Month: September 2020

A federal judge on Tuesday found that Gwinnett County violated the Civil Rights Act in its handling of absentee ballots during last week’s midterm elections, a ruling that will likely delay the overall vote tally in the state’s tight gubernatorial race. U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May wrote in a 17-page order that the county was foundRead moreRead more

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE praised Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum on Saturday, saying the Florida Democrat will be a “force to reckon with”Read moreRead more

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday came out forcefully against the Trump administration angling the United States into another costly and unnecessary war of choice in the Middle East—this time against Iran—delivering an online address in which he warned that any military action without approval from Congress would be an “unconstitutional and illegal”Read moreRead more

Former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign for president confirmed Wednesday that the Delaware Democrat still supports the controversial, anti-choice Hyde Amendment, a revelation that generated intense criticism from rights groups.  Biden’s support of the policy, 43 years after it was first signed into law, is a sign that the former vice president is out ofRead moreRead more

Voting rights advocates celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s Monday ruling on a racial gerrymandering case that, as Common Cause put it, “means Virginia voters are finally getting #fairmaps!” “Today’s ruling from the Supreme Court is an important victory for African Americans in Virginia who have been forced since 2011 to vote in racially gerrymandered districtsRead moreRead more

In a case that has outraged and alarmed reproductive rights advocates nationwide, Marshae Jones—a 27-year-old black woman from Alabama—was charged with manslaughter Wednesday for experiencing a miscarriage last December after she was shot in the stomach. “This is the toxic collision of the everyday racism, sexism, and violence experienced by black women and the terrifyingRead moreRead more

After the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a “historic” piece of legislation Thursday that would raise the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 up to $15, Sen. Bernie Sanders immediately called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow that chamber to vote on the companion bill. “No one who has a jobRead moreRead more

The editorial board of The Charlotte Observer, the largest newspaper in North Carolina, is calling for a new election in a “tainted” U.S. House race that has been fraught with allegations of election fraud. In an editorial published Wednesday, the newspaper calls for the results of the election in the 9th Congressional District to be tossed out and aRead moreRead more

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE on Friday scoffed at reports that Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) may be mulling a White House run in 2020. “I thought youRead moreRead more

Former Rep. John DelaneyJohn DelaneyThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says country needs to rethink what ‘policing’ means; US cases surpass 2 million with no end to pandemic in sight Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says racism is a bigger problem than police behavior; 21 states see uptick in cases amid efforts toRead moreRead more