Chelsea Manning, recently out of jail after refusing to testify before a grand jury about WikiLeaks, said Sunday that she plans to defy another subpoena this week and may end up back behind bars. “I think that we have a much stronger case in terms of the legal objections, which the previous judge refused to…
Month: May 2019
STEM School Shooting Hero Who Charged Gunman Shares Dream Of Becoming EMT
This 18-year-old is not done saving lives. Joshua Jones has already been credited with averting more bloodshed after he charged at a gunman at a Colorado STEM school last week. The young man now says the traumatic experience has convinced him to pursue a dream he’s long-harbored — to become an EMT. Jones was one…
These Activists Will Bail Out Black Moms For Mother’s Day For Third Year In A Row
For the third year in a row, many Black moms awaiting trial in jail will be bailed out in time to spend Mother’s Day with their families thanks to the National Bail Out collective. The nonprofit’s Black Mamas Bail Out initiative is posting bond for Black mothers in jail in 36 cities across the country…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says GOP Is Basically Dwight Schrute From ‘The Office’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) swiped at Republicans on Sunday, likening them to “The Office” character Dwight Schrute, a power-hungry, mustard yellow shirt-wearing paper salesman who lives on a beet farm. The remark capped off a Twitter thread started on Saturday in which the congresswoman explained her philosophy on what it means to raise taxes on…
Pete Buttigieg Warns ‘White Identity Politics’ Launching Nation Into ‘Crisis’
South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg condemned the Trump administration’s embrace of “peak white identity politics” in a speech Saturday, warning of a brewing “crisis of belonging” across the nation. Speaking at a fundraiser in Houston for the LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign, the Democrat said such politics are “designed to…
Trump Trade War Just Raised Taxes On Consumers By Tens Of Billions of Dollars
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Friday raised taxes on American importers by tens of billions of dollars, costs that consumers will soon be paying on everything from clothes to electronics to frozen seafood. Tariffs on thousands of Chinese products totaling more than $200 billion each year that Trump originally imposed at 10 percent last September…
Author May Lose Book Deal After Shaming D.C. Metro Worker For Eating On Train
A Washington, D.C.-based author and World Bank employee has thrown her book deal on thin ice after publicly calling out a black Metro worker for eating on the train. Natasha Tynes, who is Jordanian-American, tweeted a photo of the employee on Friday, tagging the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and writing, “I thought we were…
States Sue Generic Drug Makers Over Alleged Price-Fixing Schemes
BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys general from more than 40 states are alleging the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate prices for more than 100 different generic drugs, including treatments for diabetes, cancer, arthritis and other medical conditions. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Connecticut on Friday, also names 15…
‘Twin Peaks’ And ‘Mod Squad’ Icon Peggy Lipton Dead At 72
Peggy Lipton, a one-time model who rocketed to stardom in the 1960s hit “The Mod Squad” and later became the muse of David Lynch’s cult TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died. She was 72. Her death from cancer was announced Saturday by Kidada and Rashida Jones (of “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation”), her daughters with…
‘Heartbeat’ Laws Could Ban Most Abortions Across Deep South
If a new Mississippi law survives a court challenge, it will be nearly impossible for most pregnant women to get an abortion there. Or, potentially, in neighboring Louisiana. Or Alabama. Or Georgia. The Louisiana legislature is halfway toward passing a law — like the ones enacted in Mississippi and Georgia — that will ban abortions…