Atlanta police shoot and kill Rayshard Brooks as protests demanding racial justice continue worldwide
Brooks' death added to the growing outrage over police violence toward people of color, particularly black Americans, that has fueled #DefundPolice demands and demonstrations across the U.S. and in other countries for nearly three weeks.
'David Duke Without the Baggage:' Will Top GOPer Steve Scalise Resign Over Speech to...
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has confirmed he spoke at EURO, a convention founded by perhaps the country’s most notorious white supremacist. Now Republicans will have to decide what that says about their conference.
International collaboration to end violence
Can we do it? If we do not try, we will never know.
Charges Dropped Against 14-Year-Old Student Arrested for Making a Clock
After creating a digital clock for a school project, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing it to school. Now, after public outrage caused his story to go viral on social media, all charges have been dropped.
Senator slams gun industry’s ‘invasive and dangerous’ sharing of customer data with political operatives
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., questioned the legality of the “covert program” in which firearms manufacturers for years shared sensitive customer information with political operatives.
U.S. officials care more about protecting oil tankers than Palestinians
The United States is demanding an end to attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, but it won’t support a ceasefire in Gaza.
Meet Mia Tretta: Shot 6 years ago, Brown student speaks out after surviving 2nd...
“Physically and emotionally, a school shooting takes your whole life and flips it upside down.”
How Eric Adams has backed a secretive NYPD unit ridden with abuses
The mayor has repeatedly championed the CRT and his allies who run it, even as NYPD officials have warned its policing has been too aggressive.
Immigrants held in private northwest detention center report death, suicide attempts amid crackdown
This all comes as a federal judge blocked Washington state from fully enforcing a law intended to increase oversight at the for-profit immigrant jail, run by GEO Group.
After Texas walkout, Sanders says Senate Dems must show the ‘same courage’ by passing...
“We must pass S. 1, the For The People Act. The future of American democracy is at stake.”