Author: Christopher Palma

Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty We really didn’t need any more evidence of the efforts by President Donald Trump, his administration, and the MAGA movement to miseducate America by whitewashing U.S. history while calling it an effort to fight “woke indoctrination.”  Those of us who actually read books and know

Source: MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images / Getty A group of incarcerated people at a Kansas prison helped raise over $4,000 to help struggling families pay for meals at a local school. WKRC reports that Norton Community Schools ended the 2025-2026 school year with nearly $6,000 in

Source: SOPA Images / Getty OK, so, most people across the U.S. are concerned that artificial intelligence technology is advancing too fast and radically; educators are concerned that AI makes it harder for people to think for themselves; Black educators are concerned that AI is disproportionately targeting Black children with

Source: CJ Gunther / Getty We’re only two months away from the midterm elections, but that hasn’t stopped the Trump administration from doing everything in its power to sow chaos and undermine confidence in the outcome. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court for permission to use Social Security

Source: The Washington Post / Getty Peace is priceless.  I don’t care if what you’re doing is for the bag, the community, the family, friends, your ego, or the culture, if it is robbing you of peace (which will rob you of years), it ain’t worth it. So I repeat:

Source: South Park / x They say if you want to know the true history of any era in politics, you should look to the satirists of the time. OK, nobody ever said that, but maybe they should, especially when talking about the political landscape under President Donald Trump. Although,

Source: AntonioGuillem / Getty In news surprising to no one who’s been paying attention, U.S. teenagers’ reading scores are drastically behind those of teens in Singapore and several parts of China.  News like that makes me so glad that we’re dismantling the Department of Education. The New York Times reports

Source: Jim Watson/AFP / via Occupy Democrats/Facebook Y’all really don’t understand what it’s like keeping up with and reporting on the day-to-day shenanigans of President Donald Trump. People who don’t work in media but are as exhausted with receiving a daily dose of Trump’s buffoonery as we are of delivering

Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup traditionally offers WNBA players a rare, phenomenal stage to exhibit their mastery before a global audience, allowing elite athletes to bond with league peers away from domestic rivalries, whether they are playing for Team USA or repping their home

Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the U.S. economy isn’t doing so hot for anyone outside the 1%. While the rich have only gotten richer under the second Trump administration, stagnant wages, fluctuating inflation, and an anemic job market have made it hard to just keep