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