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05/16/22

Remembering the Victims of the Buffalo Massacre

Thirteen people were shot in total during the racially motivated rampage at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY, on Saturday, with 10 fatalities. Of the victims, 11 were Black and two were white.

05/13/22

Louisiana Tosses Homicide Charge From Abortion Bill

The State House voted 65-26 to make significant amendments to the Abolition of Abortion in Louisiana Act.

05/12/22

Delaware Attorney General Calls on DOJ To Investigate Alleged Racial Profiling of HBCU Lacrosse Team

“These students and coaches were not in the proverbial wrong place at the wrong time,” Delaware AG Kathy Jennings said in a statement.

05/11/22

Lisa Cook Becomes First Black Woman To Be Confirmed to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors

The Senate confirmed economist Lisa Cook as the first Black woman to serve as a Federal Reserve governor yesterday.

05/10/22

Senate Passes Bill Granting Security to Families of SCOTUS Justices, in the Wake of Protests Over Roe v. Wade Leak

The bipartisan Supreme Court Police Parity Act follows last week’s leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion.

05/05/22

Lili Reinhart Calls Out “Harmful” Celebrities Like Kim Kardashian Who Admit to Severely Dieting for Events

“To openly admit to starving yourself for the sake of the Met Gala,” Reinhart added. “When you know very well that millions of young men and women are looking up to you and listening to your every word. The ignorance is other-worldly and disgusting.”

05/04/22

Oklahoma Governor Legalizes 6-Week Abortion Ban on the Heels of Leaked Roe v. Wade Draft Opinion

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) signed a highly restrictive abortion bill into law yesterday, criminalizing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

05/03/22

Statue of Native American Ballerina in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Is Stolen and Sold to a Recycling Center

The statue of Ms. Tallchief, erected in 2007 along with four adjacent sculptures, paid homage to a group of Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma known as the Five Moons.

05/03/22

Amazon Will Offer Employees Travel Reimbursements for Non-Life-Threatening Medical Procedures, Including Abortion

The move came in response to a slew of intensifying, GOP-backed efforts to curb abortion access and other forms of reproductive health care.

05/02/22

Nearly 5 Million Honeybees Die After Being Left on Hot Tarmac by Delta Air Lines

“The worst part about it for me is how they suffered, and there was not a single thing I could do about it,” McElrea told The New York Times.

04/28/22

GOP Lawmaker Says He Would “Burn” Books He Objects to, Following Tennessee’s Textbook Commission Approval Bill

Following Tennessee’s passing of a bill that would allow a state textbook panel to have the “final say” in which books are permitted in schools, a state representative suggested burning books deemed inappropriate.

04/26/22

Biden Admin. Uses Presidential Clemency Powers for the First Time To Commemorate “Second Chance Month”

The Biden administration is ushering in a series of clemency acts meant to temper re-offending rates and facilitate a more seamless re-entry process for incarcerated people.