Politics
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‘1st Gay President’? No. But Is Barack Obama an LGBT Ally? A Resounding Yes
Far too often, we are collectively thrilled with people conveying basic human decency or, in other cases, simply acknowledging the marginalized in ways typically not done by anyone who is a part of the majority. When I was a child, of all things I remember about Bill Clinton, one that sticks out most is this…
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It Finally Happened: Donald Trump Jumped the Shark
You heard it here first: Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has officially jumped the shark. Or, if you want to put it in more modern terms, his political campaign has “pulled a Richonne” or “put Cookie in a cage.” No matter how you put it, when Trump loses to Hillary Clinton in the November election, we…
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Frances O. Thompson, 1st African-American Councilwoman of Hudson County, NJ, Dead at 74
Hudson County, N.J.’s first African-American councilwoman, Frances O. Thompson, died Sunday after battling cancer, NJ.com reports. She was 74. Thompson, who was director of the Hudson County Office of Minority and Women Business Enterprise, was first pushed into the public arena in 1985 after she was elected to represent Ward F as councilwoman, making her…
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Bill Clinton Speaking at Muhammad Ali’s Funeral Is the Corporate Co-Optation of an Icon
In life, and now in death, Muhammad Ali cut a swashbuckling, larger-than-life figure. Three days of celebration for Ali will culminate in a public funeral service led by former President Bill Clinton on Friday in Louisville, Ky., representing an ironic high point in the nation’s relationship with black radicalism. A black power icon and anti-war…
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That ‘Mexican’ Judge Trump Bashed Is a Nupe, and 4 Other Amazing Facts
U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, 62, was born in East Chicago, Ind., to parents who immigrated to America from Mexico. He and his three siblings grew up in East Chicago, a place described by older brother Raul as one where they had “Serbian, Greek, Polish, Puerto Rican and African-American” neighbors. Gonzalo, the youngest of the bunch,…
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Trump Watch: BuzzFeed Would Rather Be $1,300,000 Poorer Than Support Donald Trump
What’s going on inside #TeamTrump? Hell If Donald Trump knows! Clearly the presumptive Republican nominee won’t back down from anything, including his own racist comments against a federal judge with Mexican ancestry who is overseeing cases against Trump University. During what has been reported as a “chaotic” conference call Monday, Trump told surrogates to continue…
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Hey Bernie, Hillary: Do You Really Care About Police Brutality in Calif., or Do You Just Want Votes?
As Californians prepare to vote in the presidential primary Tuesday, there’s one person we know for sure who won’t be participating. In fact, we will never know which candidate could have earned the vote of Jessica Williams Nelson, a 29-year-old woman from San Francisco. That’s because on May 19, Williams Nelson was shot dead by a…
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3 Things You Didn’t Know About Muhammad Ali’s Politics
Muhammad Ali—the three-time heavyweight-boxing champion, the incredible humanitarian, the inspiration for the activism of athletes all over the nation—passed away on Friday, June 3, and the world is in mourning. For many people, Ali was more icon than athlete. Like Jim Brown or John Carlos, he was someone who inspired African Americans and Muslims to…