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Remember When the Worst Thing We Had to Worry About Was the President Getting a Blow Job?
In the last two weeks, Americans have gone from wondering whether we were all going to die in World War III against North Korea to wondering if weâre going to die at the hands of roving bands of white nationalist redshirts with Timothy McVeigh dreams and Breitbart logins. Just two days ago, with people still…
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The President of the United States Is a Terrorist Sympathizer. Now What?
On Tuesday, Donald Trumpâs equivocation on the Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rallies that plunged into violence and acts of terrorism forced America to accept an unmistakable, undeniable and utterly horrifying fact: Donald Trump, president of the United States, is a terrorist sympathizer. You can use whatever euphemisms youâd likeâTrump is a terrorist supporter, Trump is…
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âI Hope Trump Is Assassinated!â: Mo. State Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal Investigated by Secret Service for Trump Facebook Post
It all started late Wednesday night after a long day of absorbing the same horrible racist news that the rest of America has been enduring. Nobody feels particularly safe or secure watching the president of the United States give a free hunting license to white nationalists, but itâs particularly hard for Maria Chappelle-Nadal, the state…
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How Do We Stop Hate in America? We Asked an Expert
Tony Harris is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, a veteran of CNN and Al-Jazeera, and the coolest uncle you always wish you had. Harris, a native of Baltimore, is the kind of guy that will go from regaling you with stories about world travel to lecturing you on treating your momma right, and then slip front-row…
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Why I Participated in That Hot-Mess Panel With Omarosa at NABJ Last Week
âItâs gonna be a shit show. Why are you participating in a shit show?â âItâs not gonna be a shit show.â âItâs totally gonna be a shit show, and I specifically remember you saying last year you want to AVOID shit shows.â This was pretty much the exchange between me and The Rootâs editor-in-chief, Danielle…
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Black Unemployment Hits Historic Low. Should Trump Get Credit or Are We Getting Played?
One thing that happens in a new relationship is that you start getting confused about who gets credit for what. Was I this good a salsa dancer with my ex? He (or she) totally cries during This Is Us, just like I do! Did I always like shrimp and grits, or does new bae just…
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Hey, Jeff Sessions: Remember When 6,000 White Americans Went on Strike to Keep 8 Black People From Getting Promoted?
Over the past month, the Trump administration has been rolling out âtheme weeksâ as if America were one big dysfunctional high school and the homecoming game will fix everything. In July there was Made in America Week to highlight business; American Heroes Week highlighted the military; and to kick off August, the administration launched âWhite…
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The Real Reason the Ravens Are Afraid to Hire Kaepernick: Heâs Mr. Steal-Your-Job
The good news is that Baltimoreâs unemployment rate is a breathtakingly low 6.1 percent in August of 2017; the bad news is, thereâs one job applicant who just canât seem to get a break in Charm City: Colin Kaepernick. News broke this week that because starting quarterback Joe Flacco suffered a back injury, the Baltimore…
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âWhy Canât I Be Proud to Be White?â Punks, Policy and Praise at Politicon
Imagine a comic book convention where, instead of a panel of Avengers, you have a bunch of hosts from SiriusXM radio and MSNBC, but fans are screaming all the same. Imagine a comic convention where, instead of a room full of people screaming, âI loved you on Firefly,â theyâre screaming, âMichael Steele, youâre my favorite…
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HBOâs Confederate Will Be a Dumpster Fire. Here Are 3 Shows They Shouldâve MadeÂ
Confederate, the new show by Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, sounds like hot trash. Smelly, putrid, straight-from-the-piss-drenched-dumpsters-of-1980s-Times Square trash. While the concept isnât finalized, Confederate will more or less be an alternative history in which the South won the Civil War (the first or the second; there are varying reports), slavery…
