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While addressing employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Monday, Ben Carson continued to show why he’s far from the best choice to be the head of it. The highly-esteemed former neurosurgeon was attempting to give immigrants credit for the hard work that they do before his train of thought took a drastic […]

Ben Carson may actually become the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development despite a confirmation hearing that made him look completely unqualified to do so. The most shocking part of this is that his approval vote from the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee was unanimous. Which means that even Democrat senators gave him a […]

Several things about Black people are true. First, we are not to be outdone. Second, we often disrupt the status quo. Third, we can find similarities between many everyday political experiences and our own Black Experiences with relative ease. In this clip of Morehouse professor, author, and all-around dope individual Marc Lamont Hill in conversation with CNN’s […]

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated famed neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson to his cabinet. Specifically, Carson will potentially head the Department of Housing and Urban Development if he’s confirmed by the Senate.

For some reason, the media is still looking to the former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson for his opinions on social matters. This week, he expressed that he is not pleased with the Treasury Department’s decision to replace president Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with the iconic freedom fighter, Harriet Tubman (insert the world’s […]

Dr. Ben Carson is known throughout the world for his life-saving practices as one of Johns Hopkins University’s top neurosurgeons. Lately, he’s in the spotlight for his political views. As a member of the Republican party, Carson said that he would “listen” to those urging him to run for president in 2016.

by Maximillian Matthews “It was a nightmare, worse than pictures of a war torn or burned out riot area.” – Barbara Perry, a Durham, NC resident reflecting on returning to her neighborhood Horrified and traumatized, Black residents of Durham, NC surveyed the remains of their neighborhoods and businesses following the urban renewal of the late […]

by Indigo On February 9, 2019 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) announced her presidential bid, citing President Donald Trump as “just the latest and most extreme symptom of what’s gone wrong in America” and calling for “big, structural change.” In the months since announcing her presidential bid, Senator Warren has unveiled plans to […]

Omarosa Manigault Newman was dismissed on Wednesday from her post as the Director of Communications for the White House Office of Public Liason, which leaves Trump’s White House with no Black senior advisors. Although virtually no one on Trump’s staff could tell you exactly what Newman’s job description was, she clearly viewed herself as a […]

by JeCorey Holder The information regarding ancestry of African Americans is spotty at best. It will be a while before any of us can trace our roots to find out what families or tribes we came from. And that’s if we find out at all. “Ancestry” by JeCorey Holder

There are at least 1.4 million trans adults and around 150,000 trans youth living in the United States today. Although they only make up .6 and .7 percent of their respective populations, trans people in the U.S. are much more likely to face astounding levels of interpersonal violence, lack of healthcare, and homelessness. The latter […]

Elizabeth Warren has had a major turnaround in regards to her public perception among liberals. Just weeks ago, she was part of a senate committee that unanimously approved Ben Carson to become the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Now, she’s become a symbol for Anti-Trump sentiment after she was silenced by Republic senators during a […]