“What a slap in the face to struggling working families,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal said of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ interview. The Trump administration was again blasted for grocery prices this week after Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discussed the new federal dietary guidelines during a NewsNation appearance. “We’ve run over 1,000 simulations,” Rollins said in a clip shared on social media by journalist Aaron Rupar on […]
Martin Luther King Jr., a man who embodied the U.S. civil rights movement, was assassinated more than half a century ago on April 4, 1968. Here are some key facts about his life. Early life Martin Luther King Jr. was born Michael King Jr. on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son […]
“This is a clear weaponization of justice against Trump’s political rivals and a desperate attempt to distract from ICE’s growing brutality and Trump’s lawlessness,” one Democratic senator said. The Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota leaders including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alleging that they are conspiring to impede federal immigration agents due to their outspoken criticism of […]
“This is an important preliminary win for all Minnesotans exercising their constitutional right to peaceful protest and witness,” state Attorney General Keith Ellison said. Federal officers cannot retaliate against, detain, or attack people who are peacefully protesting and observing immigration enforcement operations in the Minneapolis area, a federal judge ruled on Friday. The ruling comes a little more than […]
