Politics
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What a Trump Presidency Would Mean for Black America, Explained
Who is Ted Cruz? Well, I feel the same way with Donald Trump. Not that he’s going to come out the closet as a Bornean orangutan. (Although that’s still on the table.) Just that I’m not at all surprised that someone like him could receive such support and advance so far. As ugly as the…
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So It Finally Happened: Donald Trump Is the Presumptive GOP Nominee for President
The Indiana primary has changed the race for president in ways nobody anticipated. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders comfortably beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and business mogul Donald Trump beat Ted Cruz so soundly that the Texas senator dropped out of the presidential race altogether. Now we’ll have to wait until June for the…
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Bye-Bye, Contested Convention: Donald Trump Wins Ind. Primary; Ted Cruz Drops Out
Updated Tuesday, May 3, 9:30 p.m. EDT: In a win that will likely prolong Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign (even though it remains unlikely that he’ll win the Democratic nomination for president), CNN has called the state of Indiana for Sanders in the Democratic primary. It was a much-needed win after his rival, Hillary Clinton,…
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For Cruz and Sanders, the Ind. Primary Signals the Beginning of the End
The Indiana primary will likely be the sad ending to what looked to be one of the most exciting presidential primary seasons in recent history. On the Republican side we’ve seen a field of 17 candidates whittled down to just Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. However, it’s increasingly looking…
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The 4 Black People Most Likely to Be Hired by ‘President Trump’
Yes, it’s possible. It’s possible that Donald Trump will become the next president of the United States. It’s also possible that Donald Trump could select more than one or two African Americans for key positions in his administration if he wins the GOP nomination and does go on to win the White House. Trump has…
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Congressional Black Caucus PAC Needs to Cut Ties to Companies That Benefit From Black Suffering
On Tuesday, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) lost her historic bid to become only the second black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate. While there will be many takes on the implications of the election, as important as any is the inadvertent impact the campaign had in uncovering the unfortunate influence of corporate power over…
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Africa? What Africa? Donald Trump Barely Mentions Entire Continent During Foreign Policy Speech
Donald Trump gave his first official foreign policy speech in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and reminded Americans that his understanding of world affairs is just short of a “Street Fighter” world map. To Trump the world is a brightly colored, dangerous place full of bad guys whom Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have ignored, coddled…
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Supreme Court Is Poised to Give a Corrupt White Politician a Pass, so Why Can’t Black Pols Catch a Break?
Corrupt white politicians facing jail time never had it so good, right? One of the funny but rather glaring and subtly white-privilege things we’ve seen in media coverage of former Gov. Bob McDonnell’s (R-Va.) corruption trial, and the unveiling of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s (R-Ill.) slimy conviction in a case linked to allegations of…
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In Md., 3 Races Put National Black Politics to the Test
While all eyes were on the predictable results unfolding from Tuesday’s so-called Acela primaries, three major statewide, congressional and local races quietly unfolded that redefined the trajectory of modern African-American politics … at least for the foreseeable future. Tuesday started off with much hope that Maryland—home to one of the nation’s more powerful hubs of…
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Catherine Pugh Wins Democratic Primary in Baltimore’s Mayoral Race; DeRay Mckesson Comes in 6th
Baltimore’s mayoral primary race was so close this year that as celebration music blared and people danced at former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon’s headquarters, actual Democratic mayoral nominee Catherine Pugh was giving her victory speech. Dixon’s campaign headquarters were still waiting for the final results because the tally was so close. On the Democratic side, Pugh…