Storm Damage Hit Gary Hard Gary, Indiana, has been dealing with a serious power crisis after severe storms with 100-mph winds hit the area on August 11 and damaged the region’s electrical grid. Thousands of residents were left without power for nearly two weeks, according to the source report. The strain has been real. Families have been cooking meals in public parks, grocery stores have been closed, and people have been trying to save what food they can. Gary is reported to be 76.2% Black, and the outage quickly became more than a local utility failure. It turned into another national argument, because in modern politics even a broken power line apparently needs a press secretary. The Racism Charge Spread Fast Several users on X argued that the long outage was an example of racism or environmental racism, pointing to Gary’s majority-Black population. Some compared the situation to the Flint water crisis, while others said the city was being ignored because of race. Those posts reflected real anger over a miserable situation. Still, anger is not the same thing as proof. A storm can wreck an electrical grid without first checking a census table, though that has not stopped social…

High Court Gives Trump a Temporary Win The Supreme Court on Monday sided with President Donald Trump for now in his push to restrict parts of the mail-ballot process ahead of the midterm elections. The justices paused a ruling from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston that had blocked key parts of Trump’s March executive order involving the U.S. Postal Service and voter eligibility lists. The decision is not a final ruling on whether the order is legal. In other words, the Court did not settle the whole fight. It just told the lower court’s blockade to take a seat, at least for the moment. The three liberal justices, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor, dissented. The Executive Order at the Center of the Fight In March 2025, Trump signed Executive Order 14248, titled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.” The order said free, fair, and honest elections are needed to maintain the constitutional republic. It also argued that votes must be counted properly and not diluted by illegal voting, fraud, errors, or other problems. The order said states must follow federal laws that protect voting rights and guard against illegal voting, discrimination, fraud, and…