We Can’t Print What Charlamagne tha God Says About Van Jones Over His Criticism of Zohran Mamdani
After Van Jones criticized NY Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s speech, Charlamagne tha God gave him “Donkey of the Day” and a reality check.
Category: Systemic Structural Racism
Zohran Got New Yorkers to Hope. What’s the Plan to Deliver?
Organizers who brought him to the verge of victory are looking ahead to the challenges of democratic governance. Tasha Cloud, the New York Liberty’s star point guard, was pulled aside on July 3 for an...
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...
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...