By Kymani Hughes On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward and forever free.” However, the story of freedom did not start, and certainly did not end with him. Since the beginning of enslavement, enslaved Black…
By Hermes Falcon and Anthony Vidal From Our May/June Magazine 117: A record breaking number of anti-trans bills have been brought to the attention of Congress in 2021, 51 more than last year and a whopping 98 more than in 2019, according to the Human Rights Campaign. After the Equality Act was passed throughout the…
By Anthony Vidal Saturday, November 7, marked a day of jubilation for more than half of the United States when the state of Pennsylvania announced Joe Biden as the winner of the state. With those 21 electoral votes, he had enough to become the new President-Elect of the United States. However, another 70 million U.S….