Politics
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A Midterm Reminder: Don’t Make Colin Kaepernick’s One Big Mistake
Colin Kaepernick has done more than most to increase the urgency for criminal justice reform and racial equality. He has withstood being vilified by those who care more about a quiet state of injustice than an uncomfortable peace, including President Donald Trump. He has lost the ability to use his enormous athletic ability at the…
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Cheaters Never Win … Except When Republicans Suppress The Black Vote
“You wanna know why I left the Republican Party as it exists today? Here it is; this was the last straw: I was in the closed Senate Republican Caucus when the final round of multiple Voter ID bills were being discussed. A handful of the GOP Senators were giddy about the ramifications and literally singled…
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Kanye, Come Get Your Boy: Trump Increasing Deportations of Black People to Country Known for Black Slavery
It’s getting hard to sustain the outrage, but we must. The Trump administration has now increased the deportation of undocumented immigrants back to Mauritania, a country known for enslaving its black residents. Yes, you read that right, literal black slavery. Immigration policies and practices are never easy, and even administrations with the best of intentions…
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Elizabeth Warren May Not Be Native American, But She Might Be Black, Talking About 'I Got Some Indian In My Family'
Earlier this year, several folks in my family (including myself) did some variation of DNA testing. You know what I’m talking about; the tests where you send in your DNA and apparently, the government owns and can clone you, but you get to find out, especially if you’re black, that maybe your family originates from…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham Continues to Be a Trash Can
Sen. Lindsey Graham got jokes. On Tuesday during an appearance on Fox News, Trump’s personal YouTube channel, aka Fox News, the South Carolina Republican noted that after learning Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) DNA test revealed she had some Native American heritage that he was going to take a DNA test and see if he could…
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No Mayoral Run, But Chance the Rapper Endorses Amara Enyia—and Drives Lyft for Chicago Schools [Updated]
As the resident Chicagoan on The Root’s staff, it’s safe to say I keep an eye on the city’s resident talents—including Chance the Rapper and problematic prodigal son Kanye. Now, I’m thinking I need to get out more—or, at least, take a Lyft—since apparently, hip-hop’s favorite number-wearing philanthropist has been taking it to the streets,…
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Forget Elizabeth Warren’s DNA Test. Never Forget That Melania and Donald Trump Are Birthers
Before we get too deeply involved in the silly story about Elizabeth Warren having to prove through DNA testing that she is, indeed, part Native American, let’s not forget something too much of the mainstream media has allowed to drift out of everyday conversation. The man who kept demeaning Warren by calling her “Pocahontas” is…
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5 Takeaways From Trump’s Bizarre 60 Minutes Interview
In an interview which aired Sunday night, the untanned soles of Donald Trump’s crusty pale feet were finally held to the flames. In what can arguably be called the realest interview since the president took office, Trump sat down with Lesley Stahl of CBS’s 60 Minutes to discuss everything from his love affair with Russian…