Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Just Said That He Won’t Resign
Steve Helber/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam has been facing calls to resign since a photo of a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan hood in his medical school yearbook surfaced earlier this month. After apologizing for the photo, then backtracking and…
Shocking Video Shows Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Calling a Black Man “Boy” and Grabbing Him by the Neck
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A sheriff’s deputy in Florida was recently put under investigation following the review of disturbing body-cam footage. The video shows the officer approaching a black man, Allen Floyd, who was seated quietly on the sidewalk with a baby, and then aggressively calling him “boy” before…
David Duke Has a New Favorite Candidate for 2020: Tulsi Gabbard
Win McNamee/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since launching her campaign for president on January 11, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has had to weather one controversy after another, from a shakeup in her campaign leadership to resurfaced allegations of her ties with nationalists and foreign autocrats. Tuesday brought more…
In Some States, the Death Penalty’s Days Might Be Numbered
Ted S. Warren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After both the use of and popular support for capital punishment peaked in the 1990s, the frequency of the death penalty has fallen. Drug manufacturers have stopped supplying their products to states that want to use them in executions, while public backing…
Top Virginia Democrats Call on Governor Ralph Northam to Resign
irginia Governor Ralph Northam speaks with reporters at a press conference on February 2, 2019 in Richmond, Virginia.Alex Edelman/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ralph Northam is all alone. The Virginia governor, a Democrat, is under fire after it was revealed a photo on his medical school yearbook page…
My Father Warned Me Against Joining a Fraternity. I Didn’t Listen, But Maybe My Son Will.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A membership ritual at an unnamed Cal fraternity, from Andrew Moisey’s The American Fraternity On a Wednesday in mid-October, the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity near the University of California’s Berkeley campus looks all but deserted. The heavy wooden doors are shut and there’s not a “Fiji”…