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HOW DID WE GET HERE???? The President* of the United States sent a majority of the country’s citizens into a tailspin of confusion on Tuesday following a press conference that will likely go down in history.

A lot of the movement in politics is connected to public perception. With that being the case, the GOP is in a lot of trouble after photos were shared of protestors of their healthcare bill, many of whom were disabled, being arrested at the Capitol. 43 people were arrested in total, according to the Daily Beast.

Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II will not face any federal charges for shooting Alton Sterling in 2016. 

The United States Supreme Court has denied the state of Arkansas the right to execute two prisoners out of 8 slated to be put to death this month. This decision was made before the state’s lethal injection drugs expire. These would be the state’s first executions in 12 years, since Eric Nance in 2005.

Last week, Congressional Republicans, with Vice President Mike Pence, voted to allow states to block $200 million in Title X federal funding to abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood. This move reverses a rule put in place by President Obama that was intended to protect federal family planning funding for abortion and reproductive health providers.

Dylann Roof will receive a life sentence after pleading guilty to murdering nine Black victims in South Carolina’s historic Emanuel AME Church in 2015. Doing so will prevent him and, most importantly, the victims’ families from having to endure a second trial to sentence him to the death penalty. 

By: Nnennaya Amuchie If only old Kanye was here to comment on the conditions facing young people under the Trump Administration. Then, we might have some public dialogue about it. From the moment of Kanye West’s now infamous concert rant, the multi-platinum rapper  made it clear that he was #teamTrump. But recently, Kanye deleted any trace of his support […]

Artists have long been mouthpieces for what the people are feeling. Chance the Rapper was doing just that when he spoke on his introduction to the concept of Black mental health during his latest cover story on Complex.

By: J. Skyler Since Trump took office, we have seen a widespread assault on civil liberties, fueled by racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, ableist and transphobic neo-nazi rhetoric that has left those of us who live in the margins of American society petrified. From the planned repeal of the Affordable Care Act, to the environmental disaster of […]

When Casey Affleck won the Oscar for his work in Manchester by the Sea last Sunday, many once again pointed out the racial double standard on sexual violence. If you recall, Nate Parker’s Oscar aspirations for his film The Birth of a Nation, initially regarded as a strong awards contender, were swiftly derailed when rape […]

By: Marq Montgomery **This article was originally posted at AngryBlackHoemo.com and has been republished with permission**   It’s Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, so it’s a good of a time as any to dive into this topic. When we talk about the HIV/AIDS epidemic among Gay men, in general, there’s often an air of judgement and […]

Revisionist history has probably never been so bold. Kellyanne Conway, President Trump’s adviser who’s now famous for coining the term “alternative facts,” has added to her legacy of outright lying to the public. While Trump has received massive backlash for his policies and executive orders, Conway attempted to defend his ban of Muslims from seven […]