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In what has been the most unconventional and unreal nine days of a new presidency, news broke this weekend that, in addition to his other dictator-like orders, Trump had signed a 7-nation ban and refugee suspension executive order that targets people from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The ban also denies admission into […]

President Donald Trump has strategically used the gun violence on Chicago’s South and West sides as a means to convince the public that urban areas are home to “carnage” and practically begging for more policing. Last night, he continued to push this narrative as he tweeted that he’d “send in the Feds!” if the city […]

Ever since President George H.W. Bush has been in office, the Global Gag Rule has been repealed or reinstated almost immediately following the introduction of a new president. Democrats, such as Clinton and Obama, have always struck down the anti-abortion ruling while Trump has continued the tradition of his Republican counterparts by reestablishing it. While […]

Student loan debt is one of the most critical issues affecting today’s work force. Graduates often come out of school with the weight of tens of thousands of dollars in debt holding them back from moving forward with their lives. If that wasn’t bad enough, a new lawsuit alleges that millions of those borrowers may have […]

If you’re ever inclined to call the police to report a crime, it should give you pause if you start the conversation with the words, “I don’t know if I’m like racial profiling…” That kind of red flag was ignored by an anonymous 911 caller in 2015 when they reported what they thought was a car […]

“Why don’t you hand in papers in Ebonics since that is how you talk?” I remember someone asking me this in my early days of grad school. I then explained that, as a student, it was my job to perform particular scholastic duties – including showing a mastery of the traditional APA, MLA, and Chicago […]

In June 2015, Dajerria Becton was forced to the ground by a McKinney police officer after residents complained that a pool party was getting out of control. The video of the officer with his knee in the teenager’s back quickly went viral and added to a national discussion of excessive force against people of color. Becton […]

“Why do we accept forms of security that are rooted in violence?” – Angela Davis, Lecture at University of Chicago November 2016 When I first learned of prison abolition it was from Angela Davis during a lecture she gave at my college campus in 2009. The concept of prison abolition seemed so large and out […]

A&E has officially cancelled “Escaping the KKK,” their controversial documentary series that was set to premiere in early 2017 to depict the lives of people looking to leave the hate group. But it’s not because of all of the public backlash that it received – at least, not directly. 

It’s time we have a serious conversation about what it means when white people offer disingenuous apologies to Black people they have harmed while expecting absolution and exoneration from those very same people. Last week, news broke that a 79-year-old Trump supporter named John Franklin McGraw, who was seen on video elbowing a young Black anti-Trump […]

Nearly ten days ago, when President-elect Donald Trump met with the prime minister of Japan at his gaudy home in Trump Tower, his daughter, Ivanka Trump, was also present at the meeting. Why is this seemingly harmless tableau an issue? Even more concerning than the blatant nepotism therein is the fact that Ivanka knows what […]

Donald Trump galvanized millions of voters in America behind his promise to not only build a wall along the US-Mexico border, but to deport millions of undocumented citizens as well. However, those plans have hit the first of a suspected many snags to come. The Los Angeles Police Department has declared that they won’t play […]