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US To Issue Commemorative Passports With Trump’s Photo. Who Keeps Asking For This?

Source: garrykosoff / Getty Can you imagine how conservatives would have responded if former Democratic presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden or Bill Clinton had spent their presidencies proving daily — maybe even hourly — that they were sad, lonely, adoration-starved men, who weren’t above dealing with their record low approval

SCOTUS Callais Decision Delivers Major Blow To Black Voting Rights

Source: Jemal Countess / Getty For months, voting rights advocates have warned that the Supreme Court would use its decision in Louisiana v. Callais to strip away Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, further eroding freedom.  And they were right.  Decided along ideological lines, Wednesday’s 6-3 decision blocked a

What Saint Augustine’s University Bankruptcy Means For The Future Of The HBCU

Source: Abu Hanifah / Getty According to the Triangle Business Journal, WRAL, and a press release from Saint Augustine’s University on Aug. 28, the university, one of the oldest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy protection. According to WRAL, the Raleigh-based HBCU filed

The GOP Has Almost Completely Run Out Of Black People

Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Look, I’m sure at this point that the Republican Party is tired of being referred to as the “old white party,” but now all four Black Republicans in the House of Representatives are on their way out the door, leaving Sen. Tim Scott to be

Supreme Court Officially Reinstates Texas’ Congressional Map 

Source: Brandon Bell / Getty On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated Texas’ congressional map, which was gerrymandered in favor of Republicans last year.  The Guardian reports that the move on Monday formally finalizes an emergency decision the court made last December. Despite a panel of lower court judges finding

US To Issue Commemorative Passports With Trump’s Photo. Who Keeps Asking For This?

Source: garrykosoff / Getty Can you imagine how conservatives would have responded if former Democratic presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden or Bill Clinton had spent their presidencies proving daily — maybe even hourly — that they were sad, lonely, adoration-starved men, who weren’t above dealing with their record low approval

SCOTUS Callais Decision Delivers Major Blow To Black Voting Rights

Source: Jemal Countess / Getty For months, voting rights advocates have warned that the Supreme Court would use its decision in Louisiana v. Callais to strip away Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, further eroding freedom.  And they were right.  Decided along ideological lines, Wednesday’s 6-3 decision blocked a

What Saint Augustine’s University Bankruptcy Means For The Future Of The HBCU

Source: Abu Hanifah / Getty According to the Triangle Business Journal, WRAL, and a press release from Saint Augustine’s University on Aug. 28, the university, one of the oldest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy protection. According to WRAL, the Raleigh-based HBCU filed

The GOP Has Almost Completely Run Out Of Black People

Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Look, I’m sure at this point that the Republican Party is tired of being referred to as the “old white party,” but now all four Black Republicans in the House of Representatives are on their way out the door, leaving Sen. Tim Scott to be

Supreme Court Officially Reinstates Texas’ Congressional Map 

Source: Brandon Bell / Getty On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated Texas’ congressional map, which was gerrymandered in favor of Republicans last year.  The Guardian reports that the move on Monday formally finalizes an emergency decision the court made last December. Despite a panel of lower court judges finding