Stephen Colbert leaves the pundit behind to play himself
By PBS NewsHour RELATED LINKSRemembering ‘The Colbert Report’ — a friend to the NewsHour Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman…
The secret ingredient for getting through holiday stress? Gratitude
By Margaret Myers Getting through the holidays can be emotionally draining, especially when you’re the caretaker for a loved one.…
Cop Invokes “Law Appointed Right & Duty to Kill” People in Twitter Rant Threatening Protesters
By Jay Syrmopoulos San Jose, Calif. – In another callous display of cop logic, San Jose police officer Phillip White…
San Francisco Cop Caught Choking a Sleeping Hospital Patient, then Falsely Arresting Him
By Mike Sawyer Luckily for the victim, the hospital security cameras show what really happened. San Francisco, CA — A…
Leading role for Murthy: New American Surgeon General
Harvard health experts anticipated bold pronouncements on tobacco control, obesity, and mental health this week, as they digested the news…
Why the middle class is not feeling a recovery
By Simone Pathe The wealth gap between upper and middle-income Americans is at a 30-year high. Photo by Flickr user…
Using Prescriber Checkup: A Quick Guide
By ProPublica by Charles Ornstein UPDATED December 2014 Download a PDF of this tipsheet here. Until recently, there was no…
Apple halts online sales in Russia as ruble plummets
By Justin Scuiletti Russian shoppers were unable to purchase Apple products online Tuesday after the company took down its online…
Getting schooled
As the dark clouds over the nation’s economic future appear to be lifting, critics say the United States still needs…
Cops Are Scanning Social Media to Assign You a “Threat Rating”
By Matt Agorist Online activity, purchases, and “comments that could be construed as offensive,” all contribute to your threat score.…
Problems with Deputy Chris Brewer Go Back Many Years
In an interesting development I decided to do a bit of good ole fashioned research about Chris Brewer, the deputy…
Police can use evidence seized during mistaken traffic stops, Supreme Court rules
By Travis Daub WASHINGTON — Police can use evidence seized during a traffic stop even if it turns out the…
Man Pulled Over at Gunpoint In Front of His House While Trying to Get to His Wife in Labor
By Cassandra Rules Cleveland Heights, Ohio– Samuel Taylor was almost to his home when Cleveland Heights Officer William Robinson pulled…
Jeb Bush to ‘actively explore’ 2016 presidential run
By Joshua Barajas Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush takes the stage during the final day of the Republican National Convention…
Possible Pattern of Abuse by Laurens County Sheriff Department
The following submissions are courtesy of a contributor from Spartacus Legal. He claims that be became aware of this information…
What does the oft-cited ’1 in 5′ campus sexual assault stat really mean?
By Margaret Myers Sexual assaults on college campuses have been a topic of national interest recently, in large part because…
Koch group’s income plummeted in non-election year
By Carrie Levine Revenue at the Center to Protect Patient Rights, once a nerve center of the Koch brothers-affiliated nonprofit…