By Jennifer Stavros, BitchMedia On August 18, Donald Trump announced his decision to pardon suffragist Susan B. Anthony in a shallow attempt to honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave white women the right to vote. “Today, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Grant of Clemency (Full Pardon) posthumously to Susan […]
The award-winning NBC News correspondent, Jacob Soboroff lays bare the full truth behind the Trump administration’s systematic separation of desperate migrant families at the US-Mexico border. In June 2018, Donald Trump’s most notorious decision as president had secretly been in effect for months before most Americans became aware of the astonishing inhumanity being perpetrated by […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaking at the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), congressional reception for newly elected Congressional representatives. – Arlington, VA/USA – January 10, 2019 (Shutterstock) By BBC In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe considers how Somalia has become caught up in the US election campaign. President Donald Trump […]
Black Lives Matter protest on to denounce killing of George Floyd of Minneapolis on White House president Donald Trump – WASHINGTON D.C., USA – MAY 31, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Jonathan Chait, NY Mag Last October, Minneapolis Police Union president Bob Kroll appeared at a Trump rally. Clad in his red “Cops for Trump” T-shirt, Kroll […]
President of the United States Donald Trump speaks at the general political discussion during the 72th session of the UN Assembly in New York: NEW YORK, USA – Sep 19, 2017 (Shutterstock) By Ashley Parker, MSN President Trump stepped to the lectern Monday on a day when the virus death toll in the United States […]
Battle Creek, Michigan, USA December 18, 2019: President Donald Trump Speaking at a rally during the House of Representatives impeachment vote (Shutterstock) By Stuart Anderson, Forbes The bad news keeps coming for immigrants. On January 27, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court approved an order to allow the Trump administration to proceed with the public charge […]
Nigerian entrepreneurship and creativity have always found a home in the United States—until now.
By Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, Foreign Policy After winning a court victory with his initial travel ban that targeted some predominantly Muslim countries, U.S. President Donald Trump has followed up with another sweeping measure, this time blocking immigration from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Myanmar, Sudan, and Nigeria. None of this is justifiable, but the Nigeria ban is especially […]
Washington, DC – Welcome to Trump’s first move post-acquittal. In a chilling development, the Trump administration is exploiting taxpayer-funded government levers to punish the state of New York for welcoming immigrants. DHS has suspended the ability of New Yorkers to join Global Entry as retribution for a range of common-sense, pro-immigrant policies enacted by the state. Frank […]
Washington, DC / USA – June 13 2019: Nancy Pelosi conducts her weekly press conference (Shutterstock) By Michelle Ruiz, VOGUE Sure, Real Housewives is fine, but are you familiar with the ongoing rivalry between President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi? The friction between the notorious misogynist and the woman leading his impeachment peaked […]
Washington DC / USA – October 22 2019: Senator Mitt Romney before a Senate hearing (Shutterstock) By Dan Balz and Robert Costa, Washington Post Sen. Mitt Romney sealed a place in history Wednesday by voting to convict President Trump of abuse of power, becoming a lone voice of dissent in a Republican Party that otherwise […]