In August of 2024, Trayon White, who was then serving as the DC Council’s Ward 8 representative, was arrested by the FBI. White was accused of accepting $156,000-worth of bribes in exchange for using his position on the council to influence government contracts. The ensuing corruption investigation led to White being unanimously expelled from his
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In the world of sports, greatness has been known to attract hostility. The more talented an athlete is, the larger the target on their back. The potency of this phenomenon tends to grow the more anomalous an athlete’s success is, such as in cases of Black athletes excelling in historically white-dominated sports. The Williams sisters
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 Looking for a way to celebrate Juneteenth? Start here!
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Pride month has always had its roots in protest; only in the years following the 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn did Pride adopt a celebratory attitude. This year, Pride month continues to create space for community, solidarity, and resistance. As the lives of queer, trans, immigrant, and nonwhite communities face increasing threats under
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After having his latest film called everything from “woke propaganda” to “an utter abomination,” filmmaker André Sturgis appeared on CBS Mornings Monday to clear his name. Sturgis used the visit, a part of the promotional tour for his all-Black retelling of Stand by Me, both to promote the film and address its many critics. Speaking
The Cambridge Dictionary defines the adjective “post-truth” as “relating to a situation in which people are more likely to accept an argument based on their emotions and beliefs, rather than one based on facts.” Many commentators have suggested that “post-truth politics” rule the day in America, citing the growing impact of fake news, hoaxes, misinformation,
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There are few communities and cultures as distinctive as those of Black Washington, DC. It simply cannot be mistaken for any other enclave of Black experience. Nowhere else will you find so much pride being taken in go-go, half-smokes, and knowing which restaurant mixes the best mumbo sauce. Nowhere else can you reliably expect to
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In March of this year, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14253, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” The order, a successor to similar orders, positions itself as an attempt to reverse what it calls “a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history.” The “corrosive ideology” behind this effort apparently attempts
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During President Donald Trump’s first four years in the White House, Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser had no qualms about voicing her and her constituents’ disapproval of him. As the overwhelmingly Democratic city’s most prominent representative, Bowser’s most notable act of resistance was the establishment of Black Lives Matter Plaza in the wake of 2020’s
When Stephen Ledbetter of Annandale, Virginia first set out to leave his mark on American museums, his main focus was combating what he called “overly woke retellings of history.” “Museums don’t tell the true history of this nation anymore,” claims Ledbetter, although he stops short of explaining when he believes this change began. “American history
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