Emmanuel Felton is an investigative reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Capitol Police officers are furious at how their bosses handled the Jan. 6 attack and want to see a radical overhaul of the department, not "political theater."
“We are the buffer, so that Congress doesn’t have to deal with the mess that they create in their respective districts.”
Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.
Black Lives Matter activists see a sharp contrast between the treatment they received last summer and what happened at the Capitol.
Biden’s breakthrough victory came despite what voting rights advocates saw as a concerted effort by state Republicans to suppress votes.
Once again Black voters — and particularly Black women — came out to elect a moderate Democrat, because they understand the art of the possible.
Due to the razor-thin margin, BuzzFeed News and other news organizations are holding off on calling the state for the former vice president. There is set to be a recount.
True the Vote has been around since 2009. This election, they say they've trained 10,000 poll watchers.
“It used to be Southerners didn't want Blacks to vote because they're Black. Now they don’t want them to vote because they're Democrats.”
“We're fighting for fair and equal access to the polls — that has been the fight for half a century.”
Capitol Police officers are furious at how their bosses handled the Jan. 6 attack and want to see a radical overhaul of the department, not "political theater."
Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.
"Despite abject slavery of the most vicious, degenerate, immoral type, we stand taller, see further, and reach higher because we stand on the shoulders of giants.”
We are, indeed, the virus.
“We are the buffer, so that Congress doesn’t have to deal with the mess that they create in their respective districts.”
"I am at a loss, upset, hurt and have to speak out.”
“I don’t like the suburbs. I have found that I’m really not comfortable where there’s a lack of diversity.”
Black Lives Matter activists see a sharp contrast between the treatment they received last summer and what happened at the Capitol.
A meme about an impending second Civil War has spawned "boogaloo" Facebook and Instagram groups that boast tens of thousands of followers.
The lesson: Do not leave your knife sculpture lying around.