On March 23, in Rochester, New York, a naked and unarmed 41-year-old Black man named Daniel Prude died while being detained by Rochester Police Department officers. RPD officers Mark Vaughn, Troy Taladay, and Francisco Santiago were responding to calls from Prude’s brother, Joe Prude, that Daniel was having some kind of “mental health crisis.” On Sept.

Growing up as a child in southeast Los Angeles, I don’t remember a single summer in which I wasn’t enrolled in the reading program at the Downey City Library. Multiple times a week, I would skip through the electronic doors holding my father’s hand, the air conditioning coaxing us into the entryway where we were greeted by a display case featuring the latest children’s books.

She’s still not saying whether she supports Donald Trump’s reelection out loud, but Maine Sen. Susan Collins is demonstrating to the Trumper base, in every way she can, that she’s with him all the way. As if not declaring her fealty to Trump will help her hang on to non-Republican votes, her game is embarrassingly transparent.

Georgia voters may have more time for their absentee ballots to be counted if a recent federal court decision stands. Earlier this week, U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross ruled that absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within three days will count for the general election.

“There are a number of states that have a postmark by standard,” said Nse Ufot, New Georgia Project CEO.

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to hit the United States, one pastor in California is proudly claiming that police estimated 12,000 people attended his Let Us Worship prayer protest on the California State Capitol grounds this past Sunday, as reported by local outlet CBS Sacramento.