How to Stop Hate From Fueling the Next Mass Shooting
A young boy holds a sign in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh during a memorial vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.Gene J. Puskar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As news broke that eleven people had been shot…
Charlottesville’s Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education
Students walk the hallways between classes at a Charlottesville high school.Andrew Shurtleff/ZUMAPRESS.com Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and the New York Times. High school seniors Zyahna Bryant and Trinity Hughes have been friends since they were 6 years old, raised by blue-collar families in this affluent…
Duncan Hunter Releases Letter From Retired Generals Calling His Democratic Rival a “National Security Risk”
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Duncan Hunter, the embattled Republican congressman fighting to hang onto his San Diego seat after he was indicted for campaign finance violations, has released a letter written by three Marine Corps officers claiming Hunter’s opponent, Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a “national security risk.”…
There’s One Big Thing Missing From This Campaign Ad About Colin Kaepernick
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Republican Congressional Committee on Friday pushed out a new ad targeting Democrat Dan Feehan, who is seeking the open seat in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District. The ad, like a number of other spots we’ve seen this cycle, takes aim at Feehan for defending…
Capital Punishment Has Officially Ended in Washington State
The death chamber at Washington State Penitentiary Ted S. Warren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Washington state just abolished capital punishment. On Thursday morning, the state’s Supreme Court ruled that the state’s death penalty is unconstitutional because it’s racially biased and arbitrary applied. “[T]he use of the death penalty is…
A Republican Stuck a New Nickname on Florida’s Black Gubernatorial Candidate And It Didn’t Go Well
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew GillumWilfredo Lee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A conservative congressman is under fire after rolling out a new nickname for the Democratic candidate in Florida’s governor’s race. At a rally on Saturday for Republican Ron DeSantis, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) criticized crime rates in Tallahassee, where Democratic…