Free speech has been a core part of the American political mosaic since the nation’s dawn. There's a reason the founding fathers protected it with the First Amendment. Hundred of years later, who would have assumed a musician known as Afroman woul..
Recently, the Miami Herald exposed the savage dialogue of a lengthy group chat for conservative students at Florida International University created by Abel Alexander Carvajal, the secretary of Miami-Dade County’s Republican Party. The so-called c..
The undefined war the U.S. and Israel are fighting in Iran has reached its third week, with no signs of stopping. Social media continues to be dominated by riveting images of exploding oil tankers and refineries, alarmingly skyrocketing prices, and ..
Kristi Noem is witnessing the blunt reality she too was not immune from being terminated. President Trump gave Noem her walking papers last week, dismissing her as director of Homeland Security. She was the first cabinet member fired in Trump’s se..
The fallout continues after activist John Davidson, who is white and has Tourette syndrome, shouted the N-word at actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo at the The British Academy Film Awards last month. Davidson attended for "I Swear," a movie t..
Donald Trump’s approval ratings are at a historic low. Polling aggregators have his ratings in the low 40s, with 34 percent satisfaction over the economy and 30 percent over affordability. In independent polls, his approval plunges into the mid-30..
Whether it was the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s gut-wrenching assassination in 1968, Barack Obama’s initial address as president-elect in November 2008, or any other historic moment relating to Black history over the past sixty-plus years, ..
For people who believe only straight, heterosexual white men should be in charge, these are interesting times. Currently, the most powerful and influential social conservative in the world resides once again in the White House and seems as determine..
It's worth pausing for a moment to recall just a few days ago, President Donald Trump shared a racist clip on his social media account that showed the heads of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama transplanted onto a mo..
To paraphrase Queen Elizabeth II, 2025 is not a year we'll look back with undiluted pleasure It was indeed a challenging year, or as the late queen said in 1992, an “annus horribilis,” for postsecondary education. It was a particularly distressi..
It's been less than a week since federal agents murdered Alex Pretti, a registered nurse working in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, which serves veterans. This was the second fatal shooting this month in Minneapolis..
As has been customary for decades, millions of Americans celebrated the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. earlier this week. But his legacy goes well beyond a single day. Forty years ago, after one of the longest legislative battles in i..
Elwood Watson, Ph.D. is a professor of history, Black studies, and gender and sexuality studies at East Tennessee State University. He is also an author and public speaker.