President Donald Trump’s near-total ban on immigration to the U.S. from Muslim-majority countries, known colloquially as the “Muslim ban,” is having widespread negative effects on refugees in the Middle East, according to a new report from Amnesty International. In the new report, The Mountain is in Front of Us and the Sea is Behind Us, Amnesty…
Read more'We're Not Settling for Soundbites': Citing Democrats' Own Platform, Open Letter Demands DNC Host at Least One 2020 Debate on Climate Emergency
Arguing that DNC chair Tom Perez’s refusal to allow a presidential debate focused solely on the climate crisis runs counter to the Democratic Party’s own 2016 policy platform, a coalition of progressive advocacy groups and leading environmentalists on Tuesday published an open letter urging Perez to reverse his decision and devote at least one night…
Read more'That Little Girl Was Me': Watch Kamala Harris Confront Joe Biden Over Opposition to School Busing and Praise for Segregationists
Sen. Kamala Harris directly confronted Joe Biden over his civil rights record during Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate, highlighting the former vice president’s opposition to school busing as a senator in the 1970s and his fond recollection of the “civility” of notorious segregationists. After saying it was “hurtful” to hear Biden offer kind words earlier…
Read moreNYPD Must #FirePantaleo Now, Eric Garner's Family Says After DOJ Announces It Will Not Prosecute Officer Accused of Using Chokehold
Civil rights advocates decried the U.S. Justice Department’s announcement on Tuesday that it would not prosecute a New York police officer in the death of Eric Garner as a “gross injustice,” the victim’s family demanded that the officer be fired. Daniel Pantaleo is accused of triggering a fatal asthma attack five years ago when he…
Read moreTrump Provokes Outrage With Plan to Nominate Ex-Walmart Attorney Eugene Scalia as Next Labor Secretary
Workers and labor rights advocates expressed outrage after President Donald Trump announced on Twitter late Thursday that he intends to nominate former Walmart attorney Eugene Scalia—son of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia—to replace outgoing Labor Secretary Alex Acosta. Less than a week after Acosta announced his resignation following days of controversy over…
Read more17 States File Suit to Stop Trump Administration's Crippling of Endangered Species Act
Seventeen states on Wednesday sued the President Donald Trump administration over its recent move “to eviscerate” the Endangered Species Act. “As we face the unprecedented threat of a climate emergency, now is the time to strengthen our planet’s biodiversity, not to destroy it,” said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who’s leading the coalition. “The only…
Read moreNorris rues ‘small but costly’ mistake in FP2
Lando Norris says he was lucky to escape unscathed a crash in Friday’s second practice that “felt a lot worse” in the car that it looked from the outside. Norris, who set the eight fastest time in FP1, ran wide at Mugello’s tight right-hand Turn 3 corner and put his left-hand wheels in the gravel,…
Read moreO’Rourke, Brown shake up volatile Democratic horse race
The midterm elections have shaken up the early race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Enthusiasm for a White House bid by Rep. Beto O’Rourke is soaring after he came within 3 percentage points of Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump’s public standing…
Read moreNC voter: Someone collected my absentee ballot and never turned it in
A North Carolina voter is alleging that a woman collected her absentee ballot and never turned it in, an accusation that comes as the state investigates the results of a disputed U.S. House election. “I filled out two blocks and I gave it to her,” Datesha Montgomery said Wednesday in an interview with MSNBC, adding…
Read moreO’Rourke: Asking whether he is ready for White House is a ‘great question’
Rep. Beto O’RourkeBeto O’RourkeBiden will help close out Texas Democrats’ virtual convention: report O’Rourke on Texas reopening: ‘Dangerous, dumb and weak’ Parties gear up for battle over Texas state House MORE (D-Texas) said in an interview published Sunday that asking whether he deserves to be president after losing his campaign for a Senate seat is a…
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