| The new Congress will be the most diverse in history — but still overwhelmingly male and white | The good news is that the 114th Congress, which convenes Tuesday, has more women and minorities than any other before it. The bad news is that it is still blindingly pale and male, and is still quite a ways from properly representing the country.
+ Congress will have 96 racial minorities and a record 104 women, and for the first time in history, both parties will include both male and female African-American members.
+ There are roughly half as many minorities in Congress (18%) as there are in the general population (37%), and women only make up about 20% of Capitol Hill versus 51% of the general population. | | | Meet the powerful union boss leading the NYPD's public revolt | On Sunday, hundreds of New York Police Department officers again turned their backs on the mayor, ignoring requests from police commissioner William Bratton and the family of slain officer Wenjian Liu that they put the protests on hold and allow the city to honor their colleague's memory.
"Despite the commissioner's plea, Saturday's services were marked by the same stone-faced belligerence first seen outside the hospital where Liu and Ramos were pronounced dead after being ambushed and killed on Dec. 20," writes Mic's Gregory Krieg. "And leading the way was the same powerful and increasingly desperate union leader, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch."
+ Mayor Bill de Blasio is brushing off reports of a police "work stoppage" as arrests decline for the second week. | | A Ferguson grand juror is suing for the right to speak out on the Darren Wilson decision | A member of the grand jury that oversaw the case against former Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson is suing St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch in an effort to speak out about the case, arguing that McCulloch mischaracterized both the proceedings and the grand jury's views.
Grand jurors are normally barred by law from speaking about cases with which they were involved. According to the lawsuit, McCulloch's characterization of the case wasn't wholly accurate, thus the unnamed juror should be given the opportunity to offer an alternate version. | | | Introducing MicCheck, our brand new iOS app | Mic has officially launched our new iOS app, MicCheck!
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