Prison Industrial Complex
Year after the year the United States beats all other countries in having the highest rate of incarceration in the world. According to a 2018 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) over 2.2 million adults were held behind bars at the end of 2016. People of color & native Americans make up the majority of those imprisoned. George Szamuely, a senior fellow at The Global Policy Institute has researched incarceration trends in the US and abroad.
Youth Incarceration in US
60,000! That is the approximate number of children sleeping behind bars every night in the US. It’s a national trend called the school to prison pipeline where children as young as 12 are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
US Midterm Elections: The Florida Case
America's midterm elections tend to evoke shrugs outside the U.S. The world usually focuses only on U.S. Presidential elections, but this year, things are different. Marcelo Sánchez, USA Really correspondent in Florida, reports.
US Police: Locked and Loaded Against Communities of Color
Marcelo Sánchez with the new report on police brutality in the US.
"I'm an Ordinary Russian Woman:" Federal News Agency Accountant Elena Khusyaynova Responds to U.S. Accusations
Recently accused of conspiring against America, Ms. Khusyaynova has responded to U.S. officials in a plain and explicit way. On Friday, the Office of Public Affairs of the Justice Department released a new portion of accusations against Russia, targeting Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, a St. Petersburg woman who prosecutors say helped manage the finances of a mysterious but almighty Russian social media effort aimed at interfering in the US political system, including the 2018 midterm elections (and all future elections as well). The official Department of Justice (Office...
Puerto Rico: the Land of Broken Dreams
Watch the first USA Really documentary: the short true story about Puerto Rico! When people think about Puerto Rico, their first thought is often beautiful vistas, colonial architecture, colorful little streets and eternal beaches, complete with Spanish forts facing the ocean... its a vacation paradise for white middle-class Americans. However, this is only one side of the story. There is another Puerto Rico, a Puerto Rico that the US government and the corporate media have done their best to hide from the public eye.
Protest Action in Washington, D.C.
USA — August 13, 2018 Reporter of USA Really about gathering in Sunday, August 12.
The Alt-right and Counter-Protest Near the White House
WASHINGTON — August 13, 2018 At the White House on a Sunday afternoon, counter-protesters assembled by the thousands--demonstrating a rebuke of a White Nationalist protest organized by the Alt-right and one of its outspoken members Jason Kessler. Report of Colin Campbell from Washington especially for the USA Really.
Trump, Americans and the Media
USA — August 13, 2018 Donald Trump’s disdain of the mainstream media is nothing new, however in recent weeks he’s stepped up his rhetoric to unprecedented levels.