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Watch: Our Favorite Celebrities Bid Farewell to President Barack Obama
Realizing that you’re losing President Barack Obama is like being peacefully asleep and suddenly being jerked awake with a gasp. And you’re just sitting there, too shaken to go back to sleep and too tired to move. It’s a paralyzing fear. President Obama, love him or hate him, made history, and since his first inauguration…
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Five Post-Election Silver Linings For Those Contemplating Drinking An Entire Fifth Of Hennessy Today
It’s Friday now. The election is over and the world is fucked. Shit, if President Trump is as volatile and impulsive and reckless and oblivious and cruel as Donald Trump has been for the first 70 years of his life, there might not even be a world this time next year. Which is definitely good…
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Prediction: The Democratic Party Will Shift Further Right to Regain Power
President-elect Donald J. Trump is what happens when a nation lies to itself about the depth of its character. And as the hand-wringing “How did this happen” hysteria reaches full force, that has never been more apparent than in this moment. Since August of last year, it has been clear that a Trump presidency was…
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My Son’s Only President: Obama Let Black Children See Their Own Possibilities
This past Halloween, my son Robeson met President Barack Obama face-to-face at Trick or Treat at the White House. Ditching the mask of his Transformers costume, Roby approached Obama with waves and a wide, gapped-tooth smile that exposed his glee inside. While handing presidential candy to Roby, President Obama asked, “Where’s your teeth?” Roby continued…
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107-Year-Old Daughter of a Slave Ready to Cast Her Vote Once More
Donella Wilson, at 107 years old, has never missed a local or national election since she cast her first vote in the 1940s. And Wilson, who was born in South Carolina to parents who were former slaves, says she is ready to cast her vote one more time and perhaps make history once again. “I…
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Maybe if the Black Left Were Trump Supporters, Democrats Would Put Some Respect on Their Names
Over the course of this farce of a presidential campaign, we have seen mainstream media outlets and politicians seek to analyze and understand white people who support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. What drives them? What incites them? What brings them to the polls and why? We’re all expected to be so fascinated, as if…
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Obama: 'Black Vote Not as Solid as It Needs to Be' for Hillary Clinton
President Barack Obama is worried that the black vote “is not as solid as it needs to be” for Hillary Clinton. During an appearance on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, Obama stressed the importance of voting for someone who will continue his legacy. “I know that a lot of people in the barbershops…
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8 Years a President: Thoughts on 2 Terms of a Black President and Black First Family
It’s a tall task to assess the entirety of President Barack Obama’s two terms in office, to cull an ultimate judgment from all the success and missteps of his administration, and then measure that against the unprecedented obstructions it faced. One can point to the decline in deficit and the growth of gross domestic product,…
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#GenForward: Obama’s Popularity Helps Clinton With Black Millennials
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has cobbled together a multiracial coalition of young voters who agree that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s supporters are a “basket of deplorables,” but fewer black millennials support Clinton than supported President Barack Obama in 2008, according to a new GenForward survey. “Overall, the level of youth support for Hillary Clinton looks…
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President Obama and First Lady, Please Do These 10 Blackest Things Before You Leave
The Obamas haven’t been the typical presidential family. From moving Michelle’s mama into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to hosting rappers and poetry sessions, this couple has done away with tradition and brought some much-needed life (and color) to the White House. Now, with only a few months until they leave the Oval Office, there are 10…
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