Ryan Brooks
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Joe Biden: Andrew Cuomo Should Resign
“I think he should resign," Biden said of Cuomo at a news conference Tuesday. → Read More
Mat George, A Twitter Personality And Cohost of Podcast “She Rates Dogs,” Has Died At 26
George was struck by a car early Saturday; the driver fled the scene. → Read More
George Floyd's Family Met With Biden, But Their Real Pressure For Police Reform Is On Congress
One year after George Floyd was murdered, his family and other activists are escalating demands on Congress to limit qualified immunity for police officers. → Read More
We Found Joe Biden's Secret Venmo. Here’s Why That’s A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone
The peer-to-peer payments app leaves everyone from ordinary people to the most powerful person in the world exposed. → Read More
Trump's Lawyers Couldn't Say When He Found Out Rioters Were In The Capitol And What He Did To Stop It
The former president's legal team also argued that Trump never knew that Pence was in danger, despite all evidence. → Read More
Joe Biden Is Aiming To End The Federal Use Of Private Prisons
Biden is directing the Justice Department to not renew contracts with private prisons, as part of a slew of executive orders focused on racial equity he is signing Tuesday. → Read More
Democrats Sweep In Georgia Senate Races With Ossoff Win
Democrats won both of Georgia’s runoff races, giving them control of the Senate and a roadmap for future success powered by Black organizers. → Read More
Kelly Loeffler Repeatedly Avoided Saying Trump Lost During Georgia's Senate Debate
Donald Trump hung over the debate for a key Georgia Senate runoff election. → Read More
How Georgia Democrats Plan To Win The Senate Amid COVID
"It’s about having high quality face-to-face conversations, and we tend to be able to do that by knocking on people’s doors," said the executive director of New Georgia Project. → Read More
Michigan’s Republican Leaders Met With Trump And After Said They Don't See A Reason Why Biden Isn't The Winner
Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Michigan appear to be stalling out. → Read More
Climate Change Activists Are Set To Pressure Joe Biden
The Sunrise Movement has high expectations for the Biden administration. And it’s planning to hold the president-elect to them. → Read More
The Presidential Debates Gave People Of Color Old Fights Over The Past And Little Insight Into The Future
The debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump focused less on their plans for Black and brown Americans than on their pasts. → Read More
Protest Is Part Of The Black American Tradition. Young Activists Are Reshaping The Movement In Their Image.
“Who exactly was this a reckoning for? Not for me.” Four very different young Black activists doing the work on why we’re here and what comes next. → Read More
Obama Attacked Trump’s Coronavirus Response To Back Biden
The president has done nothing but “completely screw this up,” Obama said in Philadelphia. → Read More
Kamala Harris And Mike Pence Debate At A Low Volume
The vice presidential debate barely touched on ongoing chaos of the last two weeks. → Read More
Biden: Trump Responsible For Catching Coronavirus
"Anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying 'masks don't matter, social distancing doesn't matter' is responsible for what happens to them," Biden said during a town hall. → Read More
Watching Three White Men Argue About Racism In America Was As Painful As You’d Think
In the first presidential debate, Trump repeated racist tropes and tried to attack Biden as the real racist. → Read More
Trump And Republicans Voter Suppression In 2020 Presidential Election
Here’s how the president and his party are trying to undermine the 2020 election, and how traditionally disenfranchised people are being targeted. → Read More
What Is Court-Packing? Democrats Rally Around It
The Supreme Court has had nine justices for 151 years. Liberals see adding seats as one of their few options to counter a potential 6–3 conservative majority. → Read More
Poll: BLM Protests Are Pushing Young Latinos To Vote
According to a new survey, 55.8% of young Latino voters said they’d actively participated in racial equality or Black Lives Matter movements. → Read More