Within less than a month in office, the Trump administration exceeded its article II powers, diminished the role of Congress, and challenged the authority of the judiciary. Waving away his campaign pledge to lower the cost of groceries, Trump focused instead on maximal cruelty and political retribution dispersed with a wrecking ball.

Every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives matters. The razor-thin margins currently in Congress mean that even one more progressive voice could shape the future of our politics, our democracy, and civil rights.

In the movie “Bent,” a gay man, on his way to a concentration camp, bangs his head against the box car wall saying, “This can’t be happening.”

The Sixth Annual South Florida LGBTQ Philanthropy Awards was held on Jan. 6, hosted by The Our Fund Foundation, with Bank of America Private Bank as the presenting sponsor.