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Donald Trump's Second Impeachment Trial, Explained
Today, the U.S. Senate will begin the impeachment trial to determine whether former President Donald Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection. This is the second time he has been impeached, the first time ever for a U.S. president. In 2019, he was impeached on two counts of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress…
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Missouri Man Dies After Being Denied Emergency Room Care 3 Times
A Missouri man died in a hospital parking lot after his third attempt to get emergency medical treatment, his wife says. According to St. Louis-area CBS affiliate News 4, Sadie Bell took her husband, David, to the emergency room at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Peters the week of Jan. 8 after he complained of chest…
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Arizona Repairman Captured on Camera Telling Black Customer He'd Beat Him Like a 'Slave'
All the brotha was trying to do was get his refrigerator fixed. But, alas, being Black in America makes the simplest of tasks difficult because some white people can be trash. This episode of “Racist-Ass White People” took place on Jan. 20 in Avondale, Ariz., when Ricky Barnes called Select Warranty to fix his refrigerator,…
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Senate Democrats Draft Resolution Condemning White Supremacy
In response to the Trump-encouraged coup attempt in Washington, D.C., last month, Senate Democrats are drafting a resolution condemning white supremacy. Axios reports that the resolution, whose lead sponsor is Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), will be introduced Tuesday. Keep in mind that Trump’s impeachment trial on the charges of “incitement of the insurrection” begins next…
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Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Doesn't Want to Return New York City Back to 'Normal'
There are a lot of folks running for office who want to get back to normal. It makes sense, given how rough four years of Donald Trump have been. Here in New York City, where the pandemic has pulled the city into a projected $4 billion budget deficit this year and an unclear window of…
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Black People Risked Their Lives to Get Biden Elected. Here's What He Owes Us
Senators-elect Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are seen as manifestations of the New South, but it was Black women like LaTosha Brown who risked their lives mobilizing enough Black people in Georgia to make it happen. Their victories tilted the balance of power to Joe Biden, whose victory in the state and nationally similarly…
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Raphael Warnock Takes Over Seat Once Held by Senator Who Called for Lynchings of Black Men
Rev. Raphael Warnock became the first Black senator elected out of Georgia, but another senator who once held his seat believed men like him should be lynched. In October of 1922, Rebecca Latimer Felton was appointed to the U.S. Senate out of the state of Georgia for one full day. She was a leading voice…
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A Few Notes About the Georgia Runoff
Georgia voters have begun early voting in the state’s U.S. Senate January runoff that will determine the balance of power in Washington. Democrats Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are in tight races with their GOP opponents Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, respectively. Neither candidate was able to get to the 50 percent threshold…
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Jamaal Bowman Wants to Reimagine the Democratic Party
Jamaal Bowman believes the Democratic Party needs a makeover. That’s why he’s been so outspoken over former President Barack Obama’s anti-defund the police remarks. Of course, he’s not dissing the first negro-in-chief. Bowman just believes Obama isn’t a relevant voice who can speak to the millions of people who rose up this summer after the…
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Black Female Lawmaker Isn't Caving in After Death Threats, Losing Committee Assignments
Michigan state Rep. Cynthia Johnson knows why she is being inundated with death threats after she confronted Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani during a Dec. 2 Michigan state oversight hearing over the 2020 election. “You’re out of order for asking a white man such a question,” she told The Root. “That’s how I took it. You’re…
