Theodore Johnson

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Theodore Johnson

The dark insult rooted in Trump’s pay-to-go-away immigrant stipend (washingtonpost.com) The dark insult rooted in Trump’s pay-to-go-away immigrant stipend By Theodore R. Johnson 2025050916060000 Most Americans are descendants of people who, at some point in the nation's history, have been told: "Go back to where you came from!" Whether Irish or Arab, German or Mexican, East Asian or even Native American, few groups have been spared the insult.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Theodore Johnson

5 hours agoMexico: US military operating at Mexico border under new authorities granted by Trump administrationSHOTLIST: NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES (MAY 8, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF US ARMY, MILITARY VEHICLES NEAR US-MEXICO BORDER 2. VARIOUS OF US ARMY, MILITARY VEHICLES NEAR US-MEXICO BORDER 3. DRONE SHOT OF MILITARY VEHICLE, US-MEXICO BORDER 4. ARMED SOLDIERS GETTING IN MILITARY VEHICLE 5. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF US ARMY, MILITARY VEHICLES NEAR US-MEXICO BORDER 6.

1 week ago | newamerica.org | Joe Wilkes |Theodore Johnson |Jazmyne Owens |Maika Moulite

Black dandyism isn’t a trend; it’s a tradition. Aesthetic rebellion, political expression, cultural archive—and yes, great style. As scholar Monica L. Miller writes in Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, it began as a tool of control and became a tool of resistance. Bold colors, sharp tailoring, standout detail—it’s fashion as refusal, presence, and pride. Fashion is never just about clothes.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Theodore Johnson

Trump’s ‘plan’ for Black Americans was mostly a bait and switch (washingtonpost.com) Trump’s ‘plan’ for Black Americans was mostly a bait and switch By Theodore R. Johnson 2025042809453900 During his 2020 presidential campaign, Donald Trump unveiled a new product to help him win reelection: the "Platinum Plan." It was a flashy policy agenda designed specifically for Black voters in hopes of luring just enough of them away from supporting Democrats.

2 weeks ago | phillytrib.com | Theodore Johnson

One evening 25 years ago, in the wardroom of our guided-missile destroyer, some fellow officers and I joked before dinner about who took the weakest classes in college. Once we’d had our fun, the conversation turned political. “What I want to know,” one officer began, “is why some schools offer women’s studies as a major! I mean, why isn’t there a men’s studies?” Before I could bite my tongue, my flippant response rolled out: “There is.