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Police in Alamance County in North Carolina pepper-sprayed a peaceful get-out-the-vote march Saturday, descending on the crowd after they stopped near a Confederate monument to kneel in honor of George Floyd, who was killed by police in Minneapolis in May. Viral videos of the violent police action show officers in riot gear attacking the marchers, including young children and elderly people, who had intended to walk to a polling place on the last day of early voting in North Carolina. At least eight people were arrested, including march organizer Rev. Greg Drumwright, who says police gave the crowd of hundreds only 14 seconds to clear out before attacking. “We never made it to the polls,” says Drumwright. “We believe that this interaction, this interference from local authorities, has obstructed our marchers from not only lifting up our First Amendment rights to protest, to speak out but also our rights to vote.”
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'Enough Is Enough': Sanders Kicks Off California Billionaire Tax Campaign at The Wiltern
Union workers, healthcare advocates, and thousands of Angelenos packed The Wiltern on Wednesday for the official launch of the California Billionaire Tax Act. Senator Bernie Sanders, Tom Morello, and leaders from the state's biggest unions made the case for taxing 200 of California's wealthiest residents.
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Washington tramples UCLA 48-14 on Senior Night
Washington steamrolled UCLA 48–14 on Senior Night at the Rose Bowl, capitalizing on turnovers, special teams chaos, and a dominant night from QB Demond Williams Jr.
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UCLA Football Wins Its Third Straight Game Ahead of Ranked Matchup
UCLA keeps rolling. After edging Maryland 20–17 at the Rose Bowl, the Bruins have quietly stacked three straight wins and are heading into another ranked showdown. Charlie Gonzalez breaks down the grind, the grit, and the moments that mattered.
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What Are We Cheering For?
Every holiday, every weekend, every so-called American ritual came with a side of football. The game would be on, and we were supposed to care. I didn’t. Not really. Not until I almost did. For a brief stretch, when my dad worked with the Clippers during the Lob City era, I started to believe. Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan — it felt like swagger, like culture, like something to belong to. Then the trades came, the team got gutted, and the curtain dropped. It wasn’t family. It wasn’t culture. It was business. That moment stuck. The more I watched, the more the wires showed: how ritual gets packaged, sold, and weaponized. How meaning becomes merchandise. How attention becomes empire.
