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Source: Alabama Department of Corrections / Alabama DOC Following several legal battles, Alabama is set to execute Jeffery Lee on Thursday evening. According to AP, Jeffery Lee will be executed via lethal injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Lee was convicted in 2000

Source: Sean Rayford / Getty SEO: Redistricting, midterms, Missouri redistricting, Louisiana redistricting  Over the last year, state legislatures in both Red and Blue states engaged in a redistricting battle ahead of this fall’s midterms. When reporting these stories, we often focus on the electoral consequences of the new maps, but

Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Look, I can’t believe I have to ask this question, but we can all agree that if a congressman isn’t of sound enough mind to cast a vote without being told when and how by another congressman or three, that congressman probably shouldn’t be in

Source: Tom Williams / Getty Once again, the House of Representatives has voted for President Donald Trump to halt the war in Iran or seek formal Congressional approval to continue it. Given that Republicans currently control the House, this is a bipartisan rebuke of the Iranian conflict. The New York

Source: Streetoncamara / Getty A wave of new polling and reporting this week reveals an American public increasingly anxious about artificial intelligence. Americans worry about AI’s environmental toll, are divided on whether it threatens humanity, and are split over racing China. Meanwhile, the very lawmakers tasked with regulating the technology

Source: picture alliance / Getty Earlier this month, we reported that more than a few congressional Republicans were expressing that they have about had it with Defense Secretary of High-T Warrior Ethos and Pulp Fiction Pamphlets Pete Hegseth. (I mean, since we’re just changing the names of offices all willy-nilly

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune / Getty The family of Charlie Kirk is suing the state of Utah for negligence leading to the activist’s murder at a state university, according to a wrongful death notice of claim announced on Wednesday.  Kirk was the 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA, a

The Washington Post The word “dope” is one of those phrases with multiple meanings; it can define something as good, bad or even illegal depending on the manner you use it in. For beloved Chicago-based historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, the word was utilized in a positive context to reflect how

Getty Images / Donald Trump Jr. / Vladimir Putin / Donald Trump Donald Trump swore up and down he has no ties to Vladimir Putin or Russia, but this latest news involving his son, Donald Trump Jr., and a recent wedding tells a different story. Allegedly, a Russian oligarch who

Source: Frank Sanchez / Getty Every year, from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the histories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans. But within that story is another rich and sometimes overlooked one: the history of Afro-Latinos. Afro-Latino history stretches back centuries. Between the