A sentence of life in federal prison was handed down Monday to the father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. According to The Associated Press, Travis McMichael, […]
Life sentences in “hate” crimes
Kids under 5 hit hard by virus
They’re too young for the vaccine, but they’re filling up hospitals at an alarming rate. The Associated Press is reporting that hospitalizations of children under age 5 are increasing rapidly, quoting data […]
Three convicted in Arbery killing
Three suspects – all of them white – have been found guilty of the murder of a Black man – in a nationally watched trial. According to The New York Times, the three […]
Jobless claims now total 38.6 million
The ranks of the unemployed in the United States continued to swell, as more than 2.4 million people applied for jobless benefits this week, according to the Labor Department. That brings the […]
Joblessness near Depression era
As was widely expected, Friday’s report of the U.S. unemployment rate was bad news. The Department of Labor revealed the jobless rate for April was 14.7 percent, the highest since the latter […]
