The award-winning NBC News correspondent, Jacob Soboroff lays bare the full truth behind the Trump administration’s systematic separation of desperate migrant families at the US-Mexico border. In June 2018, Donald Trump’s most notorious decision as president had secretly been in effect for months before most Americans became aware of the astonishing inhumanity being perpetrated by […]
By Jessica Flores, USA TODAY The CEO of Goya Foods, which bills itself as the country’s largest Hispanic-owned food company, praised President Donald Trump during a visit to the White House on Thursday. Social backlash followed. The hashtags #Goyaway and #BoycottGoya soon began trending on Twitter, while some Latinos also expressed disappointment with the CEO’s praise for a president who […]
By PBS.org Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great men, too Ñ great enough to give frame to a great age. It does not often happen to a nation to raise, at one time, such […]
The US Supreme Court has ruled that a law restricting abortions in Louisiana is unconstitutional. In a landmark decision, the justices said a law requiring that doctors who provide abortions have the right to admit patients at a local hospital placed an undue burden on women. Chief Justice John Roberts joined liberal justices in the […]
By Anthony Zurcher, BBC During the final Democratic primary debate in March, Joe Biden pledged that if he were to win the party’s presidential nomination, he would choose a woman as his running mate. A lot has happened since then, not the least of which is Biden securing the required Democratic Convention delegates to become […]
By Hannah L. F. Cooper and Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Urban Matters Excessive police violence has become an inescapable reality in the United States. Some of us have learned to scan the sidewalks and streets for officers from the moment we lock our door behind us to the moment we reach our destination. Some of us […]
Photo: Steven Carrillo is a serving US Air Force sergeant (CBS/SANTA CRUZ SHERIFF’S OFFICE) By BBC A US Air Force sergeant with links to the far-right Boogaloo Bois movement has been charged with the murder of a federal security officer in California, the FBI says. Steven Carrillo is accused of killing David Patrick Underwood outside […]
Protesters and protest signs at the Black Lives Matter protest in Washington, D.C. in June 2020 – Washington, D.C./United States of America – June 7, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Maribel Hastings and David Torres The United States is being stalked by different scourges: the coronavirus pandemic and its resulting economic crisis; the political violence against African […]
Black Lives Matter peaceful protests during COVID-19 pandemic. – Atlanta, Georgia, US, June 1st 2020 (Shutterstock) By Elwyn Lopez, MSN Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms made the announcement during a briefing on the third night of scheduled protests in Atlanta Sunday night. It was around 9:30 p.m. Saturday when Atlanta Police officers were seen on video […]
Protesters gathered in downtown Kissimmee to show support for George Floyd. George Floyd died after a confrontation while in police custody. – Kissimmee, Florida – June 2, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Adam K. Raymon, NY Mag Two and a half months before Minneapolis police killed George Floyd in broad daylight, Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in […]