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Aug 12 2019
News
Potential jurors for trial of Greg Craig, former Obama W.H. counsel, asked about Mueller, Manafort
The jury selection process for former Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig began Monday morning as potential jurors were asked about their knowledge of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former special counsel Robert Mueller.
Mr. Craig is accused of lying to Justice Department officials about Manafort’s lobbying work for the Ukrainian government. The former White House
Washington TimesJun 09 2020
News
George Floyd Will Be Laid to Rest in Hometown of Houston After Private Memorial Service
George Floyd is being laid to rest next to his mother today at Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, Texas.
His body arrived in Houston on Saturday at 9:40 p.m. and was taken to Fort Bend Memorial Planning Center by the Houston Police Department.
Floyd, 46, died on May 25 in Minneapolis while being held down by a white police officer. Video from a bystander taken outside a local
CBNOct 16 2019
Opinion
Statehood for D.C.: Are we truly a democratic republic?
For the first time in more than two decades, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing last month to examine the potential admission of Washington, D.C., as our 51st state. But at its core, I believe that hearing examined whether we are truly a democratic republic.
Do we as a nation want to continue the disenfranchisement of the approximately 702,000 Americans who
Guest Writer - LeftFeb 02 2015
News
Alabama Lawmaker: Same-Sex Couples Don’t Deserve Same Financial Benefits As Other Families
Most conservatives who oppose marriage equality will cite the Bible, “nature,” or polygamy and incest to justify their opposition. But for one Alabama state senator, a reason to oppose marriage equality is that it would allow same-sex couples to receive the same financial benefits that different-sex couples currently receive. “You gotta look at the financial aspect of this as well,” State Sen
ThinkProgressMar 03 2020
News
Bloomberg Spent Millions to Buy Alabama Voters. But in Selma, He Wouldn’t Talk to Them.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG did not want to be in Selma on Sunday. When the Rev. Leodis Strong invited him to participate in the 55th anniversary of the 1965 civil rights march known as “Bloody Sunday,” the former mayor at first declined, saying that he was too busy running for president. A week later, he changed his mind — or had it changed for him — and decided that attending the historic Brown Chapel
The InterceptApr 28 2015
Opinion
The Brutality of Police Culture in Baltimore
Years of abuses are every bit as egregious as what the Department of Justice documented in Ferguson, Missouri, and as deserving of a national response. In Baltimore, where 25-year-old Freddie Gray died shortly after being taken into police custody, an investigation may uncover homicidal misconduct by law enforcement, as happened in the North Charleston, South Carolina, killing of Walter Scott
The AtlanticMar 08 2021
News
Vaccine-skeptical Trump country poses challenge to immunization push
The Biden administration can finally ship large quantities of coronavirus shots into the American heartland, where health officials are encountering a reservoir of vaccine skepticism among rural Americans who’ve adopted former President Donald Trump’s denial of a virus battering their communities.
If a critical mass of people don’t accept Covid-19 vaccines, the country won’t achieve “
PoliticoMay 23 2020
Opinion
Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy?
The white supremacist who murdered nine black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., five years ago dispensed with the fiction that the Confederate battle flag was an innocuous symbol of “Southern pride.” A murderer’s manifesto describing the killings as the start of a race war — combined with photos of the killer brandishing a pistol and a rebel flag — made it impossible to ignore the connection
New York Times (Opinion)Oct 12 2013
News
Governor Just Vetoed an Anti-Gun Bill That Would Have Been America’s Most Restrictive
California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Friday that would have imposed the nation’s toughest restrictions on gun ownership, saying it was too far-reaching. “I don’t believe that this bill’s blanket ban on semi-automatic rifles would reduce criminal activity or enhance public safety enough to warrant this infringement on gun owners’ rights,” the Democratic governor wrote in his veto message
The BlazeDec 01 2014
Opinion
OPINION: Ferguson and the useful application of mayhem
For President Obama and his cronies, everything is political and everyone is a pawn. After a grand jury declined to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the White House and Department of Justice immediately pushed the meme that the issue in Ferguson was about racism and policing. While a legitimate issue, in reality it is a symptom of the systemic problem
Washington Times