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  • Can We Talk About This Thing Bothering Me About Dear White People?

    When Netflix announced that it would release a TV series based on the 2014 film Dear White People, a lot of white people freaked out, accusing the show and Netflix of being racist. All the freaking out didn’t really affect the popularity of the show, which managed to snag a 100 percent “certified fresh” ranking…

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  • Ferguson, Mo., Activists Are Dying and It’s Time to Ask Questions

    The most iconic photo of the Ferguson, Mo., protests, if not the entire Black Lives Matter movement, is of Edward Crawford defiantly throwing a tear gas canister back at riot police. And now he’s dead. Crawford was found shot to death Thursday night in his car, just like activist Darren Seals in 2016 and protester…

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  • Why the French Election Matters to Black America

    I get it; Americans are busy. We have a crumbling infrastructure, a president who wants to take us to war with Canada (Canada!) and a Justice Department that clearly changed its slogan to “Just-Us.” However, if that’s not enough on your plate, there are other places—worldly, important places—that also have political situations that matter to…

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  • Black Guns Matter: My Day at the NRA Convention in the Age of Trump

    “You know that’s just a Klan rally without the hoods, right?” “Bring Kevlar.” “SMH.” None of my friends was all that hot about me going to the National Rifle Association’s convention in Atlanta this year. No one. Not even my friends who owned guns. And definitely not those who hunt, and none who otherwise support…

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  • Trump Can’t Find Money for the Wall. How About for Some Schools?

    One of President Donald Trump’s most egregious lies during campaign 2016 was that he would build a wall protecting America from “illegal immigration,” then would get the Mexican government to pay for it. It’s not clear if Trump was watching Fox News, Pacific Rim or Attack on Titan when he came up with the wall…

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  • The Democrats Just Had Their Best of Both Worlds Tour and Bernie Needs to Stay Trapped in the Closet

    The Democrats Just Had Their Best of Both Worlds Tour and Bernie Needs to Stay Trapped in the Closet

    Way back in 2004, some brilliant promoter came up with the idea of the Best of Both Worlds tour featuring Jay Z and R. Kelly (not to be confused with the other Best of Both Worlds tour with Hannah and Miley). The king of R&B and Hov together, on one stage. What could go wrong?…

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    Jason Johnson

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  • Post-Brexit UK Offers ‘Barista Visas’ to Solve Immigration Crisis but Says No to Africans

    There are many subtle, and not so subtle, ways to let somebody know, “You can stay here, but I don’t really want you here.” Like, letting someone stay at your house, but making them leave when you go to work because you “don’t have another key.” Or constantly asking someone sleeping on your pullout couch,…

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    Jason Johnson

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  • Democrats Use the Force in Ga. Special Election, Strike a Blow Against ‘Darth’ Trump

    If you are part of the Resistance to Trump, the Georgia 6th Congressional District’s special election Tuesday has given you something to cheer about. Feel free to read the rest of this article as if it’s the opening crawl of a Star Wars film, laying out how the Rebel Alliance has their first minor victory…

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    Jason Johnson

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  • Trump Sets Stage for James Bond Villains to Take Over Africa

    All James Bond villains are alike. They’re almost always some 50-something smarmy white guy who has some weird personal tick (rubs a cat, has a bloody eyeball, a fetish for blond Aryan men, something) and thinks he’s bigger than the government. The plot almost always revolves around said villain promising something great for the entire…

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  • Special Elections Prove Democratic Resistance Is Still Weak

    I got a lot of conflicting messages about winning and losing as a kid. I remember hearing, “It’s not how you win or lose, it’s how you play the game” from my dad when my eighth-grade youth football team lost Every. Single. Game (we actually didn’t score one point all season). Then, in youth basketball,…

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