During the last four years, a court-appointed special prosecutor has spent more than $5 million investigating a police torture ring that terrorized nearly 200 Black men on Chicago’s South Side during the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s.

But the report has still not seen the light of day–kept under wraps by the efforts of some of the city’s most powerful politicians.

Rights groups say the ruling will deter employees from speaking out. The US Supreme court has limited the rights of government whistle-blowers by ruling that they will not be protected under the First Amendment.

A very important victory was won today for the rights of internet consumers. The Judiciary Committee today approved a bill to preserve net neutrality. This bipartisan bill would prevent corporate executives from determining what content you are allowed to view on the internet.

Prisons and jails added more than 1,000 inmates each week for a year, putting almost 2.2 million people, or one in every 136 U.S. residents, behind bars by last summer.

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.