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Tishaura Jones Becomes 1st Black Female Mayor of St. Louis
More than six years after the Ferguson Uprisings brought a racial reckoning to the St. Louis metropolitan area—and the nation—St. Louis elected its first Black female mayor Tuesday. Tishaura Jones, the city’s treasurer, ran on a commitment to racial justice and promised to bring “fresh air” to the city, according to the New York Times.…
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Moves to Counter Georgia's Racist Voting Laws
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms doesn’t have authority to reverse Georgia’s racist voter suppression laws for her city, but she can at least educate her constituents on how to abide by them as best they can. Bottoms announced an executive order that instructs Atlantic’s chief equity officer to carry out “a series of actions to…
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Matt Gaetz Tried to Get a Preemptive Pardon In 2020. Trump: New Phone, Who Dis?
Matt Gaetz is the definition of a groupie, but a very bad one whose groupie skills are so weak or unimportant that his tricks discard him like an expiring subscription to OnlyFans. Well, let me apologize for comparing Gaetz to OnlyFans creators because those folks actually have skills that, for the most part, justify their…
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Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings Dead at 84 After Battle With Cancer
U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, the longest-serving member of Florida’s delegation to Washington, D.C., died Tuesday morning at age 84 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, the Sun Sentinel reports. Hastings was a civil rights lawyer, judge and congressman who was known for his many political comebacks and bravery against injustice. When he first became…
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Video Shows Danville, Calif., Cop Shooting Mentally Ill Homeless Man, His 2nd Killing in 2 1/2 Years
Video of a homeless man with a history of mental illness being shot and killed by a Contra Costa Sheriff’s deputy March 11 has just been released to the public, and the victim’s family wants answers, according to the Mercury News. The video, which was recorded by an eyewitness sitting in his car, shows the…
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Republicans Don't Believe in Democracy (Duh!), Study Says
We really don’t need any scientific research to prove to us that Republicans do not care about democracy. Pretty much every Republican-controlled state has laws on the books that make it extremely difficult to vote and pretty much most of them cried fraud—falsely—when Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. But having scientific…
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60 Minutes Details How Rich Floridians Cut the Line to Get COVID Vaccine
President Joe Biden announced that 90 percent of Americans will have access to COVID-19 vaccines by April and folks can get their shots within a five-mile radius. Issues of access have been a long-standing problem since the vaccine rollout began, but 60 Minutes reports that the vaccine rollout in Palm Beach County is drawing suspicions…
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Corporate America Has Spent $50 Million on State Lawmakers Who Support Limiting Voter Access
Some of America’s biggest and most profitable corporations have given more than $50 million to state lawmakers who have supported legislation that makes it harder for people to vote, according to Washington-based government watchdog group Public Citizen. The group’s accounting dates back to 2015, with AT&T being the biggest contributor at $811,000. Comcast gave $440,000,…
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Michigan Democrats Move to Block Republican Voter Suppression Efforts
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist is calling on congressional Democrats to pass federal legislation that will counter GOP efforts at the state level to limit access to the ballot box. Gilchrist is urging members of Congress to pass the HR 1 bill, known as the For the People Act, which addresses voting rights, campaign finance…
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Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Aims to Empower People of Color
President Joe Biden unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure program in Pittsburgh on Thursday that aims to address urban planning that displaced Black people from their communities and other economic disparities, according to the New York Times. The nuts and bolts of the plan are to repair dilapidated roads, bridges, rail lines and other aspects of…
