Brian Kemp, Who Threatened to Abduct Undocumented Immigrants, Wins GOP Race in Georgia
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After a bonkers runoff election, Brian Kemp defeated Casey Cagle in Georgia’s Republican race for governor, setting the stage for a general election that will likely be one of the most politically polarizing state races in years. November’s race will pit Kemp against Stacey Abrams,…
We’re Seeing an Epidemic of #BBQBecky-Type Calls. Here’s How Police Could Deal With Them.
A screenshot from the viral #BBQBecky video.Michelle Snider/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week, Erica Walker, then manager of an apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee (she was subsequently fired), became the latest white person to gain notoriety for calling police on a black person—in this case because the man…
In “Blindspotting,” Two Artists Go Home to Examine the True Costs of Gentrification
Ariel Nava/Lionsgate Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For nearly the last decade, Tony-award winning actor and rapper Daveed Diggs and his creative partner Rafael Casal have been working to capture their rapidly-changing home of Oakland, Calif. as it wrestles with a longstanding identity crisis. In their new film, Blindspotting, the two friends try to figure out their place in it, even as gentrification engulfs…
A New Lawsuit Alleges Trump’s Education Department Is Failing Students of Color With Disabilities
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations hearing in June 2018. Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) filed a federal lawsuit against Trump’s Education Department, challenging the…
The Heartwarming Messages Shared Between the Stranded Thai Boys and Their Parents
A boy smiles as a Thai Navy SEAL medic helps injured children inside a cave in northern Thailand, where a group of boys and their soccer coach were trapped.Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page/AP The kids wrote about their favorite meals, their school obligations, and helping their parents at the store. The families told them they…
Inside the Radical, Uncomfortable Movement to Reform White Supremacists
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On July 4, 2013, one of Shane Johnson’s pals pushed through the front door of his trailer and announced that “a bunch of black guys” had just “said some shit to him.” Johnson was small and lithe, tattooed from neck to toe with swastikas, and…