Politics

The mainstream media may have mostly ignored Donald Trump’s return to the rally stage this past weekend. But Jimmy Kimmel was not about to let the laughable performance go unremarked upon in his monologue Monday night. “Speaking of angry people in a spin,” the host said, by way of transition from Kanye West to the…

According to The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman, Robert Hendy-Freegard is a 49-year-old British fraudster who deceives, swindles and psychologically manipulates and abuses females for his own profit. A reprehensible criminal who poses as an MI5 agent in order to gain the trust—and then cooperation, and money—of men and women, he’s spent the past…

Enlarge this image Chamath Palihapitiya, a 34-year-old venture capitalist and minority owner of the Golden State Warriors, is under attack on Twitter for saying, “Nobody cares” about the Uyghur genocide in China. Brian Ach/Getty Images Brian Ach/Getty Images The Golden State Warriors public relations team is distancing the franchise from minority owner, Chamath Palihapitiya, after…

Enlarge this image From center left to right: Yolanda Renee King, Arndrea Waters King and Martin Luther King III, lead the annual D.C. Peace Walk: Change Happens with Good Hope and a Dream across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge for Dr. Martin Luther King Day in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Samuel Corum/Getty Images As…

YouTube In a video series originally published in 2017, NPR explains the filibuster – a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the Senate. We’re bringing this explainer back now that Senate Democrats and President Biden are talking about changing the rule in an effort to pass a set of voting rights bills. You can watch…

Enlarge this image Laura Coates teaches law at George Washington University Law School and is a senior analyst for CNN. She also hosts The Laura Coates Show, on radio SiriusXM’s Urban View. Amanda Ghobadi /Simon & Schuster Amanda Ghobadi /Simon & Schuster As a Department of Justice attorney charged enforcing voting rights during the Obama…

Enlarge this image Emirates passenger planes are parked at their gates at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates. Kamran Jebreili/AP Kamran Jebreili/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A drone attack claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeting a key oil facility in Abu Dhabi killed three people on Monday and sparked a fire at…

Enlarge this image Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures while speaking to his supporters upon his arrival at Zhuliany International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Efrem Lukatsky/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday returned to Ukraine to face court on treason charges he believes are politically…

Former President Donald Trump and his family company have a long history of stiffing contractors, but there’s one bill they almost certainly wish they had paid. Ahead of the 2017 presidential inauguration, the Trump Organization reserved a block of rooms at the Loews Madison Hotel. When at least 13 people didn’t show up, the Trump…

As Americans observe the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., many Africans will be observing the legacy of their own Baptist crusader for racial justice, the Rev. John Chilembwe. King and Chilembwe both led institutions influenced by the National Baptist Convention, a 19th-century network of African American churches with a missionary zeal. The…