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On the Run 2017: Justin Fairfax Wins Democratic Primary for Lieutenant Governor of Va.
Justin Fairfax is one of only a handful of African Americans seeking statewide office in the 2017 election cycle, but after Tuesdayâs primary, heâs managed to leap over his first major hurdle. Fairfax trounced his primary competitor Susan Platt 49 percent to 39 percent to secure the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Virginia. It…
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Jeff Sessions Hearing: Kamala Harris Did Her Best Kyrie Irving Impression, but Senate Dems Still Got Stuffed by GOP
On Monday night, the Golden State Warriors won the NBA championship over the Cleveland Cavaliers in five noncompetitive games. After all the excitement and anticipation going into the series, it was a series of uninteresting blowouts. Cleveland lost because even though their big three mostly came to play, the rest of the team disappeared, and…
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Marvel Comics Cancels Black Panther Spinoff About Black Women 48 Hours After New Trailer DropsÂ
If youâre like me, youâre still recovering from the life-altering, summer-changing amazingness that was the Black Panther movie trailer that debuted during Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday. The music, the action and the cast of actors look amazing. The costuming alone is about to change the game. Black women are going to…
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British Election Backs Blacks and Breaks Brexit
While Americans were riveted by the James Comey Senate hearings Thursday, another event, almost as important to our democracy, was happening across the pond. The British had a general election that pretty much upended the political order of the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe for the next several years. Conservative Prime Minister Theresa…
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Comey Testimony Proves Trump Belongs on Set of Horrible Bosses 3, Not the White House
The biggest reveal in the testimony Thursday of former FBI Director James Comey wasnât about Russia; it wasnât about Michael Flynn, or even electoral hacking. It was about what a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad boss Donald Trump is. America is stuck with the most Horrible Boss ever, and rather than protect us, the Republicans…
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Black Cameraman Says Maxine Waters âAinât Shitâ While Caping for Racist Left-Wing Reporter
On Saturday, Michael Tracey, a ârovingâ reporter for The Young Turks, a progressive news show on YouTube with millions of subscribers, decided to come for âAuntie Maxineâ Waters (D-Calif.) before he was ready. During the âMarch for Truthâ in Los Angeles, Tracey and his cameraman Ty Bayliss approached Waters and asked her about the Democratic…
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Cavaliers vs. Warriors 3: LeBron May Not Catch Jordan, but Heâs Better Than KobeÂ
I have no idea whoâs going to win the NBA Finals. I donât even know if part 3 of the Warriors-vs.-Cavaliers trilogy is going to be any good. For every Dark Knight, Bourne Identity or Iron Man trilogy, thereâs an Austin Powers or Star Wars prequel trilogy. What I do know is this: No matter…
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Yes, Trump Voters Will Stick With Him Forever
I have steadfastly avoided most âTrump voterâ treatises in the news and the constant rush to check on his approval ratings. They reek of a fawning, confused attempt to normalize, empathize with and explain elements of American society that people of color, and white folks with even a rudimentary knowledge of history, have always known.…
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Politics Over Paycheck? The Life of a Black Host on Fox News
Black folks are, by and large, understanding when itâs time to get that paper. Whether itâs Barack Obama getting $400,000 to give a few speeches, athletes trying to sell $500 shoesâheck, even strippers on the poleâwhen it comes to jobs, most black people wonât bat an eye as long as itâs legal, profitable and isnât…
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The Root Presents On the Run:Â 2017 Campaign Edition
Tired of punching at the sky, yelling at the television and unfriending folks from high school because of politics? Of course you are! The current administrationâs steady commitment to incompetence, corruption and white nationalists has gotten the American people, especially African Americans, riled up in ways not seen since Chaka Khan performed at the Republican…
