Trump calls black protesters ‘thugs’ but armed white rioters ‘very good people’
There is a big disparity in how Trump describes protesters of different races.
By Emily Singer - May 29, 2020There is a big disparity in how Trump describes protesters of different races.
By Emily Singer - May 29, 2020Twitter put a ‘public interest notice’ on Trump’s tweet that threatened, ‘when the looting starts, the shooting starts.’
By Emily Singer - May 29, 2020Iowa Rep. Steve King faces his toughest primary yet as his House colleagues continue to bar him from committee assignments.
By Associated Press - May 26, 2020The family of McKinsley LaKeith Lincoln is demanding better communication from the police investigating his death.
By Casey Quinlan - May 21, 2020Ted Howze is still listed as a part of the National Republican Congressional Committee’s ‘Young Guns’ program.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 20, 2020‘If there was ever a time in our country when we need more mental health professionals, this is it,’ the American Counseling Association said.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 18, 2020Ohio Rep. Steve Stivers once defended an anti-Semitic ad from the House campaign committee he ran in 2018.
By Emily Singer - May 13, 2020Also: Michigan invests $130 million in child care, and Ohio is closer to having its first LGBTQ sheriff.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 01, 2020Paul LePage’s tenure was marked with racist comments, attacks on his critics, and refusals to do his job.
By Josh Israel - April 30, 2020The Iowa Republican claimed he and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had ‘reached an understanding.’
By Dan Desai Martin - April 28, 2020The memo also repeatedly urges senators to attack China and provides advice for defending against accusations that their comments are racist.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 27, 2020Trump has been courting black voters for his 2020 reelection campaign. Polls show his big efforts aren’t really shifting the dial.
By Emily Singer - April 20, 2020Black Americans are disproportionately being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Associated Press - April 09, 2020Paul Broun, a former congressman, is running again in a Georgia district that is 88% white.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 08, 2020New Hampshire Senate candidate Don Bolduc will not stop fanning the flames of xenophobia despite the advice of health experts.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 01, 2020The secretary of state has ignored the advice of experts by continuing to use racist language about the coronavirus.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 25, 2020Trump crossed out the word ‘coronavirus’ and replaced it with ‘Chinese’ virus in his prepared remarks from a press briefing on Thursday.
By Emily Singer - March 19, 2020Sen. John Cornyn used racist language to describe what he claimed were the origins of most widespread outbreaks.
By Oliver Willis - March 18, 2020Sen. Marsha Blackburn used a racist term this week to describe the coronavirus, even after repeated warnings from experts.
By Josh Israel - March 18, 2020Experts have warned against naming viruses based on geographic locations as Trump did recently, saying that doing so can stigmatize certain communities or groups.
By Josh Israel - March 17, 2020South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan insists on embracing racism even as public health experts warn that such language is dangerous and unhelpful.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 11, 2020Kevin McCarthy called the novel coronavirus the ‘Chinese coronavirus’ — a racist name public health advisers have warned against using.
By Emily Singer - March 10, 2020Also this week, Tennessee deported a Nazi, and gun safety advocates won a victory at the Supreme Court.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 06, 2020Pompeo is disregarding World Health Organization guidance advising against using geographic locations to name diseases.
By Emily Singer - March 06, 2020Asians and Asian Americans across the country are suffering as a result of racist fearmongering, but the White House has so far been silent.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 03, 2020Elsewhere this week, Virginia rolled back abortion restrictions and Colorado banned the death penalty.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 28, 2020‘Don’t silence our voices.’
By Associated Press - February 26, 2020‘I don’t have anything else. This is my life,’ Miller said about his quest to keep immigrants out of the country.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 21, 2020Police are also inspecting a video believed to have been posted by the gunman in which he pushes a baseless, pro-Trump conspiracy theory.
By Associated Press - February 20, 2020Warren lambasted Bloomberg’s defense of the racist policy carried out when he was mayor.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 19, 2020