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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 […]

Hold on to your pocketbooks. Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 25th to initiate building a wall on the border of the United States. What’s worse? Republicans in Congress are going to designate taxpayer dollars to fund it. You heard that right–the money you work for, day in and day out, is going towards […]

Days after clinching the U.S. presidency in November, Donald Trump appointed Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as his pick for Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice. From stating he was once “okay with the Ku Klux Klan” until he learned they smoked marijuana, to prosecuting Black activists in the decades following the fall of […]

By: Imani J. Jackson “Make America Think Again,” several protestors’ signs read at a Jacksonville, Florida Sister March to the historic Women’s March on Washington. So far, 673 solidarity marches have been recorded and nearly five million people participated worldwide. The signs, a play on President Donald Trump’s co-opted Ronald Reagan catchphrase, and several Plural-led […]

During his campaign, President Trump was highly critical of the effectiveness of the United Nations and hinted that he’d be open to the United States potentially leaving the worldwide organization. A new bill has been introduced in Congress that could actually grant his wish, if passed.

In certain households, the word “lie” is forbidden. Instead, phrases such “tell a story” or “misleading” are used. It appears that the United States of America has adopted the policy and created a new term to use – “alternative facts.”

Fox News has declined to renew the contract of one of their most controversial voices and vocal Trump supporters – Stacey Dash. 

Today is a big day for most if not all of us. As Donald Trump takes the oath of office today, protesters, organizers, and advocates are ready to meet his dismal cabinet nominees and nationalist, sexist policies on their own terms: through direct actions, with several petitions, and every other possible way there is to […]

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 […]

After two decades, the Secret Service has reached a $24 million settlement in a discrimination lawsuit filed by more than 100 black agents. 

Rep. John Lewis is the latest target of President-elect Trump’s Twitter wrath after calling out his legitimacy as commander-in-chief. Now that the dust has settled, it looks like Lewis’ legacy as a Civil Rights icon is still firmly in place, if not stronger, following his public scuffle with America’s next president. 

The biggest drama in the media this week doesn’t involve celebrities, athletes or even reality TV stars. Instead, it’s centered on two men in their 70’s. After saying that he would be boycotting the President-elect’s inauguration after deeming him as “illegitimate,” Rep. John Lewis was the target of Trump’s Twitter fingers. Trump’s tweets called out […]