Slideshow: Holocaust memorials as physical reminders of past crimes
All photos by Filip Warwick. Hear/read his accompanying audio report. Click any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
New Danish law permits authorities to seize valuables from asylum seekers
Denmark’s parliament voted in favor of new laws regarding asylum seekers Tuesday. It is now legal for the government to seize assets worth more than $1,400 from refugees for the stated purpose of paying...
Obama slashes solitary confinement in federal prisons
In an op-ed published by the Washington Post, President Obama announced some major changes to bring more humanity to the criminal justice system. Tanya Snyder has more. Download Audio FSRN Profile: Meet Steven Czifra,...
HINDSIGHT: Steven Czifra – from solitary confinement to UC Berkeley
In a Washington Post op-ed, President Obama announced dramatic reforms to the federal prison system’s use of solitary confinement, including slashing the amount of time an individual should spend in solitary and abolishing it...
SCOTUS ruling gives second chance to prisoners sentenced to life as juveniles
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that could free people currently in prison who were sentenced as juveniles to life without parole. In 2012, the court ruled in Miller v. Alabama...
Chilean activists protest the TPP ahead of next week’s signing
Canada’s International Trade Minister said Monday that Ottawa intends to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but that does not mean that the federal government will ratify the massive trade deal. In a statement, Chrystia Freeland...
FSRN Weekly Edition – January 22, 2016
Questions of accountability and long term effects loom over Flint water crisis Massive gas leak continues to spew methane into Southern California skies DOI to assess coal mining on federal lands for first time...
U.S. government to review program for leasing federal land to coal companies
The federal government is reviewing a program that allows for the leasing of federal lands to coal companies. The Obama administration has announced a freeze on new applications for coal mining leases for the...
Questions of accountability and long term effects loom over Flint water crisis
A public health crisis has been simmering in Flint, Michigan for nearly two years…and it’s finally boiled over. The governor has apologized and promised accountability, but it’s still unclear how much he knew and...
Massive gas leak continues to spew methane into Southern California skies
There’s no end in sight for what some environmental activists call the country’s biggest environmental catastrophe since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. A massive leak of methane gas from an underground...
