Politics - Page 2

Harriot Jacobs hid in a crawl space for seven years, and Rep. Nicole Collier slept on the Texas state House floor. Black women do not bow.

Economic boycotts have a long history in American politics as a means of driving change and bringing entrenched power structures to their knees. 

The president claims his deployment of the National Guard is about crime. The truth? It’s about control—and silencing the people who call this city home.

In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton discusses Donald Trump's latest political stunt: unleashing the National Guard on the streets of Washington, D.C.

To me, it is quite obvious how inherently racist all this gerrymandering is, yet I’m not hearing many others—including Democratic leadership.

Trump is unraveling, and what’s more dangerous than his mental state is the power he still holds over a party willing to sell its soul for MAGA loyalty.

In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton discusses Donald Trump's South African refugee program, which was recently confirmed to be for white people only.

Governor Jeff Landry renamed the Louisiana National Guard training center after a man who enslaved Black people.

Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" brings to Black women, including limiting reproductive care, maternal healthcare, and access to supplemental assistance programs such as WIC and SNAP.

In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton picks apart Fox News host Lisa "Kennedy" Montgomery's latest insults against Rep. Jasmine Crockett and calls them what they are.

This wasn’t a compliment, it was a microaggression wrapped in ignorance, delivered with the smugness of someone who can barely string together a grammatically correct sentence himself. 

The NAACP, the National Urban League, and the Black to the Future Action Fund have all condemned Trump's "big beautiful bill."