Politics

Fight to turn Black Georgia area into a city highlights the roadblocks for self-sustaining Black communities

Trump proposes restricting food choice and no fresh fruits or veggies for SNAP participants

Israel’s nativist right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces calls for corruption charges from state police

Trump proposes budget that would cut NPR, PBS and NEA, among other public works programs

NAACP Legal Defense Fund sues Homeland Security over ending Haitian protected status

China’s controversial hip-hop ban elicits charges of anti-Blackness

After government shutdown scare, lawmakers reauthorize CHIP program for vulnerable children

Dems fold on immigration, temporarily averting government shutdown

Chile admits Haitian migrants in record numbers as U.S. closes its borders to those fleeing violence

“Genius” businessman can’t stop first government shut down where president’s party controls all of Washington

Most of the Trump inauguration protesters freed by Justice Department, 59 still facing felony charges

Australian prime minister pulls a Trump and attacks African immigrants, but Afro-Australians are not having it

Venezuela cracks down on the press in the midst of national upheaval

Lorde cancels Israel show after calls for boycott due to treatment of Palestinians

Trump celebrates the passage of oppressive tax bill, liberals respond

CDC disputes widespread ‘word ban’ reports

Puerto Rico governor orders review of Hurricane Maria death toll following discrepencies

Where were internet access crusaders when Facebook stopped Korryn Gaines from streaming cops murdering her?

Black voters ensure narrow margin of victory for Democratic Party in Alabama

Passing a clean Dream Act would combat global anti-Blackness

Advocate and athlete Colin Kaepernick earns Sports Illustrated’s distinguished Muhammad Ali Legacy Award

Actor Bambadjan Bamba reveals undocumented status: ‘We just can’t be scared anymore’

Pew poll: Despite the political climate, most Americans still believe they can attain the American Dream

California could actualize its 50% renewable power goal 10 years ahead of schedule

“Prison was good for me”: How the state manipulates barely surviving its brutality into sanctuary

Zimbabwean coup takes power from the Mugabe family

Andrea Jenkins becomes the first openly transgender Black woman elected to office

Syria announces intent to join Paris Agreement on climate, leaving US solo dolo as the hold-out

Global warming meets the prison industrial complex: Inmates dying from heat is a social justice issue

Puerto Rican government clashes with San Juan mayor over “concerning” energy contract

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