JACKSON, Miss—The U.S. Senate runoff between Mike Espy and Cindy Hyde-Smith got most of the national attention, but…
“I’ve been in the room when we played racist politics. ... We played the race card and I’m not proud of it.” - Carter…
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In what can only be hailed as a hard-fought victory against blatant voter suppression, on Friday, a rural Georgia…
The Democratic Party is a white party.
Although I am rarely amazed by racism, privilege or America in general, when it comes to the audacity of whiteness, I…
During a campaign stop WWE match political rally in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump claimed…
If you’ve kept up with how black women roll in American politics, what happened in Alabama last night should hardly…
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The enfranchisement of thousands of felons in Alabama could swing the state’s crucial Senate election Dec. 12 in favor…
Leave it to the donkey party to act an ass and see an opportunity dangled before it and stupidly squander time debating…
Will Democrats ever actually listen to black people in terms of strategy and vote targeting? Can a political party toss…
I was on my way to the Jon Ossoff watch party at a fancy Westin in North Atlanta when I got a call from a good…
Nowhere does the question “What’s the next step?” carry more significance than in black America. Safe to say that most…
Shout out to all the woke young brothers who’ve stood up in response to the injustices we've seen too frequently these…
Frantically saving himself from the rat-a-tat of queries from skeptical black journalists at a rushed “off record”…
If you’re black, enfranchised and under 35, you’ve probably caught hell from at least a dozen people about your civic…
A federal judge ruled Monday that the Ferguson-Florissant School District in suburban St. Louis must change its…
On Wednesday, as Philadelphia’s center was overrun by throngs of Democratic conventiongoers, The Root and legendary…
Hillary Clinton announced her vice presidential pick Friday, and though many didn’t seem to know much about Sen. Tim…
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