Redistricting in Texas has long been more than a cartographic exercise; it is a political act with profound implications for representation, power, and civil rights. In recent cycles, the Texas Legislature’s approach to drawing district lines has raised significant concerns, especially for Black Americans whose political influence remains vulnerable to dilution despite constitutional protections and...

When people speak of Project 2025 today, they usually mean the Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, a sprawling, nearly 1,000-page blueprint designed to reshape the federal government under a future conservative presidency. However, there is another document worth knowing, one far removed in tone yet chillingly connected in spirit: a 2003 dissertation...

House Speaker Mike Johnson delivers remarks alongside other House Republican leaders after the House passed budget reconciliation legislation at the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2025. | Francis Chung Congress’ latest legislative leviathan—H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—is a sweeping effort to reset America’s budget, tax code, defense priorities, and safety net systems. Passed...

By a Black elder with 60 Years of life experience in his words When I was a young man, they told me survival was about ducking and weaving.Now I know: real survival is about building, healing, and protecting — starting with us. The image of Angela Davis — righteous, unbowed — reminds me daily that...

In classrooms and public forums, we often debate this classic constitutional question:“At what point do citizens have the right to protect themselves from their own government?” For some, this is a theoretical discussion.For Black Americans, it’s lived experience. And then came January 6, 2021—when hundreds stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the...