Attorney and author. Graduate of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and Harvard Law School.
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023
With each passing day, new holes are punched into Donald Trump Jr’s lies about his meeting with Russian operatives during the presidential campaign. The increasingly troubling story — a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma — has become so far-fetched that even ardent supporters like Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who notoriously used the […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - July 18, 2017
Donald Trump’s obsession with ransacking President Barack Obama’s legacy is not just a one-man jealous rampage, but one which permeates his entire administration — most notably the Justice Department and its chief, Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Largely ignoring Russia’s interference in our election, Sessions has instead devoted significant attention and resources toward making it easier for […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - July 09, 2017
Former FBI Director James Comey testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday appeared to offera compelling case against Donald Trump for obstruction of justice. Comey was unequivocal in asserting that he was fired because of the FBI’s criminal investigation of Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and the links between members of the Trump team and Russia. And […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - June 10, 2017
My home state of Texas has a tattered history and a terrible record when it comes to discrimination against Black and Latino Texans. As a sixth-generation Texan of African-American descent, families like mine have faced all sorts of shenanigans through the decades to disenfranchise us and limit our ability to be involved in the development […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - April 24, 2017
While Donald Trump has had plenty to say about the terror attack in London, his White House has been extremely reluctant to say anything at all about the deadly domestic terror attack in Portland, Oregon. It’s a safe bet that Trump’s deputy press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, filling in on Monday for Sean Spicer, might […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - June 05, 2017
“I need you all to really think about what you have the ability and the power to do today.” Two years after the tragic death of her daughter, Sandra Bland, Geneva Reed-Veal returned to the state that many believe is responsible for taking her child’s life. Reed-Veal faced the Texas Legislature this week as a […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - April 15, 2017
Behind the scenes, Rep. Maxine Waters is a phenomenally hard-working and proactive public servant. She follows through and fights as fiercely for the rights of ordinary Americans as she does for her dignity — and my family is a witness to her commitment. Because she helped us in our hour of need when no one […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 29, 2017
As we approached the first Thanksgiving following Donald Trump’s election to the presidency, I described how the season of thanks had become a “season of fear” for Black families. The “countless media stories of violence and racially motivated provocations on college campuses in the wake of the presidential election” were not just headlines. These news […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - May 14, 2017
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is a force of nature. And she is unafraid. Whether she is facing down an “indecent” president or a conservative talk show host’s racist comments at her expense, she is unbowed. And she declared to Chris Hayes, “I’m a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated.” HAYES: Congresswoman, it was […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 28, 2017
Politico reports that the House Republicans just voted to roll back Americans’ right to privacy on the internet: House Republicans voted Tuesday to revoke the FCC’s broadband privacy rules, sending legislation to the White House that would undo the federal government’s strongest-ever online privacy regulations. Republicans passed the bill 215 to 205 over the fierce […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 28, 2017
“No home training.” That’s what my no-nonsense, but always well-mannered, Texan grandmother would say if she were still alive to witness the current crop of Republican officeholders and candidates. From the commander in chief, all the way down the line to local representatives, ridiculously offensive words and behavior has become so prevalent among the GOP, that it […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - May 27, 2017
Notorious B.I.G. said it best: “Mo’ money, mo’ problems.” Former President Barack Obama recently accepted a $400,000 speaking fee to appear at a fall conference, sponsored by investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, on the topic of health care. And immediately, a bipartisan Greek chorus began to sling arrows and chant their disapproval and distaste. Aaron Blake […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - May 07, 2017
While the world was focused on Donald Trump’s relentless stream of foibles and failures, the otherwise stagnant House of Representatives quietly passed legislation broadening Trump’s power over matters of intellectual property. In a bipartisan, 378-48 vote, the House passed the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act (H.R. 1695), which wrests the librarian of Congress’ ability […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - May 22, 2017
As Donald Trump and the GOP focused their attention this week on their harmful plan to repeal Obamacare, Senate Republicans voted, without fanfare and with minimal media attention, to eliminate the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule signed by President Barack Obama in 2014, which protected workers employed by federal contractors from wage theft, unsafe working conditions, and other unlawful […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 10, 2017
One hundred days ago, the man who showed us “the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too,” boarded a Marine helicopter and waved goodbye to the nation he served so honorably and honestly for 8 years. The tenure thus far of his predecessor, Donald Trump, […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - April 30, 2017
