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Dallas Wanted to Prioritize Vaccines for Hard Hit Black and Latino Neighborhoods, But Texas Officials Blocked That Plan
With the various coronavirus vaccines now circulating throughout the nation, the conversation about the pandemic has shifted to include the logistics of distributing doses efficiently, sufficiently and, to a lesser degree, equitably. A number of Dallas County Commissioners in Texas recently tried to tackle that issue of equity by passing a measure to prioritize vaccine…
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Amanda Gorman Stuns With Powerful Inaugural Poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’
Much of Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris felt like a balm to a wounded nation’s soul, especially 22-year-old Amanda Gorman’s beautiful recitation of the inauguration poem, “The Hill We Climb.” Gorman, who was named the country’s first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017 and is the youngest person…
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Republican Chairwoman of Election Board in Gwinnett County, Ga., Calls for Election Laws to Be Changed So Her Party Can Win
Republicans are still peeved at the powerful showing of historically marginalized voters—Black people, specifically—who gave Democrats the win in the White House and the Senate. This was evidenced recently by the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, aka a tantrum thrown by white people mad that they don’t have a monopoly on choosing…
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On Biden’s To-Do List Today Is Rescinding the Racist 1776 Commission [Updated]
After his inauguration today, President-elect Joe Biden will begin the arduous process of undoing much of the racist mess put in place by his predecessor—and top of his list is rescinding the racist 1776 Commission. As you’ll remember, the Trump administration kept up its racism until the bitter (though sweet for us) end by releasing…
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Capitol Terrorists Seek Trump Pardons, Some Already Freed from Jail
It’ll be worth watching the process of American justice as it is applied to the mostly white insurrectionists who took over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 with threats to hurt and hang elected government representatives. Already, some of them have indicated that they expect special treatment—like wanting to be served organic food while in…
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'I'm Just a Country Boy': Man Arrested Near Inauguration Checkpoint With Guns, Ammunition and Unauthorized Credentials Pleads Ignorance
If you find it hard to believe that not too long after a violent attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol, someone would innocently stroll towards an inauguration checkpoint with unlicensed guns, ammunition, and unauthorized credentials then you’re not alone. But that’s the defense being given by Wesley Allen Beeler, a 31-year-old man from Front Royal,…
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Kamala Harris To Be Sworn in as VP on Thurgood Marshall's Bible by Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be making more than one symbolic statement at her inauguration on Wednesday. According to ABC News, Harris will mark her historic inauguration as vice president by swearing-in on a bible that belonged to civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, who was the first Black Supreme Court justice. Harris will be sworn…
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Army Veteran Charged With Attempted Murder for Shooting 15-Year-Old Black Girl at Trump Rally
The many army veterans and law enforcement officers who participated in the insurrectionist attack at the U.S. Capitol confirmed that there are people in the forces who also identify as violent Trump supporters, as does the recent case of an Army veteran being accused of shooting at a Black teen girl during a Trump rally.…
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CDC Says New COVID-19 Strain Could Drive Increased Infections by March, While Government is Accused of Flubbing Vaccine Distribution Again
Officials say the new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the U.K. could drive an increased spread of the virus across the U.S. by March, which would mark a year since the pandemic was officially declared. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flagged that the new COVID-19 variant is more…
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Trump Administration Executes 13th Person, Dustin Higgs, Days Away from Inauguration
The Justice Department executed 48-year-old Dustin Higgs at the Terre Haute federal penitentiary in Indiana on Friday night, marking the 13th execution the Trump Administration has pushed through while in office. Higgs was convicted and put on death row in 2000 for kidnapping and ordering the killing of three women, but maintained his innocence to…
