John Conyers Jr., Longest-Serving African-American in Congressional History, Dies at 90

John Conyers Jr., an advocate of liberal causes for five decades and the longest-serving African-American in the history of Congress, has died. He was 90. His death was confirmed by a family spokeswoman, Holly Baird. Mr. Conyers, a Democrat, resigned in 2017 after accusations of unwelcome sexual advances by two women. His lawyers denied the accusations, but both Paul Ryan, a Republican and then the Speaker of the House, and Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader at the tim

History Montgomery, Alabama, elects its first African-American mayor

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Montgomery, a city where more than half the population is black and known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected an African American to the highest position in municipal government for the first time in its 200-year history. Steven Reed, the Montgomery County probate judge, on Tuesday, beat television station owner David Woods in a runoff, gaining 32,918 votes to Woods' 16,010 votes, according to incomplete, unofficial returns. Reed will be

OHIO STATE REP: IF POLICE TASE OR SHOOT A CHILD, SHE PROBABLY ACTED ‘STUPID’ OR WAS ‘A PUNK

Cincinnati police officer Kevin Brown’s decision to fire a Taser at an 11-year-old girl suspected of shoplifting from a grocery store in August immediately drew criticism from city officials and advocates. But Ohio state Representative John Becker had a different take. Had it been his daughter, he announced in an August newsletter, “I’d be ashamed and embarrassed that she did something stupid enough to get herself tased.” Becker’s remarks appeared in his newsletter “Beckerism

Private prison company moves annual conference to Trump-owned golf resort

A private prison company has moved its annual conference to a golf resort owned by Donald Trump in an apparent bid to show its desire to align with the US President. Until this year, the GEO Group held its conference at venues near its Boca Raton headquarters, a city on the southeastern coast of Florida. But this year the company, which owns and manages about 140 prison and detention centres, gathered for the four-day event at the luxurious Trump National Doral Golf Club in M

Nonprofit to Be Paid $458 Million by Trump Administration to Detain Migrant Children

The Trump administration plans to pay a Texas nonprofit nearly half a billion dollars this year to care for immigrant children who were detained crossing the U.S. border illegally, according to government data. The nonprofit, Southwest Key Programs Inc., is to be paid more than $458 million in fiscal 2018, according to the data — the most among the organizations, government agencies and companies that run a detention and care system for immigrant children on behalf of the Dep