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Winter in America: Navigating the Chilling Effects of Trump's Second Term
Winter’s here, and you can feel it. Short days. Cold nights. Holiday music is trying to warm a world where many still feel iced out. ’Cause like my favorite wordsmith, Gil Scott-Heron, once reminded us — It’s “Winter in America.”

DJ Ten
Nov 175 min read


Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 National Guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest

The Guardian
Oct 303 min read


Trump: Is He the Thief in the Ballroom?
Trump is now trying to extract a quarter-billion dollars from the American treasury — our tax dollars — to compensate himself for the troubles he faced when Merrick Garland belatedly tried to hold him to account for criminally stealing classified documents, trying to overthrow the 2020 election, and his explicit, public outreach to Putin to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails and make them public that helped him win the 2016 election

Thom Hartmann
Oct 254 min read


Project 2025’s Mastermind Russell Vought Is Running the Country—And Black America Is Paying the Price
ProPublica’s in-depth investigation reveals that Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s former budget director, is the real power inside this White House.

BlackPress USA
Oct 213 min read


‘A Pretext to Take Over American Cities’: JD Vance Sparks Alarm With Comments on Insurrection Act
Vice President JD Vance sparked alarm on Sunday when he said that President Donald Trump was considering invoking the Insurrection Act under the pretenses of combating violent crime in US cities.

Common Dreams
Oct 143 min read


BET Gutted, DEI Killed, Media Bought—Trump’s Playbook in Action
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — From purging diversity programs to steamrolling media independence, Trump has unleashed a blitzkrieg of white nationalist policymaking under the guise of federal power.

BlackPress USA
Aug 104 min read


Trump budget would slash rental aid by 40% — and let states fill the gap if they want
President Trump has repeatedly promised to "make America affordable again." But for those Americans most in need, his administration's latest budget plan would dramatically shrink the federal rental aid that helps keep millions of people housed.

NPR
May 86 min read


America's Mad King
The president has grown more impulsive, more vindictive, and more anarchic

The Atlantic
Apr 229 min read


Rachel Maddow Explains the ‘Ridiculous’ True Story That Inspired Trump’s Tariffs Plan | Video
To say the origins of Trump’s sweeping international tariffs are dubious is an understatement, Rachel Maddow said on her MSNBC show.
Stephanie Kaloi
Apr 63 min read


Say Something
Since Trump’s election victory, leaders in business and education have rushed to show that they no longer have any political beliefs

Slate
Feb 284 min read


BLACK HISTORY MOMENT: How Super Bowl VI is a Pivotal Moment in Black History and a Defining Moment for DEI Efforts
As we celebrate Black History Month today, it's essential to recognize how moments like Fitzgerald's halftime show remind us of the ongoing

Walter Sundiata
Feb 24 min read


Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won
Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote and all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost.

Greg Palast
Jan 2816 min read


Trump Inauguration Dubbed 'A Coronation of Our Country's Descent Into Oligarchy'
"Today marks the beginning of an administration dominated by billionaires and corporate interests."

Common Dreams
Jan 213 min read


From the Robber Barons to Elon Musk: Will History Repeat Itself?
Ultra-wealthy elites. Political corruption. Corporate monopolies. Anti-immigrant nativism. Vast inequality. These problems aren’t new.

Robert Reich
Jan 34 min read


Bidenomics in the Rearview Mirror
Despite its history-making tilt toward workers and consumers, the electorate didn’t reward it.

The American Prospect
Dec 19, 20245 min read


From the Middle Out and Bottom Up
Outside commentators have noted that due to our policies, “President-elect Trump is receiving the strongest economy in modern history which

The American Prospect
Dec 17, 202414 min read


NY Democrat: Patel picked to ‘weaponize’ government against Trump enemies
New York Rep. Dan Goldman (D) warned that some of Trump’s Cabinet and senior staff picks will be used to “weaponize” the gov

The Hill
Dec 3, 20242 min read


Remembering Qunicy Jones: A Personal Tribute to a Musical Genius
Quincy Jones was more than a musical icon; he was a significant part of the soundtrack of my life, influencing my appreciation for diverse s

DJ Ten
Nov 17, 20244 min read


Is the 2024 Election a Watershed Moment for Understanding the American Identity?
Are we, as a collective, becoming more comfortable with intolerance, prejudice, and incendiary rhetoric? By DJTen | RadioActive1 WBOB |...

DJ Ten
Nov 17, 20245 min read


'A for sale sign around his neck': Trump sells 'policy in exchange for campaign contributions'
If elected to a second term, former President Donald Trump may have the most blatantly transactional administration in modern history.

AlterNet
Oct 27, 20243 min read
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