The 13 most shocking bills GOP legislatures are trying to pass right now
Policy that impacts Americans’ lives is being introduced out of the spotlight of the national media.
By Emily Singer - February 24, 2021Policy that impacts Americans’ lives is being introduced out of the spotlight of the national media.
By Emily Singer - February 24, 2021The annual conservative conference regularly features a roster of bigoted speakers.
By Donna Provencher - February 23, 2021A group of Republican lawmakers says legislation that helps farmers of color is unnecessary.
By Donna Provencher - February 22, 2021But 87% of Black voters chose President Joe Biden in 2020.
By Oliver Willis - February 19, 2021‘If you’re white, you don’t qualify,’ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told a town hall audience.
By Oliver Willis - February 17, 2021The far-right radio host died Wednesday.
By Josh Israel - February 17, 2021‘It has been infuriating how casually our community continues to be dismissed,’ one expert says.
By Amy Lieu - February 15, 2021GOP lawmakers like New York Rep. Elise Stefanik have accused Democrats of ‘cozy[ing] up to Communist China’ by allowing the program to continue on school campuses.
By Donna Provencher - February 11, 2021Julie Su has fought to protect low-wage workers for 17 years, freeing enslaved Thai workers in 1995.
By Amy Lieu - February 11, 2021‘In fact, it is not racist at all,’ Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson claimed.
By Amy Lieu - February 05, 2021The legendary baseball player himself was widely respected for his civil rights activism.
By Donna Provencher - February 04, 2021A new PAC is hitting Abrams with the same attacks that failed against Sen. Raphael Warnock.
By Josh Israel - February 01, 2021Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is giving no indication the GOP will punish Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her violent and false rhetoric.
By Emily Singer - February 01, 2021A new bill would force voters to mail in copies of their photo ID twice if casting an absentee ballot.
By Amy Lieu - January 28, 2021Ronna McDaniel attacked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for denouncing white supremacists.
By Oliver Willis - January 28, 2021Sen. Rand Paul’s own track record on matters of race presents a stark contrast to President Joe Biden’s call for unity and responsibility.
By Donna Provencher - January 21, 2021The Capitol insurrection both further normalized the idea of violent government overthrow and allowed extremist groups to network with a broader population.
By Associated Press - January 17, 2021Sen. James Lankford apologized to his Black constituents in a letter for having a ‘blind spot.’
By Josh Israel - January 15, 2021But Donald Trump has quite a history of racist comments and policies.
By Oliver Willis - January 14, 2021‘Anybody in the runoff that was talking about other things besides the left, and David and Kelly, to me, was a distraction.’
By Josh Israel - January 12, 2021‘QAnon has been calling on this kind of madness for years.’
By Associated Press - January 09, 2021Donald Trump has led the push against removing Confederate monuments.
By Donna Provencher - December 23, 2020Just weeks ago, she claimed not to have a ‘racist bone’ in her body.
By Josh Israel - December 22, 2020Loeffler claimed attacks on her opponent’s faith were okay because she had ‘simply exposed’ Raphael Warnock’s views.
By Josh Israel - December 21, 2020‘The Negro Leagues produced many of our game’s best players, innovations and triumphs against a backdrop of injustice,’ Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said.
By Associated Press - December 20, 2020The South Carolina senator is in favor of local control of education — except when he’s not.
By Josh Israel - December 14, 2020The prominent white supremacist was also at a rally attended by Kelly Loeffler in September.
By Josh Israel - December 14, 2020‘There’s not a racist bone in my body,’ Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) said.
By Josh Israel - December 07, 2020County officials called Republican efforts to delay certification ‘a last-ditch effort to delay’ Joe Biden’s win.
By Associated Press - November 18, 2020A similar ballot question was defeated a decade ago.
By Associated Press - November 08, 2020