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Source: Annalisa Cimmino / Getty   “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal,” so the second paragraph of the American Declaration, drafted and signed by by the those considered the founding fathers, on July 4th, 1776.   Wait. Scratch that. It was kind of made up. The Declaration Independence was voted on two days earlier, on July 2nd, 1776 and actually signed on August […]

Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty In the upside down world that we who live in America have been experiencing since at least Trump’s vulgar foray into U.S. politics, even the question of freedom becomes a perversion of itself.  Women are free except with regard to body sovereignty and equal pay. Black people are free except poverty remains legislated and police continue to stalk and occupy Black communities seeking evidence of […]

Source: Image Source / Getty There is a narrative about New York that seems to tell the story of a progressive state, a state that began ending slavery in 1817, concluding the process on July 5th, 1827, the first full day of slavery’s complete outlawing in New York, a free state, a North Star state. They rarely tell you it was the second to last Northern state to outlaw slavery, […]

Source: Paul Morigi / Getty We’re in trouble. Real trouble.  I’ve had three days to really think about SCOTUS’s ruling on Monday about presidential immunity, reported by NewsOne earlier this week, and I just cannot shake the terrifying vision of the America my daughter may have to spend the majority of her life in. I shared that sense of worry with one of my mentors, Deborah Small (HLS ‘87, HKS’88), […]

Source: Monica Schipper / Getty During her keynote speech at Newark’s Black Creative Economy Summit, Amanda Seales shared her thoughts on how Black business owners should head in. She spoke passionately from her perch in a director’s chair on the stage at Newark Symphony Hall.  Seales recommended that Black business owners divorce themselves from the idea that they should be modeling their companies on best practices that have traditionally served […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As many in the United States celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, some minorities have mixed feelings about the revelry of fireworks and parades in an atmosphere of tension on several fronts. How do you celebrate during what some people of color consider troubling times? Blacks, Latinos and immigrant rights advocates say the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, recent non-convictions of police officers charged in […]

UPDATED: 9:00 p.m. ET, July 4, 2023 Malia Obama turned 25 on Tuesday coinciding with Fourth of July celebrations across the country. On social media Malia’s parents, former President Barack Obama and Forever FLOTUS Michelle Obama, wrote heartfelt tributes to their firstborn daughter on social media. “Happy birthday to this talented, hilarious, and beautiful young woman,” the 44th president tweeted. “Malia, I hope 25 brings you everything you’re looking for […]

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor and attorney to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday in connection to spreading lies about the 2020 election and attempting to overturn the results. Rudy Giuliani was one of the chief Trump proponents who pushed the angle of their being an election fraud during the former business mogul’s failed bid for reelection. NBC News reports that Rudy Giuliani, 80, is still facing […]

Source: Anadolu / Getty The Supreme Court’s ruling on the claim of immunity by former President Donald Trump was condemned in a dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor and President Joe Biden afterward. The nation was rocked on Monday (July 1), as the Supreme Court issued its ruling on former President Donald Trump’s claims of absolute immunity for his actions in office. The vote was 6 – 3, as all of […]