What is Donald Trump’s End Game
In a closed-door meeting with top U.S. military leaders, Donald Trump reportedly urged them to prepare for a “war from within.” This speech was not political theater. It was a call to arms—a declaration...
Category: Systemic Structural Racism
For whom shall we grieve and shed a tear?
The assassination of Charlie Kirk needs to be situated within the broader political dynamics of contemporary U.S. society. Kirk was not a lone wolf.. He was a prominent leader within a radical, loosely organized...
What is the 1798 law that Trump used to deport migrants?
At the core of US President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy is his use of a 1798 wartime authority allowing presidents to detain or deport the natives and citizens of an enemy country. While...
Trump Is Putting Confederate Statues Back Up. Here’s Why They Must Fall Again.
Monuments to racism license racist violence. White supremacists, for their part, know this well. The Trump administration announced this week that it would be restoring two Confederate monuments in Washington. One, a statue of...
Looming Medicaid cuts could hurt Black children, advocates warn
Advocates are warning the Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will disproportionately harm Black women and children who depend on the program, worsening already disparate health outcomes among Black Americans....
About 12 Million Households Receive Both Medicaid and SNAP. The Reconciliation Bill Puts Them At Risk
Estimates predict the recently passed reconciliation bill will cut Medicaid coverage for about 10.5 million people by 2034 (PDF) and lower Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for all families. On their own, these...
Naturalize Or Terrorize? ICE Is a Racket – And It’s Costing Too Much
After spending months firing federal workers, slashing public services, gutting healthcare, and raising taxes for everyone but the rich, our country just wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on a detention center in...
Summer and after-school programming for 1.4 million students at risk
These children attend after-school and summer programming at a Boys & Girls Club, YMCA or public school for free thanks to funding set Congress set aside for academic support, enrichment and child care to...
US widens public benefit restrictions for undocumented immigrants
Health Department says immigrants will lose access to 13 more federal programmes, including an educational project for low-income children. United States officials are cutting down further on undocumented immigrants’ access to healthcare programmes and...
U.S. diplomats brace for mass layoffs after months in limbo
The layoffs are part of an agency reorganization that has been in the works for months. U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to...