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Source: pepifoto / Getty Primary elections in Alabama and several other southern states became unnecessarily complicated after the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act last month. Alabama postponed the primary election in several districts so state legislators could move forward with implementing a map previously found to be

Source: You know, I’m remiss to call Texas’ runoff primary for the GOP’s senate nominee a “test of President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party” simply because recent elections in Indiana and Kentucky have shown that yes, Trump still holds an iron grip in deep red states. That being

Source: NurPhoto / Getty As the U.S./Israeli war on Iran rages on, new updates reveal that, as far as information that is available to the public goes, not a whole lot has changed over the last few months, which is to say that President Donald Trump is still claiming a

Source: Bilal Morris / iOne Digital There’s something special about Curaçao. The island feels alive in a way that moves you as soon as your feet touch the soil. But its beauty is just the entry point to its soul, which is so rich in Black history, you can’t help

Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty Dear Caitlin Clark, I have been watching you play since you were a college student at Iowa. I am going to be transparent with you about why I’m writing to you now. I think you are mishandling a career and a platform that very few

Source: Back when I was a kid, I was a huge Lakers fan. It was the first sports team I was obsessed with. I’d watch every game and consume every interview about them.  I took a special interest in Magic Johnson. I emulated his moves when I played basketball. I

Source: Star Tribune via Getty Images / Getty So… Remember when President Donald Trump and his administration of fellow xenophobic bigots capitalized on the massive fraud scandal in Minnesota, taking their cues from right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley, who brought national MAGA attention to the scandal by filming himself trying to infiltrate Somali-run daycare

Source: SOPA Images / Getty If you somehow need further proof that President Donald Trump cares more about the needs of billionaires than working-class Americans, despite more and more legitimate safety concerns arising over artificial intelligence (AI), Trump canceled a planned executive order intended to give the federal government oversight

Source: The Washington Post / Getty There is perhaps no better example of the incompetence endemic to the Trump administration than how often they shoot themselves in the foot with lawsuits, whether by filing frivolous cases with no chance of success or by engaging in prosecutorial misconduct. The latter is