With November fast approaching, U.S. voters have less than three months to decide on the next president, and political rhetoric has ramped up. Some of the rhetoric coming from the MAGA camp against Kamala Harris has been explicitly racist or sexist. While some senior Republicans warned against it and distanced themselves, others like former President…

Northwestern University announced on Tuesday, Aug. 20, that it will be taking steps to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus in the wake of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel counterprotests last spring. All students will now be required to take a course on antisemitism and other forms of hate when they return to classes in September. Northwestern…

Republican attacks on Kamala Harris escalated after President Joe Biden formally endorsed her to serve as the next president of the United States. Some of those attacks have featured racist and/or sexist insinuations — allegations, for instance, that Harris “slept her way to the top” or that she is “a DEI hire.” House Speaker Mike…

In July 2024, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Mississippi’s lifetime felon disenfranchisement law, which dates back to the Jim Crow era. This law disenfranchises tens of thousands of Mississippi residents under a provision in the Mississippi Constitution that revokes voting rights for those convicted of specific felonies, including theft, arson…

Local authorities in Miami, Florida, vowed to review and improve security protocols after thousands of ticketless fans stormed the gates of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens ahead of the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia on Sunday, July 14. The resulting chaos caused officials to delay the start of the game 75 minutes…

President Joe Biden himself admits that he delivered a “bad” performance in the first 2024 presidential debate. About a week after what some consider to be the worst debate performance in the history of televised debates, polls indicate that more voters than ever have an unfavorable opinion of the president, believe he is too old…

A group of Republican senators expressed “grave concerns” to President Biden over his recent executive order that would provide a path to citizenship to approximately 500,000 people who have been in the country for a decade or more and are also married to United States citizens. The GOP lawmakers argued that Biden’s immigration relief “directly contravenes…

The state of California announced on Friday, June 28, that it will be allocating $12 million in its next budget to provide compensation to Black residents for racial injustices. Th effort would be the largest government-funded reparations effort of its kind in the country. The money is a far cry from the billions of dollars…

As former President Trump vies for another shot at the White House, one loyal demographic he is counting on is white Christian evangelicals. More than 80% of evangelicals backed Trump in the 2020 election, and after endorsing a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, he’s gearing up for…

A federal appeals court ordered eight of 17 books removed from a Texas library be returned to the shelves within 24 hours on Thursday, June 6. The court said books cannot be restricted based on whether someone dislikes the content, even if it does include “butts and farts.” The ruling comes after parents in Llano…