Politics

If Bill Clinton wanted to ignite another round of analysis of the Clinton crime bill (also known as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act)—the largest crime bill in U.S. history, which he gleefully signed Sept. 13, 1994, in a grand production at the White House Rose Garden—congrats, Bill, you’ve got it.  In response…

A question for all legacy civil rights groups: Will there finally be a strong black agenda now that the next president will be white? President Franklin Roosevelt famously remarked that advocates frequently wanted him to do the politically difficult. What did he reportedly tell them? “I agree with you, I want to do it, now make…

Something unprecedented is happening at the Republican National Committee, and it’s a huge blow to the GOP’s African-American-outreach programs. The RNC is losing its black staffers. All of them. In the last six months, all four of the top black staff members at the RNC have left. These resignations have sparked every rumor from Donald…

Tuesday night was a huge victory for two campaigns that were once insurgents and are now viable alternatives. Ted Cruz, mustering all the might of the evangelical Republican base and the desperate “anti-Trump” voters, won the Republican primary in Wisconsin with 49 percent of the vote and, so far, 36 out of a possible 42…

In our last episode of that ideologically imbalanced Supreme Court we love to hate, the perpetually out-of-touch institution was well on its way to dismantling civil rights law as we know it. Conservatives had successfully skinned the Voting Rights Act down to its bare enforcement essentials in Shelby v. Holder less than three years ago.…

Are you a neo-Nazi or are you a Dallas Cowboys fan? There is actually a difference (all jokes aside), but expressing support for Nazism or the Cowboys can be a tricky situation if you’re a sports fan, ignorant or racist. Millions of Americans know that Michael Irvin, the Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys wide receiver,…

Watch carefully, folks. We may be witnessing an astonishing historical phenomenon: the death of a major American political party. In real time, the GOP is devouring itself—or, rather, Donald Trump is generating a feeding frenzy; and whether by suicide, murder, fratricide or whatever, the party of Lincoln is on track to implode by Election Day,…

“Vote your heart … unless it’s evil,” my homegirl laughs, taking a sip of her drink. I can’t help but laugh, too, despite the loaded conversation. After all, my friend, a steadfast supporter of the “other blue meat,” is right: This election cycle—more than most in recent history—has the potential to move our country forward…

The peculiar American sport that is the national election is back in season: Republicans vs. Democrats. Red states vs. blue states. Donald Trump fanatics attacking protesters as if bigotry will yield them better yardage on the field of economic opportunity. Hillary Clinton doing the Nae-Nae as if she scored a touchdown for the young folk…