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What Black Americans should know about tax season under Trump’s OBBBA

The Trump administration is touting President Donald Trump‘s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)” this tax season, highlighting its impact on this year’s filings. “President Donald J. Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts are delivering real relief — putting more money back in the pockets of hardworking parents, strengthening families, protecting seniors, and

5 Black-owned brands proving workout wear can be stylish, sustainable, and safe

This week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into popular athleisure brand Lululemon for its suspected use of harmful chemicals in its products. Paxton’s probe explores concerns of the presence of PFAS, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as “forever chemicals,” which could reportedly cause a range of

NSA warns Americans to secure routers after Russian cyber threat

The National Security Agency is warning Americans to take immediate steps to secure their internet routers following a major cybersecurity threat linked to Russian intelligence operations. According to Newsweek, authorities say cyber actors tied to Russia’s military intelligence agency, known as the GRU, have been exploiting vulnerabilities in routers to

Black Camp Offers Survival, Restoration, And Community Amid 2026 Chaos 

Source: Black Camp / blackcampaignschool.org Black organizers and communities are no strangers to extremists and dealing with hostile state and federal governments. And Trump’s latest Mad King impression has 2026 feeling less and less like a so-called democracy and more like a dystopian nightmare.  Even as institutions are fracturing and

When the tools that heal poison Black communities

Audre Lorde once wrote: “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” I keep returning to that phrase as I read the news about the EPA’s proposed rollback of limits on ethylene oxide.  The master’s tools, it turns out, are not just metaphors. Sometimes they are actual chemicals, drifting over Black

What Black Americans should know about tax season under Trump’s OBBBA

The Trump administration is touting President Donald Trump‘s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)” this tax season, highlighting its impact on this year’s filings. “President Donald J. Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts are delivering real relief — putting more money back in the pockets of hardworking parents, strengthening families, protecting seniors, and

5 Black-owned brands proving workout wear can be stylish, sustainable, and safe

This week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into popular athleisure brand Lululemon for its suspected use of harmful chemicals in its products. Paxton’s probe explores concerns of the presence of PFAS, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as “forever chemicals,” which could reportedly cause a range of

NSA warns Americans to secure routers after Russian cyber threat

The National Security Agency is warning Americans to take immediate steps to secure their internet routers following a major cybersecurity threat linked to Russian intelligence operations. According to Newsweek, authorities say cyber actors tied to Russia’s military intelligence agency, known as the GRU, have been exploiting vulnerabilities in routers to

Black Camp Offers Survival, Restoration, And Community Amid 2026 Chaos 

Source: Black Camp / blackcampaignschool.org Black organizers and communities are no strangers to extremists and dealing with hostile state and federal governments. And Trump’s latest Mad King impression has 2026 feeling less and less like a so-called democracy and more like a dystopian nightmare.  Even as institutions are fracturing and

When the tools that heal poison Black communities

Audre Lorde once wrote: “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” I keep returning to that phrase as I read the news about the EPA’s proposed rollback of limits on ethylene oxide.  The master’s tools, it turns out, are not just metaphors. Sometimes they are actual chemicals, drifting over Black