A Honduran couple has said a Border Patrol agent forced their 3-year-old daughter with a heart condition to choose which one of her parents would be allowed to stay with her in the U.S. and then scolded her when she began to cry. The child was at a migrant holding facility in El Paso, Texas, Read more about Toddler Allegedly Forced To Choose Which Parent To Stay With At Migrant Center[…]
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Nebraska woman has been fined $1,000 for climbing the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota. Click Here: bape jacket cheap Authorities say Alexandria Incontro scaled the massive granite sculpture Friday with bare feet and no rope, making it to about 15 feet (4.5 meters) from the top. The Read more about Woman Arrested After Climbing Mount Rushmore[…]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he doesn’t have a “racist bone” in his body… but “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert had a bone to pick with that claim. Colbert delivered a quick summary of Trump’s past, from his never-retracted calls to execute the Central Park Five, who were ultimately exonerated, to his “birther” attacks Read more about Colbert Gives Trump A Reminder Of His Own Ugly History: ‘Racism Is Your Brand!’[…]
Just 24 hours after President Donald Trump began his racist tirade against progressive Democratic congresswomen, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tossed fuel on the flames, calling the lawmakers “anti-America” communists. The president’s attack started with a spate of tweets Sunday that was widely understood to take aim at Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts Read more about Lindsey Graham Smears Democratic Congresswomen As ‘Anti-America’ Communists[…]
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who is running for president, wants better workplace protections for domestic workers, who often work behind closed doors and face abuse and exploitation. On Monday, Harris and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) announced the “Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act,” which they plan to introduce in the Senate and House. The legislation Read more about Kamala Harris To Introduce Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights[…]
Chicago’s mayor has joined major city leaders across the country in denouncing looming federal raids on undocumented immigrants, but immigration activists on the ground say her words are not enough. Last week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Chicago will permanently ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from accessing the city’s police databases, and that police “will Read more about Chicago’s Mayor Vows To Protect Immigrants From ICE, But Activists Say It’s Not Enough[…]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — An avowed white supremacist was sentenced to life plus 419 years on federal hate crime charges Monday for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr., 22, received the sentence for killing one person and injuring dozens during the “Unite the Read more about Man In Charlottesville Car Attack Gets Life Sentence Plus 419 Years[…]
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) took a pass on condemning President Donald Trump for racism after the Sunday twitter tirade in which the president, clearly referencing four progressive Democratic House members who are all women of color, urged them to “go back” to other countries. Three of the four ― Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts Read more about Twitter Users Slam Mitt Romney’s ‘Spineless’ Reaction To Racist Trump Tweets[…]
Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, said her squad’s dramatic and widely watched World Cup victory last week “managed to make people proud again.” The 34-year-old forward, who skyrocketed to national fame in recent weeks for her incredible performance in the world soccer championship as well as her outspoken opposition to Read more about Megan Rapinoe: U.S Women’s Soccer Has ‘Managed To Make People Proud Again’[…]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 69-year-old man armed with a rifle threw incendiary devices at an immigration jail in Washington state early Saturday morning, then was found dead after four police officers arrived and opened fire, authorities said. The Tacoma Police Department said the officers responded about 4 a.m. to the privately run Tacoma Northwest Read more about Armed Man Dies After Attacking Migrant Detention Center: Police[…]