Politics
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Africa Is Experiencing Some of the Worst Climate Disasters, But the World Watches California Burn. America Needs to Lead on Climate Change
Editor’s Note: This story is being published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage of the climate story. This summer, on my social media feeds, I’ve been watching the hellish pictures of California burning, of Louisiana being torn down by hurricanes, of extreme temperature changes hitting Colorado, as these…
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Florida Gov. Just Made It Easy for Drivers to Run Over Black Lives Matter Protesters
If the Devil hawked a loogie and that mound of phlegm grew feet and arms it would be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. He might be the only man in politics who is literally dumber than Trump. Trust me, I know exactly what I’m saying. In a move that can only be called “Am I doing…
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What’s on the Minds of Young Black Voters? BET Hosts Panel Discussion Between Kamala Harris and HBCU Students
If you’ve heard it time and time again—Black voters are the cornerstone of the Democratic party, even as they have, historically and presently, faced substantial obstacles to having their voices heard at the ballot box. What is less certain, however, is to what degree young Black voters will turn up at the polls. On Tuesday,…
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New York City, Portland, Ore., and Seattle Declared 'Anarchist Jurisdictions' by Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice has declared New York City, Portland, Ore., and Seattle “anarchist jurisdictions,” setting the stage for federal funds to be withheld from those locales until they comply with the wishes of Donald Trump. NBC New York reports the Justice Department cited “New York City’s rising gun violence, cuts to the…
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America's Most 'Blackfamous' Celebrity Endorses Biden-Harris
In December 2019, The Root conducted a scientific study to determine who the most “Blackfamous” person in America. Frankie Beverly won by a landslide. A very self-assured white person once tried to convince me that she had been invited to “the cookout” by citing that she loved “Frankie Beverly and the Maze.” While the group…
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The Trump Administration Just Announced White Studies Commission
On Thursday, the president of people who like to take their dogs to Home Depot announced the “Stephen Miller totally wrote this bullshit” declaration called the “1776 Commission” to promote “patriotic education,” which is basically white studies. Oh, and in declaring white studies a thing, he also took shots that the The 1619 Project and…
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Skee Wee See Y’all: The Ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Have Been Donating $19.08 to the Biden-Harris Campaign
Not only are Black women the backbone of the Democratic Party, but never let it be said that the ladies of Alpha Kappa Sorority Inc. don’t take care of their own. Not more than 24 hours after former Vice President Joe Biden announced that California Sen. Kamala Harris, she of the Howard University and doorknocker…