“We've learned again that democracy is precious. Democracy is fragile. And at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.” - Joseph R. Biden, 46th President of the United States The world watched this morning as Donald Trump departed the White House for his final time as the 45th President of the United States, leaving in his wake a reactionary political body fueled by racism, sexism, and white supremacy. With his departure comes the hope that the Biden Administration’s “

Today, AAPF joins all Americans who are horrified that a rage-fueled mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, determined to stop the electoral certification of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. This was a blatantly illegal plot to subvert our democracy by force, in an attempt to pave the way for Donald Trump to remain in office. This shameful event came as the Democrats took a decisive step towards controlling the Senate with historic wins

Protests in America in support of Black lives are rapidly shifting the narrative around policing and state-sanctioned violence. Since our last episode, George Floyd’s killer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with 2nd degree murder and three other officers have also been charged in his death. Yet the officers who killed Breonna Taylor are still at large. The targeted lethality of white supremacy coupled with over 110,000 deaths due to COVID-19 (which disproportionately affects

Dear friends, In the past week, we’ve seen COVID-19’s grip on the nation tighten while the pre-existing social conditions that exacerbate its lethality become all the more obvious. For us at AAPF, the distress, pain, and hardship that now stretches across our nation is a call to address how our society’s ruinous negligence has underwritten the depths of this tragedy. Thank you so much to those of you who tuned in from across the country and the world for Wednesday’s virtual e