Lifetime’s explosive “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary propelled the embattled singer back into the spotlight in January, bringing light to old and new allegations against the R&B star. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/05/05/surviving-r-kelly-impact-could-michael-avenatti-taint-trial/1110785001/

“Not Backing Down: Israel, Free Speech, and the Battle for Palestinian Human Rights.”  https://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/3/mass_judge_refuses_to_halt_pro

“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything,” as an old piece of political folk wisdom holds. https://truthout.org/articles/its-time-for-democrats-to-fight-to-impeach-trump-now/

President Donald Trump put his strong economic reviews at risk Sunday by threatening to escalate tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods “shortly” ahead… https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/05/politics/trump-china-additional-tariffs/index.html

Shane Piche admitted to raping a 14-year-old girl who rode the school bus he drove. Michael Wysolovski admitted to keeping a teenage girl in sexual captivity for more than a year. Last Thursday, two separate judges in two separate states ruled neither would be going to prison.

In Texas, U.S. officials say a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died Tuesday while in the custody of U.S. immigration agencies—the third such migrant child death in recent months… https://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/2/headlines/16_year_old_guatemalan_immigrant_dies_in_us_custody

A synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a month and a half after Muslims were slaughtered at the Al Noor Mosque and Inwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, John T. https://truthout.org/articles/white-supremacy-and-christian-hegemony-came-to-a-head-in-poway-violence/

Attorney General William P. Barr pulled out of a Thursday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, and he has left House lawmakers who are investigating the president fuming and calculating. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/us/politics/house-democrats-barr-mueller.html

Facebook announced Thursday that it had designated some high-profile people, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who’s notorious for using anti-Semitic language, and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as “dangerous” and said it will be purging them from its platforms… https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/facebook-ban-louis-farrakhan-infowars-alex-jones-milo-laura-loomer/index.html

A bill that will allow expert court witnesses, in cases of domestic violence, to be able to present evidence of the effects of violence on victims and their children, as well as the risks abusers pose to the victims and children, has been signed into law by the governor after unanimous passage in the House of Representatives…https://www.swoknews.com/area/bill-allow-domestic-violence-expert-testimony-courts-signed