Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison Denies Allegations That He Abused His Ex-Girlfriend
Keith EllisonDavid Zalubowski/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the run-up to Minnesota’s primary election on Tuesday, Democratic US Rep. Keith Ellison, who is vying to become the state’s next attorney general, is denying recent allegations of domestic abuse from an ex-girlfriend and her son. Karen Monahan, a political organizer who dated…
Check Out These Emotional Photos and Videos of Anti-Racism Protesters Showing Up Against White Nationalists
Demonstrators against racism march Sunday along city streets as they mark the anniversary of last year’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Steve Helber/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s been one year since tiki-torch-carrying neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia, and an alleged white nationalist…
Omarosa Secretly Recorded Her Firing at the White House
Omarosa Manigault NewmanDennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman says she secretly recorded her firing from the White House last year, and that a top administration official tried to threaten her during her departure. The recording aired Sunday during an interview…
As Usual, Donald Trump Just Can’t Bring Himself to Condemn White Nationalists
Carlottesville last year.Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On August 11, 2017, white supremacists invaded Charlottesville, Virginia, and held a torchlight rally dedicated to hatred of all people of color. The next day, things turned violent. More than 30 people were injured and one of the…
How Misidentifying Trans Victims of Violence Can Undermine Criminal Investigations
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Aea Celestice, a black transgender woman living in Jacksonville, Florida, has the most basic of plans for the next chapter of her life: She hopes to get out of town before someone kills her. Celestice, 32,…
A Mental Health Crisis Unfolds in Puerto Rico’s “Living Emergency”
Carol Guzy/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For the first 36 hours after Hurricane Maria, five-year-old Keydiel and his mother Shaina were trapped by the toppled trees that blocked the doors to their home in Yabucoa,…