Last week, Donald Trump in his first State of the Union address, called for bipartisanship and unity. “I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground, and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people we were elected to serve,” he urged in his speech. […]
A guard at a New Jersey women’s prison was arrested on Friday and charged with sexual assault, joining the five corrections officers charged with sexual abuse at the same prison last year. Ronald Coleman Jr. worked as a corrections officer since 2000, according to MyCentralJersey.com. Coleman, a corrections officer at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, was charged […]
Nebraska State Senator Tom Brewer (R) has proposed a new bill that would restrict wind power development in the state and end the designation of wind power as “renewable.” The bill, introduced on February 2, would undo provisions the state has enacted in recent years to streamline wind power development. These same provisions have enabled the […]
Larry Nassar, the former doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, was sentenced for the final time in an Eaton County, Michigan courtroom on Monday. For the last three weeks, Nassar has sat for two sentencing hearings related to his guilty pleas on 10 counts of sexual assault. During his previous sentencing hearing in […]
On Monday afternoon, Breitbart announced it was deleting an Islamophobic tweet that the site claimed did not meet its “editorial standards.” We have deleted a tweet that did not meet our editorial standards. — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) February 5, 2018 The tweet in question was posted on Sunday night. It suggested that Muslims will some […]
On Monday, the Justice Samuel Alito rejected an effort by Republican leaders in Pennsylvania to restore a Republican gerrymander that has allowed Republicans to dominate the state’s congressional delegation even in years when Democrats won the statewide popular vote. Though stay requests such as this one are directed to a single justice as a matter […]
A mass-shooting targeting six West African immigrants in Italy is the latest sign that white supremacy and nationalism are seeing a resurgence throughout the country, as elections loom large. Alleged gunman Luca Traini, 28, is responsible for a drive-by shooting in the city of Macerata on Saturday that reportedly left six bystanders injured, at least one […]
A woman who has accused President Trump of forcibly kissing her in Trump Tower in 2005 has declared her candidacy for a state legislature seat in Ohio. The woman, Rachel Crooks, first spoke publicly about the alleged incident in October 2016, and in the months since, she has been inspired to mount her first run […]
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday to criticize Britain’s health care system, and in the process, attacked a goal that many other industrialized democracies share: universal coverage. The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working. Dems want to […]
When President Trump decided to fire former FBI director James Comey in May, the White House swiftly moved to damage-control mode. “He’s a showboat. He’s a grandstander,” Trump told NBC’s Lester Holt at the time. “The FBI has been in turmoil. You know that, I know that, everybody knows that.” Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, attempting […]
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech last week highlighted ordinary Americans doing extraordinary things. In the same speech, the president also called for an immigration system that protects the nuclear family. Yet it’s become clear this week that his administration will deport even the most extraordinary almost-Americans with nuclear families. Three days after […]
If Jacob Lebel were to be in district court today, as originally planned, he would want people to know that every action has a reaction. “When you take an action or vote for somebody, that translates to killing the Barrier Reef or killing-off ecosystems or affecting some of our natural resources that we depend on,” […]
Illinois state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R) is challenging incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) in the upcoming gubernatorial primary, attacking him from the right. Her campaign’s latest ad, however, does so by taking aim at various groups, including teachers, transgender people, and young feminists. An actor portraying a mockery of a transgender woman thanks Rauner “for […]
Arthur Jones — a Holocaust denier, anti-Semite, and white supremacist — is about to become the Republican nominee for a U.S. congressional seat in Illinois. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Jones is the only GOP candidate running in the heavily Democratic 3rd Congressional District, which represents parts of Chicago and it’s outer lying suburbs. Jones’ […]
Several Philadelphia Eagles players have said they will skip the traditional team visit to the White House in the wake of their victory against the New England Patriots on Sunday night. Some have cited President Trump’s negative rhetoric regarding the NFL protests as a motivating factor, while others say they are concerned about ongoing injustices […]
An advertisement during Super Bowl LII featured a sermon from Martin Luther King Jr. delivered on February 4, 1968, exactly fifty years ago. It is known as the “Drum Major Instinct” sermon. This was the portion featured in the ad: If you want to be important—wonderful. If you want to be recognized—wonderful. If you want […]
Protesters identifying with Black Lives Matter have blocked a number of transit lines in Minneapolis in the hours before Super Bowl 52. The protesters explained their rationale in a statement: Activists are using this moment to stand with athletes who have protested throughout the past two football seasons calling attention to the murder of Black […]