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Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Associate Impact Editor, The Huffington Post
HuffPostTrump Touts Border Wall In Face Of Coronavirus: ‘Border Security Is Health Security’
Health experts told HuffPost that a wall at the southern U.S. border is “not going to keep [the virus] out.”
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Trump Nominates John Ratcliffe For Intelligence Chief Months After Withdrawing His Name
In August, the president had withdrawn his previous nomination of the Texas GOP congressman to the post.
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These Are The Victims Of The Milwaukee Brewery Mass Shooting
An employee killed five fellow workers — sons, husbands and fathers — at a Molson Coors brewery in Wisconsin.
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Chris Matthews Apologizes For Comparing Bernie Sanders Win To Nazis Taking France
The MSNBC host said he was “sorry for comparing anything from that tragic era” in his comments on the Nevada caucuses' results.
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Joe Biden Says He Was Arrested In South Africa Decades Ago
But the presidential candidate doesn't seem to have publicly mentioned the incident before this month, The New York Times reports.
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Bloomberg In 2011: New York City Has ‘Virtually No Racial Problems’
That year was the height of stop-and-frisk in New York when nearly 700,000 people, more than half of them Black, were stopped by police.
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California Governor's State Of The State Speech Is Almost All About Homelessness
Over a quarter of the nation’s homeless population resides in California, according to a federal report.
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Kamala Harris: With All-White Debate, Everyone Is 'Accountable' On Black Maternal Health
“It should not be incumbent on a Black woman to talk about Black women’s issues,” Harris said.
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More Senate Democrats Call For William Barr To Resign Over Roger Stone Case
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were among those who said DOJ officials’ intervention was a “clear violation” of Barr’s “duty.”
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Major Newspaper Chain McClatchy Files For Bankruptcy
The publisher of The Sacramento Bee, Miami Herald and other papers is seeking to restructure amid the broader decline of local news in the U.S.
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Yusef Salaam Of The Exonerated Five: Pay Attention To 2020 Candidates’ ‘Track Record’
“In Black and brown communities, we’ve always seen ... people promise us the world, then take office and give us nothing,” said Salaam, who was wrongfully imprisoned in the 1989 Central Park jogger case.
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Texas Sues California Over Ban On State Employee Travel To States With Anti-LGBTQ Laws
“In California, we have chosen not to use taxpayer money to support laws discriminating against the LGBTQ community,” the California attorney general’s office said.
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Barnes & Noble Cancels Black History Month Covers After Backlash
The bookseller’s initiative re-created “classic” books’ cover art to feature people of color. Some called it "literary blackface."
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DNC Chairman Says Iowa Caucuses Debacle 'Should Never Happen Again'
Tom Perez said the app that did not properly report results will not be used in Nevada or other states going forward.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley And Other Democrats To Skip Trump's Address
Several Democratic lawmakers are choosing not to attend the State of the Union address amid the president's impeachment process.
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University Football Coach In Michigan Suspended After Hitler Comments
The Grand Valley State University coach told the school newspaper that the way Hitler “was able to lead was second-to-none.”
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San Francisco District Attorney Ends Use Of Money Bail
Newly elected progressive Chesa Boudin fulfilled one of his major campaign promises: eliminating prosecutors’ use of cash bail in all criminal cases.
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California Governor Urges Trump Administration To Go Beyond Just Shelter For Homeless
Gov. Gavin Newsom told Housing Secretary Ben Carson that more affordable housing is essential to solving homelessness.
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California Cities That Don't Reduce Homelessness Could Be Sued Under New Proposal
A task force appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom recommends a legal mandate to create shelter for people who are unhoused.
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Puerto Rico Has Power Back, But Thousands Remain Homeless After Earthquakes
Some are concerned about tourism dropping to the island, much like it did after Hurricane Maria in 2017.