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Once Again, Black Women Did The Work White Women Refused To
There will be plenty of time in the coming days, weeks and months to do a full post-mortem on what just happened last night — exactly how and why every projection was wildly wrong, what could have been done differently, whether or not Mike Pence is a sentient Death Eater, et cetera. There are a…
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President Obama Calls President-Elect Trump to Extend White House Invitation
After eight years of running the country, we’re willing to bet that Wednesday morning’s phone call to President-elect Donald Trump was the hardest call President Barack Obama has ever had to make. Obama congratulated Trump on his victory and invited the reality star to the White House Thursday to discuss “the smooth transition of power,”…
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Yeah, I Voted For Hillary Clinton Today, But #ImWithHer Forever
In the 11 months since my daughter, The Feminist Octopus, decided to arrive on Earth, she’s served as my ultimate trump card. Any difficult decision I’ve wrestled with — career-based or socially; economically or spiritually — comes back to her and her future. How will it impact her life today, tomorrow, and (most importantly) 10 years…
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An Open Letter to Woke Young Brothers
Shout out to all the woke young brothers who’ve stood up in response to the injustices we’ve seen too frequently these past years, like when the lives of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Dontre Hamilton and Sandra Bland and too many tragic others were lost needlessly with callous impunity. I hear from many of you from time…
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FBI Says There’s Nothing in Clinton’s Emails, but That Doesn’t Stop Trump
Remember those new emails found by the FBI while it was investigating someone not named Hillary Clinton? Remember how the FBI director broke a respected long-standing agreement between the federal agency and the Department of Justice not to leak information regarding an ongoing investigation? Now it turns out that emails found on a computer used…
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Janet Reno, 1st Female US Attorney General, Dead at 78
Janet Reno, who during the Bill Clinton administration became the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, has died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was 78. Reno died early Monday morning surrounded by family and friends, her niece Daphne Webb told NBC News. Reno served nearly eight years as attorney general under President…
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This Election Comes Down to 1 Thing
In one day, most of you will cast a vote for who you want to serve as the next president of the United States. By now you likely have been inundated with articles, commercials and personal appeals to do your part as both a citizen in this democracy and a beneficiary of the people who…
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The Movement for Black Lives Is Standing Up for HBCUs
Of the 4,726 degree-granting institutions, 100 institutions educate and train almost 10 percent of black college students. Yet since their inception, HBCUs have been in a war for their very existence, whether facing Congress or state legislatures. HBCUs have even found themselves repeatedly at odds with President Barack Obama. As economist and author Julianne Malveaux,…