Ricky Hurtado will be the first to tell you that his historic bid for a seat in the North Carolina legislature has stakes not just for the future of that swing state but for the nation. A first-generation immigrant and a teacher, the 31-year-old Hurtado would be the first-ever Latino …
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Michael Reinoehl, the antifascist activist accused of the killing Aaron “Jay” Danielson in during a right-wing protest in Portland last month, was shot and killed by officers who were dispatched to arrest him near Olympia, Washington on September 3rd. Now an eyewitness is contradicting the federal account of Reinoehl’s final …
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This article was originally published on Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Puerto Rico reversed its reopening last week after seeing a surge of new COVID-19 cases. While the rollbacks are similar to those in many parts of the U.S., one big factor compounds the …
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Top congressional Democrats and members of the Congressional Black Caucus announced a new bill to reform policing following weeks of national protests over police brutality. After first kneeling in silence to honor George Floyd, the Black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer two weeks ago, Democrats introduced …
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President Trump granted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wish to rid his department of its top watchdog when the president fired Inspector General Steve Linick late Friday night. But the move has caused an uproar following news that Linick had nearly completed an investigation into the secretary’s involvement in fast-tracking …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has placed extra pressure on reporters and news anchors to fact check the president’s lies. Trump has stood at the podium in the White House briefing room and spread misinformation about potential treatments for the disease, the number and availability of tests, and his predictions for the …
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Sen. Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign for president, conceding the 2020 Democratic nomination to former Vice President Joe Biden. Sanders announced his decision Wednesday in a livestream address to supporters saying his grassroots-supported run —conducted under the banner of “Not me, us” —had changed the country for the better, …
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Rolling Stone launches its latest new video series today, titled “RS Interview: Special Edition.” Episodes will feature in-depth conversations with notable people in entertainment, politics, and other fields. The first episode features Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, in conversation with Rolling Stone senior writer Stephen Rodrick. …
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When registered nurse Charnai Prefontaine arrived Thursday for her shift at the intensive care unit of an Illinois hospital that’s treating three confirmed COVID-19 cases, she was greeted with unwelcome news: They were completely out of N95 masks in her size, for the first time in her seven-year career. “I’ve …
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Housing Secretary Ben Carson said because non-white workers at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort “love him,” that proves the president is not a racist. “He’s a man who is deeply driven by a sense of kindness and compassion,” Carson said. “You know, talking to the people who drive the cars and …
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