Tag: Race

Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Roof will be allowed to be represented by attorneys during the first phase of his trial. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Dylann Roof will use lawyers for opening phase of trial

Kelly Cohen · December 5, 2016 5:44 pm

Republicans in both states hold majorities in their respective congressional delegations. (AP Photo/Gary Robertson)

Supreme Court to hear case on race impact on redistricting

Al Weaver · December 3, 2016 3:49 pm

Luis Gutierrez to skip Trump inauguration to protest ‘hatred, bigotry’

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2016 1:34 pm

A group of lawmakers, including Minnesota's Keith Ellison, sent a letter Thursday urging Obama to rescind a program launched in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that included a registration component for men from primarily Arab and Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Dems ask Obama to block Muslim registry

Nicole Duran · December 2, 2016 1:56 am

Democrats are happy to collect black votes, but not so eager to hire black employees. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Senate Democrats’ diversity problem

David Freddoso · December 1, 2016 8:15 pm

The Cuba Archive project, which has worked for years to document the Castro death toll, reported at the end of 2014 that it had roughly 10,000 documented records of Cubans who had been killed, disappeared or displaced by the regime. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Beltway Confidential

We’ve done it. We’ve found the silliest Castro eulogy

Becket Adams · November 29, 2016 9:09 pm

"Although no leader is without their flaws, we must push back against the rhetoric of the right and come to the defense of El Comandante," Black Lives Matter wrote. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Black Lives Matter mourns, defends Castro

Kelly Cohen · November 29, 2016 2:35 pm

Trump should work with Congress to enact meaningful criminal justice reforms, including axing some mandatory minimum sentences, repealing outdated criminal laws and ending racial disparity for drug crimes. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump’s Nixon-in-China opportunity with black voters

Washington Examiner · November 28, 2016 5:03 am

The photocopied letter sent to Islamic centers in Long Beach, Claremont and San Jose addresses Muslims as the "children of Satan," calls them "vile and filthy people" and advises them to "pack your bags and get out of dodge." (Screenshot)

National Security

California mosques threatened by letters praising Trump

Daniel Chaitin · November 27, 2016 2:38 pm

Though the headmaster of St. Mark's School in Dallas did not mention Richard Spencer by name, he did refer to the white nationalist's "hateful, divisive, racist and anti-Semitic views." (AP Photo)

Texas prep school disavows former student Richard Spencer

Daniel Chaitin · November 27, 2016 12:01 pm

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke rose to prominence this year as an outspoken critic of the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Trump to meet with with fiery anti-Obama sheriff, 7 others on Monday

Gabby Morrongiello · November 25, 2016 6:03 pm

Dylann Roof. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Federal judge finds Charleston church shooting suspect competent to stand trial

Gabby Morrongiello · November 25, 2016 4:25 pm