GOP senator: Teaching people about racism is ‘anti-American propaganda’
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) supports Trump’s decision to stop anti-racism training for federal workers, calling it ‘divisive.’
By Emily Singer - September 09, 2020Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) supports Trump’s decision to stop anti-racism training for federal workers, calling it ‘divisive.’
By Emily Singer - September 09, 2020Donald Trump also repeated unfounded claims that Joe Biden would destroy suburbia.
By Associated Press - September 09, 2020In the wake of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and elsewhere, elected Republicans have stood up for white supremacy and mused about shooting anti-racism protesters.
By Emily Singer - September 04, 2020Pastor James Ward encouraged Donald Trump to be a ‘peacemaker.’
By Dan Desai Martin - September 01, 2020A Christian crowdfunding service has collected more than $265,000 for Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal fees.
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2020A similar move weeks ago failed to ‘clean up’ the tensions.
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2020The administration is keeping kids in hotels, thereby circumventing federal anti-trafficking laws and a two-decade-old court settlement.
By Associated Press - August 30, 2020The NBA, WNBA, NHL, NFL, and Major League Baseball, along with several other leagues, took a stand against racism and police brutality this week.
By Associated Press - August 29, 2020Also: The cast of ‘The West Wing’ reunites to promote voting, and Pennsylvania may legalize recreational marijuana.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 28, 2020His convention speech stole from his usual litany of insults and smears.
By Josh Israel - August 28, 2020Organizers said the objective of the march is to show the urgency for federal policing reforms, to decry racial violence, and to demand voting rights protections ahead of the November general election.
By Associated Press - August 28, 2020Manipulating racial divisions to unite white voters goes far back in American politics.
By Associated Press - August 27, 2020Texas Rep. Roger Williams made repeated use of the dog-whistle term in describing the majority-minority state capital.
By Josh Israel - August 20, 2020The California senator is the first Black woman and the first Asian American woman to accept a spot on a major party ticket.
By Associated Press - August 20, 2020Obama tore into Trump for attacking democracy at the Democratic National Convention, but said young people can still save it.
By Emily Singer - August 19, 2020Philonise Floyd led a national moment of silence to remember his brother George and others lost to ‘hate and injustice.’
By Dan Desai Martin - August 17, 2020Trump said ‘low-income housing’ would ‘hurt’ suburbs ‘badly.’
By Emily Singer - August 13, 2020Activist groups say they’ve learned from the sexism Hillary Clinton faced in her race against Donald Trump in 2016.
By Associated Press - August 12, 2020Republicans like Reps. Jim Jordan and Andy Biggs, as well as White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, have given thousands to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
By Josh Israel - August 12, 2020Marjorie Taylor Greene has claimed Muslims do ‘not belong in our government’ and made openly racist comments about Black people.
By Emily Singer - August 11, 2020Also: Racism is recognized as a public health crisis in Michigan, and residents of Nevada will have an easier time voting in November.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 07, 2020Donald Trump said in March he’d stop using the offensive term ‘Chinese virus.’ He hasn’t.
By Josh Israel - August 06, 2020In June, Trump said the benefits of abolishing slavery were ‘questionable.’
By Oliver Willis - August 04, 2020Only 22% of Republicans support the demonstrations, however.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 28, 2020Cotton made the comment while defending his bill to ban the teaching of the New York Times’ ‘1619 project’ — about the origins of slavery in the United States — from being taught in schools.
By Emily Singer - July 27, 2020‘Virginia has a story to tell that extends far beyond glorifying the Confederacy and its participants.’
By Associated Press - July 25, 2020The Department of Housing and Urban Development is revoking a policy meant to diversify the suburbs.
By Emily Singer - July 23, 2020Gov. Tim Walz signed a police accountability bill into law Thursday that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis, though some activist groups say the legislation falls short. The bill, passed by the Legislature earlier this week, also bans chokeholds and fear-based […]
By Associated Press - July 23, 2020Republicans are calling protests against systemic racism ‘communism.’
By Josh Israel - July 16, 2020Trump previously claimed ‘more white people’ are killed by the police than Black people, despite numerous studies showing the opposite.
By Oliver Willis - July 16, 2020