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03/02/2026

The Intersection Magazine's official email account has been hacked. If you see any suspecious emails, please disregard. Additionally, the CEO and publisher Google Voice ( Harrod) has also been hacked.

02/04/2026

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01/31/2026

The Intersection Magazine wants to grow its reach. We need your help to do so. We are seeking to raise $10,000 to pay reporters to expand our coverage in Prince George's County. Read about our campaign here. https://contextnewsletter.substack.com/p/solutions-based-journalism-for-pg

01/31/2026

Two nonprofit organizations that claimed to raise money for at-risk youth have been permanently shut down after a multistate investigation found that children from low-income neighborhoods were used to generate hundreds of thousands of dollars that never reached charitable programs, according to the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.

“For too long, Maryland Youth Club, Virginia Youth Club, and Jule Huston engaged in an illegal scheme that exploited both D.C. children and the generosity of DMV residents,” Attorney General Brian Schwalb said.

https://www.washingtoninformer.com/at-risk-youth-charity-scam/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=697b760186fcdc0001a99bef&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawPrEwpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwbVRkbk8zZEJPTWU0TUFkc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpnwRR_eCwvc066OTPzPOBU_JpBKIcC1mkdznTRBoDsGhSzZZPhL0FtkJ3Yg_aem_hoNdYzBjEpGBww7fImVexQ

Two nonprofits that exploited at-risk youth for financial gain have been shut down. Funds raised for charity were diverted for personal use.

01/31/2026

Independent Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are now free, but here is what Harrod, our founder and reporter, wrote yesterday in our ICE Edition, which is meant to inform people about this administration's illegal activity in cities and states.
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Editor's Note: The Black Press has always sided with oppressed people and not those wielding the sword, gun, or baton to substantiate supremacy. And we try our best to reflect this in our reporting. It is why we start with the people most impacted by policy or local legislation. The Intersection Magazine stands with those journalists illegally detained and maimed for doing their jobs. Specifically, and recently, Don Lemon and Georgia Fort—both independent journalists—were arrested for covering an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota.

Various reputable news organizations have documented the illegal actions of ICE, and it is clear that this administration is unleashing the illegal practice of racial profiling against American citizens. This profiling extends to white people who dare to side with the oppressed Black and Brown people. Additionally, according to the Trace news organization, nearly 74 percent of people detained by ICE have no criminal record. “Many of those convicted committed only minor offenses, including traffic violations,” reports The Trace. It is our job to report the truth.

This newsletter’s job is to supply people with the knowledge so they can participate in their local communities.

ICE is Trump's paramilitary unit that is using racial profiling to imprison American citizens. Here's the context.

12/19/2025

Chief Justice John Roberts has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career—and he may soon achieve his goal, David Daley argues. https://theatln.tc/mXEbh12S

“In 1982, when the Voting Rights Act was up for reauthorization, the Reagan Justice Department had a goal: preserve the VRA in name only, while rendering it unenforceable in practice,” Daley writes. “A young John Roberts was the architect of that campaign.” Last month, during oral arguments for Louisiana v. Callais, a majority of the conservative justices seemed to signal their willingness to forbid any use of race data in redistricting. Such a decision could lead to the end of the VRA’s Section 2 protections for minority voters, and allow states across the South to redraw congressional districts currently represented by Black Democrats into whiter, more rural, and more conservative seats—potentially before the 2026 midterms, Daley writes.

A central question of Louisiana v. Callais is whether Section 2 should prohibit election laws and procedures that have a racially discriminatory effect, or just those passed with clear racially discriminatory intent—the same question that was at the center of the 1982 reauthorization fight, Daley writes.

The Reagan administration was divided over the VRA. “Moderate Reaganites did not want to battle over the landmark law, which was popular. Ideological conservatives within DOJ spoiled for a fight. They were content to extend the act, just so long as it was impossible to use,” Daley writes.

Roberts’s job at the time was to design the Department of Justice’s VRA strategy. “Roberts’s papers from this era, housed at the National Archives, show his determination and dedication,” Daley continues at the link. “They include memos and talking points, draft op-eds, scripted answers for bosses to deliver in meetings and before Congress, and presentations he gave to senators and Hill staff. These files show how Roberts devised the messaging strategies that made it possible for the administration to claim it supported the VRA, while actually helping to neuter it—an approach he has since mastered as chief justice.”

🎨: Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: Win McNamee / Getty; Bettmann / Getty; Chip Somodevilla / Getty.

12/19/2025

From The Washington Post:

“Critics warn that the plan signals an impending crackdown on political dissent under the banner of counterterrorism — one that could land large numbers of liberal activists on government watch lists and chill Americans’ First Amendment right to protest the administration’s policies.”

The Justice Department’s program to root out violent “Antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns.

12/16/2025

From Our Newsletter (January 2025):

At the top of 2025, we were paying attention to the county's ambition to become a tech hub. So, we used our newsletter to inform various communities in Prince George's County about the county's ambition to build data centers to generate revenue.

The Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation put together a fact sheet on why the county was ready for data centers. Then it listed four reasons, and it cited some economic bills that would aid in the package.

Additionally, in 2023, The Chesapeake Bay Journal's article reported on how activists and environmentalists were concerned about the negative impact of data centers on their communities. We also cite that article. All documents can be viewed inside this newsletter.

The County Government believes Data Centers Can Solve It's Economic Problems

12/15/2025

From Capital B, a national news organization that covers Black people:

ARLINGTON, Virginia — “Not right now, baby girl. Now’s not the time for you.”

That was the advice that Tavorise Marks, who served in the U.S. Army for 15 years, recently had for his niece. An honors graduate of her high school’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program, she dreamed of joining the military.

But Marks, 42, who grew up in the city of Richmond and in Brunswick County in Virginia, doesn’t believe that the military is a particularly safe or tolerant environment for Black Americans right now.

As the Trump administration purges the U.S. Armed Forces of Black senior officers, decries diversity, and engages in military operations in the Caribbean that raise moral concerns for those in uniform, some Black veterans, including Marks, are encouraging prospective service members to find another career path, if they can. Others think that Black Americans should still enlist, believing that it could be dangerous to cede the military to the current administration.

Some say prospective service members should find another path. Others think that it could be dangerous to cede the military to the current administration.

12/15/2025

In our latest newsletter, we not only announce that Lumi AI - cofounded by former NFL player Colin Kaepernick - partnered with the Prince George's County Public School system, but also the company's other partnerships. Read more

Thank you to all of our new subscribers.

10/21/2025

From The Washington Informer:

"As the Trump administration strips away social safety nets and attacks programs that once supported working families, young Black Americans are charting their own path, heading to cities that offer opportunity, affordability and community, creating what many now call modern "freedom zones.” From Washington to Houston, check out the top cities leading this new migration."

Young Black Americans are creating 'freedom zones' in cities like Washington, Atlanta and Houston, seeking opportunity and community.