Jun 19 WATCH: House briefing explores structural racism in policing By Laura Santhanam Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform heard testimony Friday about systemic racism in policing after police-involved killings of black Americans. Continue reading
Jun 19 WATCH: Powell discusses ways to rebuild the workplace amid COVID-19 By Associated Press The chairman's remarks to a House committee came on the second day of his semi-annual testimony to Congress on monetary policy. Continue reading
Jun 19 Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting to be fired By Rebecca Reynolds Yonker, Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Louisville's mayor says one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor will be fired. Continue reading
Jun 19 How ‘vaccine nationalism’ could hurt vulnerable populations By Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation Should the U.S. be able to pre-order vaccines for its citizens when other populations around the globe are at greater risk?… Continue reading
Jun 19 WATCH: Juneteenth reading of Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas By Laura Santhanam Juneteenth is observed on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when Union military officials let slaves in Galveston, Texas, know they had been freed. Continue reading
Jun 19 What happened 101 years ago in the Tulsa Race Massacre By Gretchen Frazee Up to 300 black Tulsans were murdered by white residents, and a thriving neighborhood burned to the ground. Continue reading
Jun 19 Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections By Deb Reichmann, Astrid Galvan, Associated Press President Trump says he will renew his administration’s effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked the first try. Continue reading
Jun 19 Atlanta police call out sick to protest murder charges against officer By Kate Brumback, Associated Press Prosecutors brought felony murder and other charges against Garrett Rolfe, a white officer who shot Rayshard Brooks after the 27-year-old black man grabbed a Taser. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 5:42 After Supreme Court ruling, what’s next for American ‘Dreamers’ By John Yang The Supreme Court handed President Trump a major legal defeat Thursday, overturning his decision to end protections for immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally as children. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with his four consistently liberal colleagues and… Continue watching
Jun 18 Facebook removes Trump ads with a symbol once used by Nazis By Eric Tucker, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Facebook has removed a campaign ad by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red triangle. That symbol was once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners, communists and others in concentration camps. Continue reading