While peace negotiations between warring states are nothing new in this modern era, the upcoming scheduled meeting planned between two heads of state, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir […]
Tag: U.S.
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U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla returns to the public eye
After being forcefully removed and put in handcuffs last month at a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference, Senator Alex Padilla has introduced a new immigration enforcement transparency bill. […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion, Practical Politics
Practical Politics
It is already virtually guaranteed that whenever Donald Trump’s current and last presidency ends, the U.S. will be poorer, not necessarily wiser, and most likely no longer the world’s number […]
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LGBTQ+ community receives big win in court
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction blocking the implementation of three of President Trump’s executive orders that threatened to defund vital […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion, Practical Politics
Practical Politics
Many Black folks— some historical, some currently alive—have often lamented the depth of the dangerous survival curve we, as a race, seem to have inherited and cannot shake off. Whether […]
Posted inEntertainment
Wizkid: Long Live Lagos Premieres at Tribeca
If Afrobeats music has a king, it’s Wizkid. He wasn’t self-anointed. It’s just that his music has crossed over worldwide in a way that’s made him part of the genre’s […]
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Juneteenth: Evolving freedom or evolving strategy?
Today, we celebrate a national holiday that goes by many names. Whether you call it Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, or the country’s Second Independence Day, Juneteenth stands as one of […]
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Practical Politics
Okay, time for Political Science 101 to address some clear-cut bullying tactics going on in California, specifically Los Angeles. Like a human heart, American democracy depends daily on several interacting […]
Posted inGovernment/Politics, National
Pardon Mania!
As his first 100 days in office have come and gone, Trump 2.0, or the second iteration of Donald J. Trump’s tenure as chief executive of the U.S. is in […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion
Too many women cooperate in trying to bring down other women
With so many women in this country never having a “snowball’s chance in hell” to participate in or lead in many of the advantages most white men have just for […]
