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(The Root) — We all have to play our part in educating the community about the GOP-led voter-suppression campaign. With so much justified fear and well-meaning but problematic misinformation out there, we have to actively try to inform. Today I relaunched my award-winning Web series This Week in Blackness. In this political atmosphere, this was…

(The Root) — When I sat down to write this article about the “Say Anything” election, I wondered if I should give examples of President Obama participating in #SayAnything2012 to even out my critique. I thought of it because in today’s climate, in order to call BS and not have the core of my argument dismissed,…

Elon James White is a writer and satirist and host of the award-winning video and radio series This Week in Blackness. Listen Monday to Thursday at 1:30 p.m. EST at TWIB.FM and watch at TV.TWIB.ME/LIVE. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Tumblr.

(The Root) — BREAKING: According to a New York Times survey, 59 percent of New Yorkers believe that whites are treated better than blacks by police in New York City. Overall, 64 percent of the people surveyed said the police favored one race over another. Also — fire is hot. How will this new information change…

(The Root) — So this happened: Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), who is currently running for the U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill, was talking yesterday about abortion in cases of rape and said, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that…

So this happened. Whether you agree with a woman’s right to choose or not you have to see how troubling this commentary is. And by “troubling” I mean “completely and utterly effed up.” #SayAnything2012 isn’t just a funny way of expressing that conservatives are trying to win by saying whatever they think might work anymore.…

So this happened. Whether you agree with a woman’s right to choose or not you have to see how troubling this commentary is. And by “troubling” I mean “completely and utterly effed up.” #SayAnything2012 isn’t just a funny way of expressing that conservatives are trying to win by saying whatever they think might work anymore.…

“They’re trying to take our vote!” I could hear my mother’s fear over the phone. While trying to vote during a Democratic primary this year she was told she wasn’t on the voter rolls at her local polling station. She hadn’t gone to the wrong polling station. She wasn’t registered as a Republican or an…

“They’re trying to take our vote!” I could hear my mother’s fear over the phone. While trying to vote during a Democratic primary this year she was told she wasn’t on the voter rolls at her local polling station. She hadn’t gone to the wrong polling station. She wasn’t registered as a Republican or an…

(The Root) — “They’re trying to take our vote!” I could hear my mother’s fear over the phone. While trying to vote during a Democratic primary this year, she was told that she wasn’t on the voter rolls at her local polling station in New York City. She hadn’t gone to the wrong polling station.…