Jul 29 Watch 3:47 Why Trump’s verbal assault on Cummings and Baltimore sounds familiar By Lisa Desjardins President Trump is verbally assaulting the city of Baltimore. On Monday, civil rights activist Al Sharpton and Maryland Republicans Gov. Larry Hogan and former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele all slammed Trump’s attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Baltimore, which… Continue watching
Jul 29 WATCH: Responding to Trump’s attacks, Al Sharpton says president has ‘venom’ for people of color On Monday, the Rev. Al Sharpton held a news conference at a West Baltimore church alongside former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, a Republican, and responded to attacks from President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jul 29 Trump calls Al Sharpton a ‘con man’ and Cummings a ‘racist’ By Zeke Miller, Hope Yen, Associated Press Trump said his weekend comments referring to Rep. Elijah Cummings' majority-black Baltimore district as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" were not racist. Continue reading
Jul 24 Black voters say they won’t forget Trump’s racist tweets By Errin Haines Whack, Scott Bauer, Associated Press Trump is gambling that his attacks on the Democratic congresswomen will help him secure another term in the White House by galvanizing his most fervent, overwhelmingly white supporters. But dozens of black leaders, activists and voters in pivotal swing states… Continue reading
Jul 23 Hundreds of black deaths during 1919’s Red Summer are being remembered By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press Researchers believe that in a span of 10 months, more than 250 African Americans were killed in at least 25 riots across the U.S. by white mobs that never faced punishment, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading
Jul 18 WATCH: Trump says he was ‘not happy’ with ‘send her back’ chant During a rally in North Carolina, Trump supporters began chanting "send her back," after he criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar. Continue reading
Jul 18 Trump leans on issue of race in 2020 reelection bid By Steve Peoples, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Not since George Wallace's campaign in 1968 has a presidential candidate — and certainly not an incumbent president — put racial polarization at the center of his call to voters. Continue reading
Jul 17 WATCH: Trump says he is ‘winning’ the political fight over his racist tweets By Associated Press President Donald Trump says he has no regrets about his tweets that four Democratic freshmen should "go back" to their home countries. Continue reading
Jul 16 Why ‘go back’ to your country isn’t a new sentiment in America By Yasmeen Alamiri Creating divisions to suggest that some people belong and others do not, based on race and ethnicity, is as much a part of the American fabric as immigration itself. Continue reading
Jul 16 Trump calls on GOP to oppose House condemnation of tweets By Ken Miller, Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The resolution that would condemn "President Donald Trump's racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color."… Continue reading