The NAACP called on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to resign Friday after he admitted he appeared in a picture showing a man wearing blackface and another dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe. “Black face in any manner is always racist and never okay. No matter the party affiliation, we can not stand for […]
A Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates on Monday backed off plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D), who has been accused of sexual assault by two different women. Del. Patrick Hope said in a tweet that there are “additional conversations that need to take place before anything […]
Former Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum said Monday that he believes Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) should resign, adding that he must put forward a substantive plan for the future if he intends to remain in office. Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor who is now a CNN contributor, said on the network’s “New Day” that Northam’s […]
Texas officials have reportedly indicated that they incorrectly identified some registered voters whose citizenship status they flagged for review last week. The Texas Tribune reported Tuesday that officials in five of the state’s 15 most populous counties said they were contacted by the secretary of state’s office alerting them that some of the voters flagged for […]
A new California law will go into effect this week banning pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits from mass-breeding operations. The Pet Rescue and Adoption Act, signed in 2017 by Gov. Jerry Brown (D), is intended to crack down on “puppy mills” and “kitten factories.” Starting Jan. 1, pet stores will only be allowed […]
The new education chief in Arizona urged state lawmakers to repeal a law that bans any courses teaching about HIV and AIDS from depicting homosexuality “as a positive alternative lifestyle. In her first State of Education address Monday, Arizona Superintendent Kathy Hoffman called for the repeal of the state’s “no promo homo” law, according to the Tucson […]
A picture from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) medical school yearbook emerged Friday showing a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe pictured next to Northam on his page. The photo was obtained by The Virginian-Pilot Friday and comes from the 1984 yearbook housed in the Eastern Virginia Medical School library. With […]
A former Florida police officer has reportedly been found guilty of manslaughter and attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a black man in 2015. A Palm Beach County jury announced the guilty verdict against Nouman Raja Thursday morning, according to The Associated Press. Raja, who has been on house arrest since being charged with […]
The Virginia state Senate has voted to repeal a Jim Crow-era measure that legalized wage discrimination and that was seen as having targeted African-American workers for decades. According to a local ABC station, the state Senate passed the measure, known as S.B. 1079, in a 37-3 vote on Friday. The new bill would rescind a previous […]
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said he supports an effort that would change the meaning of the star on his state flag from honoring the Confederacy to instead recognizing Native Americans for their contributions to the state. The blue star on the flag now represents the Confederate States of America. But legislation is under consideration […]