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What Would Black America Be Like Under President Pete? Ask South Bend
âIâm going to Dyngus Day,â said Kareemah Fowler, city clerk for South Bend, Ind., when I called her for an interview. âWhatâs a Dyngus?â I asked, desperately trying not to giggle like a 7th grader. Fowler explained that Dyngus Day is a big festival for South Bendâs Polish community, a chance for state and local…
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Attention Black People: Itâs Your Fault Should Donald Trump Get Re-Elected in 2020
I have made an amazing discovery over the course of 2019 that has never occurred to me despite voting in elections for years. I am the most powerful person in the American electorate. Me, only me. Or at least I think so. I come to this conclusion after months and months on Twitter and other…
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Grand Theft Airport: Republicans Are Trying to Snatch the Busiest Airport in America From Black Leadership
I love a good heist movieâNow You See Me, Dead Presidents, all of those Oceans movies. I can even enjoy really terrible heist movies like Widows and Takers. The key to a good heist story is the thieves have to kind of be the good guys and the crime has to make some kind of…
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Georgia Is One Vote Away From Stealing Elections for the Next 20 Years
When writer Ian Fleming created super spy James Bond, he knew a good villain was just as important as the hero of the story. Fleming based many of Bondâs villains on actual people, because letâs be honest, regular people do some pretty horrible things. Wholesale evil schemes donât have to come from the mind of…
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Chance the Rapper, Cops and the Chicago Way: Talking the Windy City Mayoral Race With Amara Enyia
Chicago has had a rough couple of weeks when it comes to the American news cycle. The Night King decided to make the city his vacation spot, Jussie Smollett and the Chicago Police Department have been in a fight to see who sounds the least credible, and R. Kellyâs latest arrest is a reminder of…
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Exclusive: Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax Speaks Out on Sexual Assault Allegations and His Future in Virginia [Updated]
The top three elected Democrats in the state of Virginia have been mired in controversy for the last week. On Friday, Feb. 1, a medical school yearbook pictures from 1984 surfaced showing two people in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan uniform on Gov. Ralph Northamâs page, as well as showing a racist nickname in…
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Yes, the NFL Is Awful, but I Still Watched All Season. Here's Why
âYouâre going to ruin your brand.â That was the text I got from a colleague after going on a Sunday political talk show and talking about being in Atlanta over the weekend to cover and watch Super Bowl LIII. They were trying to warn me that good conscious black folks shouldnât be watching the NFL…
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Super Bowl Preparedness, Kamala Harris and Her Non-Misdemeanor Mac and Cheese
Last week, The Root caught up with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms at the United States Conference of Mayors annual convention in Washington D.C. Mayor Bottoms shared her thoughts on the impact of the government shutdown; on Atlantaâs Superbowl preparedness; how the 2020 election runs through Georgia and why readers of The Root need to…
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Sen. Kamala Harris Is a 54-Year-Old Black Woman, and Yes, She Dated Willie Brown. So What?
Listen up everyone because this will likely be the first, last and only time I will write these words: We have to talk about California Sen. Kamala Harrisâ dating life. Why? Is it relevant to her qualifications to be president? No. Is it because her previous relationships were scandalous in some way that reflects on…
