News1/17/21Jan 173News1/17/21NewsCapitol Terrorists Seek Trump Pardons, Some Already Freed from JailIshena Robinson183It’ll be worth watching the process of American justice as it is applied to the mostly white insurrectionists who…
News1/17/21Jan 172News1/17/21News'I'm Just a Country Boy': Man Arrested Near Inauguration Checkpoint With Guns, Ammunition and Unauthorized Credentials Pleads IgnoranceIshena Robinson120If you find it hard to believe that not too long after a violent attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol, someone would…
News1/17/21Jan 171News1/17/21NewsKamala Harris To Be Sworn in as VP on Thurgood Marshall's Bible by Supreme Court Justice SotomayorIshena Robinson20Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be making more than one symbolic statement at her inauguration on Wednesday.
News1/16/21Jan 168News1/16/21NewsArmy Veteran Charged With Attempted Murder for Shooting 15-Year-Old Black Girl at Trump RallyIshena Robinson137The many army veterans and law enforcement officers who participated in the insurrectionist attack at the U.S.…
Coronavirus1/16/21Jan 162Coronavirus1/16/21CoronavirusCDC Says New COVID-19 Strain Could Drive Increased Infections by March, While Government is Accused of Flubbing Vaccine Distribution AgainIshena Robinson38Officials say the new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the U.K. could drive an increased spread of the…
News1/16/21Jan 16SaveNews1/16/21NewsTrump Administration Executes 13th Person, Dustin Higgs, Days Away from InaugurationIshena Robinson32The Justice Department executed 48-year-old Dustin Higgs at the Terre Haute federal penitentiary in Indiana on…
Social Justice1/16/21Jan 161Social Justice1/16/21Social JusticeMeet Two Unapologetic Chicago Activists Calling for Defunding Police to Save Black LivesIshena Robinson4Chicago is a key site in the movement against the epidemic of police violence that continues to leave the lives of…
Politics1/15/21Jan 15SavePolitics1/15/21PoliticsBiden Chooses Jaime Harrison to Head Democratic National Committee, Taps Keisha Lance Bottoms for Vice Chair RoleIshena Robinson8Jaime Harrison’s fundraising prowess and the national visibility he built during his challenge for Lindsey Graham’s…
News1/15/21Jan 15SaveNews1/15/21NewsFederal Watchdogs Launch Investigations After Lackluster Defense Against Capitol AttackIshena Robinson6The accountability hammer is hopefully about to drop on the federal agencies who allowed a mass of white…
News1/15/21Jan 15SaveNews1/15/21NewsSome Capitol Insurgents Were on a Terrorist Watch List, and Trump’s Extremists Are Planning to Keep Up the Violence in the Lead Up to Inauguration DayIshena Robinson23The saga of the attack on the Capitol is far from finished—as is the long-present white supremacist beast that Trump…
News1/14/21Jan 141News1/14/21NewsNew York Attorney General Sues NYPD for Brutality Against Peaceful Protestors Last SummerIshena Robinson9New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading the charge against police impunity related to the many incidents…
Politics1/14/21Jan 141Politics1/14/21PoliticsIllinois' Rep. Emanuel 'Chris' Welch Is the State's First Black Speaker of the House, but Past Allegations Cast a ShadowIshena Robinson7The state of Illinois can boast of being the home of many well-known Black politicians who made history—Harold…
News1/14/21Jan 14SaveNews1/14/21NewsDerek Chauvin to Stand Trial Separately From Other Cops Charged in George Floyd’s DeathIshena Robinson6Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin will be tried separately for his role in the death of 46-year-old…
News1/13/21Jan 13SaveNews1/13/21NewsIt’s 2021 and America Just Recorded Its Highest Single-Day Number of COVID DeathsIshena Robinson4While the deadly threat of Trump-supporting white supremacists continues to hover over the country, it would be…
Coronavirus1/13/21Jan 13SaveCoronavirus1/13/21CoronavirusDemocratic Lawmakers Ask HHS to Allocate Portion of COVID-19 Relief Funds to Grassroots Groups in Communities of ColorIshena RobinsonIn the midst of a vaccine rollout plagued by slowdowns as well as lingering suspicions from Black Americans and…
News1/13/21Jan 135News1/13/21NewsSuspicions Build in Capitol Attack as Democrats Call Out White Supremacists in CongressIshena Robinson145The continued unfolding of last week’s white supremacist coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol is now raising questions…
Politics1/10/21Jan 104Politics1/10/21PoliticsAs Democrats Seriously Consider How to Remove Trump, Republicans Plea to Biden to Save Him 'in the Spirit of Healing'Ishena Robinson203House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has instructed members of her party to get ready to go to work in the coming…
Law Enforcement1/10/21Jan 1010Law Enforcement1/10/21Law EnforcementSurprise, Surprise: Off-Duty Cops From All Over the Country Were in D.C. During Capitol Coup AttemptIshena Robinson279Several police departments across the country have opened investigations into cops among their ranks to find out if…
News1/10/21Jan 104News1/10/21NewsNo Charges for Aurora, Colo., Cops Who Detained Black Children At Gunpoint and Laid Them Face Down on Asphalt After Wrongly Suspecting They Were in Stolen CarIshena Robinson44The cops who traumatized a group of Black children by handcuffing them and holding them face down on the ground at…
News1/9/21Jan 95News1/9/21NewsRep. Maxine Waters and Others Raise Questions About How Easily Mob Broke into Capitol as Congress Plans Investigations into Police ResponseIshena Robinson103There’s plenty that smells suspicious about the recent takeover of the U.S. Capitol building by supporters of…