The important thing to understand about the Democratic Party’s primary debates is that they are no longer about convincing anybody. The Democratic Party is down to two candidates—Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton—and anyone who plans to vote in the remaining Democratic primaries already knows which of these candidates he or she is going to vote…

Germans know fascism when they see it. While Americans can joke about “Soup Nazis” and Hitler mustaches, Germans know firsthand what it means when a failed businessman moves from a fringe candidate to a leader who takes over your democracy and burns everything to hell. I learned this, repeatedly, while I was in Germany for…

African-American voters are the biggest story coming out of Super Tuesday, to the surprise of many in both parties. Republican turnout was higher than Democratic turnout in just about every state, but the numbers in two places, Georgia and Virginia, are particularly striking. In both states, African-American turnout in the Republican primaries jumped by historic…

Donald Trump is a racist. He says racist things, has endorsed racist policies while running for president and has engaged in racist practices while running his various businesses over the last 40 years. As most of American history has shown us, being a racist is by no means a disqualification for running for president. However,…

Bernie Sanders needs more people. Preferably African-American people who live in the South. But after he was routed by Hillary Clinton in South Carolina, it looks like the numbers aren’t on his side. Sanders lost the African-American vote to Clinton by an incredible 86 percent to 14 percent. To put this in context, he did…

The Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns are trying everything in their power to show that they’re friends of the African-American community. Beyond obvious cultural pandering like dabbing and Nae Nae-ing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Democratic candidates have spoken about and offered more policies specifically targeted at the black community than almost any…

Barack Obama has been lying to us. Not about whether he’s a liberal or a conservative, or something trivial like his golf handicap. Obama has been lying to America about what kind of president he is. After the 2014 midterms, Obama finally acknowledged that the Republicans would rather see the entire country go to hell in…

As the race for the Democratic nomination gets tighter, the serious gaps between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and the black Democratic voters they seek become more and more apparent. The Clinton name in the black community has retroactively sunk faster than the names Tavis Smiley, Bill Cosby and Stacey Dash combined. Her…