Civil Liberties

New York City pension funds have joined forces with a coalition of investors, organized by Open Media and Information Companies Initiative, to file shareholder resolutions with 10 publicly-held US Internet services providers (ISPs). The resolutions urge corporate boards to report on the impact of the companies' Internet network management practices on public expectations of freedom of expression and privacy.

Take 1200 prisoners from Arizona, hire Indiana at $64 per day to house them, then ship them 1500 miles from home and loved ones to a private prison in New Castle, Indiana run by the GEO Group, a private prison company that has been repeatedly cited for substandard conditions. When a riot among 500 prisoners broke out last week, with prisoners taking over the facility for two hours, it was hardly surprising to observers.