American politics in recent years has become unserious entertainment with very serious and life-changing consequences. Something broke when the country elected its first Black president in 2008, and it has never been put back together. Perhaps it’s because white Americans did the lazy work of assuming that a Black president meant that our nation’s race …
Last week, I was packing to leave for my 72-hour staycation when my phone rang. I kept packing because I was exhausted and ready to check out from the daily grind. A few minutes later, I saw a text notification and figured I should check it, since most people close to me know that texting …
Today marks two weeks since Maine resident Johan Sebatian Guerrero’s life was snatched away from him by an ICE agent who, by the Border Czar Tom Homan’s own words, may not have been properly vetted. No shit, man! It seems like most of the people hired by ICE tend to be problematic, if not literally …