DES MOINES, Iowa — The Hy-Vee Hall ballroom in Des Moines erupted in cheers in 2008 when the youthful Illinois senator hinted at the improbable possibility of the feat ahead: “Our time for change has come!” That Iowa, an overwhelmingly white state, would propel Barack Obama’s rise to become America’s first Black president seemed to ratify its first-in-the-nation position in …
Then-Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, celebrates with his supporters after his victory in the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3, 2008, in Des Moines. The Hy-Vee Hall ballroom in Des Moines erupted in cheers in 2008 when the youthful Illinois senator hinted at the improbable possibility of the feat ahead: “Our time for change has come!” That Iowa, an overwhelmingly white …
For a brief few days, former President Donald Trump was just as disgusted as most Americans watched Derek Chauvin suffocate George Floyd to death on video. "'I know these fucking cops,' Trump said, recalling stories he'd heard growing up in Queens about savage police tactics. "But Trump didn't see it as part of his job to show empathy, and he …
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis leaders who pledged to dismantle the city’s Police Department in the wake of George Floyd’s death won’t achieve the type of structural overhaul to public safety they hoped for – at least not this year. “The Charter Commission blocking this question from going on the ballot will slow progress because of the way our city government is …
