Politics
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Fear of a Nonwhite Planet
What are black people to do when the dog-whistling becomes a siren song? As his campaign shows signs of sinking beneath the tide of sexual assault accusations, his own vile words, inconsistent and nonexistent political and social policies, and an inability to follow the suggestions of his advisers or to stay on script during public…
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Anita Hill Paved the Way for Donald Trump Accusers to Speak Their Truth
This month marks 25 years since Anita F. Hill sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee and testified about sexual harassment by then-Supreme Court hopeful Clarence Thomas. She testified about his commentary regarding her physical appearance and someone leaving a pubic hair on his soda can. It was shocking. Fast-forward to 2016, and here we are…
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8 Shows That Will Be on ‘Trump TV’ if Donald Trump Loses the Election
The American voter finally has confirmation of what we were thinking all along: Donald Trump doesn’t really want to be president. All the evidence is there: He’s run a Dumpster fire of a campaign, and even though he managed to blow through 16 mealymouthed Republicans in the primaries while completely taking command of the Republican…
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Donald Trump at the Apollo Sounds Like the Recipe for a Race Riot
If he has his way, Donald Trump may have laid the groundwork for a race riot right by Red Lobster. According to the New York Daily News, the Trump campaign has been actively trying to book the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem for a rally. Apparently, organizers have been calling “every day,” though there is…
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What Conservatives Really Mean When They Talk About Rap
What you say about somebody else reveals you. What I think of you as being is dictated by my own necessities, my own psychology, my own fears and desires. I’m not describing you when I talk about you; I’m describing me. —James Baldwin Donald Trump supporters have continually found new, improbable ways to rationalize the…
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For Colored Folk Who Have Considered Suicide When This Election Was Too Much
There is not a lot of joy this election season. Everyone knows that we probably won’t live to see another ridiculously upbeat campaign season like 2008, when it was literally “cool” to go out and vote for then-Sen. Barack Obama, but 2016 has been an emotional letdown nonetheless. The choice between Hillary Clinton, with her…
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Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon Rejoins Race for Mayor With Write-In Campaign
Some people thought they had seen the last of former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon. They couldn’t have been more wrong. Dixon, alternately one of the most beloved and hated figures in Baltimore politics, will officially announce her write-in candidacy for mayor in the Nov. 8 general election Tuesday morning. “While a write-in candidate has never been…
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Hillary Clinton Needs to Let the 'Bitch' Loose on Trump
I ran for office once. My opponent was a loud, sugar-hyped seventh-grader, and we were running for seventh-grade class president. Although he didn’t have an orange tan or comb-over like Donald Trump, he was just as big a bully as Trump. But that’s expected in the seventh grade. During our run for class president, this…