Chelsea Manning, the former soldier and whistleblower, is safe after sending a now-deleted tweet that sparked suicide concerns. The tweet, posted Sunday night, included a picture of a person’s feet, with the toenails painted pink, wearing what looks like pink pajamas, standing on a ledge of a building. It read, “im sorry.” Another now-deleted tweet […]
Holy Cross High School’s valedictorian and student council president say they were denied permission to speak at their graduation due to the “political” undertones in their speeches, but that didn’t keep them from trying to have their voices heard. Eighteen-year-old Christian Bales, an openly gay student and valedictorian of the Catholic school, which is located […]
As Trump rallies anti-abortion advocates for the upcoming midterm elections, there is no state in the United States where support for banning abortion reaches even 25 percent, according to recent analysis. The numbers were compiled using Congressional Election Studies data by the progressive Data for Progress, a group which collaborates with social scientists and data scientists […]
As Trump rallies anti-abortion advocates for the upcoming midterm elections, there is no state in the United States where support for banning abortion reaches even 25 percent, according to recent analysis. The numbers were compiled using Congressional Election Studies data by the progressive Data for Progress, a group which collaborates with social scientists and data scientists […]
Emily Weinman was enjoying a day out at the beach with her young daughter in New Jersey when police confronted her on suspicion of underage drinking and violently restrained her, punching her in the head several times. Video of Weinman’s arrest has since gone viral, with one tweet by Twitter user Alexis Hewitt, who witnessed […]
A New York Times article published in late April began recirculating the internet last week, which noted that federal agencies had placed roughly 1,500 immigrant children with sponsors, but had lost track of them or were not up to date on their whereabouts. Although the Times article did not report the children as “missing,” its […]
In 2016, Ellicott City, Maryland was struck by a flood so bad it became known as the “1,000-year flood.” On Sunday, only two years later, it happened again. According to reporters in the city, which lies approximately 12 miles west of Baltimore, flood waters rushed through the streets, reaching as high as stop signs and ravaging […]
In May, the Trump administration announced a new policy: It would refer for criminal prosecution “100 percent of illegal southwest border crossings.” The Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, signed a memo “that directs the department to refer all suspected border-crossers to the Justice Department.” The new policy means that parents who arrive at the border with […]
