The renewed escalation of hostility by the Trump administration towards Cuba—through tightened sanctions, political pressure, and open ideological aggression—once again exposes a fundamental contradiction. A country that presents itself as the “global model of democracy” continues...
Build communities for the low- to moderate-income people already living in those neighborhoods. A recent call to build hundreds of new “affordable” housing units on Buffalo’s more than 7,000 publicly owned vacant lots is...
As tech companies scramble to build massive new data centers to power artificial intelligence, marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of the environmental harms. In Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen...
Once again, one of our local politicians, in concert with her party, has acted to cut voters out of the electoral process. Crystal Peoples-Stokes was up for re-election this November for her seat representing...
In his first one hundred days as mayor, Zohran Mamdani has realized that New Yorkers — and all Americans — need to see the government working for them. March Madness is over, spring is...
The Iran war was such a fiasco that Donald Trump had no choice but to find a way out. Whether it sticks will partly depend on Democrats resisting the urge to irresponsibly goad him...
On Friday, February 27, 2026, the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University convened a one-day symposium titled “Black Studies Is For Everyone.” Held on Princeton’s campus, the gathering brought together leading scholars...
Texas Senate Democratic candidate James Talarico spoke with Stephen Colbert on Feb. 16, 2026, after Colbert said his network blocked the show from airing the interview.
Tom Homan says Trump has backed ‘significant drawdown’ in the state, where two US citizens have been killed The Trump administration has claimed it is drawing down its immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to the death of...
Mass protests have demonstrated a wide range of disagreement with the Trump agenda. But we need smaller local and regional networks to build a more rooted, sustained opposition. Americans roundly oppose Donald Trump’s authoritarian...
After the killing of Alex Pretti, white America is realizing what Black gun owners have always known: Rights are conditional.
