marx was voted the greatest thinker of the millennium. What was the reason behind it? What are the characteristics of Marxism? How can Marxism help us understand the relationship between people, artificial intelligence, and the natural world? | Speakers at the latest W.E. Talk included David McLellan, author of Karl Marx: A Biography, fellow of Goldsmiths College, University of London, and four scholars at the Central Institute of Socialism – Zuo Peng, director of the Marxist Theory Department, Xu Feng, deputy director of the United Front Theory Department, Weng He…

Manlio Dinucci (2024-07-01). Assange: Inquisiàßà£o do Império condena o jornalismo herético. globalresearch.ca "O fundador do WikiLeaks declara-se culpado e é condenado por conspirar para obter e divulgar informaàßàµes classificadas sobre a defesa nacional. Julian Assange, fundador do WikiLeaks, declarou-se culpado de conspirar com Chelsea Manning, na altura analista dos serviàßos secretos do …

National Homelessness Law Center (2024-07-01). National Homelessness Law Center Condemns Supreme Court Decision. indybay.org National Homelessness Law Center Condemns Supreme Court Decision, Demands Real Solutions to Homelessness…

Keith McHenry (2024-07-01). Monday 7/1: Emergency Meeting on the Supreme Court Ruling on Anti-Camping Laws. indybay.org Santa Cruz City Hall, 809 Center St, Santa Cruz…

Ruth Milka (2024-07-01). Supreme Court overturns Chevron doctrine, progressive democrats push for urgent legislative response. nationofchange.org Supreme Court's seismic decision strips federal agencies of interpretive authority, sparking immediate legislative action from progressive lawmakers to safeguard public health, labor rights, and environmental protections.

Emilia Cieslak (2024-07-01). The Weekly Round-up: Russian human rights abuses in Ukraine, climate litigation on the rise, Assange pleads guilty and goes free. ukhumanrightsblog.com In UK news Julian Assange has been released from HM Prison Belmarsh after accepting a plea deal with American prosecutors. Assange pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act, for communicating with whistleblower Chelsea Manning and receiving and publishing classified information regarding Guantanamo Bay, the Afghan and Iraq war, and US …

WSWS (2024-07-01). Right-wing Supreme Court majority approves making homelessness a crime. wsws.org As expected, the extreme right-wing Supreme Court majority on Friday overturned a Ninth-Circuit ruling that prohibited local governments from fining or arresting homeless people for sleeping in public when no public shelters were available.

Maxime Duriez (2024-07-01). Julian Assange is free. fidh.org

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-01). Uzbekistan: 2 Years on, No Justice in Autonomous Republic. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Twenty-two defendants, including blogger and lawyer Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, listen to the verdict in their trial on charges related to the July 2022 protests in Nukus, the main city in Karakalpakstan, at a court in Bukhara, Uzbekistan on January 31, 2023. | © 2023 Uzbekistan Supreme Court / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images…

Medjool (2024-07-01). Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada 2023 CRA filing. justpeaceadvocates.ca Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada (JHFC) is a registered charity in Canada governed by provisions of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), and subject to oversight by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). JEWISH HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF CANADA Business Number : 118974294 RR 0001 Charity Intelligence Canada (CIC) which provides a zero/F …