The United States Postal Service (USPS) has over 600,000 workers across the United States, and has been, as you know, under attack by Donald Trump, who, in his reckless attempt to screw up mail-in ballots, is also wreaking havoc on the lives of USPS employees. As a side benefit for the Bigot in Chief, he gets yet another opportunity to harm Black folks.
A Black North Carolina police officer who defended George Floyd in a viral TikTok video has been fired from the Greensboro Police Department after an accusation he violated the department’s social media policy by wearing his uniform in the video. Former officer Ja’Quay Williams said in a TikTok video posted to YouTube Thursday that he’s been on administrative leave for two months while the department investigated his TikTok account.
The FBI and SEC launched an investigation after investors said they never received verification of their investments, sources told The Wall Street Journal.
Part of Trump Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s credentials for handling a government agency as large and spread-out as the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is his creation of New Breed Logistics, a family shipping company that would eventually become a 9,000 employee operation and be sold off for $615 million, enough money that DeJoy could become a major Republican donor.
The president’s family denies knowing anything about the scheme, but a HuffPost investigation reveals close ties.
The Trump donor’s qualifications and vetting were both highly unusual, according to new congressional testimony.
Shortly after 4 p.m. this afternoon, the sunburned visage of Steve Bannon popped up on a projector screen inside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse in Lower Manhattan. President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist was sitting in what appeared to be a holding cell in lieu of a courtroom, wearing an open-collared shirt, a white mask, and handcuffs.
“The way that you build public trust is that you tell the truth,” says one health adviser.
How does one properly quarantine in a dorm?
On a cold February evening, weeks before the full force of the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States, a few dozen Mike Bloomberg supporters milled around the airy living room of a home in the genteel Washington, D.C., suburb of McLean, Virginia. The voters, most of them white, described themselves as moderates or former Republicans.
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.GETTYUnable to gather in person, the Democrats took their party’s convention digital—and nailed it, argues David Frum, who served as a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. In the process, the party created the first true social-media convention.
It might not be long before your child is identifying as a little Leo or a tiny Taurus.
Brian Kolfage flaunted the vessel in the Trump “Boat Parade.
Are college students equipped to make this decision amid changing policies from their school?
When August rolled around, I always wanted the most tricked-out binder available.
Senator Kamala Harris is the first Indian American and first Black woman to be nominated for vice president on a major party ticket, but, as many historians have noted, Harris is not the first Black woman to run for vice president.
As Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman of color to run on a major party presidential ticket, many Black progressive women remain ambivalent, says Derecka Purnell, a human rights lawyer, abolitionist and columnist for The Guardian newspaper.
Senator Kamala Harris has formally accepted the Democratic vice-presidential nomination, becoming the first woman of color to run on a major party presidential ticket. We feature part of her historic speech.
On the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, party leaders argued that U.S. democracy is at risk if President Trump is reelected in November, with a lineup of speeches from former Congressmember Gabby Giffords, senator and former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren and former President Barack Obama, who grew emotional describing the stakes of the election and urged people not to “let them take away your democracy.
My relatives are abusive, and I’d rather grieve with my partner and friends.
The postmaster general said he’ll stop screwing with the mail—but he left some wiggle room.
The story is a lot bigger—and weirder—than a simple change in consumer tastes.
The photographer has a privileged “position of looking.
“A lot of people are being told to bring back the mail and then deliver it tomorrow, which creates a snowball effect.
Monday’s decision didn’t address other provisions of Trump’s revised nondiscrimination rules.
The shortage list was released hours after President Donald Trump touted the progress his administration has made in securing critical protective gear.
Both Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell have been with the health department since the start of the Trump administration.
A POLITICO survey of health care workers elicited dozens of stories from the front lines across the country.
In the debate over Covid-19 relief, Congress is worried about the wrong problem.
