Because: Hillary Clinton's Support Among Nonwhite Voters Has Collapsed On February 27th, Hillary Clinton led Bernie Sanders among African-American voters by 52 points. By March 26th, she led Sanders among African-Americans … [Read more...]

According to Glenn Greenwald. With Donald Trump Looming, Should Dems Take a Huge Electability Gamble by Nominating Hillary Clinton? In virtually every poll, her rival, Bernie Sanders, does better, often much better, in head-to-head … [Read more...]

People innocent of any crime are having their money and property stolen by law enforcement agencies. Property seizures a windfall for police "Massachusetts has some of the worst civil forfeiture laws in the country," said Robert Everett … [Read more...]

The North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, which had claimed it was not subject to public-records laws, has settled an ACLU lawsuit by agreeing to release its records. NEMLEC declined to release records, including policies … [Read more...]

The New Republic says it's even more secret, too: On Wednesday, WikiLeaks brought this agreement into the spotlight by releasing 17 key TiSA-related documents, including 11 full chapters under negotiation. Though the outline for this … [Read more...]

The Chicago Tribune says it looks like Boston's Olympic bid is foundering, and it reflects badly on Boston2024 and on the USOC. The current impression is Boston’s bid leaders sold the USOC a bill of goods, the USOC swallowed it, no one got … [Read more...]

SWAT teams aren't going to tell you when or where they've deployed, because they think they don't have to. As it turns out, a number of SWAT teams in the Bay State are operated by what are called law enforcement councils, or LECs. These … [Read more...]

Case in point: "Dingo Tom" Wheeler.  According to John Oliver: “The guy who used to run the cable industry’s lobbying arm is now running the agency tasked with regulating it. That is the equivalent of needing a babysitter and hiring a … [Read more...]

As expected, the casino industry loses no time in attempting to weaken regulations that they agreed to when applying for licenses. This will continue forever, unless the casino-enabling law is repealed. It's what they do. Crosby wants … [Read more...]

Our President has said a lot of good things about climate change. Unfortunately, the things he's been doing have been ... not so good. Bill McKibben in Rolling Stone: If you want to understand how people will remember the Obama climate … [Read more...]