Georgia residents will vote in two Senate runoff elections on January 5, and early voting begins on Monday. Runoff elections are held when no candidate wins the the required majority of votes.  Reverend Raphael Warnock is challenging Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in one election. In another runoff, Republican Senator David Perdue is being challenged by…

Following a Georgia official’s passionate plea to end Donald Trump’s fraud madness before someone gets killed, Trump and his allies have dug in their heels, continuing to fan the conspiracy flames that have inspired a rash of death threats in the state. Read more at Daily Sound and Fury.

In late March, with the stock market reeling from the effects of coronavirus, an explosive story took over the news: Members of the U.S. Senate, who had received early briefings on the potential effects of the coronavirus, had dumped stock positions, allowing them to avoid massive losses. No one had ditched more than newly appointed…

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the unelected multimillionaire Georgia Republican senator facing a critical runoff election this January which will determine control of the U.S. Senate, released an ad over the weekend claiming that she knows “how it feels” to wait on a paycheck. Read more at Salon.com.

President-elect Joe Biden has been making nominees and appointments as he prepares to assume the presidency on January 20. Some of these picks have already faced backlash online, like his pick for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, who faced backlash earlier this year for supporting current CIA director Gina Haspel during her 2018 nomination…

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel leaves office Monday after two terms, and America might begin seeing a lot more of him after that. He’s already been shopping around for a cable news gig, meeting with executives at CNN and MSNBC, and is represented by his brother Ari’s talent agency. He’s been making the rounds of cable shows,…

Two weeks ago, rumors bubbled up on CNN that former Barack Obama chief of staff and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was being considered to lead Joe Biden’s Department of Transportation. Monday of last week, rumors bubbled up in Crain’s Chicago that Biden is considering Emanuel for the job of U.S. trade representative. Sunday night, rumors…

Black women have done it before and are being asked to do it again in the state of Georgia. The ask? To help deliver votes ensuring progressive leaders win in a highly contentious Senate runoff race. On Jan. 5, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, will face off, as will GOP…

The heads of legacy civil rights groups say they are struggling to participate in President-elect Joe Biden’s transition, vying to be included as the incoming administration tries to make good on a promise to Black voters to be the most diverse in history. Prominent civil rights advocates say they haven’t been consulted about key cabinet…

The 2020 election is over—at last. Joe Biden is our next president, and Kamala Harris is our next vice president. Their campaign slogan argued that the election would be “a battle for the soul of the nation.” Whether or not you believe America’s soul has been saved, you may still be relieved that the nation…