It is an extraordinary thing to watch someone trembling on the edge of revelation.
— Read on www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/revelation-s-edge
Mother of 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody says pleas for hospital care were denied | AP News
The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody says agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones, struggled to breathe and was unable to walk. Mabel Alvarez Benedicks said in an emotional phone interview Friday with The Associated Press that authorities decided the girl’s diagnosis of influenza did not require hospital care. Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez died Wednesday after falling ill at a border station in Harlingen, Texas. It was the second child migrant death in U.S. government custody in two weeks.
— Read on apnews.com/article/border-patrol-custody-death-harlingen-8da5429f39cb7ac0ff4c9184a42d8ba2
Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why? | Live Science
Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a “critical moment of agony” and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.
— Read on www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-sunk-3-boats-in-europe-and-appear-to-be-teaching-others-to-do-the-same-but-why
The Long, Slow Death of Global Development – American Affairs Journal
The Long, Slow Death of Global Development – American Affairs Journal
— Read on americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/11/the-long-slow-death-of-global-development/
San Jose Police Officers’ Association exec Joanne Segovia charged with attempt to import valeryl fentanyl in US, officials say – ABC7 San Francisco
SJPOA Executive Director Joanne Marian Segovia has been charged with attempting to import illegal synthetic opioid drugs from overseas.
— Read on abc7news.com/joanne-segovia-charged-san-jose-police-officers-association-fentanyl-analogue-illegal-synthetic-opioid-drugs/13045722/
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Supreme Court Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Art is Copyright Infringement | PetaPixel
The United States Supreme Court has found in favor of Lynn Goldsmith, stating that Warhol’s use of her photo was not fair use.
— Read on petapixel.com/2023/05/18/supreme-court-rules-andy-warhols-prince-art-is-copyright-infringement/
The unforgettable life of prison rebel Martin Sostre | ROAR Magazine
It is time to honor the work of Martin Sostre, an underappreciated jailhouse lawyer who waged a revolutionary struggle against the US prison system.
— Read on roarmag.org/essays/martin-sostre-prison-activist/
Katherine McKittrick, a conversation on Black Dreamcatchers
Katherine McKittrick, a conversation on Black Dreamcatchers
— Read on dwellerforever.blog/2023/05/katherine-mckittrick-a-conversation-on-black-dreamcatchers
Pushing Back: Reporter Patrick Strickland on Europe’s Violent Borders
“When you allow the right to asylum to be chipped away, you’re not just doing it to other people. You’re doing it to yourself, too.”
— Read on www.theborderchronicle.com/p/pushing-back-reporter-patrick-strickland