Category: Society
Obama Pitches ‘John Lewis Act’ to Expand Voting Rights to Felons, Puerto Rico; Scrap Filibuster
While eulogizing John Lewis Thursday to thunderous applause, former president Barack Obama sought to leave the congressman and civil rights giant a durable political legacy.
Tom Cotton’s Abhorrent Comments Are The Ultimate Disrespect for John Lewis
It's a hell of a send-off for a man who had been one of last of the great fighters for civil rights and so revered for so long that he was known as the "conscience of the Congress."
Adam Schiff on Deployment of Federal Agents: The Objective Here Is for Trump to Have a Campaign Issue
A top House Democrat who has a long history of investigating Donald Trump called out the Trump's use of unidentified paramilitary federal agents as nothing more than a political stunt.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Blames Federal Troops for Civil Unrest in His City
It's been the unidentified federal agents which the Trump administration has been sending into the city--not the protesters themselves--which are turning the protests in Portland, Ore., violent, according to Mayor Ted Wheeler.
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.
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.
Columnist Clarence Page on Juneteenth Rallies, Protests: ‘This Younger Generation Giving Me a Lot of Hope for the Future’
The Black Lives Matter protests have been a real historical watershed moment in US history, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist Clarence Page.
