Adrian Florido
- Los Angeles voters elected a progressive reformer to be county district attorney. George Gascón has moved quickly to upend how the nation's largest local prosecutor's office isters justice.
- Some Los Angeles voters hope that President Biden will be quick to condemn the kind of racism and anti-immigrant sentiments that former President Donald Trump brought out in many of his ers.
Pedro Pierluisi takes office amid the island's ongoing efforts to claw itself out of an economic crunch and recover from natural disasters.- In Milwaukee, Black leaders want the Biden istration to revive the federal government's police ability efforts nationwide. The racial justice movement has shifted the political landscape.
It took only seconds after Joe Biden was declared the winner over President Trump for a divided country's relief, frustration, anger and joy to begin spilling into the streets.
Politicians have spent decades fighting over statehood but many young voters think it's time to focus on rebuilding a decimated island instead.- The NPR/Ipsos poll also finds wide gaps in for demands that racial justice advocates are making.
Wanda Vázquez assumed office after the former governor resigned amid protests last summer. But her year in office has been marked by scandal.
It took less than two weeks after George Floyd's killing for Minneapolis City Council to pledge to end the police department. But activists had been laying the groundwork for years.- Small fires are still burning in the city after violent protests Thursday night. Floyd, a black man who was handcuffed, died in police custody. Protests are expected to continue into the weekend.