John Legend is harnessing his Twitter account to explain what it means to “defund the police.” The singer says the initiative means redirecting government money towards community programs like social work, drug treatment and conflict resolution. He clarifies that defunding the police doesn’t mean there will be no police, but fewer. His tweets come amid […]

John Legend is keeping the prison population in mind during the coronavirus pandemic. In a Twitter video posted Tuesday, Legend addressed New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in a PSA about the impact of COVID-19 on inmates. He said that leaders must do everything possible to prevent incarcerated people and prison workers from contracting the deadly […]

Singer-songwriter John Legend doesn’t like the sentence Felicity Huffman got for her part in the college admissions scandal. On Friday, a federal judge in Boston sentenced the Desperate Housewives star to 14 days in prison, a year of supervised release, a 30-thousand dollar fine, and 250 hours of community service. Legend tweeted over the weekend, […]