A gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, forcing an evacuation and sparking criticism of Minnesota attendees including Mayor Jacob Frey for normalizing an administration that has repeatedly attacked the free press.
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Trump’s message to abusive cops: ‘We’ve got your back’
Despite federal rollbacks, police accountability isn’t dead. Experts say the real work is happening in local courts and communities—far from Washington.
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What Ida B. Wells would say about Trump and Epstein
Ida B. Wells didn’t whisper. She published. If she were here today, she’d demand the Epstein files be unsealed and the full truth brought into the light. Because there is no justice without truth—and no healing without reckoning.
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Concentration camps like Trump’s are not new to the U.S.
Trump’s mass deportation plan has drawn comparisons to concentration camps—but the U.S. has long operated systems of confinement and control. This isn’t unprecedented. It’s rooted in American history.
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Independent media next on Trump’s chopping block
The Senate has voted to eliminate $1.1 billion in public broadcasting funding. The bill now heads to the House, threatening the future of NPR, PBS, and local stations nationwide.
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Trump is the symptom, U.S. imperialism the disease
Popular resistance to the Trump administration’s policies is growing, but a bipartisan system of imperialism and militarism prevents meaningful change, and an anti-imperialist understanding is needed to achieve peace and a just society.
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Trump order would reshape school disciplineÂ
Trump’s new executive order aims to reduce federal influence over school discipline, while also promoting “American values and traditional virtues” and evaluating past federal civil rights investigations and funding for organizations promoting equity-based approaches.
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At this rate, we won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days
Trump’s regime is threatening democracy and the economy, and many Americans must loudly and boldly speak out against it.
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Why we’re still not equal
Black Americans have endured centuries of systemic injustice, including slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, and mass incarceration, yet Trump’s administration is now targeting progress toward justice, including diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and even erasing Black military legends from official tributes.
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Trump retaliations on judges, law firms called ‘mob boss government’
Attorney General Keith Ellison and 21 other state attorneys general have issued a strong rebuke to President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms and the legal community, urging lawyers to stand together in defense of the rule of law and judicial independence.
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Fighting to keep Blackness
President Trump has stated that this country will be WOKE no longer, while Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell has demanded an immediate reversal of the sale of the historic Freedom Riders Museum in Montgomery, due to its connection to civil rights history.
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Kamala Harris has a plan for Black men. Trump never did
VP Harris has unveiled a new agenda for Black men that includes providing business loans, eliminating unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs, increasing the number of Black male teachers, launching a National Health Equity Initiative, and supporting Black farmers, among other steps.
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Anti-immigrant agitation in a nation of immigrants
Donald Trump and JD Vance have been stoking anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.
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A watchlist highlighting the good, bad and ugly in U.S. politics
This watchlist highlights the political careers of Shirley Chisolm, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Anita Hill and more.
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Sick and tired of anti-Haitianism
It’s time to reject the narrative that Haitians are a threat and instead focus on our humanity, says Ninaj Raoul of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees.
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Anti-Haitian rhetoric: A long history of prejudice
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has been defending false claim that migrants in Springfield, Ohio, have been abducting and eating area cats and dogs, perpetuating a long history of prejudice towards Haitians in the United States.
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Mic Crenshaw: The Black punk rocker skinhead who fought Nazis
Mic Crenshaw, a renowned Hip-Hop artist and writer, reflects on his youth growing up in Minneapolis where he spent time with the Baldies.
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The Obamas electrify second night of the DNC
Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama delivered powerful speeches at the Democratic National Convention.
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U.S. Supreme Court gives immunity to Trump’s alleged criminal acts
Supreme Court rules on Trump’s immunity in election interference case, leaving future proceedings uncertain.
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Trump, allies seek to bolster anti-racism protections for white people
Donald Trump and his allies are plotting to redirect anti-racism protections from people of color to white people.