Ray Levy-Uyeda

If you've been on the internet in the past 16 hours, you may have seen that Tuesday night's debate between President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden was anything but presidential. For an uninterrupted…

A unnamed juror who served on the Breonna Taylor grand jury formally asked Monday that recordings from the deliberations be made public and that jurors be allowed to speak freely about jury proceedings. The petition was granted a few hours later,…

Now that President Trump has officially announced Amy Coney Barrett as his pick for the Supreme Court seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, some Democrats are embracing a strategy that involves putting as many liberal justices on the…

With President Trump set to announce his nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, sources close to the White House reportedly say the likely nominee is Amy Coney Barrett. Trump has indeed pledged to choose a…

After several months of uncertainty, Louisville, Kentucky police signaled that a grand jury decision regarding Breonna Taylor's killing is imminent, with an announcement likely coming this week. In the meantime, Jonathan Mattingly, one of the…

It's been less than a week since Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away, and Republicans in the Senate are ready to push her replacement's nomination process forward. In 2016, Republicans held up a confirmation vote on President…

Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine, is heading into her most competitive race ever. After decades of representing Mainers on Capitol Hill, the four-term senator is being challenged by Sara Gideon, a progressive, pro-choice Democrat and…

Hours after the U.S. Department of Justice announced it will withhold federal funding for three "anarchist jurisdictions" across the country (New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) revealed plans to…

Three weeks after the Trump administration announced that it would review recipients of federal funding "that are permitting anarchy, violence, and destruction in American cities," the Department of Justice (DOJ) has named the first three…

Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump and his administration have consistently targeted immigrants, whether by denying asylum seekers, separating families at the border, blocking coronavirus relief, or escalating arrests and criminalization of…

In early March, U.S. governors rushed to address the newly arrived coronavirus by urging their residents to remain indoors. But "shelter-in-place" was a policy demand with a glaring vulnerability: Where would those without homes shelter themselves?…

Six months after the March 13 police killing of Breonna Taylor, the city of Louisville, Kentucky, has reached a multimillion dollar settlement with the Taylor family. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed in April, marks the end of one chapter of the…

Seven months into the United States's response to the coronavirus pandemic, it would be easy to say that had the country shut down earlier, our present reality might look different. But a federal judge ruled Monday that Pennsylvania's broad-sweeping…

In a continuation of its staunch anti-abortion position, the Trump administration is moving to expand policy that blocks federally funded international clinics from providing abortions. There's precedent for limiting which medical procedures federal…

As the country enters its seventh month of the coronavirus pandemic, the failures of state-level education policies and paltry school budgets are combining into the worst possible scenario for reopening schools. In Missouri, a 34-year-old special…

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced that he would be calling for a vote on a piece of coronavirus relief legislation. While it may seem like a step forward after a long summer of increasing COVID-19 infection rates…

In six weeks spanning July and August, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested at least 2,000 undocumented immigrants, the agency announced this week. Mass arrests of undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions are not unusual for…

In an unprecedented move, the Department of Homeland Security is proposing a new rule that would allow the federal government to retain people's biometric information. The Trump administration argues that biometric data like iris scans, voice…

Now that Joe Biden has secured the Democratic nomination for president and chosen his running mate, the sprint toward the White House is in full swing. He's largely running on a platform of "restoring the soul" of America, one that's less concerned…