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Nah, White Women … You Can’t Have This One
In the aftermath of black people showing up out of nowhere—like little Kenard who snuffed out Omar on The Wire—to kill Roy Moore and the “alt-right’s” dream of making the documentary Mr. Molester Goes to Washington, everyone wants a little bit of credit. The Democratic Party is saying, “I told y’all.” The pundits are giving…
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The Top 10 Moments From Roy Moore’s New Racist, Dog-Whistle, Batshit-Crazy Video
What you are about to see might be the scariest thing you’ve seen online since someone released that close-up image of Donald Trump’s hair. It’s scarier than Chrisette Michele’s miscarriage photos. It’s scarier than the Chrisette Michele “Black Lives Matter” song. I want to say it’s scarier than Chrisette Michelle, but God ain’t through with…
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered the Barbershop When the Beauty Salon Was Tew Much
With the rise of the natural-hair movement, women choosing to wear their hair closely cropped and the growing variety of natural hairstyles, black women are beginning to consider the neighborhood barbershop a viable option. Along with the black church, the lady who sells “plates” out of her kitchen and the neighborhood Food and Drug Administration-unapproved…
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Omarosa Leaving the White House for Lucrative Career in Unemployment
Omarosa Manigault Newman, reality star and aunt who brings store-bought pound cake to Thanksgiving dinner, is leaving her post in the Trump administration and her position as Black Person in the Trump administration. According to CBS News, Manigault Newman resigned Tuesday to “pursue other opportunities,” effective Jan. 20, 2018. She has served as assistant to…
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You’re Welcome, White People: Alabama’s Black Voters Just Saved America
Don’t be fooled—the Democratic Party didn’t do this. The national media didn’t do this. Doug Jones didn’t even do this. The only reason Donald Trump is sitting in a puddle of Creamsicle-colored tears streaming down his orange-sherbet face is that African Americans in Alabama saved America in a victory as unlikely as when Rocky Balboa…
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The No-Holds-Barred Alabama Senate Race Live Blog and Prayer Circle
Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, 4:50 p.m. CST: A few minutes ago, I cast my ballot for Doug Jones to fill the Senate seat left empty when Jefferson Beauregard Sessions joined the Trump administration to become America’s chief of police beatings and marijuana arrests law enforcement officer. Even though the Doug Jones vs. Roy…
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That Time I Staged a 1-Man Die-In, or … Why I’m Banned From the Apple Store
I was chatting with Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan on Monday about suffering through a terrible tragedy this weekend in which I cracked my iPhone screen. While telling her about my experience trekking through the holiday shopping crowd to the Apple Store, she assaulted me with a demeaning joke. “There’s an Apple Store in Alabama?”…
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Roy Moore and Alabama’s GOP Are Upset Because Thousands of Felons Registered to Vote
Leonard Robinson was convicted of felony possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute by the state of Alabama more than 20 years ago. Although he doesn’t consider himself an activist, everyone who knows him understands that there is one subject that he is always passionate about. He works hard to spread the word that…
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If the Philadelphia Eagles Don’t Sign Colin Kaepernick, It’s Because the NFL Whiteballed Him
Even those infected with the deadliest strain of toxic masculinity know that there are four times when it is acceptable for a man to cry: when he’s getting married; at the birth of a child; the death of his mother; or anything having to do with football. That’s it. That’s the list. On Monday morning,…
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You Are What You Eat: Donald Trump’s Trash Diet, Explained
Because people are stupid. Also, you pronounced “soda” wrong. The New York Times published an article Saturday about Trump’s battle for self-preservation. It was an extremely interesting, nuanced view of Orange-Faygo Fuckboy. The piece examined how Trump didn’t think of himself as a man dominating the world stage as much as he considered himself a…
