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Arguing for improved sustenance options in America seems less than first-world. However food and water, the very substances that fuel us, remain reproductive and environmental justice issues. Food and water quality matter because they affect people as a whole, but especially people of color and those in the socio-economic margins. The specific instances vary. Environmental […]

A common narrative portrays the current administration as a largely white male group of chummy individuals who play golf, harass women and roll back the hands of time. The issue is not that this administration is inactive, but rather the actions it takes consistently compromise the quality of life for people of different backgrounds.

The Trump administration’s special focus on backspacing President Barack Obama’s legacy continued this week when the Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt drilled into Hazard, Kentucky listeners on Monday, a vision where the “war on coal is over.” By Tuesday, Pruitt signed a rule that would signal a shift from aspirational Obama-era policy in the […]

In all likelihood, readers tire of seeing President Donald Trump’s tweets. The intelligence community likely tires of explaining how Trump’s social media presence compromises national security and affects international relations. Journalists tire of covering the tweets. Still, the American president uses Twitter to reach his 39.7 million followers and millions of other users. Trump uses […]

Ever since hitting the campaign trail, President* Donald Trump has cited undocumented citizens immigrating from Mexico as a major part of any problem. To remedy this, he’s threatened to build a giant wall, kick out “bad hombres” and is now looking to take away the legal residence of people who came to the U.S. with […]

College campuses across the nation are finally listening to the public. All it took was a violent rally in Charlottesville to show them the error of their ways. 

By Tayler J. Mathews Illustration by Jaid Mathews   “We pledge ourselves to continue to speak out in defense of one another, in defense of the African American community and against those who are hostile to social justice no matter what color they are. No one will speak for us but ourselves.” —African American Women […]

By Myles E. Johnson “What man wants to lay down and watch the world burn in his bedroom?” – Warsan Shire Often I gaze at myself in the mirror to ensure that I am present, that I recognize the face looking back at me, that I haven’t acquired any new scars, and my face hasn’t […]

Recent research shows that Black people are moving to the South for new opportunities from every other region of the U.S. – especially millennials. This trend has been written about before, but was recently highlighted when Reniqua Allen wrote an op-ed for the New York Times entitled “Racism Is Everywhere, So Why Not Move South?”

The Supreme Court has decided to allow parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban take effect. The court will also hear arguments on the validity of the ban, according to CNN.

Donald Trump has announced that he will withdraw the United States from the historic Paris Accord, leaving the worldwide fight against global warming, ceding leadership, and placing future populations in danger.

Richard Collins III appeared to have a long, prosperous career ahead of him. At 23, he had just been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was preparing to graduate from Bowie State University this week. Instead, he was stabbed in a killing a the University of Maryland this weekend that is now […]