Category: News
Black Comedian: We Should Accept the Fact that America Was Built on White Supremacy
As the United States continues its national conversation over race and racism which got jumpstarted with the May 25 murder of George Floyd, the socially informed black comedian W. Kamau Bell offered his perspective on racism in America.
De Blasio Signs NYPD Accountability Package into Law: ‘This Today Is a Victory’ for #BlackLivesMatter
response to the tremendous national outpouring for police reform in the wake of the murder of George Floyd while in police custody, New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio signed into law Wednesday a sweeping NYPD Accountability Package.
Cuomo: It’s a Good Thing To Redesign the Police Dep’t That Works for Everyone
Saying that there must be "trust and respect between the police and the community," New York Gov Andrew Cuomo (D) is embracing the call for police reform, which has become a key issue in the United States since the May 25 murder of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis, Minn., police.
Pelosi: ‘We Don’t Want Our Children to Take Risk to Go to School’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi clapped back at Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who began this week demanding that all of the nation's schools re-open this fall in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Deborah Birx: States with Surges Should Return to Phase One Guidelines
With the novel coronavirus pandemic surging across the United States, and cases of COVID-19 spiking in Florida and several other states, the White House coronavirus response coordinator is recommending that those states pull back in their "re-opening" protocols.
White House Reporter: People Around Trump Are Concerned He’s Talking to an ‘Increasingly Smaller Portion of the Country’
There's a growing concern among those who work for Donald Trump that his messages are not proving to be successful in bolstering his re-election effort, according to the White House reporter for the Associated Press.
Historian Meacham: America Has Followed the ‘Devices and Desires’ of White People’s Hearts
In the midst of the ongoing national search for racial justice, one of the most prominent American historians is offering the nation a path towards reconciliation.
David Jolly: ‘Not Wearing a Mask Doesn’t Make You Cool, It Makes You a Carrier’
Conservatives and Republicans have been wrong to frame the issue of wearing face masks as one of "freedom," when it's more properly one of public safety, according to a former Republican congressman.
Oglala Lakota Tribe Member Nick Tilsen Says Mount Rushmore Is a ‘Symbol of White Supremacy’
Despite requests from tribal officials to stay away, Donald Trump visited Mt Rushmore in South Dakota for an observance of Independence Day which amounted to nothing more than the latest salvo in Trump's culture war.
Bolton Says Russia Controversy Highlights Trump’s ‘Lack of Interest in Intelligence’
Donald Trump's emergent scandal in which Russian operatives apparently paid Afghan insurgents bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan while Trump allegedly did nothing to stop it is due to his general lack of interest in intelligence, according to a White House national security adviser who served Trump.
