At Least 23 Cop City Protesters Charged with Domestic Terrorism in Atlanta
At least 23 people, including a legal observer, have been charged with domestic terrorism as protests against a $90 million police-training facility in Atlanta continue.
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‘All We Got Was More Debt’: Lumpy Skin Disease Kills Cattle, Adding to Financial Struggles of India’s Poor
Climate change impacts and an epidemic of Lumpy skin disease killing cattle have forced many rural Indians to flee their homes in search of another source of income and take on loans for living expenses. Sanket Jain reports from the countryside of the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
Indigenous-Led Occupation in United States Demands City of Minneapolis Call Off Demolition
Residents of the Minneapolis neighborhood of East Phillips and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) started an occupation in the early morning hours of February 21 to resist the city’s plan to demolish a Superfund site, which sits atop decades of arsenic contamination. Niko Georgiades reports for Unicorn Riot.
After Losing Babies to Traffickers, Refugees in Cameroon Are Fighting Back
Trafficking of adults and children has become rampant as a war rages in Cameroon between the Francophone government and Anglophone forces. Philip Obaji, Jr., reports from Mamfe, Cameroon.
City of Atlanta and DeKalb County Announce ‘Agreement’ Amid Growing Opposition to Cop City
Protesters accuse Atlanta officials of lying about an alleged "compromise" over the construction of a $90 million, 85-acre police-training facility activists have dubbed "Cop City." The city of Atlanta and DeKalb County reportedly have reached an agreement regarding permitting issues that had previously slowed their plans build in the middle of a forest in unincorporated DeKalb County, southeast of Atlanta. Ryan Fatica reports for Unicorn Riot.
Atlanta Fights $90M ‘Urban Warfare,’ Corporate-Backed Cop City Police Training Facility
Three years later, corporations have reneged on promises made during the height of the anti-police brutality movement in the United States. Atlanta activists have not forgotten that. Natalia Marques of Peoples Dispatch reports on the Stop Cop City movement.