News & Politics (Page 44)
February 15, 2023
Police Oversight Commission Challenges Use of ‘Gang Database’ in Chicago
Chicago’s new civilian police oversight commission challenged the Chicago Police Department’s use of the so-called gang database in its first directive issued Jan. 26 during a community meeting at Olive-Harvey College.
February 1, 2023
Opinion: Can Journalists Use Illegally Hacked Data?
(BE’ER SHEVA, Israel) — Logging onto the website Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDOS), my eyes were drawn to the only […]
January 24, 2023
How a Former Marine Turned Hitman is Changing Lives for the Better
In 1994, Self was arrested and booked on suspicion of possessing a silencer - a silencer used in the 805 freeway shooting of a San Diego orthopedic surgeon, Dr. William Shoemaker. This wasn’t any everyday run-of-the-mill unexceptional shooting; it was an attempted hit. Dr. Ronald Neufeld, a former medical partner of Dr. Shoemaker, enlisted the services and expertise of Self to kill his medical partner after taking out a $1 million life insurance policy on him.
December 22, 2022
Under the Flesh of an Industrial Slaughterhouse
(BE’ER SHEVA, Israel) — In Harper’s Magazine’s May 2013 cover story, “The Way of All Flesh,” American author and journalist […]
December 13, 2022
Afro-Costa Rican’s History of Inequality & Long Road to Pura Vida
(Costa Rica) — For native Costa Ricans, the phrase “Pura Vida” is loosely translated to “living life to the fullest” […]