Donald Trump has a type — and it’s not the one tabloids flaunted. His real issue is Black women who hold power. From Letitia “Tish” James to economist Lisa Cook, from reporters like April Ryan to political insiders like his former ally Omarosa, the pattern is unmistakable: When a Black woman refuses to bow, he […]
National Urban League’s Urban Civil Rights Museum In Harlem Defies Trump’s Crusade To Rewrite American History
“He can try to rewrite history, but we have the receipts. And as the Smithsonian’s exhibits magnificently illustrate, African Americans have survived — and overcome — much worse than the frothings of a puffed-up president who fancies himself a king.” — Eugene Robinson By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League – The history […]
Convicted Felon and US President Donald Trump’s Draft Travel Ban Could Restrict Entry from 43 Countries
By Edrea Davis – Convicted Felon and US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a new travel ban that could significantly impact global mobility. An internal memo outlines a proposal categorizing 43 countries into three levels of restrictions based on security concerns and cooperation with U.S. immigration policies. If enacted, the ban could impose full […]
Bloody Sunday Remembered: Where Are Today’s Freedom Fighters?
By Edrea Davis – Today, Americans gathered in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate Bloody Sunday—the day in 1965 when John Lewis and hundreds of other brave souls were beaten and bloodied on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They marched for the right to vote, for dignity, for justice, knowing full well the danger ahead, yet they kept […]
Vice President Harris Lays Out a Bold Vision and Pledges Unity in White House Ellipse Speech
Washington, D.C. — With just one week until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris took to the White House Ellipse tonight, delivering a powerful speech that contrasted her vision for America with that of her opponent, former president and convicted felon, Donald Trump. In, “A New Way Forward,” Harris detailed her personal journey, highlighted her […]
Congressional Representative Summer Lee Unleashes her Fury on Republicans
(TYT.com) Rep. Summer Lee unleashes her fury on MAGA Republicans MTG, Jim Jordan, Lauren Boebert, James Comer, Paul Gosar, Byron Donalds, Scott Perry and more. She rips them apart for co-opting the phrase “two-tiered justice system” to make themselves victims, destroys them for their endless hypocrisy over judicial ethics and so much more. She breaks […]
Be Like Fani Willis
The Gantt Report, By Lucius Gantt – I don’t know Fulton County DA Fani Willis, but I love her. She is the standard of excellence for Black elected officials. I opine about politicians. I write about them in The Gantt Report more times than my readers want me to. However, Fani Willis is not your […]
Madcapping and Conning with Trump: Feeding Americans Addiction to Illusions
This editorial from the LA Sentinel by Dr. Maulana Karenga is the best synopsis of the leader of the free world I’ve seen yet: The current and seemingly consensual wisdom is that this pandemic has exposed the fault lines of injustice and inequality in society. But it has also added in the problematic person of […]
Detractor-in-Chief Overstates Economic Progress
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux – Donald John Trump has been impeached, and to let him tell it, that isn’t bothering him, and we’d believe him if he hadn’t posted more than tweets in just one day. But his persistent overuse of the word “hoax,” both to refer to impeachment and to anything else he doesn’t […]