California Moves to Confront Police Violence

02 April 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News California Moves to Confront Police Violence  Scott Wilson, The Washington Post Wilson writes: "Sequita Thompson pulled open the sliding-glass door leading from her living room, crowded with handmade protest signs and photographs of her late grandson, to a narrow backyard. She would not step beyond the threshold." READ MORE DHS. (image: Getty Images/Daily Beast) Betsy Woodruff | Homeland Security Disbands Domestic Terror Intelligence Unit Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast Woodruff writes: "The Department of Homeland Security has disbanded a group of intelligence analysts who focused on domestic terrorism, The Daily Beast has learned. Numerous current and former DHS officials say they find the development concerning, as the threat of homegrown terrorism - including white supremacist terrorism - is growing." READ MORE Michael Brown, 18, was killed on August 9, 2014. (photo: Facebook) Michael Brown's Mother Is Running for Ferguson City Council Associated Press Excerpt: "Michael Brown's mother could soon have oversight over the police department connected to her son's death, if voters in Ferguson, Missouri, elect her to the City Council." READ MORE Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr answers a question from the media after an FCC meeting to vote on net neutrality, December 14, 2017, in Washington. (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP) FTC Gives ISPs Green Light to Block Applications as Long as They Disclose It Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica Brodkin writes: "When repealing net neutrality rules, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and fellow Republicans argued that consumers had nothing to worry about because the Federal Trade Commission would protect them from discriminatory practices by Internet service providers." READ MORE Hundreds of San Francisco city workers staged a rally to demand a fair contract that addresses pay equality for women outside of the City and County of San Francisco Human Resources office on March 7, 2019. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) America Has Stalled on Equal Pay Anna North, Vox North writes: "We often hear that the gender wage gap is closing. Overall, the pay gap between American women and American men has narrowed significantly since 1980, from about 36 cents to about 15 cents in 2018, according to the Pew Research Center." READ MORE A toddler and the Mexican federal police. (photo: Getty Images) Why the Real Migration Crisis Is in Central America, Not at the Southern US Border Democracy Now!  Excerpt: "President Trump has announced the United States will cut off funding to the so-called Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador that are the primary source of a wave of migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border." READ MORE Bottles of Johnson's baby powder and Johnson's baby shampoo are displayed in a store in New York City, U.S., January 22, 2019. (photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo Samples Fail Indian Quality Test Subrat Patnaik, Reuters Patnaik writes: "Johnson & Johnson's baby shampoo samples failed quality tests conducted by the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, according to a public notice from the state's drugs watchdog, findings that were rejected by the U.S. drugmaker." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation