Source: Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images / Getty A Colorado Republican made a joke about lynching before defending a provision counting enslaved Africans as only three-fifths of a human being. In a debate about strengthening civic education in the Centennial State. Mistaken for another Republican, Rep. Mike Lynch, before taking the floor,…
Source: CHANDAN KHANNA / Getty U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland ended a Trump-era restriction on investigations into police departments as several communities grapple with the fallout from recent killings. The recently confirmed Garland issued a memo to all U.S. attorneys and other relevant staff outlining policies to address police. “This memorandum makes clear that the…
Source: Stephen Maturen / Getty A multiracial coalition gathered in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood to demand justice for 13-year-old Adam Toledo, killed by a Chicago police officer. Block Club Chicago reported a planned Friday rally grew to thousands marching through the streets. Some people watched from nearby stoops, cheering the marchers. “No mother should have…
The bronze statue was modeled after a photograph of Joseph Vaughn walking on campus after he enrolled 56 years ago Furman University has forever memorialized an image captured in 1965 of its first Black student, Joseph Vaughn. A bronze statue, unveiled Friday, was modeled after a photograph of Vaughn walking up to the campus’ James…
U.S. police officers and public officials were among those who donated millions of dollars through a Christian crowdfunding website to 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of murder in shootings last summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a data breach has revealed. The breach, first reported by The Guardian, was shared with journalists by Distributed Denial of…
Source: Drew Angerer / Getty A group of Congressional Republicans is carrying on the “Trump tradition” in a new caucus. First reported by Punchbowl News, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar launched the effort last week. Both promoted conspiracy theories around the election and encouraged the Stop The Steal effort leading up to the…
“We’ve essentially handed down 10 or 15 generations worth of boxes of trauma that have yet to be unpacked,” says Dr. Steven Kniffley, a psychologist in Louisville, Kentucky Carlil Pittman knows trauma firsthand. As the co-founder of the Chicago-based youth organization GoodKidsMadCity-Englewood, he grieved the loss of Delmonte Johnson, a young community activist, more than…
While the internet has broadened and blurred the definition of a journalist, experts say it’s unlikely the excuse will serve as a viable defense The Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January created a trove of self-incriminating evidence, thoroughly documenting their actions and words in videos and social media posts. Now some of…
Officials say the suspect is still at large, though it is unlikely that the public is in danger after the incident at Somers House Tavern Three people were killed and two were left wounded early Sunday in a shooting at a tavern in southeastern Wisconsin, sheriff’s officials said. Kenosha Sheriff David Beth said the suspect…
Loni Love disclosed on April 15 during an episode of “E! News Nightly Pop” — with Nina Parker and guest-co-host comedian Kym Whitley — that she got caught taking pictures of Tyler Perry‘s home after Perry previously instructed her not to do so. Aside from the location, “The Real” co-host never revealed when this specific event occurred. Love…
