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  • My Interview With Donald Trump’s New Favorite British Xenophobe

    Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of far-right political party Britain First, told me that Donald Trump gave her and her party a much-needed morality boost. Fransen was virtually unknown outside of Britain (and, arguably, inside Britain) before the president retweeted three of her anti-Muslim tweets of unverified videos supposedly depicting Muslims attacking people on the streets.…

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  • Thank Gawd LaVar Ball Told Trump to Kiss His Black Ass 

    LaVar Ball doesn’t give a fuck. The sooner you understand that, the sooner you will grow accustomed to him not giving a fuck about what Donald Trump—or anyone else, for that matter—says about him. Giving a fuck is not how LaVar Ball became LaVar Ball. He is on everyone’s radar because he is the antithesis…

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  • Trump Is Making the GOP Look Like Fake Russia Hawks

    President Ronald Reagan may go down as the greatest Russia hawk in U.S. history. His tough stance against the Soviet Union’s expansionism and his efforts to support anti-Soviet movements in former communist-bloc states helped lead to the USSR’s fall in 1991. His “Tear down this wall” speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June…

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  • Joe Biden Needs to Offer Anita Hill a Better Apology

    Given the severe identity crisis engulfing the Democratic Party, it makes sense that a Joe Biden 2020 run seems plausible. The party’s stubborn refusal to let go of white, working-class voters who voted for Donald Trump strengthens Biden’s candidacy for some party elites who can’t see that its future rests in the hands of women,…

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  • Bernie Sanders Is Not a Real Progressive

    America’s most marginalized people could use a real progressive politician who is fearless enough to take on the racist doctrine of Donald Trump. That person is not Sen. Bernie Sanders, and that is a pity. Black people and immigrants have been particularly singled out in Trump’s racist attacks. Besides his support of police brutality and attacks…

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  • Paul Manafort: The Adviser to Sellouts for Russia

    . One of the worst things you can call a black person is a sellout. The phrasing doesn’t require context; nor does the person hurling the insult need to explain his or her intent. It’s pretty basic: If you’re willing to throw your people under the bus in order to promote your selfish ambitions and…

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  • The Bolshevik Revolution Took Place 100 Years Ago. What Is Its Legacy With Black People?

    One of the most powerful proclamations of the Bolshevik Revolution was that it would form a nation where everyone would be treated equally. The Kremlin was eager to exploit Western imperialism in Africa and the United States, where colonialism and Jim Crow were the rules of the land. The pledge was very appealing to black…

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  • Russian Artists Explore Soviet Union’s History With Black People 

    Claude McKay was a young writer exploring the possibilities of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics when he addressed the 4th Congress of the Comintern in the Kremlin’s Throne Room in 1922. A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the Jamaican writer wondered if the USSR could offer him what the United States did not:…

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  • Interview: Progressive Randall Woodfin Wins Birmingham, Ala., Mayoral Race in a Major Upset

    Progressive Democratic candidate Randall Woodfin, 36, became the youngest mayor-elect of Birmingham, Ala., in modern history Monday night after defeating two-term incumbent Mayor William Bell with a near 20-point margin of victory. He follows in the footsteps of Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, another Southern progressive supported by national liberal organizations who won city…

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  • Why We Should Fear a North Korean Nuclear Attack, Explained

    As tensions continue to rise between Pyongyang and Washington, D.C., over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear testing, arms-control experts are engaging in very sobering debates concerning America’s capacity to defend itself against full-scale nuclear attack. Verdict: It can’t. For example, the United States’ Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, or GMD, which is designed to intercept intercontinental…

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Terrell Jermaine Starr is a senior reporter at The Root. He is currently writing a book proposal that analyzes US-Russia relations from a black perspective.


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