On a February morning in 2026, the opening days of Black History Month, something unthinkable appeared on the official social media platform of the President of the United States: a video inserting the faces of Barack and Michelle Obama onto cartoon apes, set to The Lion Sleeps Tonight. It flashed at the end of a broader montage promoting 2020 election conspiracies and remained online for roughly 12 hours before deletion.
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The elections of Barack Obama, the candidacy of Kamala Harris and the appearance of Bad Bunny this past Sunday worked like heat seeking missiles that made undercover racist and undercover racism surface to open airways and news outlets.
At its core, this bill opens the door for locally generated tax dollars to be exported out of county, potentially benefiting corporate hospital systems and private interests with little obligation to reinvest in the communities footing the bill. That should concern anyone who believes public money should serve public needs locally, transparently, and equitably.
To metaphorically describe a president as “America’s Grand Wizard” is to deliver one of the most damning civic judgments imaginable. It means leadership has crossed the line from private bias into the active use of public power to legitimize, broadcast, and entrench racial hierarchy. This President is fully aware of the power of his words. Notably, Jan. 6, 2021, is the date of infamy.
On January 29, 2026, Donald Trump reaffirmed this legacy in yet another executive order, released under the title Fact Sheet: Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba. In this latest assault on Cu-ban sovereignty, Trump announced his intention to “put America first” by declaring a national emergency and imposing punitive tariffs on countries that sell or other-wise provide oil to Cuba. The order authorizes additional tariffs on imports from any country that directly or indirectly supplies oil to Cuba—an act of collective punishment dressed up as national security policy.
My Truth: We have to take this war to the polls
The Staple Singers told us: If you don’t respect yourself, nobody’s gonna give a good cahoot!
The Frederick Douglass Foundation (FDF) is honored to announce its designation as an America250 Supporting Partner as the nation prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.
When federal agents arrested journalist Don Lemon and independent reporter Georgia Fort in connection with a protest inside a Minneapolis-area church, many commentators framed the incident as a straightforward defense of sacred space. Worship was disrupted. Congregants were frightened. Law enforcement restored order.
We keep Black History Month on one shelf and Valentine’s Day on another. One is supposed to be about pain and struggle. The other about flowers and pastel sugary hearts. Public remembrance of the most important Supreme Court decision about love in American history—Loving v. Virginia—waits for June, as if love itself were a summer excursion.