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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and cultureWelcome to Black History Month...
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Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and can be undone by the courtsBefore his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of 100 or executive orders once he regained the presidency. These orders reset government policy on everything from immigration enforcement to diversity initiatives to environmental regulation.
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Not all insurrections are equal – for enslaved Americans, it was the only optionFor most Americans, Jan. 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day. That changed in 2021 when millions of television viewers watched thousands of Trump supporters assault the U.S. Capitol in their violent attempt to stop Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
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Justin Trudeau quits: How his focus on social policy will be his legacyJustin Trudeau has resigned after more than nine years as Canada’s 23rd prime minister.
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‘Coconut farmers for Harris,’ influencers and vertical signs – Smithsonian curators’ encounters at the Democratic National ConventionAt the 2024 Democratic National Convention alongside politicians and delegates from across the country are political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, who are collecting what museum curators call “ephemera” – items that people wear, carry, hand out, display or otherwise use during the convention.
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By picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris shows she’s running her own race, by her own rulesOn Tuesday morning US time, US Vice President Kamala Harris called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to ask him to be her running mate in her campaign for the presidency.
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7-nation prisoner swap shows how diplomacy, not law, governs exchangesWall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans were freed from Russia in a prisoner exchange on Aug. 1, 2024.
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Video game performers are becoming Hollywood stars in their own right − and are on strike to be paid and protected accordinglyAfter nearly two years of negotiations with gaming companies, video game performers, who are represented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union, announced that they would go on strike due to an impasse over protections from generative AI.
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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. unveils new Honorary Members including Tatyana AliZeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, celebrated the induction of 15 influential women into its Alpha Omega Chapter as Honorary Members including actress Tatyana Ali.
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Homeless service providers could help more people overcome homelessness if they measured success differentlyHomelessness is a major problem in the U.S., and it’s getting worse: A record 650,000 Americans were homeless on a single night in January 2023, according to the most recent point-in-time report released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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GOP attacks against Kamala Harris were already bad – they are about to get worsePublic opinion polls suggest that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is doing slightly better than Joe Biden was against Donald Trump, but Republican attacks against her are only now ramping up.
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Boxing Hall of Famer Andre Ward named Chief Content Officer at ALL THE SMOKE FIGHTAndre "S.O.G." Ward, renowned boxing Hall of Famer and two-division unified world champion, has officially joined ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT as Chief Content Officer.
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Until 1968, presidential candidates were picked by party conventions – a process revived by Biden’s withdrawal from raceNow that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee, it will ultimately be up to Democratic National Convention delegates to formally select a new nominee for their party.
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Voting rights at risk after Supreme Court makes it harder to challenge racial gerrymanderingTwo recent Supreme Court rulings on congressional redistricting will have starkly different consequences for Black voters in the 2024 election.
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Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering“Strange Fruit” was different. The song gazes unflinchingly on the “strange fruit” of the title: hanged, burned and mangled flesh left to rot on a tree.
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Attempted assassination of Trump: The long history of violence against U.S. presidentsPolitical assassinations in the United States have a long and disturbing history.
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By revealing their mental health struggles, pro athletes are scoring with fansOn June 5, 2024, the Boston Red Sox placed relief pitcher Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list. It wasn't for a sore shoulder, a tight elbow or a tweaked groin. It was for anxiety.
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Oklahoma’s superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible – relying on controversial views about religious freedomIn the days since Oklahoma’s state superintendent, Ryan Walters, ordered school districts to teach the Bible, he’s been defending his mandate.
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Detroit’s legacy of housing inequity has caused long-term health impacts − these policies can help mitigate that harmDetroiters who face rising rents, poor living conditions, and systemic barriers to affordable and safe housing are at greater risk of poor health, our research finds.
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‘Above the law’ in some cases: Supreme Court gives Trump − and future presidents − a special exception that will delay his prosecution