Category: issues

The second Trump administration has weakened federal civil rights law and is shredding the foundations of America’s racially inclusive democracy. imagedepotpro, iStock/Getty Images Plus

issues

January 22, 2026

12 Ways The Trump Administration Dismantled Civil Rights Law And The Foundations Of Inclusive Democracy In Its First Year

The 2025-2026 flu season seems to be affecting children more severely than usual. (Credit: iStock via Getty Images)

issues

January 21, 2026

New Variant Of The Flu Virus Is Driving Surge Of Cases Across The US And Canada

Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Lambda Pi Omega Chapter provide various services to the local Detroit community, such as reading to students, planting trees, and donating money to women's shelters. (Courtesy AKA Lambda Pi Omega Chapter)

cultureissues

January 20, 2026

Detroit Heard King’s Dream First. These Black Women Are Carrying It Forward.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., left, appears at a Chicago news conference with Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh on May 31, 1966.

cultureissues

January 19, 2026

Building ‘Beloved Community’: Remembering The Friendship Between Martin Luther King Jr. And Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh

A male character in Buddies struggles with the symptoms from AIDS.

cultureissuesLGBTmovies

January 15, 2026

40 Years Ago, The First AIDS Movies Forced Americans To Confront A Disease They Didn’t Want To See

Farmworkers harvest celery on March 9, 2024, in Yuma, Ariz.

cultureissues

January 14, 2026

‘These People Do It Naturally’: President Trump’s Views On Immigrant Farmworkers Reflect A Long History Of How Farming Has Been Idealized And Practiced In America

American history has largely left out the stories of Filipina women who acted as volunteer aides to U.S. Army Nurses like those imprisoned as World War II POWs in the Philippines. (U.S. Army)

cultureissues

January 13, 2026

Asian-American Nurses Were WWII Heroes. History Left Them Behind.

Children sleeping in a Minnesota daycare.

cultureissues

January 12, 2026

Here’s What’s Really Happening With Child Care Fraud In Minnesota

Simu Liu in character as Shang-Chi.

cultureentertainmentissuesmovies

January 5, 2026

What Simu Liu’s Callout Reveals About Hollywood’s Racial Double Standard on Asian Men

Dakarai Larriett in front of the Montgomery capitol.

cultureinterviewsissuesmoviespolitics

November 24, 2025

US Senate Hopeful Dakarai Larriett Is Ready To Tackle Alabama’s Police Brutality