The Cops Charged With Killing George Floyd Wanted Separate Trials. A Minnesota Judge Ruled: NahA Hennepin County Judge ruled Wednesday that the former Minneapolis police officers charged with killing George…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 5, 2020
Tired of Mitch McConnell? The Future of His GOP Majority Lies in the Georgia and North Carolina Senate RacesOn Thursday afternoon, the future of the Senate still remained hazy thanks to two tight races in Georgia. Going into…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 5, 2020
GTFOH: Voters Oust Georgia Prosecutor Jackie Johnson Over Her Handling of Ahmaud Arbery’s KillingGeorgia voters showed prosecutor Jackie Johnson the door this week in a clear repudiation of her job investigating…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 5, 2020
Waiting on the Mail: Millions of Mail-In Ballots Remain Uncounted as Legal Challenges LoomAs of Wednesday afternoon, the presidential election was still very much ongoing, with millions of ballots still…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 4, 2020
The Winner of the 2020 Election Was Drug ReformThe clear victor on election night was neither President Donald Trump nor Democratic presidential nominee Joe…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 4, 2020
SCOTUS Has Shown More Mercy to Juvenile Defendants in the Last 20 Years. A New Case Could Reverse ThatToday marks the final day of voting in this year’s presidential election, considered by many to be the most…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 3, 2020
Robocall Disinformation Campaign Tells Flint Voters to Avoid Long Lines and Vote After Election DayModern-day voter suppression takes many forms: Disproportionately long lines at precincts in majority-Black…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 3, 2020
Voters of Color in 2 Key Swing States Are Seeing Their Mail Ballots Returned at Higher Rates Than White VotersFlorida and Georgia—two crucial battleground states in the 2020 election—are rejecting mailed-in ballots from voters…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 3, 2020
Activist Patrisse Cullors Delivers Final Rallying Cry to Black Voters: 'Add to the Power We Built in the Streets'Election Day is finally here, after a historic early voting period that has seen record numbers of voters turning up…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 3, 2020
2 Poll Challengers in Detroit Escorted Out After Using Racist Language, Refusing to Wear Masks ProperlyTwo poll challengers—one wearing a Halloween mask, the other refusing to wear her face mask properly—were kicked out…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 2, 2020
Kentucky State Police Training Documents Urged Cadets to Be ‘Ruthless’ in Their Violence, Quoted Hitler and Robert E. LeeA training program for Kentucky State Police quoted Adolf Hitler and the Nazis not once, not twice, but three times,…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 2, 2020
Dave Chappelle Will Return to Host SNL Post-Election Day in Reprise of 2016At least one part of this week’s election whirlwind will feel like déjà vu: Comedian Dave Chappelle is returning to…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 2, 2020
T.I. Just Gave Some Wildly Stupid Advice About How to Beat COVIDNow more than ever, some dudes need to be reminded that shutting the hell up is not only free but a wonderful…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 30, 2020
Don-Dada Lemon Talks Cutting Trump-Supporting Friends Out of His Life: ‘They’re Too Far Gone’The last four years have given us disaster after disaster: unprecedented natural calamity, worsening racial…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 30, 2020
Louisville Police Officer Who Raided Breonna Taylor’s Apartment Sues Boyfriend Kenneth Walker for Emotional Distress, AssaultSgt. Jonathan Mattingly, the Louisville Metro police officer who earlier this month claimed that the cops’ biggest…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 30, 2020
Ciara and Russell Wilson Launch Why Not You Academy, ‘First of Many’ Public Charter SchoolsCiara and Russell Wilson are the latest celebrities to fund a charter school, a move they say extends the couple’s…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 29, 2020
The Incarcerated Are Eligible for Stimulus Checks. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Danny Davis Want to Know Why the Bureau of Prisons Is Blocking ThemThroughout the coronavirus pandemic, the United States Congress has given only one stimulus check to help Americans…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 29, 2020
You Gotta Wait ‘Just a Little Bit’: Jennifer Hudson’s Aretha Franklin Biopic Respect Pushed Back to August 20212020 is ending without any Respect.ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 28, 2020
Chadwick Boseman’s Brother Kevin Celebrates 2 Years of Cancer Remission: ‘I Hope You’re Smiling and Shouting With Me’In a year defined by grief, dancer Kevin Boseman, one of late actor Chadwick Boseman’s older brothers, took a moment…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 28, 2020
For 2nd Night, Walter Wallace Protests Rock Philadelphia as National Guard Is Called InPhiladelphians turned out for the second night of protests on Tuesday night in the wake of the fatal police shooting…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 28, 2020