Keith Ellison Poses With Antifa Handbook

Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Keith Ellison endorsed Antifa on Wednesday, tweeting a picture of himself smiling with an Antifa handbook. Ellison posted a picture with "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook" and asserted that the book would "strike fear in the heart" of President Donald Trump.

Democrat Alan Dershowitz Threatens to Sue Berkeley Over Discrimmination Against Pro-Israel Speakers

Longtime Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz has been invited to speak at UC Berkeley by a pro-Israel student group and in typical fashion, he's getting push back. During an interview with Fox and Friends Thursday morning, Dershowitz revealed the university allows pro-Palestinian speakers to come on campus essentially whenever they like, but require an eight week waiting period before pro-Israel speakers are allowed to participate in events.

‘The Codfather’ to be sentenced for evading fishing quotas

The U.S. fishing magnate known as "The Codfather" who plea... Church's divine plan to beat the recession and keep tithes flowing in involved filing fraudulent unemployment claims at companies owned by congregants, former followers say. Church's divine plan to beat the recession and keep tithes flowing in involved filing fraudulent unemployment claims at companies owned by congregants, former followers say.

Convicted Craigslist killer appeals death sentence

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Colleges offering legal tips, hotlines amid DACA uncertainty

With talk in the nation's capital of a possible deal to salvage a program that protects undocumented immigrants from deportation, some immigrants were watching anxiously and hoping for an outcome that let's them stay in the U.S. FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2016 file photo, Andrea Aguilera sits at the Erie Neighborhood House in Chicago. Aguilera was illegally brought across the Mexican border at age 4 and now is is a junior at Dominican University in suburban Chicago.

Top StoryColleges offering legal tips, hotlines amid DACA uncertainty

Mixed signals from Washington over a possible agreement to preserve protections for young immigrants are increasing anxiety and confusion on college campuses, where the stakes are high. Amid the uncertainty, colleges and universities are stepping up efforts to protect students enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, telling them to be hopeful but plan for the worst.

The Latest: A few hundred people protest Berkeley speech

14, 2017. Several streets around the University of Calif... . Protesters shout before a speaking engagement by Ben Shapiro on the campus of the University of California Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., Thursday, Sept.

Trump renews talk of ‘bad dudes’ opposing white supremacists

14, 2017, en route to Washington. . Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the only African-American Republican serving in the Senate, talks to reporters about his plan to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss race and Trump's widely criticized response to last mon... .

Berkeley Agitators Say Orthodox Jew Ben Shapiro Is A ‘White Supremacist’

Left-wing agitators have falsely labeled conservative commentator Ben Shapiro a "white supremacist," in an apparent attempt to inflame tensions ahead of Shapiro's speech at the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday. Shapiro, the editor in chief of The Daily Wire, is an Orthodox Jew and a vocal opponent of the alt-right and other fringe white nationalist groups.

Michael McFaul, former ambassador to Russia, finds new voice criticizing Trump

When Michael McFaul was the U.S. ambassador to Russia, he used social media to debate policy with everyday Russians and clashed online with the country's trolls in their own language. In a way that's atypical of most former ambassadors, McFaul, who worked in the Obama administration and served as America's man in Moscow from 2012 to 2014, has become one of the most prominent public voices criticizing Trump for his Russia and national security policies.

Meet the State Dept. Science Envoy Who Spelled Out “Impeach” in His Resignation Letter to Trump

The science envoy for the U.S. State Department Dan Kammen has resigned in protest of President Trump's refusal to quickly condemn the deadly white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month. In his resignation letter, Kammen, referring to Trump, wrote, "Your presence in the White House harms the United States domestically and abroad and threatens life on this planet."

Republicans don’t trust higher ed. That’s a problem for liberal academics

Students walk past Sather Gate on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. on April 21. Only 36% of Republicans , according to the Pew Research Center , believe colleges and universities have a positive effect on the way things are going in the country, versus 58% who say they have a negative effect.

Despite police findings, Muslim students still see bias in death of Muslim girl

Despite a contrary finding by local law enforcement, the UC-Berkeley Muslim Student Association held a vigil last Tuesday for a Muslim teenaged girl was killed on June 18 in what they regard as a "hate crime." In Virginia, Nabra Hassanen and other young Muslims were returning home on June 18 from their mosque after a pre-dawn breakfast during Ramadan when they were confronted by Darwin Martinez Torres , an illegal immigrant from Honduras.

Were Seattle’s Minimum-Wage Hikes Too Extreme or Just Right?

Seattle's decision to hike its minimum wage up to $13 an hour-on its way to $15-ended up costing its low-wage workers time on the job, hundreds of dollars of annual income, and a shot at a better livelihood. That is a reasonable conclusion one could draw from a blockbuster, if not yet peer-reviewed, new study on the city's famed minimum-wage increases.

California is playing defense under Trump

Xavier Becerra, California's combative attorney general, has become the Golden State's face of resistance to the Trump administration's domestic initiatives, the blunt voice rejecting the president's attempts to roll back the progressive immigration and environmental policies so central to California's sense of itself. At a June 16 press conference, for example, Becerra pushed back against stricter immigration enforcement, saying his office would review conditions at immigrant detention facilities in conjunction with a legislative measure that prohibits local governments from renting out jail beds to U.S. Immigration and Customs.

Alt-right group to rally after cancellation of Coulter talk

Ann Coulter said Wednesday that she was forced to cancel her speaking event Thursday at the University of California, Berkeley amid concerns of violence but might still "swing by to say hello" to all her supporters. Police and university officials said they were bracing for possible trouble whether Coulter comes to campus or not, citing intelligence and online chatter by groups threatening to instigate violence.