election 2016
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Trump Sexual Assault Accuser: 'He Was Like an Octopus; His Hands Were Everywhere'
Since the Washington Post leaked 2005 footage of Donald Trump making sexually aggressive comments about women, several reports have emerged saying that Trump physically assaulted women. According to the New York Times, two women—Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks—say that Trump assaulted them. Leeds said she was traveling for business during the 1980s when a stewardess…
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What Conservatives Really Mean When They Talk About Rap
What you say about somebody else reveals you. What I think of you as being is dictated by my own necessities, my own psychology, my own fears and desires. I’m not describing you when I talk about you; I’m describing me. —James Baldwin Donald Trump supporters have continually found new, improbable ways to rationalize the…
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The Politics and Faces of Angela Rye
On the eve of the first presidential debate, Angela Rye, along with the rest of the world, was anticipating just how Donald Trump would shoot himself in the foot as he went one-on-one with Hillary Clinton. Of course, Trump seemed unprepared to match wits with Clinton, but when it comes to being one of CNN’s…
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Angela Davis: 'Democratic Party Is Just as Linked to the Corporate Capitalist Structure as the Republican Party'
Previously on The Root, we reported on scholar and freedom fighter Angela Davis’ recent comments about the 2016 presidential election—and the ensuing social media controversy that followed. Davis made it clear that despite having serious problems with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton—and the electoral political system as it currently exists—she would be going to the polls next month to stop Republican…
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Tim Kaine and Mike Pence to Face Off in Vice Presidential Debate
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) will meet face-to-face at Longwood University in Virginia for the one and only vice presidential debate Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. EDT. The debate will be broadcast commercial free on all major television networks and cable channels as well as C-SPAN. Elaine Quijano of CBS News…
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A Few Words on the Blatant Disrespect Being Shown to Angela Davis
There have been intense, widespread and polarizing responses to my article on a statement made by scholar, freedom fighter, former political prisoner and icon Angela Davis during her Sept. 30 keynote address at the “Black Matters: The Futures of Black Scholarship and Activism” conference at the University of Texas at Austin. During her address, Davis said, “I have serious problems…
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For the Record: 'Superpredators' Is Absolutely a Racist Term
When Black Lives Matter activist Ashley Williams was kicked out of a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in North Carolina in February, she made headlines. Why? Because Williams demanded an apology from the Democratic presidential nominee for her use of the term “superpredators” during a 1996 speech in New Hampshire. As anyone who has even been half…
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#DebateNight: Clinton's Chance to 'Speak Directly to White People'
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton faces off against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tonight in their first debate of the 2016 election season, a spectacle that is expected to draw up to 100 million viewers, according to the New York Times. This debate is sure to focus heavily on women’s issues to draw stark parallels between Clinton…
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Face Off in 1st Presidential Debate
In just about two hours, Democratic Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump will face off in the highly anticipated first presidential debate of the 2016 election. CNN reports that an audience of around 100 million Americans is expected to tune in to the debate, which has been in the works for the last 18 months.…