Police Killings And The DOJ
The NAACP is urging the Justice Department to bring federal civil rights charges against Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer who murdered 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014. Zooming out, it's ...
2 Feb 202215min
Get Your Bans Off My Books with George M. Johnson
As we celebrate the beginning of Black History Month, conservatives are actively and aggressively silencing educators’ ability to talk honestly about history. Book bans are gaining steam with schools ...
1 Feb 202218min
Are You Putin Or Are You Out?
Concerns of a possible Russian invasion into Ukraine continue to mount, with Britain moving this week to broaden the sanctions it could impose in case of a Russian offensive. The U.S. has reportedly c...
31 Jan 202220min
Supreme Courting The Voters with Dan Pfeiffer
President Biden reaffirmed his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court yesterday, and said that he would announce his choice by the end of February. Plus, Justice Stephen Breyer fo...
28 Jan 202222min
Don’t Breyer Because It’s Over, Smile Because It Happened
The 83-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer intends to retire at the end of this Supreme Court term in June, according to multiple reports yesterday. The oldest justice on the court, Breyer has been under ...
27 Jan 202216min
All Eyes On Ukraine with Ben Rhodes
Russia conducted a series of military drills yesterday while Ukraine received a shipment of weapons including antitank missiles from the U.S. These were some of the latest turns since diplomatic negot...
26 Jan 202220min
Could A Conservative Court End Affirmative Action?
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will hear cases on the right of universities to consider race in admissions. The court has historically ruled that universities have a limited right to co...
25 Jan 202217min
The Palin New York Times
New U.S. cases of COVID are down slightly from the peak brought on by the Omicron variant. Average daily cases are closer to 700,000 than 800,000, which is where they were earlier in the month, and ho...
24 Jan 202216min