White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway has been out of sight for a while, after a slew of missteps and blatant dishonesty with the media and the American people. She finally reappeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual gathering, where she criticized feminism as “anti-male” and “very pro-abortion,” and claimed of her boss, Donald Trump: […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - February 28, 2017
The Trump team has now confirmed reports initiated by David Ignatius of the Washington Post and reiterated by other news organizations that Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, Trump’s selection to become his National Security Advisor, contacted the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, in late December 2016. Flynn reportedly made several telephone calls […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - January 13, 2017
In one of his first acts as Attorney General, former Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions dropped a Justice Department challenge to a Texas voter ID law that was ruled intentionally discriminatory against minorities and the poor by federal courts. Sessions decided that the Justice Department would no longer pursue discrimination charges against the State of […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 01, 2017
Donald Trump’s words and intent regarding Muslims have always been clear. Despite his last minute protestations to the contrary, it is obvious that Trump intentionally acted to discriminate against individuals on the basis of religion when he signed the executive order banning Syrian refugees from entering the country and restricting immigration from a number of Muslim […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - February 08, 2017
As the inauguration ceremonies were underway on Friday, I detailed the compelling case for the impeachment of President Donald Trump as of the moment he took the oath of office. Because of his vast foreign dealings, holdings, and entanglements, and his refusal to adequately divest or separate himself from his businesses and assets before assuming the […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - January 23, 2017
At 12:01pm today, Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States. And at the second he assumed the presidency, President Trump was in violation of the Constitution he pledged an oath to uphold. Ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has already filed complaints against Trump relating to legal […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - January 20, 2017
Donald Trump took to Facebook for his weekly presidential address, ostensibly as an attempt to reach out to Black citizens, and eschewing journalists’ probes in favor of a few minutes of “likes” from supporters, who posted comments such as “The devil is at work in the Democratic Party” and “please don’t release your tax returns, […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - February 04, 2017
As President-elect, Donald Trump has “made a practice of freely mixing the business of the United States of America and his private business interests.” My colleague, Melissa McEwan, detailed for Shareblue the gravity of Trump’s entanglements: Reports on the myriad ways in which Trump may be compromised, as both head of state and head of government, […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - December 22, 2016
Though his nomination by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney General may clear Congress, Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions cannot escape his legacy. A new wave of prominent attorneys and public servants with first-hand knowledge of Sessions’ civil rights record have come forward to challenge not only his nomination, but the accuracy of […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - January 06, 2017
I am a native-born American citizen. But like many non-white Americans, I have experienced being ordered to “go back to where you came from.” Never mind that I am a multi-generational Texan whose family has been here for centuries. I am a descendant of American slaves and slaveholders — my ancestors have been here an […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - December 24, 2016
My colleague, Melissa McEwan, recently reported on the national crisis resulting from Russia’s interference in our recent presidential election and the silence and obstruction of Republican leaders in regard to full and nonpartisan investigations. And Russia’s aggressive flexing does not stop there. In a multi-pronged strategy of aggression and incursion, the cyber attacks have occurred […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - December 19, 2016
This Thanksgiving, many of my friends are excited to welcome home their beloved children from college. I will soon send a child to college and know that I will experience that bittersweet mix of emotions when she leaves and then returns for precious holidays. But this year, our typically joyous season of Thanksgiving is laced […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - November 24, 2016
During the campaign, Donald Trump offered this boast about his university, and his supposed principles: Trump University has a 98% approval rating. I could have settled but won’t out of principle! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 29, 2016 Contrary to this previous declaration, today he agreed to settle the three lawsuits against Trump University, to […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - November 18, 2016
When the First Lady uttered that now famous phrase, “when they go low, we go high,” it was not some empty campaign slogan. It came from her core. At the time, I wrote about how my Harvard Law School classmate Michelle Obama so perfectly articulated “why America is the greatest nation on earth, full of promise […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - November 02, 2016
During the Democratic National Convention this summer, I wrote about the women — Black women — who ran the show in Philadelphia, and ran it “beautifully.” And now New York magazine has introduced us to the Black women working on Hillary Clinton’s campaign, reporting that there are “more African-American women working on [her] campaign than any other […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - October 25, 2016