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Muslim Candidates like Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have been called “dogs,” “pieces of garbage,” “terrorists” and “demonic” by trolls on Twitter because of their religions. A new study by the Social Science Research Council suggests Twitter could be partially responsible for this islamophobic social media blitz. “#Islamaphobia: Stoking…
John Conyers Jr., who co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus, helped create Martin Luther King Jr. Day and became the longest-serving Black person in Congress, died on Sunday at his home in Detroit, spokeswoman Holly Baird confirmed. He was 90. Conyers’ long political career as a Democrat from Michigan began in…
Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Maryland, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Thursday morning from “complications concerning longstanding health issues,” according to a statement from spokeswoman Trudy Perkins. He was 68. #Breaking from @RepCummings his office says he has passed away @wbalradio pic.twitter.com/CHRRR6QNo6 — Anne Kramer WBAL…
On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the Democrats’ new ambitious measure–controlling drug pricing and making healthcare concerns a priority for 2020. The bill would allow the federal government to negotiate the prices of up to 250 brand-name drugs in Medicare, according to The Washington Post. The measure is facing…
Former MSNBC host and The Hill journalist Krystal Ball hit back at conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for attempting to slut shame her on his show. On September 4, Limbaugh lied and said that Ball “posed nude” when she was “14 or 15.” After Ball brought up the incident on…
Kimberly Teehee has now been appointed as the first delegate from the Cherokee Nation to join the U.S. House of Representatives. Her nomination was approved by the tribe’s council Thursday. The Treaty of New Echota that created the nonvoting position was established in 1835, but until now, the spot has…
A mass shooting last month in Dayton, Ohio killed nine people and injured 27 others in only 30 seconds. In 2011 in Carson City, Nevada, after only 85 seconds a gunman had emptied several 30-round high-capacity gun magazines at an IHOP, killing four people and injuring 14. That is just…
After finding the back of the net in Aug. 4’s win over D.C. United, Alejandro Bedoya, who roams the midfield for the Philadelphia Union soccer team, took the microphone to send a message to Congress about gun violence. “Congress, do something now. End gun violence!” Bedoya shouted into the microphone….
When the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) and their fans took to the streets of New York City on July 10 for their ticker-tape parade, chants of “USA! USA!” became muddled with its rhyme and rallying cry, “Equal pay! Equal pay!” Now, a bill supporting the USWNT has been…
In response to President Trump’s Twitter attack on four congresswomen, “The Squad,” and the subsequent “send her back” chant of his supporters at a recent North Carolina campaign rally in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar (who came to the U.S. when she was a child), former First Lady Michelle Obama…
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