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As Black History Month Turns 100, Trump Refuses to Apologize for Video Depicting Obamas as Apes
Democracy Now • Feb 9, 2026

As Black History Month Turns 100, Trump Refuses to Apologize for Video Depicting Obamas as Apes

President Donald Trump is refusing to apologize for sharing a racist video on social media that depicts former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes. The video remained available on Trump’s Truth Social page for 12 hours before it was deleted around noon on Friday. It prompted rare criticism from members of his own party, including South Carolina’s Tim Scott, the Senate’s only Black Republican, who called it “the most racist thing” he had seen from the White House. “This is a disgusting and despicable display of racism from President Trump,” says Wisdom Cole, senior national director of advocacy for the NAACP. “Instead of unifying the nation and celebrating the achievements of Black America … he chooses to continue to perpetuate bigotry.”

Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis
Democracy Now • Feb 9, 2026

Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis

We speak with Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was violently dragged from her car by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month and detained at the Whipple Federal Building, which has become the epicenter of the government’s immigration crackdown in the city. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled and had a brain injury, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation. “I was taken out of that place unconscious,” says Rahman, who describes lasting injuries and trauma from her detention. Rahman was not charged with any crime. “What I saw in that detention center was truly horrific.” We also speak with attorney Alexa Van Brunt, director of the Illinois office of the MacArthur Justice Center, who says victims of ICE violence like Rahman can sue the federal government for violating their rights, “but they cannot sue the officers in their individual capacity.”

What Being a Billionaire Scion Taught JB Pritzker About Standing Up to One
Mother Jones • Feb 9, 2026

What Being a Billionaire Scion Taught JB Pritzker About Standing Up to One

In the late 1970s, after building a small airport hotel into one of the biggest names in hospitality, the Pritzkers of Chicago joined forces with an ambitious young developer to convert an unfashionable hotel on New York’s 42nd Street into a sparkling Grand Hyatt. The building would have five restaurants, a signature atrium, and even—if […]

Can He Really Do That? Black History Month in the Age of Trump
Mother Jones • Feb 9, 2026

Can He Really Do That? Black History Month in the Age of Trump

Last year, shortly after his second inauguration, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on January 31 to mark the start of Black History Month the next day—just as presidents before him had done, beginning with Gerald Ford in the bicentennial year of 1976. He invoked “heroes such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Sowell, Justice […]

First Draft: 🏈 Bad Trump, Good Bunny
Zeteo • Feb 9, 2026

First Draft: 🏈 Bad Trump, Good Bunny

It’s not just the Super Bowl. MAGA’s culture war is epically backfiring. And as a blue wave builds, Trump is only escalating his crackdowns.

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