Former President Donald Trump (he/him) announced his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on November 15. The announcement came as little surprise to the public and politicos; Trump has been hinting at it for months. However, the reception from many GOP members was lukewarm after a disappointing midterm election that did not deliver the […]

Rapper and business mogul Kanye West (he/him), who has legally changed his name to Ye, is no stranger to controversy. However, the rapper’s recent antisemitic comments have veered into the extreme. On October 8, Ye tweeted that he would go “defcon 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE” and that “[y]ou guys have toyed with me and tried […]

The United States Supreme Court began a new term at the beginning of October with several controversial cases on the docket and its first Black woman to serve on the bench, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (she/her). Following a landmark term that overturned the abortion rights guaranteed for decades by the Roe v. Wade decision, […]

Protests in Iran are still going strong weeks after the outrage sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini (also known by her Kurdish name Zhina Amini). On September 13, Amini was arrested outside of a subway in Iran’s capital city of Tehran. Amini was taken into custody by Iran’s Islamic Republic Security Force, known […]

On August 29, a state of emergency was declared in Jackson, Mississippi after a heavy rainstorm caused catastrophic equipment failures at two water distribution plants that serve the city. For nearly seven weeks, residents of Jackson, a city whose population is 83% Black, went without enough water pressure to provide homes and businesses with service. […]

The Ukraine Russia war has entered its third month of conflict, and Putin is reported to have abandoned diplomatic efforts at peace talks in favor of seizing as much territory as possible. Currently, Russian forces are attempting to establish a land bridge through Crimea, a region south of Ukraine, to establish dominance in an area […]

A recent data leak by the Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoS), a journalist non-profit devoted to enabling the free transmission of data in the public interest, has disclosed the presence of extremism among public servants in the United States. The leak revealed the involvement of law enforcement agents, public officials, military personal, and influential private […]