On the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 25, a series of mass shootings occurred at a bar and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, a city of 37,000 people, killing 18 people and injuring an additional 13 others. …

Despite being the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives and second in line to the presidency of the United States, Kevin McCarthy had the gavel taken out of his hands in a recall vote just 269 days after taking office. On October 3, orchestrated by the far-right Florida Congressman…

On November 27, 1978, San Francisco’s mayor George Moscone and Board of Supervisors member Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to political office in California, were shot and killed by former supervisor Dan White in the City Hall office, a hateful act of violence that then-Board of Supervisors…

A bipartisan effort to reject responsibility is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis — Immigration has long been one of the most politically and socially charged issues in the United States. Since Biden became president, activists in the right-wing political information ecosystem, who were committed to undermining him long before he was elected, have seized every opportunity to attack what they see as Biden’s…

Charging the killer cops and disbanding the street crime unit is a start, but it’s far from enough — On the night of January 7, 2023, Tyre Nichols, 29, was driving home in Memphis, Tennessee. After being reported for driving “erratically,” he was stopped by two police cars at an intersection and forcibly removed from the car by police officers amidst verbal reprimands and abusive commands. Nichols, who is…

The dark legacy behind the festive tradition — Thanksgiving is perhaps the busiest and most important holiday in the United States. Cities across the country organize parades, presidents pardon turkeys, schools have holidays, and families gather together at the dinner table on the fourth Thursday of every single November. …

What was the truth behind the historical tradition of Thanksgiving? The history of the Mayflower Puritan settlers and the “first Thanksgiving” is perhaps best documented by historian David Silverman in This Land is Their Land, which explored the events in great detail and included many Native American perspectives, unlike other…

What makes this country prone to conspiracy theories is important to understand — On October 28, 2022, a man later identified as David DePape broke the glass and entered the home of current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul in San Francisco in the middle of the night. As he barged in, he was wielding hammers and carrying zip ties, yelling…

The current solutions are failing, and the need for alternatives is urgent — Uvalde. Parkland. Santa Fe. Oxford. Sandy Hook. West Nickel Mines. Little Rock. These places are scattered across the United States, having different communities, cultures, and economic environments. But they have one thing in common: They have all been scenes of horrific school shootings. …