American politics has given us plenty of “WTF?” moments over the years. President Trump’s laundry list of ill-timed and ill-researched remarks defies comprehension. Former House of Representatives member Todd Akin once said “Legitimate rape does not cause pregnancy”.

The Twitter world is amusing itself as #PresidentPlump and #PlumpTrump is trending, but the nation’s obesity rate hovers over 42%. Furthermore, 18% of Americans are considered “severely obese”.

Mask-wearing has become the new normal in America. The country, in a matter of weeks, has had to make a hard pivot from masks being discouraged to mandatory. Studies have shown that men are less likely to wear any facial coverings because they feel overly optimistic about the virus not affecting them.

Lizzo, and many others like her, gets pulled into the Twitter-fueled ideology that she must speak out against injustice. She is trying to stand up for the Black culture while she sings and dances for (and gets paid by) the White culture.

POTUS Donald Trump elicits a gamut of emotional outbursts from the nation, seemingly on a daily basis. Yet, during a time when it would be more beneficial to unify, race relations have gotten worse. So have our emotional responses. Case and point, the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

Nowadays, Bleacher Report notifications of NBA scores and highlights have turned into notifications of quotes, screenshots, and opinions of a Michael Jordan documentary series. One of the themes the May 3 continuation of “The Last Dance” delved into how Jordan, who wanted to sign with Adidas, became Nike’s golden goose.

Among the infinite amount of mindless quarantine-based entertainment, a video involving Gabrielle Union shines a light on a growing problem in the African-American community.

New York continues to bear the brunt of the United States’ COVID-19 outbreak. As of this writing, over 300,000 people have been infected, with death totals north of 23,000. The Empire State has a history of cataclysmic events, from the 1977 blackout, 9/11, and the more recent Hurricane Sandy.

Here is a painfully obvious statement: the COVID-19 crisis has had a profoundly negative impact on everyone. Regardless of color, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic upbringing, political affiliation, we all have been impacted by the coronavirus. It comes to no surprise that the LGBTQ community has been negatively afflicted as well.

As the construct of Universal Basic Income is being reintroduced to the masses, it may be easy (heck, even natural) to enjoy the immediate individual gains. This is why it is of the utmost importance to take a step back and realize the societal destruction UBI would bring about.