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Election to Lead Democratic Party Was a Bigger Victory for Black Voters Than You Think
Over the weekend, the Democratic Party elected Tom Perez, a Latino civil rights attorney and former labor secretary under President Barack Obama, a man whose only successful campaign was as a county official 15 years ago, to lead the party out of its lowest position in 75 years. Democrats lost 64 house seats in the…
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Groundhog Day: Democrats Must Make Sure Russia-Gate Isnāt Like 1996ās āChina-Gateā
Name a successful president who takes campaign assistance from a āfrenemyā of the United States, pretends not to know what his vice president does and does not know, and radically alters foreign policy toward the nation that helped him get into the White House. Raise your hand if you thought of Bill Clinton. As bad…
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St. Louis Mayoral Candidate Pens Savage Letter to City Paper About Its Systemic Racism
On April 4 the city of St. Louis will have its first mayoral election since the Ferguson protests in 2014. While the suburb of Ferguson has become synonymous across the nation with systemic municipal racism and corruption, St. Louis proper isnāt much better. Although the city has had āDemocraticā mayors since the 1970s, city politics…
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Republicans Hope for āValentineās Day Surpriseā in Harlem Election for NYC Council Seat
Most people think of Valentineās Day as a chance to spend time with the one you love, spend money on the one you want to love or console those who donāt have anyone who loves them anymore. No matter which category youāre in, most people donāt associate Valentineās Day with votingāwhich is exactly what the…
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The Lego Batman MovieĀ Is the Brokeback Batman Weāve Always Wanted
(Slight spoilers, but not really!) The story of Batman is now as much an American fable as that of Paul Bunyan, John Henry or Tom Sawyer. His origin storyārich heir to murdered parents trains to fight crime, uses gadgets and wears a costume, etc.āis so ingrained in popular culture that the last few Batman movies…
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The Woke Guide to the Super Bowl: If Youāre Rooting for the New England Patriots, Youāre Rooting for Trump
The two weeks between the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl are usually incredibly boring. The same interviews, the same analysis for a game that Vegas picked correctly a month ago. But thanks to Donald Trump, this year itās different. After decades of adhering to the āstick to sportsā mantra, sports fans, pundits and especially…
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Fight, Flight or Freeze? Trump Is the Ultimate History Test for Black America
I remember sitting in class back in high school and learning about slavery, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement (since thatās all they taught about black history) and thinking … what the hell? The few other black kids in my class and I would often mutter that we never would have been slaves. We…
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You Canāt Make This Stuff Up: Donald Trumpās 1st Interview on ABC
I donāt believe in assigning President Trump silly nicknames. There is no combination of orange, hand, marigold or pumpkin jokes or references that either makes me chuckle or truly demonstrates who or what he is. Why? Primarily because who Donald Trump is, and what he represents, isnāt funny and runs much deeper than a few…
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I Went to the Black Trump Inauguration Party so You Didnāt Have To
Donald Trump is not popular with black people. Donald Trump was not the most popular candidate for president in 2016. Donald Trump is so unpopular that he canāt convince a Bruce Springsteen cover band to perform at his inauguration. These are facts. However, none of that prevented literally dozens of Americans of color from coming…
