Politics
West Virginia workers keep pressure on Manchin for $15 wage
February 18, 2021The conservative Sen. Joe Manchin says $15 is too high, but workers in his state are putting the squeeze on him.
Read moreFamed Black journalist Joe Walker’s fateful meeting with Malcolm X
February 18, 2021Joe Walker was already a widely admired African-American journalist when he got a surprising invitation to become the editor of Muhammad Speaks, the Nation of Islam’s newspaper.
Read moreExecution cruelty hidden by Trump officials to speed up death sentences
February 17, 2021Questions are being raised about whether federal officials misled courts to ensure the executions scheduled from July to mid-January were done before death penalty opponent Joe Biden became president.
Read moreWorkers press Biden to fight for $15 minimum wage
February 16, 2021Democrats have long promised an increase—support for a $15 minimum wage was including in the party’s 2016 political platform—but haven’t delivered.
Read moreImpeachment: 57-43 Senate majority—but not enough—votes to convict Trump
February 13, 2021Many of the 43 voting for acquittal were as guilty of the insurrection as the former president himself.
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