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Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher criticizes Illinois lawmakers for not caring about the team, which is moving to a stadium in Hammond, Indiana, 30 minutes south of the city. BRIAN URLACHER: I just don’t see how as a state, was it legislator, governor, city mayor, how you can let this team leave the state of Illinois or even be a topic of discussion. You know, you do what you have to do to keep the Bears there. The fans, we have some of the best fans in the world for any sport.If I was those guys, I would probably…

From a filing in one of the same plaintiff’s other cases. From today’s decision by Judge Steven McAuliffe (D.N.H.) in Doe v. Trustees of Dartmouth College (for an earlier similar decision related to Doe’s lawsuit against Penn, see here): “Litigation by pseudonym should occur only in exceptional cases.” Indeed, a “strong presumption” exists against proceeding by pseudonym, which “dims the public’s perception of the matter and frustrates its oversight of judicial performance.” That presumption, however, is rebuttable…. Doe alleges that he was denied admission to Dartmouth’s business school because of his “non-Jewish White ethnic heritage.” He says that despite his “outstanding…

Image by Toa Heftiba. When Congress wants to do something that the American public would object to, it buries it. That is exactly what it did with Section 224 of the House Armed Services Committee’s draft Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. A sinister, Israel-first, and AIPAC insertion to merge American military industries with the military of a country, Israel, that has been caught spying and stealing American technology. The proposed section is hidden inside a $1.15 trillion defense bill, advanced with virtually no public debate. The provision, titled the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” goes far beyond…

It’s strange behavior to throw a party and turn away guests at the door. The joint bid by the United States, Canada, and Mexico to host the FIFA World Cup—backed by President Donald Trump during his first term—had bragged about the ease of travel, calling North America “one of the top destinations in the world for international visitors.” But now that the soccer tournament is underway across North American cities, fans from the 48 participating countries have found themselves hassled or barred from coming by strict U.S. border policies. Even some of the participants themselves had trouble getting in. U.S.…

Gaza requires urgent international attention. What is happening in the besieged and devastated strip at the moment by far exceeds an unfolding humanitarian disaster; it is a calculated geopolitical reshaping. Israel is actively executing a plan to permanently occupy the vast majority of Gaza, with consequences that require little elaboration considering what we already know about the ongoing genocide. Currently, much of the international debate centers on a single official: Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov. The former United Nations special coordinator has been designated by the United States as the executive director of the Trump administration’s newly established “Board of Peace”…

Earlier this week, I thought the Judge Ross scandal had reached its terminus. Indeed, I had to give Judge Ross credit. She conned her colleagues so many times, yet they kept giving her more chances. She brazenly and repeatedly had sex in her offices within in moaning distance of her law clerks. None of her colleagues knew. When confronted, she lied about it repeatedly. She tried to obstruct the investigation by blaming her law clerk, who had the courage to blow the whistle. But after Judge Ross was caught–and she certainly knew she would be caught–she was given a second…

Catholic bishop Raúl Vera celebrating mass at Camp El Siete in December 2023. Photo: Paulina Rocío del Moral González. The struggle of the United Front of Pueblos of La Laguna in Defense of Life, Land, and Water in Durango – birth state of the legendary revolutionary, Pancho Villa– against the transnational corporation Chemours, a spin-off of DuPont de Nemours, since 2017, has reached a climax due to thuggish armed repression organized by economic, political, municipal and state authorities, aided by the Army and the National Guard, against 28 farmers, of both sexes, and factory workers jailed in March and one…

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In 2023, Steven Hicks was stopped by Detective Mitchell Ramsey, an officer in the Baltimore Police Department’s Group Violence Unit. After seeing a handgun “physically printing” through Hicks’ shirt, Ramsey conducted a stop-and-frisk search, despite Hicks repeatedly telling officers before and during the search that he had a license to carry. After police found cocaine on his person, Hicks was indicted on multiple drug and firearm offenses. He filed a motion to suppress the evidence, arguing that the arresting officers lacked “probable cause or reasonable suspicion” to stop and frisk him since he was licensed to carry a firearm. The…

The current Ebola outbreak is worsening, alarming most health officials. The outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus has caused rulers to impose travel restrictions and emergency responses as suspected cases continue to grow. The outbreak has revived international concern not only because of Ebola’s deadly reputation, but also because of other situations that are making it difficult to track and contain.  The involvement of the rare Bundibugyo strain is the primary cause for concern, although violence and displacement are also playing a role in the spread. According to a report by Forbes, frontline health workers are said to be “risking everything”…