• Isolation and frustration are keeping some voters from election excitement

    Isolation and frustration are keeping some voters from election excitement

    Aug 31, 2020 09:33 PM EDT

    ... during the same months in 2020. However, a Democratic political firm released an analysis this month that found that registrations rebounded in June amid protests for racial justice in reaction to a number of killings of Black Americans by police officers. Mercado of the New Florida Majority said “the stakes ...

  • WATCH: U.S. accuses Chinese hackers of targeting COVID-19 vaccine research

    WATCH: U.S. accuses Chinese hackers of targeting COVID-19 vaccine research

    Jul 21, 2020 03:25 PM EDT

    ... exchange for those criminals being ‘on call’ to work for the benefit of the state, here to feed the Chinese Communist party’s insatiable hunger for American and other non-Chinese companies’ hard-earned intellectual property, including COVID-19 research,” Assistant Attorney John Demers, the Justice Department's top national ...

  • Once again, Congress unable to act during national trauma

    Once again, Congress unable to act during national trauma

    Jun 27, 2020 02:48 PM EDT

    “The incentive structure is misaligned for compromise. That’s the reality of it. Members are more likely to be rewarded electorally for representing their base primary voters than for reaching out to voters in the middle,” said Michael Steel, who was a top aide to former House Speaker John ...

  • WATCH: Buffalo Police hold news conference after officers suspended for use of force

    WATCH: Buffalo Police hold news conference after officers suspended for use of force

    Jun 05, 2020 09:08 PM EDT

    ... retiree who lives by himself in the area, say friends who describe him as a veteran peace activist driven by his faith and a desire for social justice. He is involved with the Western New York Peace Center and Latin American Solidarity Committee, said Vicki Ross, the center's executive ...

  • Georgia AG requests federal probe in handling of Arbery case

    Georgia AG requests federal probe in handling of Arbery case

    May 11, 2020 01:20 AM EDT

    ... state of Georgia deserve answers, and we will work with others in law enforcement at the state and federal level to find those answers.” Attorneys for Arbery's mother and father applauded Carr for reaching out to federal officials. “We have requested the involvement of the DOJ since we first ...

  • Attorney for Ahmaud Arbery's family: 'Why do we have 2 justice systems in America?'

    Attorney for Ahmaud Arbery's family: 'Why do we have 2 justice systems in America?'

    May 07, 2020 10:25 PM EDT

    ... man that, if you needed a dollar, and he had one dollar, he gave it to you. Yamiche Alcindor: And now you want to see justice for your son? Marcus Arbery: Definitely.I just want to see this lynch mob behind bars, where they belong at, because if you don ...

  • News Wrap: Israel will hold year's 3rd election in March

    News Wrap: Israel will hold year's 3rd election in March

    Dec 12, 2019 11:50 PM EDT

    ... acted alone, and not as part of some larger group. The federal communications commission moved today to create a three-digit number, 9-8-8, for reaching a national suicide prevention hot line. It is designed to replace the current 10-digit number, making it easier and faster to get ...

  • 'Flexn' dance style stretches limits of self-expression

    'Flexn' dance style stretches limits of self-expression

    Aug 11, 2019 09:13 PM EDT

    ... into moves known as “pauzin”, “gliding”, and “bone-breaking”. Gray says that these moves help dancers dramatize their own stories and surrounding issues of social justice. For example, one scene in “Maze” recreates the 2014 police shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago. Vocalist: One officer begins shooting. He immediately sinks ...

  • In Sudan, no one is clear on what happens after al-Bashir

    In Sudan, no one is clear on what happens after al-Bashir

    Jan 12, 2019 09:43 PM EDT

    ... rule tactics, constantly luring senior politicians away from their parties with lofty promises of national unity and a shot at positions that they can abuse for personal gain. The protesters often chant “freedom, peace and justice” and “the people want to bring down the regime” — the latter the chief slogan ...

  • AT&T can move ahead with Time Warner merger, judge rules

    AT&T can move ahead with Time Warner merger, judge rules

    Jun 12, 2018 08:53 PM EDT

    ... sports programming and other "must-see" shows. The Justice Department could decide to appeal the ruling, however. "The impact from this decision will have wide reaching ramifications across the telecommunications, media, and tech industry for decades to come," said GBH Insights analyst Dan Ives. "For AT&T and Time Warner ...