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    In the Age of Trump…the Future Is Cloudy

    In the Age of Trump, you can’t help be pessimistic about the future. There’s something nasty about this new age. A nastiness—even when we kick that cheating bastard out of office—that will cling to us black folks like a sweaty, funky shirt. Trump’s racism, xenophobia, and general stupidity are leaking into the genius of Blackness.…

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    Lawrence Ross

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  • Are Only Black American Descendants of US Slaves Deserving of Reparations?

    Are Only Black American Descendants of US Slaves Deserving of Reparations?

    With the nation’s renewed focus on whether or how to compensate black Americans for the evils of generations of chattel slavery in the U.S. and its systemically racist aftermath, some have questioned who should qualify for reparations should such reparative justice come to pass. William “Sandy” Darity, a Duke University economics professor and longtime proponent…

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    Dara Sharif

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  • Cory Booker Tells Don Jr.: ‘Kamala Harris Doesn't Have Shit to Prove’ About Being Black

    Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) would like to remind you that he, on occasion, cusses. Saturday marked such an occasion. In fact—he even put it in writing. The New Jersey senator and presidential hopeful hopped on Twitter to defend fellow senator (and fellow 2020 Democratic presidential candidate) Kamala Harris (D-CA), who has been weathering criticism about…

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    Anne Branigin

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