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Republicans Control the Poorest States, Democrats Control States With Highest Earners: Report
As if we didn’t know already, it turns out that Republicans might keep people poor. A new report reveals that almost all of the states where people earn the least are controlled by Republicans, while the states where people make the most money are almost exclusively led by Democratic politicians. USA Today recently ranked the…
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President Who Campaigned on Dangerous Conspiracy Theories Again Peddles Dangerous Conspiracy Theory
On any given day, the president of the United States is liable to tweet nonsense. That isn’t an opinion; it’s a fair assessment of what the president tweets: a mix of hyperbole, self-congratulation, bullying and on more than one occasion, outright lies. Today was one of those “outright lie” days. And it’s disgusting. On Thursday…
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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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Stacey Abrams’ Campaign Was the Hogwarts School for Black Girl Magic
There was an idea, hatched back in 2017, of bringing together a group of remarkable people to see if they could be something more; to see if they could work together when we needed them; to fight the battles we never could. … They were the Stacey Abrams campaign for governor of Georgia …. Forgive…
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These Polls Ain’t Loyal: Why the Generic Congressional Ballot Is the Worst Predictor in American Politics
Nothing amuses me more as a political scientist than people who just don’t trust polls. The skepticism is usually brought on by incredulity about some type of polling analysis—“There’s no way black districts voted more Republican in 2016 than in 2012”—which is usually followed by some nonscientific justification for not believing the results. Well, no…
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I’m De Captain Now! Republicans Hold 9,000,000 Kids Hostage With Likely Government Shutdown
Saturday is the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, and you must admit that he’s managed a pretty radical transformation of America. He’s turned his White House into the location of a horrible reality show. He’s turned Twitter into a weapon of mass destruction. He’s made the United States the most hated country on…