Texas Republicans stunned legislators nationwide earlier this month when Governor Greg Abbott announced a special legislative session for flood relief would also focus on drafting a new electoral map ahead of the 2026 midterms. Texas’ redistricting effort resulted in a map that creates five new House seats in districts President Trump won by double digits […]

Several subsidies intended to lower costs for low-income users of the Affordable Care Act are set to expire, further increasing costs.

HUD’s proposed changes for subsidized housing would largely affect working families with children and income below their state’s median. 

The racist, Islamophobic tirade aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar demands we stop allowing hate to masquerade as political discourse.  

While Trump turns 1600 Pennsylvania Ave into a pay-per-view party palace, Black, Brown, and poor folks are being left to fend for themselves.

Learning from other languages of gratitude, perhaps we can make our “thank you” less casual and more heartfelt.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested Black Americans aren't actually Americans when he said about the voting rights filibuster, "If you look at the statistics, African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans."

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The majority of Black Americans sympathize more with Israel in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East than with Palestine. That’s according to a recent survey from Pew. The poll was conducted between July 8th and July 14th, sampled 1,805 adults and found that 43 percent of Blacks sided with Israel. Just 20 percent sided with the […]