House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced last week that the House on Wednesday will take up HR 35, anti-lynching legislation introduced in the House by Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois called the Emmett Till Antilynching Act. Fourteen-year-old Till was brutally murdered in a racist attack in Mississippi in 1955, becoming a civil rights rallying […]
This cannot become the new normal. Robert Forrestal wears a chemical mask to protect against Covid-19 as he votes on April 7, 2020, in Janesville, Wisconsin. (Angela Major / The Janesville Gazette via AP) Madison, Wisconsin—They were sabotaged by politicians. They were subverted by judicial activists on the courts. ose between sheltering at home and […]
Trump administration still wants to cut food stamps By Aimee Picchi May 15, 2020 / 7:42 AM / MoneyWatch Usage of food stamps is surging across the U.S. as unemployment soars to its highest level since the Great Depression. But enrolling for food aid may soon get tougher, with the Trump administration pushing to implement […]
