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What Shontel Brown’s Win and Nina Turner’s Loss Say About the State of the Democratic Party

Basically not much at this point, because progressives are still a force.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

August 4, 2021
Politics

Nina Turner vs. Shontel Brown, Explained by The Wire

Ohio's congressional primary between Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown and former state Sen. Nina Turner has become a real-life version of The Wire.

By

Michael Harriot

Published

August 3, 2021
Politics

I Said What I Said: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Defends Decision to Grant Exclusive Interviews to Journalists of Color

'So the absence of journalists of color, covering the mayor of the third-largest city in the country is absolutely unacceptable,' Lightfoot said.

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

July 27, 2021
Politics

Former White House Doctor Thinks Biden’s Going to Resign: ‘There’s Something Seriously Going on With This Man Right Now’

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) who once worked as the White House doctor believes Biden's cognitive function is slowing to a halt.

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

July 26, 2021
News, Race Matters

President Joe Biden Signs Bill Officially Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

This is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

By

Joe Jurado

Published

June 17, 2021
Politics

Democratic Rep. Val Demings Announces She’s Running Against Marco Rubio for Florida’s Senate Seat

Demings was the impeachment manager during Trump's first impeachment trial.

By

Joe Jurado

Published

June 9, 2021
Politics

Lester Holt Tried It, Presses Vice President Kamala Harris on Why She Hasn’t Visited the Border

The NBC news anchor was insistent on getting Harris to explain why she hasn't visited the Southern border, and Republicans everywhere rejoiced.

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

June 8, 2021
Politics

President Biden, Much Like America, Is Waiting for the Black Woman to Fix It

President Weekend at Bernie’s is willing to sign his name to the group project knowing that he didn’t do any of the work. Speaking during his trip to Tulsa, Okla., to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, President Biden handed the large task of protecting voting rights off to his vice president,…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

June 2, 2021
Opinion, Wypipo

Kamala Harris Tweets 'Enjoy the Long Weekend' and White People Who Call Other People 'Snowflakes' Got Reeeaally Triggered

Let’s be very real about one thing: For all of their claims that liberals are easily offended “snowflakes,” white conservatives are undoubtedly the most overly sensitive, perpetually triggered, crying-over-nothing-est people in the world. They don’t see it as snowflake-dom because the things they bitch about are things that revolve around their personal values. But when…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 31, 2021
Politics

Kamala Harris Becomes 1st Woman to Give Commencement Speech at U.S. Naval Academy

Vice President Kamala Harris is going to have to get used to being a lot of firsts. She is the first Black woman to be vice president. She is also the first South Asian-American to be vice president. She is also the first vice president to actively know who Eric B. is and understand that…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

May 28, 2021