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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Thursday that requires all residents to wear face masks in counties with 20 or more confirmed coronavirus cases. The mandate comes as the Lone Star state experiences an alarming surge in COVID-19 infections as well as virus-related hospitalizations. Texas officials announced Wednesday they had tallied more than 8,000 new cases in […]
Donald Trump has launched another attack on the growing movement for racial justice. On Wednesday, the president took to Twitter to slam the Black Lives Matter sign that will be painted along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, right outside Trump Tower. POTUS specifically took aim at New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for supporting the proposed […]
During an investigation into the disappearance of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, one suspect has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Human remains that are possibly linked to Guillen’s case have also been discovered. The 20-year-old was last seen April 22 on the central Texas military base, according to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. […]
To be Black in America is to live through a continuous cycle of exhaustion—from slavery to civil rights to Black men and women being killed at the hands of police and even the plague of grind culture fueled by Western values. We’re tired, literally. In the midst of the pandemic, Black and brown people, who […]
The Mississippi House and Senate voted on Sunday to pass House Bill 1796, which calls for the removal of the current state flag with its Confederate battle emblem, and the start of the process for a redesign that will be voted on later this year, CNN reports. The bill will soon be sent to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, who has given […]
Due to an order by Governor Gavin Newsom, California will close bars in seven of its counties (including Los Angeles County) in addition to recommending that eight others shut down the same operations. The order will go into effect on Sunday, and will be an effort to combat the rising spread of COVID-19, according to NBC News. For those wondering […]
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge has ordered ICE to release all detained immigrant children by July 17. Judge Dolly Gee of California issued the order on Friday, describing the ICE-operated facilities across the U.S. as “on fire,” NPR reports. She added that the Trump administration hasn’t even provided basic health protections for the families […]
According to a report released Thursday by a government watchdog agency, more than 1 million dead people were given stimulus money intended to keep the economy from flatlining (irony? no?) during the pandemic. It was revealed back in April that dead people were getting checks due to the need to get said checks out to people quickly, but […]
A 46-year-old Black has sued Georgia police officers for “unnecessary and excessive” use of force. According to the Valdosta Daily Times, Antonio Arnelo Smith filed the lawsuit in federal court last Friday, nearly five months after Valdosta officers mistook him for a panhandling suspect. Bodycam footage of the Feb. 8 incident shows white officers confronting Smith outside a Walgreens. […]
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court ordered the dismissal of the case against Donald Trump’s ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn. The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said that the Justice Department’s decision to drop charges against Flynn on May 7 concludes the case, despite Flynn having previously pleaded […]
