Politics & Current Events

A Scandal Unpacked New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is now the first sitting mayor in the city’s history to face federal criminal charges. Prosecutors allege she misused nearly $70,000 in taxpayer funds by flying her bodyguard on trips that looked more like vacations than official business. The case has sparked outrage among residents and raised

Understanding Accelerationism Accelerationism is often talked about but rarely understood in its full depth. At its heart, it is the belief that tearing down existing systems through crisis, dysfunction, or collapse will force society into a new stage. The logic is simple but dangerous: things must get worse before they can get better. What counts

The story about Bill Gates in Africa has been circulating with force: claims that he is experimenting on newborn babies in Kenya with tracking devices, and that he is pushing the African Union to restrict farmers from using organic seeds in favor of genetically modified ones he profits from. Whether you believe every detail or

Y’all, did you catch the switch? Just days ago, Donald Trump was talking about targeting the homeless in Washington, D.C. The message was framed as a crackdown on disorder, but now the focus has shifted. The people being swept up are not just the unhoused, but mostly young Black boys and men. And it’s not

We need to talk about Trump’s regime because pretending that this is business as usual is the greatest act of denial. Authoritarian, fascist, demagogue—people argue about the right vocabulary, but the point isn’t what word you use. The point is not to normalize what’s unfolding in front of us. What we are seeing is not

The recent comments by Gavin Newsom reveal more than political theater; they expose the tension between power, principle, and the independence of America’s institutions. Newsom accused Donald Trump of effectively extorting one of the country’s premier research universities, UCLA, threatening to pull billions in funding to bend it into submission. In his speech, he drew

The screen grab from the official White House Twitter account shows young Black men in Washington, D.C. being arrested by federal agents. They are not identified as suspects in a specific crime, nor is there clarity about why they were targeted. They look like young men who could be anyone’s brother, cousin, or son, swept

It is very important that we start looking at the United States of America for who we are today, not only who we have been in the past. Too often, we frame our self-image through history—through the moments when we were cast as the heroes. In World War II, we were part of the Allied

Belle “Candy” Owens has become the face of what can only be called Double Down culture. I call her Candy because at this point she can no longer afford the dignity of being called Candice—she has surrendered herself to a performance. Double Down culture is that mindset among media personalities who refuse to change their

Introduction Donald Trump didn’t invent the resentment that fueled his rise—he exploited it. He turned white grievance into a platform, gave old prejudices a new microphone, and spoke aloud what other politicians only hinted at in coded language. His presidency wasn’t a break from America’s trajectory; it was a mirror reflecting the fractures, fears, and