Year: 2021

The victories of the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Georgia put the United States in the midst of truly transformative times. America’s ongoing Third Reconstruction — a searing effort to literally and figuratively reimagine American democracy as multiracial, antiracist and dedicated to intersectional social justice — continued Tuesday in the Peach State as

The victories of the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Georgia put the United States in the midst of truly transformative times. America’s ongoing Third Reconstruction — a searing effort to literally and figuratively reimagine American democracy as multiracial, antiracist and dedicated to intersectional social justice — continued Tuesday in the Peach State as

Twitter said Wednesday it has locked President Donald Trump’s account for 12 hours, and warned for the first time that it may suspend him permanently. The temporary lock reflects Trump’s violation of the Twitter rules, the company said. “We have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and

Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, who has condemned GOP attempts to subvert the will of the voters in the presidential election, lambasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday for encouraging supporters to disrupt the peaceful transition of power in “an unprecedented attack against our democracy.” “We gather today due to a selfish man’s injured pride and the

When pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol building on Wednesday, the TV cameras in the House and Senate chambers were abruptly turned off. Thankfully there were quick-thinking reporters and photographers inside the Capitol who showed the world what happened next. The tweets and dispatches described unbelievable scenes — an armed standoff, vandalism, terroristic threats — and

Republican former President George W. Bush derided the rioters who forced a shutdown of the House and Senate chambers of the US Capitol on Wednesday, calling the scene “sickening and heartbreaking” in a pointed statement. “This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic — not our democratic republic. I am appalled by

There are only a handful of moments from history that I will never forget watching in real time as they unfolded — ones I know I’ll never be able to shake loose from my mind. They’re snapshots that encapsulate a feeling more than an event. Fear, watching the first Gulf War on the living room

Three years, 11 months and 17 days after President Donald Trump warned from the West Front of the US Capitol that “American carnage stops right here,” the very spot he stood was engulfed by his own protesters bringing carnage of their own. It was a stunning scene Trump encouraged hours beforehand and refused to condemn