"South Carolina politicians just used an abortion ban to target and re-victimize sexual assault survivors — all while the pandemic rages on," Planned Parenthood President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson said in a statement Thursday. "This is politics at its worst."
A moment frozen in time for the loss of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was actually a catalyst in the sport's history for better safety in NASCAR. "The Intimidator" may physically be gone, but his presence remains alive as one of the best to ever turn laps around the track.
“Recently, I was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. My first treatment will begin on Monday,” Dole, 97, said in a statement. “While I certainly have some hurdles ahead, I also know that I join millions of Americans who face significant health challenges of their own,” Dole added.
Dolly Parton is asking Tennessee lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would erect a statue of her on the Capitol grounds in Nashville. The music legend issued a statement on Twitter saying, “Given all that is going on in the world, I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time.”
"After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence."
The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, includes an eight-year pathway to citizenship for the non-citizens, "A shorter process to legal status for agriculture workers and recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and an enforcement plan that includes deploying technology to patrol the border."
Texas is dealing with one of the worst crises in modern history as winter storms have ravaged the nation's largest state, leaving millions without electricity, food or water. One person who seems to be on their way out of Texas should actually be on the front lines.
In a joint statement on Wednesday, Senators Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren said, "Canceling $50,000 in federal student loan debt will help close the racial wealth gap, benefit the 40% of borrowers who do not have a college degree, and help stimulate the economy. It's time to act. We will keep fighting."
Charlotte and Durham are ranked in the top ten nationally for places 'Where Black Americans Fare Best Economically' out of the 129 largest U.S. cities surveyed. The group weighed factors such as business and home ownership, median income, workforce participation, education, and poverty rates for Black residents from data collected by the U.S. Census.
We laughed, we cried, we felt more connected than ever before. And here’s Brett Winterble’s opening monologue about what Rush meant to him and to WBT as a wider listening family.
