Politics
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Revolutionaries Must Love America Enough to Change Amerikkka
Revolutionaries “must love America enough to change it.” —James Boggs As Donald Trump takes office, his rhetoric on making America great again will likely take center stage. And he might be right about one thing: The United States of America does need to make a change. But Trump’s vision is headed backward. Luckily, Trump’s vision…
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45 Things You Can Do Instead of Watching the Inauguration
Like Maxine Waters and every Negro who does not fool with those who do not fool with us, I will not be watching Sweet Potato Saddam’s inauguration. I would rather be alive during my own cremation than watch a racist whose hobbies include becoming a puppet of the Russian government and grabbing random pussies without…
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What the Hell Happened to Jim Brown?
He used to be one of the most feared athletes on the gridiron, and after he retired at age 30, he took that same toughness directly to the streets. His legacy both on and off the field was one of a tireless worker who wasn’t afraid of contact. He was a modern-day civil rights leader…
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An Obituary for America
On Jan. 20, 2017, on a patch of grass in the Washington, D.C., park where we placed a monument to George Washington, near a memorial to “the Great Emancipator,” almost exactly where Martin Luther King Jr. explained his dream to a hopeful country over 50 years ago, 318 million people stumbled across the bloated, rotting…
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Mourning in America: The Root Watches the Inauguration so You Don’t Have To
Tomorrow, Jan. 20, 2017, our lives will change forever. President Barack Obama will become former President Obama, and Donald Trump will become … President Trump. I can’t. Many black folks up and down my social media timelines are protesting the inauguration and spending their time and energy on other (read: uplifting/black) things. Fellow journalist Jamiliah…
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I Went to the Black Trump Inauguration Party so You Didn’t Have To
Donald Trump is not popular with black people. Donald Trump was not the most popular candidate for president in 2016. Donald Trump is so unpopular that he can’t convince a Bruce Springsteen cover band to perform at his inauguration. These are facts. However, none of that prevented literally dozens of Americans of color from coming…
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John Lewis vs. Everybody: A Tale of the Tape
Ever since John Lewis told Chuck Todd that he doesn’t consider Donald Trump a “legitimate president,” acolytes of the traffic-cone-colored, tiny-fingered dingleberry have streamed out of the woodwork to come for the civil rights hero and political icon. As soon as the president-elect heard the remarks, the troll-in-chief tweeted this: Congressman John Lewis should spend…
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Author’s Most Refreshingly Honest Take on Why Trump Deserves Trust, Respect, Admiration
Author and political analyst David S. King is a genius. He wrote the book Why Trump Deserves Trust, Respect & Admiration. King’s publisher, Richard Sprake, called me to clue me in on this literary masterpiece, and I almost hung up on him after he said the title. And then, in his next breath, Sprake told…
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Top 10 People Summoned to Trump Towers to Fix Black America
Since the election of Donald J. Trump, we have witnessed an eclectic mix of black people streaming from Trump Tower, called upon by the dollop-shaped dictator to help him solve the problems of black America. Most of us have cast a skeptical eye at his selections because they seemingly have no training, expertise or qualifications…