• Column: The Democratic Party is not what it seems

    Column: The Democratic Party is not what it seems

    Jul 25, 2016 01:34 PM EST

    ... without any form of healthcare. And he ushered the most deportations of any president in American history. It is also under President Obama that the Ferguson and Baltimore uprisings occurred. The Black Lives Matter movement rose in the midst of his silence and inaction. And, very personal for me as ...

  • Can Mississippi schools get ahead after a new round of budget cuts?

    Can Mississippi schools get ahead after a new round of budget cuts?

    Jun 29, 2016 04:54 PM EST

    re are no plans to expand the curriculum. “We’re just trying to make ends meet with what we’ve got.” Still, he noted the cuts to state funding weren’t as bad as expected. “There are some positive things, even in the negative world,” Ferguson said. He said he ...

  • No charges in Cleveland’s Tamir Rice case, as latest shooting stokes anger for Chicago police

    No charges in Cleveland’s Tamir Rice case, as latest shooting stokes anger for Chicago police

    Dec 29, 2015 01:52 AM EST

    ... be shot down by a police officer. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: And for LeGrier's mother, the question was why lethal force was used against her son. JANET COOKSEY, Mother of Quintonio LeGrier: What happened to Tasers? Seven times, my son was shot. Something just needs to be done. I used to ...

  • New report reveals half of black millennials know victim of police violence

    New report reveals half of black millennials know victim of police violence

    Nov 04, 2015 05:43 PM EST

    ... the United States grapples with concerns over policing in minority communities following the deaths of Martin, 17, in Florida three years ago, Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri, last year and Gray, 25, in Baltimore earlier this year. Their deaths, as well as those of other black men and women, have ...

  • Race relations in U.S. at a low point in recent history, new poll suggests

    Race relations in U.S. at a low point in recent history, new poll suggests

    Sep 21, 2015 09:00 AM EST

    In the year following the death of Michael Brown, America has seen its share of racial disquiet. The Aug. 9, 2014, shooting death of the black teenager at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked weeks of protest, and drew attention to a brand new civil ...

  • News Wrap: Former Clinton staffer to plead the 5th before House

    News Wrap: Former Clinton staffer to plead the 5th before House

    Sep 04, 2015 12:45 AM EST

    ... some of them oppose the death penalty. GWEN IFILL: The Justice Department is out with its final report on how police handled the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, and it warns other towns to take heed. The trouble in Ferguson erupted after a white officer killed Michael Brown, a black teenager ...

  • A summer of political wins propels Obama to a busy fall

    A summer of political wins propels Obama to a busy fall

    Aug 23, 2015 08:34 PM EST

    EDGARTOWN, Mass. -- President Barack Obama may have finally shed his summer curse - just in time for a daunting fall. After a string of sunny seasons gripped by controversy, crises and plummeting popularity, the summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama's presidency. Late June victories ...

  • News Wrap: Three firefighters die in wildfire ‘hellstorm’ in Washington state

    News Wrap: Three firefighters die in wildfire ‘hellstorm’ in Washington state

    Aug 20, 2015 11:10 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, three firefighters were killed in Washington state after their vehicle crashed and was overcome by flames. Also, the NOAA reported that July was the hottest month ever in recorded history.

  • News Wrap: U.S. officials charged for 2009 Pakistan drone attack

    News Wrap: U.S. officials charged for 2009 Pakistan drone attack

    Apr 07, 2015 11:12 PM EST

    In our news wrap Tuesday, a judge in Pakistan ordered criminal charges be filed against the CIA’s former station chief in Pakistan and its one-time general counsel over an American drone strike in 2009 that killed two people. Also, jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial spent their first day deliberating without reaching a verdict.

  • News Wrap: Mexican forces capture Zetas cartel leader

    News Wrap: Mexican forces capture Zetas cartel leader

    Mar 04, 2015 11:26 PM EST

    In our news wrap Wednesday, Mexican authorities arrested Omar Trevino Morales, the head of the notorious Zetas cartel, during an early morning raid. Known as “Z-42,” Morales was wanted in both the U.S. and Mexico for drug trafficking, kidnapping and murder. Also, the Justice Department announced it won’t file charges against the officer who shot...