New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Wednesday blasted the National Rifle Association (NRA) for sending him a candidate questionnaire amid his reelection bid. “I received your 2018 N.Y. Candidate Questionnaire,” Cuomo wrote in a public letter to the NRA. “I imagine it was sent to me in error or as some twisted joke.” “In […]
Most Texas high schools are reportedly violating the law by not giving eligible students the opportunity to register to vote. The Texas Observer, citing a new report from the Texas Civil Rights Project, reports that two-thirds of high schools in the state are not following a law that requires them to hand out voter registration applications to all […]
A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down the Affordable Care Act, throwing a new round of uncertainty into the fate of the law just one day before the deadline to sign up for coverage for next year. U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that the law’s individual mandate is unconstitutional, and that because […]
A Democratic legislator in Michigan running for the state senate is under fire for allegedly referring to her Asian election opponent as “ching-chang” and “ching-chong.” State Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D) is accused of making the remarks to voters outside polling stations during this week’s primaries, according to the Detroit Metro Times. She was allegedly referring […]
Democrats gained a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers of the California legislature on Monday after picking up two more seats in the state Senate. Democrats Melissa Hurtado and Assemblywoman Anna Caballero were declared victors after vote totals were updated following last week’s election, The Associated Press reported. The two female candidates won seats in the Fresno […]
A Democratic candidate in Texas who won national attention when she went into labor while protesting the Trump administration’s family separation policy at the border won her election to a state House seat Tuesday night. The 33-year-old Democrat, Erin Zwiener, defeated Republican Ken Strange. Zwiender, a children’s book author and first-time candidate, won 51 percent […]
Far-right protesters and counterprotesters are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., on Sunday on the one-year anniversary of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. It was just a year ago Saturday that tiki-torch-carrying white supremacists protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville shocked much of the […]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will meet with members of a homelessness advocacy group after he faced backlash for dismissing an activist who confronted him at the gym. De Blasio, who has vowed to address homelessness in New York City, was approached by 72-year-old homeless activist Nathylin Flowers Adesegun while working out at […]
More than 150 LGBT elected officials penned a letter released this week calling on the incoming Congress to prioritize four LGBT equality initiatives. Those initiatives include protecting trans constituents from “anti-trans Trump administration policies,” passing federal legislation to protect the rights of LGBT people, focusing on HIV/AIDs treatment — particularly in communities of color — and supporting asylum claims from queer people […]
Top law enforcement officials in states across the country are considering how to investigate potential abuse cases in the Catholic Church after a bombshell report from a Pennsylvania grand jury found more than a thousand victims and hundreds of predatory priests over the course of six decades. Only a handful of attorneys general have taken public […]