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5 Things Black Voters Should Demand From the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party is a white party. According to Pew research, 59 percent of registered voters who identify as Democrats are white. Only 4 of the state Chairs party chairs are black. It hasn’t elected a black governor in a decade. Only 2 of its 49 Senators are black. Just 45 of the 193 Democratic…
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I Finally See It: Democrats Don’t Hate Trump As Much as They Love White Supremacy
I’ve never really trusted the Democratic Party. Why should I? In a political system that forces us into one of two often problematic choices, it never made sense for me as a black person to decide between Kang and Kodos; in the end, they’ll both try to enslave us. However, like most African Americans with…
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The Progressive Revolution Is Being Led by a Black Woman
If Nina Turner is tired and stressed out when I catch up with her in April, in her cluttered, Washington, D.C., office at Our Revolution, she doesn’t show it. She rarely works less than 12 hours a day, and her hectic schedule essentially keeps her on a plane; she has just flown into D.C. after…
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Doug Jones and the Democratic Party Just Screwed Black Voters … Again
There is a saying that “no good deed goes unpunished.” My grandmother, a slight woman whose values still trickle down through four generations, and who radiated love and wisdom as if she were our family’s own self-contained solar system, once showed me the scars on her legs from being bitten by a police dog and…
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The Democratic Party Is Not Our Friend
“Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?’ And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.” —Matthew 26:14-16 Maybe you can still feel…
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Hey, Democrats: MLK Was Talking About You, Too
Today, on social media, I’ve seen quite a few white Democrats admonish Republicans not to pretend to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on MLK Day if those same Republicans haven’t spoken out against Donald Trump’s racist “shithole” statement. This is a valid, necessary point; conservative hypocrisy should be called out at every…
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A Racist Flyer Might Cost Doug Jones the Election Because the Entire Democratic Party Is Trash
The above photo is not a stock photo or an image created by The Root’s art department. It is an actual flyer circulating around from the Doug Jones for Senate Committee in his run against Elmer Fudd wannabe and schoolgirl aficionado Roy Moore for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat, and it has upset black voters across…
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Donna Brazile in Atlanta: ‘Don’t Step on Me When I Tell You My Story’
It’s hard to miss Donna Brazile. She’s literally been all over the TV with her political tell-all, Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-Ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House, which debuted at No. 6 on the coveted New York Times best-seller list. But Sunday afternoon, she was in Atlanta, in…
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The Curious Case of the Black Male Escort Found Dead Inside a Wealthy Democratic Donor’s Home
On July 27, 2017, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore was found in the bathroom of a West Hollywood, Calif., apartment belonging to Ed Buck, 62. Moore was young, black and poor. Buck was white, wealthy and powerful. That’s all we know. Moore’s family is searching for answers. Buck has not spoken publicly about the incident. Police have…
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4 State Elections That Could Prove How Much Everybody Hates Black Voters
This election season could prove that “the resistance” is really all bullshit. On Tuesday, in states like Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and on Dec. 12 in Alabama, there are big chances to begin striking back—and in a language that can scare people like White House chief of staff John Kelly, his boss, Bannonites, congressional…