News1/23/21Jan 233News1/23/21NewsKyle Rittenhouse's Bail Terms Amended After Footage of Him at Bar Flashing 'White Power' SignsIshena Robinson85A judge in Wisconsin has amended Kyle Rittenhouse’s bond conditions to bar the 18-year-old from drinking or…
News1/23/21Jan 231News1/23/21NewsReport: Trump Was Planning to Fire His Acting Attorney General This January in Another Effort to Steal the Presidential ElectionIshena Robinson35We all knew Trump was going off the rails in his last few weeks in office—that is “off the rails” for him, a man who…
News1/23/21Jan 232News1/23/21NewsBiden Administration Orders National Intelligence Office and FBI to Assess Threat of Domestic Violent ExtremismIshena Robinson23We can’t say President Joe Biden hasn’t hit the ground running. In his first week in the Oval Office, Biden has…
News1/22/21Jan 22SaveNews1/22/21NewsRepublican Rep. Andy Harris Caught by Capitol Police Trying to Bring a Concealed Weapon Onto the House FloorIshena Robinson22If I were a member of Congress, I’d still be looking sideways at some of my colleagues (GOP ones, specifically) even…
Opinion1/22/21Jan 221Opinion1/22/21OpinionWhere Do We Go From Here? Why Biden Needs a Plan for Tackling White SupremacyIshena Robinson19Wednesday’s inauguration was a breath of fresh air in many ways. We saw the swearing-in of the first woman, Black…
Coronavirus1/22/21Jan 22SaveCoronavirus1/22/21CoronavirusDallas Wanted to Prioritize Vaccines for Hard Hit Black and Latino Neighborhoods, But Texas Officials Blocked That PlanIshena Robinson2With the various coronavirus vaccines now circulating throughout the nation, the conversation about the pandemic has…
Politics1/20/21Jan 204Politics1/20/21PoliticsAmanda Gorman Stuns With Powerful Inaugural Poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’Ishena Robinson26Much of Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris felt like a balm…
Politics1/20/21Jan 202Politics1/20/21PoliticsRepublican Chairwoman of Election Board in Gwinnett County, Ga., Calls for Election Laws to Be Changed So Her Party Can WinIshena Robinson61Republicans are still peeved at the powerful showing of historically marginalized voters—Black people,…
News1/20/21Jan 201News1/20/21NewsOn Biden’s To-Do List Today Is Rescinding the Racist 1776 Commission [Updated]Ishena Robinson56After his inauguration today, President-elect Joe Biden will begin the arduous process of undoing much of the racist…
News1/17/21Jan 173News1/17/21NewsCapitol Terrorists Seek Trump Pardons, Some Already Freed from JailIshena Robinson188It’ll be worth watching the process of American justice as it is applied to the mostly white insurrectionists who…
News1/17/21Jan 172News1/17/21News'I'm Just a Country Boy': Man Arrested Near Inauguration Checkpoint With Guns, Ammunition and Unauthorized Credentials Pleads IgnoranceIshena Robinson126If you find it hard to believe that not too long after a violent attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol, someone would…
News1/17/21Jan 171News1/17/21NewsKamala Harris To Be Sworn in as VP on Thurgood Marshall's Bible by Supreme Court Justice SotomayorIshena Robinson20Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be making more than one symbolic statement at her inauguration on Wednesday.
News1/16/21Jan 168News1/16/21NewsArmy Veteran Charged With Attempted Murder for Shooting 15-Year-Old Black Girl at Trump RallyIshena Robinson140The many army veterans and law enforcement officers who participated in the insurrectionist attack at the U.S.…
Coronavirus1/16/21Jan 162Coronavirus1/16/21CoronavirusCDC Says New COVID-19 Strain Could Drive Increased Infections by March, While Government is Accused of Flubbing Vaccine Distribution AgainIshena Robinson38Officials say the new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the U.K. could drive an increased spread of the…
News1/16/21Jan 16SaveNews1/16/21NewsTrump Administration Executes 13th Person, Dustin Higgs, Days Away from InaugurationIshena Robinson32The Justice Department executed 48-year-old Dustin Higgs at the Terre Haute federal penitentiary in Indiana on…
Social Justice1/16/21Jan 161Social Justice1/16/21Social JusticeMeet Two Unapologetic Chicago Activists Calling for Defunding Police to Save Black LivesIshena Robinson4Chicago is a key site in the movement against the epidemic of police violence that continues to leave the lives of…
Politics1/15/21Jan 15SavePolitics1/15/21PoliticsBiden Chooses Jaime Harrison to Head Democratic National Committee, Taps Keisha Lance Bottoms for Vice Chair RoleIshena Robinson8Jaime Harrison’s fundraising prowess and the national visibility he built during his challenge for Lindsey Graham’s…
News1/15/21Jan 15SaveNews1/15/21NewsFederal Watchdogs Launch Investigations After Lackluster Defense Against Capitol AttackIshena Robinson6The accountability hammer is hopefully about to drop on the federal agencies who allowed a mass of white…
News1/15/21Jan 15SaveNews1/15/21NewsSome Capitol Insurgents Were on a Terrorist Watch List, and Trump’s Extremists Are Planning to Keep Up the Violence in the Lead Up to Inauguration DayIshena Robinson23The saga of the attack on the Capitol is far from finished—as is the long-present white supremacist beast that Trump…
News1/14/21Jan 141News1/14/21NewsNew York Attorney General Sues NYPD for Brutality Against Peaceful Protestors Last SummerIshena Robinson9New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading the charge against police impunity related to the many incidents…