It is easier than ever for mesothelioma patients and caregivers to learn about the disease and its treatment options. As soon as researchers publish a scientific discovery, all kinds of websites cover the news — often with eye-catching headlines and an uplifting tone. In many cases,...
The 17,000 individuals named in the NYPD’s gang registry are 99 percent black or Latino, Chief of Detectives Dermot F. Shea revealed this week, according to the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Shea, testifying Wednesday before the City Council’s Committee on Public Safety, was talking publicly...
A lawsuit accuses New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas of “blatant, ongoing and systematic discrimination” against officers based on gender and sexual orientation, reports the Albuquerque Journal. He is accused of “mooning” employees, describing two staff members as “dumb (expletive) bitches” and sending an...
Congressional Republicans have distanced themselves from the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border even as the White House and Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited the Bible in defending the “zero tolerance” approach to illegal border crossings, reports the...
Former FBI director James B. Comey predicted last month that the Justice Department inspector general “might bang me for [my] decisions.” “Bang” turned out to be a fittingly forceful verb choice, says the Washington Post. In a report published Thursday after an 18-month review, Inspector...
Is sexual assault especially under-reported in Muslim communities? The answer may be yes, due to a lack of culturally sensitive social services and a prevalent culture of silence and shame surrounding sexual assault within Muslim communities. “There is a serious under-reporting of domestic and sexual abuse...