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Lawmakers grapple with policing and race as focus shifts from the streets to the Capitol

A hearing Wednesday marked the first time in years that leaders from both parties urged a legislative remedy for racial injustice in policing. But their...

Voting debacle in Georgia came after months of warnings went unaddressed

Both local and state officials and voting rights advocates had cautioned that the combination of a new voting system and the pandemic would cause problems.

Nancy Pelosi calls for removal of Confederate statues in Congress

The Speaker of the House made a similar ask in 2017 after the Charlottesville white supremacist march

Trump is all about ‘winning,’ which is why he won’t remove the names of Confederate generals who lost

In tweets early Wednesday afternoon, Trump argued against changing the names of bases like Fort Bragg, Fort Hood and Fort Benning.

Bolton plans to move forward with book despite new White House warning that it contains classified material

The administration’s latest request for revision comes less than two weeks before the memoir is to go on sale.

‘This Is Us’ Writer Jas Waters Dead

Jas Waters, best known for being a staff writer on This Is Us and Kidding, has died. She was 39. The news was confirmed by...

20 Black Designers Providing Effective Face Masks

At an alarming rate COVID-19 has affected at least 2 million people, making medical supplies including mask and gowns hard to come by. During the...

Trump rejects calls to rename military bases honoring Confederate generals

Pressure to rename the bases comes as the country contends with its racist past following the death of George Floyd and the subsequent coast-to-coast protests...

Kamala Harris seizes the spotlight as Biden seeks a veep — but worries linger

Kamala Harris takes the spotlight as Biden seeks a running mate amid nationwide demonstrations for racial justice. But some activists wonder if she is the...

Trump campaign seeks apology, retraction of CNN poll showing Biden leading

In a letter to the network’s president, the Republican incumbent argued it produced a skewed poll “to manufacture an anti-Trump narrative.”