Activism

A Phoenix city councilman who was praised for his pro-LGBT rights stance has come under fire this week after video surfaced of him appearing to suggest that legal protections for gay and transgender people should be revoked.

So Donald Trump won the Nevada Caucus and the GOP is moving from denial and fear to acceptance that he is going to be the next Republican nominee. Stephen Colbert had some fun mocking the Republican party on Wednesday night's "Late Show" for going all in on not their first choice or even their second choice, but Marco Rubio.

Two black men said this week that Donald Trump's campaign ordered Secret Service and law enforcement officers to remove them from a rally in Clemson, South Carolina for no apparent reason.

Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, has finally had it with the militants in Oregon and the hands-off approach taken by law enforcement, and he let them know it with a blistering rant on his Wednesday show.

A high school freshman received a standing ovation at a town meeting in Burns, Oregon on Tuesday after she tearfully spoke out about her fear of a militant group led by Ammon Bundy.

Oklahoma City Council member David Greenwell said this week that he opposed housing protections for LGBT people because a Christian couple could be forced to rent their garage apartment to gay men.

Rancher Ammon Bundy said on Monday that his group of militants would continue its armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge until they were able to "unwind" the government's ownership of public lands.

Conservative Fox News contributor Deneen Borelli on Monday said that armed militiamen were forced to take over a federal building in Oregon because the government had "gone wild."

A Pennsylvania man who was caught on video harassing and shouting racial epithets at activists was reportedly fired this week.

A Maryland woman was arrested this week after she allegedly destroyed a "Black Lives Matter" sign at St. Philips Episcopal Church in Annapolis.

A crestfallen Lindsey Graham told CNN on Monday that his now-suspended presidential campaign had been the highlight of his political life, but he said that it was a soul-crushing endeavor.

A a black counter-protester was arrested at a secessionist rally over the weekend after the event was recently reinstated by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R).

A North Carolina pastor explained this week that she volunteered at a Planned Parenthood because her faith taught her to care for the people in her community. But it's not a message that's being embraced by anti-abortion conservatives.