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Ja'han Jones

The ReidOut Blog writer

Ja'han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He's a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include "Black Hair Defined" and the "Black Obituary Project."

Ja'han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He's a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include "Black Hair Defined" and the "Black Obituary Project."

Latest from Ja'han Jones

MAGA lawmaker in Georgia gets put in timeout for targeting Willis

Georgia Senate Republicans have suspended Colton Moore, who has tried to impeach Fani Willis for prosecuting Trump, from their caucus.

Megan Thee Stallion and the politics of profanity in hip-hop

Women artists like Megan Thee Stallion have exposed rap’s double standards on sex, says hip-hop-loving anthropologist Nikki Lane of Duke University.

DeSantis’ main 2024 argument is melting away in the courtroom

DeSantis says recent GOP election wins in Florida show he knows how to win. But the voting map he pushed is being challenged — along with his 2024 argument.

Latino lawmakers aren’t buying Menendez’s ‘I’m Cuban’ defense

Facing federal bribery charges, Sen. Bob Menendez claims he kept nearly $500,000 in cash at his New Jersey home because of his family’s history in Cuba.

Biden preaches democracy in Arizona, the epicenter of right-wing extremism

Biden's pro-democracy speech in Arizona took him to a state that's trending blue but facing a flurry of right-wing extremism. The setting is perfect.

Sinema's outline for 2024 victory sounds like a political fantasy

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s memo to donors mapping out her path to winning re-election next year reads like political fantasy.

DeSantis and Newsom are set for a debate no one wants or needs

Virtually no one asked for this debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom, two extremely online officials. But this is the hell the internet hath wrought.

Kutcher, Ballard seem to reveal an ugly side of trafficking activism

Here’s what Ashton Kutcher and Tim Ballard — two men who have been portrayed as heroes in the fight against sex trafficking — have unwittingly helped show.

We’re now living under the Gaetz Congress, and it’s utter chaos

Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida has roiled members of his own Republican Party with his budget demands as the deadline for a federal government shutdown looms.

A 'ghost' from McCarthy's past warns against a government shutdown

Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Republicans pushing for a government shutdown are repeating the same "crazy" misstep they committed in 2013.

The feds are probing DeSantis’ favorite propaganda hub

New College of Florida, a school that Gov. Ron DeSantis has tried to shift to the right, facing a federal civil rights probe from Biden’s Education Department.