Politics
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Obama in Cuba: A Step Into History
Editor’s note: This story was first published in March. We’re featuring it again in light Fidel Castro’s death. When Air Force One lands at Havana’s José Martí International Airport Sunday afternoon, President Barack Obama will quickly get a symbolic look at the daunting challenge he faces to make the changes he’s forged between the United…
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The Story Behind President Obama’s Cuba Policy
It all began with a chance encounter between two men with a bad habit. Officially, Barack Obama’s historic visit to Cuba on Sunday is the culmination of almost three years of intense diplomacy between former Cold War foes. Behind the scenes is another more human and less well-known story, of a rising black politician and…
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No Hope, No Change: The GOP Buries Its Own Autopsy
The Republican Party has largely been tone-deaf to the changing electorate, adopting a hands-off approach to the increasingly heated rhetoric we have heard from the party’s presidential front-runner. It’s no coincidence that Donald Trump’s divisive, race-baiting campaign has vaulted him to the top of the Republican primary field. The Republican Party has a long history…
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#ByeAnita: Change the Prosecutor, Change How the Police Are Policed
In a presidential election jam-packed with theatrics, protests and even acts of violence, it’s easy to overlook the other races on a ballot, but on Tuesday we got a reminder that a powerful group of politicians are trying to defend their seats against the movement to reform our broken criminal-justice system. In an election that…
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Is DeRay Mckesson the Change-Maker Baltimore Needs?
It’s almost been a year since the death of Freddie Gray––the innocent 25-year-old, unarmed black man who was enjoying a nice April day near his home in West Baltimore when he was illegally stopped, arrested and fatally injured while in police custody. Six police officers are facing trial in his death, a death that sparked…
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5 Theories on Why President Obama Made the White Choice for the Supreme Court
Phones buzzed, feeds bubbled and the radio call-in lines lit up when President Barack Obama announced his nominee for the Supreme Court: Merrick Garland. And if you later researched one of those few moments when black folks were universally vexed with their beloved first black president, this would be it: Why on earth did he not…
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Donald Trump: He Was Made in America
Donald Trump continues his march to the Republican presidential nomination, spurred on by tapping into the racist paranoia of white conservatives all across the country who have found in him a leader who gives voice to their base nature. As the inevitable drum beats, many white liberals have basked in their own sanctimonious outrage that…
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All He Does Is Not Win: Rubio Drops Out, and 3 Other Surprises From Super Tuesday 2
Last night was Super Tuesday, part 2, where really important things were bound to happen because there just aren’t as many states left for the candidates to fight over. On the Democratic side, it was another opportunity for Sen. Bernie Sanders to remind former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that he wasn’t quite dead yet,…