Politics
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Super Tuesday 2: Donald Trump Prepares to Burn GOP to the Ground
It’s the ides of March, but Donald Trump, cast as a bloviating, bellicose Julius Caesar in this political play, isn’t facing his doom. Instead, to borrow from another bit of Caesar’s life, he’s crossing the Rubicon to victory, preparing to send his rivals scattering to the hinterlands of our republic to desperately plot a downfall…
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Watch: Donald Trump Cancels Rally in Chicago After Supporters and Protesters Clash
Donald Trump canceled a rally Friday at the University of Illinois at Chicago after protesters and Trump supporters confronted each other in the venue. Trump, who never made it inside, issued this statement: Mr. Trump just arrived in Chicago and after meeting with law enforcement has determined that for the safety of all of the…
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Baltimore Mayoral Debate Lacked Fireworks, but Not Candidates
Baltimore has been in the national spotlight for the past year on issues of police brutality, civil unrest and an unprecedented court case in which Maryland’s highest court is compelling a police officer to testify against his fellow officers. As a result, local issues were laid bare on a national stage for all the world to…
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5 Ways Black People Will Benefit From a Trump Presidency
I’m a glass-half-full kinda guy. I do, however, realize that half the country is suffering through a case of the bubble guts, wondering if blowhard and self-affirmed big d—k Donald Trump will be their next president, while Confederate-flag-waving Caucasians, who long for Jim Crow and the days of cotton picking, are closing in on nirvana.…
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Is Hillary Clinton a ‘Natural Politician’? 3 Things We Learned During Univision’s Democratic Debate
The important thing to understand about the Democratic Party’s primary debates is that they are no longer about convincing anybody. The Democratic Party is down to two candidates—Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton—and anyone who plans to vote in the remaining Democratic primaries already knows which of these candidates he or she is going to vote…
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Rubio and Cruz Opposed the Violence Against Women Act, so Voters Must Oppose Their Candidacy
My name is Lottie Shackelford, and I am the Women’s Caucus chair of the Democratic National Committee; a vice chair emeritus; the former mayor of Little Rock, Ark.; and a mother and a grandmother. Every day I try to focus on ways to make life better and safer for women. However, I’m uncomfortable when people…
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President Obama Didn't Create Donald Trump; the People Who Hate Obama Did
It began before he was even elected. In the spring of 2008, when it became clear that the Illinois senator would likely be the Democratic nominee for president, there were chain emails declaring that Barack Obama was born not in Hawaii but in Kenya and was therefore ineligible. The “Birther” effort, claiming the president’s…
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Bernie Sanders’ ‘Ghetto’ Gaffe Gave Clinton Supporters the Ammunition They Needed
Before the Democratic debate in Flint, Mich., Sunday, critics of presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed that he didn’t have an intersectional, socioeconomic racial analysis. But after his triggering use of the loaded words “ghetto” and “poor” when answering a question about his “racial blind spots” posed by CNN’s Don Lemon, many of those same critics now…
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The Other N-Word: To Germans, There’s Something Familiar About Donald Trump
Germans know fascism when they see it. While Americans can joke about “Soup Nazis” and Hitler mustaches, Germans know firsthand what it means when a failed businessman moves from a fringe candidate to a leader who takes over your democracy and burns everything to hell. I learned this, repeatedly, while I was in Germany for…
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Can a Radical Black Movement Find a Place in the Democratic Party?
As Democrats square off over the electability of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders, questions about the future of the Democratic Party continue to rise to the surface. Though numerous reports show Sanders as the most likely to beat Donald Trump in a general election, there are some Clinton supporters who continue to preach of…