Asylum seekers wait at Catholic Charities in McAllen, Texas, for humanitarian aid on Jan. 18, 2025. Associated Press/Eric Gay by Ronald Niezen, University of San Diego “Animals,” “aliens” and “people with bad genes” – President Donald Trump and his supporters often use this kind of dehumanizing language to describe immigrants. In the 2024 presidential debate […]
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In asking Trump to show mercy, Bishop Budde continues a long tradition of Christian leaders ‘speaking truth to power’
Bishop Mariann Budde leads the national prayer service attended by President Donald Trump at the National Cathedral in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025. AP Photo/Evan Vucci by Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon on Jan. 21, 2025, in which she appealed to President Donald Trump to have […]
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Almost half of evicted women and families in metro Detroit say they were illegally pushed out of their homes
In many U.S. communities, eviction moratoriums that were in place during the pandemic have expired. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images by Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Ohio State University Every year, 2.7 million households nationwide face a court-ordered eviction filing. Michigan has one of the highest eviction filing rates in the country, tied with Mississippi. Fourteen percent of […]
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This Week In Black History January 29-February 4
JANUARY 29 1837—The great Russian literary genius Alexander Pushkin dies on this day as a result of a duel. He is generally considered Russia’s greatest poet. Unlike many famous Europeans of color, Pushkin was proud of his Black heritage, which is traced to his great grandfather on his mother’s side—Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal who was most […]
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination signals a new era of anti-intellectualism in American politics
Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr., on Capitol Hill on Jan. 9, 2025. Jon Cherry/Getty Images by Dominik Stecuła, The Ohio State University; Kristin Lunz Trujillo, University of South Carolina, and Matt Motta, Boston University The many controversial people appointed to the Trump administration, from […]
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The legacy of anti-Black racism: The public health crisis of racial trauma
Antonio Jenkins paints a mural of George Floyd at the site where he was murdered by a police officer in 2020 at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2024. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP) by Ingrid Waldron, McMaster University The police killing of George Floyd in 2020 in the United States was an appalling […]
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What is seditious conspiracy, which is among the most serious crimes Trump pardoned?
The Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol was the result of a planned conspiracy to disrupt the government, prosecutors alleged. AP Photo/John Minchillo by Amy Cooter, Middlebury Several of the highest-profile figures in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were charged with, and convicted of, the crime of seditious conspiracy, which is defined as the […]
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Keisha Lance Bottoms considers entering race to become Georgia’s next governor
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is considering a possible bid to become Georgia’s next Governor. Bottoms, a graduate of Douglas High School, FAMU, and Georgia State University, became a national figure in 2017 after she won the mayoral race in Atlanta. When recently asked if she would consider a return to politics, Bottoms told […]
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KKK posting flyers in Kentucky telling immigrants to ‘leave now’
Photo: Getty Images Kentucky authorities have launched an investigation after racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) flyers telling immigrants to “leave now” surfaced in multiple cities. According to photos obtained by WKRC, the racist flyers, found in Ludlow, Fort Wright, and Fort Mitchell, depict a cartoon Uncle Sam kicking a family of five and holding a […]