LAWRENCE O’DONNELL of MSNBC’s “The Last Word”: The vaccination rate among adults in Panola, Alabama is now 94 percent. And it is 100 percent among people over the age of 65. And joining us now is Dorothy Oliver from Panola, Alabama. Also with us Jeremy Levine and Rachael DeCruz who directed and produced “The Panola Project” […]readmore
The Rev. Al Sharpton contrasted the Aug. 28 march to the Jan. 6 insurrection:‘We are the real patriots showing America how to be at its best.’ By Adelle M. Banks,Religionnews.comWASHINGTON (RNS) — The granddaughter and son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the National Mall where their forebear keynoted the March on […]readmore
Laura Ramirez-Feldman·Reporter/ProducerAfter declining sharply for months, coronavirus cases are climbing once again as a result of the Delta variant. Although they remain well below peak levels, the U.S. is now seeing about 30,000 new cases per day. The most recent seven-day average shows hospitalizations are also up by nearly 36 percent, according to the Centers […]readmore
Jon Campbell, NYS Teamdemocratandchronicle.comBrian Benjamin was born in the famed Manhattan neighborhood in 1976, to a Caribbean mother who moved there to start a new life. He returned post-college, after receiving degrees from Harvard and Brown. And since 2017, he’s represented Harlem — his home — in the state Senate. So when it came time to […]readmore
Steve BittenbenderThe Center Square contributorWashington ExaminerWith the state’s moratorium on evictions ending at midnight Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a proclamation Tuesday evening to call state lawmakers into a special session starting Wednesday and address what she called a crisis for both renters and small business owners. In Albany, lawmakers will work to extend the […]readmore
The threat to Texas voters of all political affiliations is not voter fraud but rather voter suppression. David WeinbergThe following is adapted from testimony given Monday before the Texas House Select Committee on Constitutional Rights and Remedies for a hearing on Senate Bill 1.All Texans deserve a free, fair, and accessible elections system. They registered and voted in record numbers […]readmore
View From HereBy David Mark GreavesA changing climate, a deadly virus, and a fascist Republican party are the challenges the nation is faced with going into the Fall of 2021. Hurricane Ida devastated Louisiana, leaving four million without power and forced the mighty Mississippi River to reverse its flow. An historic drought in the west […]readmore