The Trump administration’s Stephen Miller-pushed public health order that has now resulted in the deportation of hundreds of migrant children back to possible danger is now facing its first court challenge, CNN reports. Advocacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have sued the administration over its attempt to deport a 16-year-old boy who fled Honduras after witnessing…
Eric Trump, the president’s son, spewed his usual nonsense on Fox News Sunday, this time to advocate for the senior Trump’s all-so-important right to campaign during the coronavirus pandemic. During the interview, Eric Trump, executive vice president of The Trump Organization, accused Democrats of trying to “milk” needed coronavirus lockdowns for “everything they can.” “And you…
As the COVID-19 pandemic has raged on around the country, Prism has been on the ground covering the stories that matter most to the communities at risk, and keeping a finger on the pulse of the other major news unfolding against the backdrop of the virus. In case you missed it, here’s a roundup of…
After California issued a safer-at-home order in March, a “large number” of extended family and friends met up in Pasadena to hold a birthday party in mid-April. That birthday party, held at a private residence, according to the Pasadena Public Health Department, is being credited with creating a cluster of five confirmed cases of the novel…
After acknowledging in March that one lone member of the U.S. Secret Service had contracted the novel coronavirus, Yahoo News now reports that the virus has been much more widespread throughout the agency. According to DHS documents that Yahoo News says they have received a report on, the U.S. Secret Service are currently dealing with 11 active…
In a letter from March, the office of former president Barack Obama condemned a congressional investigation into former vice president and now presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. You likely remember the Republicans’ incessant focus on Hunter Biden’s position at Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural energy company. Trump and various Republican allies have…
On Monday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbot of Texas told the world that he would be allowing the state’s stay-at-home order to expire on Thursday, April 30. Alongside other historically awful Texas officials, Gov. Abbott made an attempt at oration, saying, “Now it’s time to set a new course, a course that responsibly opens up business in Texas.”…
A 59-year-old home health aid who earns less than $13 an hour is the lead plaintiff in a proposed class action lawsuit filed against the Education Department, as well as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, as covered by Politico. The suit, filed by the Student Defense and the National Consumer Law Center in a federal Washington,…
As one might expect, the Sunday shows are filled with talk about Donald Trump’s bizarre and dangerous suggestion about injecting disinfectant as a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus. He has since said his comment, originally made on Thursday, was “sarcastic.” On CNN’s State of the Union, for example, host Jake Tapper and House Speaker Nancy…
Responding to the proposed reopening of several southern states including Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Florida, a group of Black civil rights, labor, and health leaders called on governors to take several critical steps to safely reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizational representatives from the Black Voters Matter Fund, The Southern Rural Black…
New York City’s mayor and the Open Society Foundations have announced a $20 million program that will assist thousands of undocumented workers in the area who have been affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The New York City COVID-19 Immigrant Emergency Relief program makes the city, along with California, among the first localities in the nation to offer financial…
As small groups of protesters gathered in a handful of states across the country, right-wing economist Stephen Moore compared their actions to none other than civil rights icon Rosa Parks, as reported by The Washington Post. What were these protesters doing in groups that almost certainly don’t fit the guidelines for social distancing during a…
Students of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, are suing the school over withholding refunds and credits to students for services not being administered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit accuses the school of misleading students and their families into believing that the campus was still fully functioning when they were deciding whether or not to…
On Monday, April 13, former Ronald Reagan Cabinet member Bill Bennett went on Fox News to give his expert opinion on COVID-19. Bennett is probably best known as a right-wing moral “crusader,” who, it turns out, was full of shit. But just because you spew mostly methane doesn’t mean you can’t get a place to speak to…