Author: Shalem John

Kenyans are expecting large demonstrations next Wednesday, June 25, in response to accusations that police killed a popular blogger earlier this month. The date marks one year after government forces killed at least eight people who were protesting tax increases.  A police officer in Nairobi, Kenya, shot a bystander Tuesday during ongoing demonstrations. A blogger, Albert Ojwang, died in police custody a week earlier. Ojwang’s killing reignited long-standing accusations of extrajudicial killings by security forces, many of whom have never been punished. Two police officers involved in Tuesday’s shooting have been indicted and will be arraigned in court soon. The…

The queen of Christian pop is weighing in on proposed cuts to the successful HIV/AIDS program the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). On Wednesday night during a concert at a Nashville-area church, she made a phone call to Republican senator Bill Hagerty’s office on speakerphone. She left a voicemail. “Hi, Senator Hagerty, hi, this is Amy Grant,” she said. “I’m standing on stage singing to over a thousand people, and I wanted to speak on behalf of all of us to say that President Trump’s budget suggests that funding for PEPFAR should be cut by 50 percent this…

After massive turnouts last weekend for “No Kings” democracy protests, activists opposed to President Donald Trump are already planning their next event: a July 17 demonstration in honor of the late Civil Rights leader and congressman John Lewis. July 17 is the date he passed in 2020. “‘Where do we go from here?’ is a famous line from a Dr. King speech,” Barbara Arnwine with the group Transformative Justice Coalition said on a Monday-night call. “And where we go from here is July the 17th. … We’re going to make good trouble, because good trouble lives on, and we will…