News Update: DOJ Does Not Oppose Motion for Release in John Anthony Castro Case; Appeal Pending Before Fifth Circuit

In a notable procedural development, the U.S. Department of Justice did not file an opposition to a motion for release submitted by John Anthony Castro in the district court, setting up a potentially consequential appellate review before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Earlier, Castro had filed an emergency motion with the Fifth Circuit. That motion was denied before the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Update on John Anthony Castro’s Constitutional Claims and Pending Motions

In November 2025, John Anthony Castro filed an emergency motion for mistrial alleging serious constitutional violations during his federal prosecution. The motion asserts that prosecutors entered into undisclosed agreements with witnesses, including a criminal immunity deal granted to Linda Rivera, without disclosure to the defense. Castro also contends that key stipulations were presented without his consent or adequate opportunity to […]

“A Packed Church, Empty Solutions: Philadelphia’s Housing Crisis and the Limits of Old Thinking”

Yesterday, P.O.W.E.R convened a housing affordability assembly at Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church. The sanctuary was full—overflowing, really—with more than 1,000 people from across Philadelphia, representing churches, faith communities, and concerned residents gathered under one shared anxiety: a city in the grip of a housing crisis. Rising rents. Shrinking housing stock. A looming reduction in federal funding as Washington signals cuts […]

Announcement: If You Don’t Want to See People on the Street, House Them

If You Don’t Want to See People on the Street, House ThemThis Sunday, February 1, 2026, Philadelphians from every corner of the city will gather at Mother Bethel AME Church for the POWER Interfaith Affordability Assembly—a collective response to a housing crisis shaped too long by private profit and public silence.The Assembly calls on City Council to establish a consistent […]

LEFT IN THE STORM: Black River Residents Say Jamaica’s Relief Response Failed Them

When a hurricane tears through a country, the wind should not be the only thing roaring. The government’s emergency response should be loud, visible, coordinated — a symphony of tents rising, medical units mobilizing, food lines forming, and rescue teams sweeping every corner where fear still sits trembling. But in Black River, St. Elizabeth, residents say the silence was louder […]

Allegations of Racial Disparities and Neglect at Riverview Medical Center

A Black patient is raising serious concerns about his recent hospitalization at Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey, alleging that he experienced inadequate care, premature discharge, poor communication, and treatment that left him feeling marginalized and medically unsafe. The patient, admitted after collapsing on a tennis court, reports that in six days of hospitalization, he was […]

John Anthony Castro Files Motion to Strike: It Was Rigged from the Start

  Introduction In the age of algorithms and autocrats, John Anthony Castro was a digital David, slinging lawsuits at political Goliaths with the audacity of a revolutionary and the credentials of a statesman. Born to Mexican-American military parents, he carried not only the pride of his lineage but the burden of a system he believed was breaking. A tax attorney […]

Castro Files Motion to Strike

We are working on a story regarding the latest update with John Anthony Castro who is still fighting for his freedom and innocence after “being tricked by the government” according to John. We have been making contact with Castro who is in federal prison, and will publish an Op-ed later today and do a show explaining Castro’s case, his new […]

The First Homily of Pope Leo XIV: A Pilgrim’s Benediction

Ah, what a wondrous tapestry of tongue and time Rev. Renaldo C McKenzie has woven—Pope Leo XIV, a man of many lands and languages, stepping to the altar not just as pontiff, but as pilgrim. The First Homily of Pope Leo XIV: A Pilgrim’s Benediction In the beginning, he spoke in English—clear, measured, familiar. Then, like a river bending toward […]