Texas Senate outlasts 15-hour filibuster by Sen. Carol Alvarado to pass GOP voting-restrictions bill She was on her feet speaking, not allowed to sit or lean against her desk, and unable to take bathroom breaks or drink water, since Wednesday evening. But ultimately the bill she opposed passed Thursday on an 18-11 vote.
this is what a filibuster should be, rather than just a simple 'fuck you'. it should be effort and time and dedication and the willingness to stand and be seen for your bullshit.
Members of the Fang collective and other protestors have blocked all vehicle entrances of Raytheon’s Portsmouth facility Thursday morning.
The group says they’re protesting the company’s alleged sales to Saudi Arabia and Israel and their involvement in the enforcing the U.S. Mexican border.
Linked a twitter video on it the other day, but here's an actual article-- A progressive activist secretly recorded Republican state lawmakers saying their voter suppression bill is meant to keep Democrats from winning elections.
Polish lawmakers advanced a bill on Wednesday that the opposition says aims to silence a U.S.-owned news channel critical of the government, leading to a swift denunciationfrom the United States, one of Warsaw's most important allies.
Western Australia has made it illegal to protest outside abortion clinics The move brings the law in Western Australia into line with all other Australian states and territories.
Almost a third of all hospital beds in Florida are occupied by COVID-19 patients, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The situation is even more dire in ICUs where approximately half of all beds are being used by COVID patients, as Florida’s current outbreak leads the nation.
Heatwaves that scorched the northwest this summer led to 600 excess deaths, according to data from The New York Times. Almost 3,000 people showed up at emergency rooms across the region between June 25 and June 30 for issues stemming from the heat.
Companies including McDonald’s, Target and Walmart are offering more pay or new perks to try to recruit and retain employees. Some union leaders and industry watchers, however, wonder if workers’ bargaining power will last and say that the jobs still fall short in offering financial security to families.
Two basketball coaches at a magnet school in Georgia now face murder charges in connection with the death of 16-year-old Imani Bell, who collapsed and died hours after doing drills for the girls’ varsity team in scorching heat.
Five Miami Beach police officers have been charged with first degree battery for allegedly using excessive force during arrests at a Miami Beach hotel. All five officers turned themselves in earlier Monday and they were given notices to appear in court after being charged with the misdemeanors.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/... cw: photos of lynching In 2017, Jefferson began compiling information on records of Black people found hung or mutilated across the country. By 2019, she started to focus her investigation on Mississippi after realizing that officials ruled the deaths suicides despite the families saying the victims had been lynched.
California's attorney general has filed manslaughter charges against a former Los Angeles police officer who was off duty when he fatally shot a man who was shopping with his parents in 2019.
Officer Salvador Sanchez, who was a seven-year veteran of the LAPD at the time of the shooting, was arrested Monday in Riverside.
Two years after 680 immigrants were arrested at poultry plants in Central Mississippi, the Mississippi Center for Justice released a new report about the people who were detained.
The report states that 230 people arrested in the raids have been removed due to prior immigration orders or other causes. 400 still are waiting.
On U.S. Capitol grounds where wounds of January 6 remain unhealed, plans are in motion for a rally to revise the grievous history of the insurrection. Matt Braynard, the head of data for the 2016 Trump campaign, announced the gathering, issuing a call for his followers to seek justice for January 6 defendants.
In “’A Dangerous Commission’: Russian Historians Alarmed As Putin Creates State Body On ‘Historical Education’” RFE/RL’s Mikhail Sokolov reports that Putin’s allies are using national security arguments to justify Putin’s plans for rewriting Russian history.
Ohio Court Sentences Black Woman to 18 Months in Prison the Day After Giving White Woman Probation for Same Crime Sentencing disparity prompts calls for reform after Black woman sentenced for embezzling $40,000 while a white woman got probation after stealing $250,000.
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Salem drew street violence on Tuesday night during an anti-abortion protest led by the same actors behind a series of far-right Portland rallies.
Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote the screenplay for the 2007 film starring Will Smith, clarified that "I Am Legend" is pure fantasy after an unnamed source in a recent New York Times report said they feared vaccination because of the events of the film.
A woman in Atlanta filed a federal complaint alleging civil rights violations at her daughter's elementary school because it segregated Black students from their classmates.
In less than a week, the Taliban has overrun one-quarter of Afghanistan's provincial capitals in a huge swathe of territory across the north of the country. The security situation here is unravelling faster than almost anyone expected -- with the possible exception of the Taliban themselves.
Authorities in Italy say the island of Sicily may have set an all-time heat record for Europe, hitting a temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit).
The city of Siracusa hit the blistering record on Wednesday afternoon, as an anticyclone swept in and continues to moves north.
A homeowner accused of shooting three tenants, killing two of them, after an argument over unpaid rent at his Las Vegas home told a witness that “he didn’t want to go through the eviction process,” a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Federal judge says Trump’s accountants must turn over tax records to House panel The judge approved a subpoena for Trump’s records covering 2017 and 2018, but turned down most of the panel’s request for similar information dating back to 2011.
Here's why herd immunity from Covid is 'mythical' with the delta variantShe was on her feet speaking, not allowed to sit or lean against her desk, and unable to take bathroom breaks or drink water, since Wednesday evening. But ultimately the bill she opposed passed Thursday on an 18-11 vote.
The group says they’re protesting the company’s alleged sales to Saudi Arabia and Israel and their involvement in the enforcing the U.S. Mexican border.
A progressive activist secretly recorded Republican state lawmakers saying their voter suppression bill is meant to keep Democrats from winning elections.
With Mississippi Hospitals Near Calamity, Gov. Reeves Left State For GOP Political Event
The move brings the law in Western Australia into line with all other Australian states and territories.
The situation is even more dire in ICUs where approximately half of all beds are being used by COVID patients, as Florida’s current outbreak leads the nation.
Some union leaders and industry watchers, however, wonder if workers’ bargaining power will last and say that the jobs still fall short in offering financial security to families.
cw: photos of lynching
In 2017, Jefferson began compiling information on records of Black people found hung or mutilated across the country. By 2019, she started to focus her investigation on Mississippi after realizing that officials ruled the deaths suicides despite the families saying the victims had been lynched.
Officer Salvador Sanchez, who was a seven-year veteran of the LAPD at the time of the shooting, was arrested Monday in Riverside.
The report states that 230 people arrested in the raids have been removed due to prior immigration orders or other causes. 400 still are waiting.
Sentencing disparity prompts calls for reform after Black woman sentenced for embezzling $40,000 while a white woman got probation after stealing $250,000.
The move would be the first authorization of an additional dose in the U.S.
The city of Siracusa hit the blistering record on Wednesday afternoon, as an anticyclone swept in and continues to moves north.
The judge approved a subpoena for Trump’s records covering 2017 and 2018, but turned down most of the panel’s request for similar information dating back to 2011.
The vote was 50-49 along party lines with Republicans in unanimous opposition.