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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,…
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I'm Voting For Hillary Because I Want Trump Supporters To Lose Badly And Go And Fucking Die
A week from now we will (hopefully) know who the next President of the United States will be. And between now and Tuesday everyone reading this will be inundated with an avalanche of information with the dual (and occasionally overlapping) purposes of either informing you of choices others have made or influencing/reinforcing/swaying the decision you…
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The FBI Releases 15-Year-Old Files on Bill Clinton Pardon Less Than Week Before Vote
While the FBI has maintained that it was simply following protocol, I think we can all agree that it has a horrible sense of timing. With less than a week to go before the presidential election, the FBI has once again found itself in the middle of presidential drama after reviving a long-dead email scandal involving Hillary…
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Donna Brazile Out at CNN Amid Allegations She Shared Debate Questions With Clinton Camp
Donna Brazile is out at CNN amid allegations that she gave Hillary Clinton’s campaign questions before a CNN debate and a CNN-TV One town hall. According to CNN Money, the departure of Brazile, who is the acting chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, was announced Monday, but she resigned from her role as a CNN…
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Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Has Plan for HBCUs and Education. Trump? Not So Much, She Says
This election may be the most important of our lifetimes. It will determine whether we build on President Barack Obama’s legacy to create a more just and equitable society, or let all the progress we’ve made get ripped away. Every issue we care about is effectively on the ballot. That includes education. I believe it’s…
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Former AG Eric Holder Blasts FBI Director Over Clinton Email 'Mistake'
Former Attorney General Eric Holder blasted FBI Director James Comey’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. “I fear he has unintentionally and negatively affected public trust in both the Justice Department and the FBI,” Holder wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Post published late Sunday. “And he…