On a podcast, Lawrence said Black establishment leaders’ support for the status quo ‘is a big problem.’ Black voters and leaders in Michigan agreed with him.
Race & Ethnicity
Posted inPolitics
What Broke Monticello
How a right-wing smear campaign tried to silence the reality of Thomas Jefferson’s life, and in some ways succeeded.
Posted inTAP
The Court Equivocates on Whom to Deport
Birthright citizenship appears to be OK, but refugees from ‘shithole countries’ gotta go.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Rogue Supreme Court Blesses Ethnic Cleansing
The national council of law wizards held that Donald Trump can deport nonwhite refugees on baldly racist grounds even if he doesn’t follow the law in doing so.
Posted inPolitics
Marking Juneteenth
Black Americans must push back against the Trump administration’s efforts to erase the past.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
‘Magic Pill’ or Placebo?: Black Politicians and the Crypto Lobby
Young Black congresspeople are winning their seats with support from the crypto industry. But can investing in crypto help close the racial wealth gap?
Posted inHousing
The ICE Occupation of Minneapolis Is Still Wreaking Economic Carnage
Many immigrants forced into hiding are still unable to work and facing rent hikes. Aid money is drying up.
Posted inPolitics
Debbie Downer
The sleazy fintech bro Republican running in her home district is as beatable as they come. So why is former DNC chair Wasserman Schultz carpetbagging in a historically Black district?
Posted inPolitics
The Return of the Dixiecrat South
In the pre-1960s South, which Supreme Court Republicans have just brought back from the dead, Black citizens have no voice in federal lawmaking.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Little Country, Big Oil
Guyana has emerged as an oil and gas powerhouse in recent years. How do U.S. and corporate interests complicate the country’s changing conditions?