Politics
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The One Reaction Everyone Should Have to Donald Trump’s RNC Nomination Speech
Donald Trump is the GOP nominee. No more presumptive. He’s it. He’s the man. He’s the one the Republicans have quarterbacking their team this election season. On Thursday night, Trump gave a loud, boisterous, bleak speech in which he gladly accepted the Republican Party’s nomination of him for president. So this is real now. And…
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Ted Cruz Defies GOP, Won’t Endorse Trump, Is Gangsta
The Republican convention has been hard to watch this week, and not just because of the loud, gaudy, Hunger Games-like banners floating across the stage. The convention, which is supposed to highlight what the Republican Party has to offer the American people (and demonstrate unity), has failed at almost every level. First you had the…
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Keep America Safe Again: A Black Person’s Guide to Safety, Space and Activism at the RNC
“Be safe.” “Stay safe, brother.” “Be safe, praying for you.” These are the paraphrases of just about every text, Facebook post and social media DM I’ve received since spreading the word that I was headed to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week. The absolute palpable fear on the part of black people I…
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In ’Murica News: RNC’s 5 Worst Moments So Far
On Tuesday, Donald Trump—once known for his famous catchphrase “You’re fired!”—has officially been crowned the Republican nominee for the 2016 presidential race. Considering the “Make America great again” rhetoric that emanated across this country, this came as no surprise (despite the most clear discord since the 1970s). What has also come as no surprise is…
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The Alt-Right Debutante Ball: How a Racist Group Hijacked the GOP and RNC
While black America giggled at the Melania Trump memes all over the internet, a far more troubling situation presented itself at this year’s Republican National Convention. An overlooked contingent has quietly infiltrated America’s two-party system and embedded itself into the mainstream of of the GOP. The 2016 RNC might look like the same old pomp…
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Here Is Why Your Vote Is Not Your Voice
On a recent Sunday, just days after the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by officers sworn to serve and protect them, thousands across the country engaged in public demonstrations to raise awareness of police brutality, racial profiling and institutional racism. I participated in one of those demonstrations in Oklahoma City. It was a…
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#RNCinCLE 2016: Melania Trump Takes a Big Bite Out of Michelle Obama's 2008 DNC Speech
If you were listening to Melania Trump, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland Monday night, you may have had a sense of déjà vu. And that’s because first lady Michelle Obama said almost the exact same words during her speech at the 2008 Democratic…
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Which Will Be the Bigger Disaster? The Rio Olympics or the RNC?
Three of the largest media events in the world are about to kick off over the next three weeks and two of them have all the earmarks of an explosive epic failure: The Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH, headed by presumptive nominee Donald Trump (happening July 18th to 22nd) and the Olympics in Rio…
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These Are the Black Folks Skipping Out on the RNC This Year
The Republican National Convention may be noteworthy this year for one glaring reason: who isn’t coming. In the case of African-American Republicans, the list is long. They are joined by a list of former GOP nominees for president who will not attend, which includes past GOP nominees for president Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Mitt Romney. While…