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2 Young Girls Among 27 People Shot in Chicago This Weekend
Gun violence in Chicago continues to outpace last year’s numbers as 27 people, including two young girls, were shot this past weekend. The Chicago Tribune reports that the girls, 11 and 12, remained in critical condition and on life support Monday after being shot in separate South Side attacks 30 minutes and 4 miles apart…
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ACLU: Tech Firms Need to Help Lobby for Surveillance Reform in Light of Trump Presidency
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking tech companies to help push for surveillance reform in the U.S., warning that there is an added urgency now that newly elected President Donald Trump has demonstrated that he is hostile to the privacy of foreign travelers. From TechCrunch: Late last week one of the ACLU’s staff attorneys…
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19-Year-Old Makes History as Youngest Person to Run for Office in Ga.
A 19-year-old Spelman College student is making history as the youngest person to run for office in Georgia after the DeKalb Board of Elections allowed her name to be added to the ballot for the new city of Stonecrest’s election for City Council. Fox 5 Atlanta reports that Mary Pat Hector’s candidacy was challenged by…
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Could This Be 1st Step in Impeachment Process? Democrat Files ‘Resolution of Inquiry’ on Trump
A senior member of the House Judiciary Committee introduced a Resolution of Inquiry on Thursday that directs the Department of Justice to provide the House of Representatives with any and all information relevant to an inquiry into President Donald Trump and his associates’ conflicts of interest, ethical violations (including the emoluments clause) and Russia ties.…
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ACLU Speaks Out Against Trump’s Executive Orders That Address Nonexistent Issues
The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a statement speaking out against the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump Thursday, specifically the order designated to create a task force to address violent crime in the nation and the order to create a task force to address violence against police officers. Trump signed an order…
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Mike Pence Didn’t Pardon a Wrongfully Convicted Innocent Man, so His Replacement Did
Keith Cooper was wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit 20 years ago, and he patiently waited three years for then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to use his executive power to issue a pardon and remove the mark from his record, to no avail. On Thursday, Pence’s replacement, Republican Eric Holcomb, got the job…
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US Appeals Court Upholds Temporary Suspension of Trump’s Travel Ban
A U.S. federal appeals court decided unanimously Thursday to uphold the temporary suspension of President Donald Trump’s travel ban that restricted people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. CNBC reports that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling came in a challenge filed by the states of Washington and Minnesota, and…
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Congressional Black Caucus Struggling With Question of Whether to Admit Afro-Dominican Congressman
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), the first Dominican American elected to Congress and who succeeded former Rep. Charles Rangel in representing New York’s 13th District, identifies as a “Latino of African descent”—and that designation is a cause for debate among members of the Congressional Black Caucus who question whether Espaillat qualifies as an African American. Politico…
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L.A. City Council Approves $1,500,000 Settlement in Police Killing of Ezell Ford
Just two weeks after Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey declined to press charges against the two Los Angeles police officers responsible for shooting and killing Ezell Ford, the Los Angeles City Council has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Ford’s family. Ford’s 2014 killing came just days after Michael…
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Jeff Sessions Has Been Confirmed as US Attorney General
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) was confirmed as the next U.S. attorney general on Wednesday, just one day after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was silenced as she offered criticism of Sessions’ questionable past regarding racism and race issues in general. The New York Times reports that the Senate voted 52-47 to confirm, and no Republicans broke…
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