Understandably, millions of people across the world were elated by the news of Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the death of George Floyd. For almost a year, the world has been painfully anticipating the verdict, hoping for the justice that prevailed on April 20th when Chauvin was found guilty on all…

Admittedly, witnessing the faces of little Black girls across the nation light up with glee as they saw previews of actress Halle Bailey from the live action version “The Little Mermaid,” was both heartwarming and gratifying. “Her skin…it looks like mine,” one very observant girl said to her mother in…

Predictably, many Republicans melted into volcanic spasms and hissy fits after President Biden delivered his speech in Philadelphia late last month. In one of his rare prime time addresses to the nation, Biden declared in clear and no uncertain terms that the American democratic experiment is in serious danger due…

More than a few weeks have transpired since the FBI executed a search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. Since then, various factions of the conservative right — private citizens, social media users, even some politicians — have wasted little time issuing violent threats. Sadly, threats against federal…

It shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise that right-wing news media outlets wasted no time stoking the unhinged rage of their MAGA followers last week after the FBI carried out a search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The search, authorized by Attorney General Merrick Garland, sent the…

Last week, Viktor Orbán, the fascist, right-wing Hungarian dictator, delivered a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas that touted off the predictable racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and xenophobic laundry list of grievances that are his stock and trade. “I can already see tomorrow’s headlines,” Orbán said “‘Far-right…

The saga of Emmett Till has once again returned to the public sphere. Till was a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, during the summer of 1955. …

Another week, another young Black man killed by police. On June 28th, 25-year-old Jayland Walker was pulled over by police in Akron, Ohio for supposed traffic and other vehicle violations. He drove off with police in pursuit, eventually fled from his car, then ran on foot. Eight police officers proceeded…

Roe v. Wade — January 22, 1973 to June 24, 2022. What a month it has been. The right-wing dominated Supreme Court voted to weaken Miranda rights, required states to fund private religious schools, protected border patrol agents from excessive force claims, and weakened the requirements for concealed carry laws…