Editorials

AI-generated Lego videos featuring rap music and hip-hop beats are being used to spread propaganda, exploiting public frustration and using Black American art forms to deliver a powerful message.

Gerrymandering is a powerful tool used to control Black political power and limit economic opportunity, resulting in a racial wealth gap and underinvestment in Black communities.

Religious leaders are cautioning against the temptation to assign divinity to machines, as AI advances and companies like Anthropic seek guidance from Christian leaders on whether their newly created morally sensitive chatbot could be considered a "child of God".

Ona Judge, an enslaved person who escaped George Washington, is at the center of a fight over whether America is strong enough to tell the truth about its history, as the Trump administration removed an exhibit about the people Washington enslaved and the city of Philadelphia is suing to get it put back.

Black women are among the most educated and entrepreneurial groups in America, yet hundreds of thousands are unemployed due to a labor system shaped by policy choices, not personal failure, and a growing push to rebuild it with Black women at the center.

Despite the progress made towards an all-inclusive society, the US Supreme Court's ruling in Callais v. Louisiana has dealt a severe blow to the Voting Rights Act, threatening to decimate Black and Latino representation in Congress and state legislatures.

King Charles of the UK visited the US to repair frayed ties with the US, but declined to speak to the victims of the Epstein crimes, while the Trump Administration has taken no action on the matter, and Senator Lindsey Graham has supported a $400 million tax dollar contribution to Trump's White House Ballroom.

The Main Street Depositor Protection Act would increase the FDIC's deposit insurance limit from $250,000 to $5 million, disproportionately benefiting large banks and depositors while increasing costs for small businesses and potentially reducing loan availability.

The Supreme Court's decision to dismantle Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 will likely weaken Black political power for a generation, as it allows states to redraw voting maps that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters.

Virginia has passed a referendum that allows Democrats to counter-offense against Republican gerrymandering, resulting in 10 of the state's 11 districts being controlled by Democrats and highlighting the political version of Newton's third law of motion.