California becomes the first state in the nation to outlaw fur trapping USA TODAY
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Wednesday banning the controversial fur industry in California.
Brexit’s ‘Doomsday Politics’ Mean Voters May Be Last Chance to Resolve Crisis The New York Times
A looming election seems to offer the last political mechanism left to end the brawl over Brexit. An inconclusive result could reinforce fears that the problem …
Douglas Moore, provocative presence in civil rights and D.C. politics, dies at 91 Washington Post
Douglas E. Moore, a Methodist minister who in 1957 led one of the first sit-ins to protest racial segregation in the South and later served a tumultuous stint on the …
San Francisco just passed a resolution calling the NRA a ‘domestic terrorist organization’ The Washington Post
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution Tuesday declaring the National Rifle Association a “domestic terrorist organization” and urging the …
Death and politics in a Georgia jail Reuters
The Savannah jail’s experience echoes a national trend: As more jails turn to private vendors, suicides continue and oversight remains scant.
Trump’s transparent and petty pre-hurricane politicking The Washington Post
On the list of President Trump’s alleged political sins, wrongly crediting a GOP ally for getting him to declare a pre-hurricane federal emergency in North Carolina …
As Politics Become More Divided, State Recall Efforts Gain Popularity WXXI News
Nineteen states allow voters to try to recall elected state officials for a number of reasons, and those efforts have increased exponentially. Including in.
Politics is still big business on Facebook Colorado Springs Independent
The 2016 election ushered in a dark chapter for social media. Russian ads, many aimed at persuading voters to cast their ballots for Donald Trump, populated …