White women, sit down before you digest this. And I mean that with the full love of truth and the full warning of discomfort. Because this is not the kind of conversation where you get to skim, clutch your pearls, say “how sad,” and keep scrolling. This is the kind of conversation that asks you…
Centering whiteness is one of those things that can happen so fast in a conversation that by the time everyone realizes it, the whole room has already been hijacked. One minute, people are talking about harm. The next minute, they are managing white feelings. One minute, the conversation is about what happened to Black people,…
White supremacy culture is sneaky because too many people only know how to recognize it when it is wearing a hood, carrying a flag, yelling a slur, or standing in the middle of some obvious hate rally acting like history did not already embarrass them enough. But white supremacy culture is not just the loud,…
Some stories are not just about taxes. Some stories are about power looking at accountability and saying, “Not today, not tomorrow, not ever.” That is what this Trump and IRS settlement feels like. Because let’s be real. If a regular person owed the IRS money, missed filings, had questionable deductions, or found themselves under a…
White privilege is one of those phrases that makes some people act like you just walked into their house, kicked over the coffee table, and accused their grandma of a federal crime. Let’s talk about that. Because every single time somebody says “white privilege,” there is a whole crowd of white folks who immediately start…
Some stories are not complicated because the facts are hard to understand. They are complicated because the people in power are hoping you get too tired to follow the money. That is where we are with David Venturella and ICE. David Venturella is expected to become acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after…
Yesterday, folks online were celebrating what looked like a rare moment of backbone: a Hampton Inn in Lakeville, Minnesota reportedly canceled reservations tied to DHS and ICE agents. People took it as a hotel saying no to ICE. Today, Hilton stepped in and shut that down fast. Hilton says that location is a franchise, meaning…
