Editor (2023-10-05). As a Black Woman Accused of Killing a White Man, I Was Never Innocent Until Proven Guilty. scheerpost.com

Staff (2023-10-05). Headlines for October 5, 2023. democracynow.org Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise to Run for Speaker of the House After McCarthy's Ouster, Biden Suggests He Might Circumvent Congress to Continue Arming Ukraine, 11 Arrested at Protest Demanding Sen. Bernie Sanders Support Peace Talks for Ukraine, Record-Shattering September Heat Keeps 2023 on Track as Hottest Year on Record, Biden Administration Waives 26 Laws to Hasten U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Construction, Israelis Kill Two in West Bank, Days After Settlers Destroy Farm of Palestinian American Family, Gaza Medics See Increase in Ankle Injuries as Israeli Forces Shoot at Protesters' Legs, Candidate…

Staff (2023-10-02). Gavin Newsom Taps Laphonza Butler to Fill Sen. Feinstein's Seat, Rejecting Calls to Pick Barbara Lee. democracynow.org California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving woman to ever serve in the Senate, has died at the age of 90. Feinstein had previously announced plans to retire at the end of this term, sparking an ongoing race to replace her open seat that's been led by California Congressmembers Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff. California Governor Gavin Newsom has tapped Laphonza Butler, the president of the Democratic pro-abortion organization EMILY's List and a former leader of the California SEIU, as Feinstein's temporary replacement. Butler will become the only Black woman in…

Tracy McCarter (2023-10-02). As a Black Woman Accused of Killing a White Man, I Was Never Innocent Until Proven Guilty. truthout.org One of the hollowest principles within the criminal legal system is the presumption of innocence until court-proven guilt. I know this firsthand. When my white husband died, I — a Black woman — was accused of his murder. The mere fact of my arrest on a second-degree murder charge set off a tsunami of consequences. Being arrested equated to being punished; "innocence" was never part of the… |

TASS (2023-10-01). US-Japan-South Korea alliance, NATO are cancerous tumors of world order, North Korea says. tass.com North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Im Chon Il added that it is the US-led alliances that pose a constant threat to the security of the independent states by displaying an "aggressive and chauvinistic nature" that poses the danger…