Politics
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Symone Sanders Differs From Bernie Sanders in Almost Every Way—Except in Name and Politics
Symone D. Sanders skips states like rocks across a river. In a recent week, the 25-year-old national press secretary for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spent a day in New Hampshire, the next day in New York, and then it was off to Wisconsin and then on to South Carolina. After that it was Atlanta,…
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Thank You, Ben Carson
Super Tuesday 2016 will soon be gone. Barring either 1) a miraculous influx of cash from donors with next to nothing else to give their money to (in which case, I would like to point them toward my IRS bill because the feds are absolutely not playing with me this year) or 2) a decision…
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Bernie vs. Hillary: Who’s Better for Black Voters?
So which one will it be, folks? If you’re voting on the Democratic side, are you going for Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton? Who really has the interests of the black electorate at heart? A lot is at stake this year, when 31 percent of the eligible voters will be either black or Hispanic. The…
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52 Vile, Racist Tweets 1 Writer Received From Trump Supporters
Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. It all started with a column in the Washington Post. On Feb. 21, Harvard professor Danielle Allen penned a piece entitled “The Moment of Truth: We Must Stop Trump.” It was a “prompt for the trolls,” she said, speaking to The Root,…
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Their Own Worst Enemies? The GOP’s Black Conservative Problem
After receiving less than 7 percent of the black vote in the last two presidential elections, the Republican Party had a quandary. It could win in midterms. It could win locally. But nationally, there was a problem: The GOP couldn’t win the presidency without more votes from people of color. And it couldn’t win with…
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David Duke Be Damned: When Will Donald Trump ‘Disavow’ the Klan?
Donald Trump is a racist. He says racist things, has endorsed racist policies while running for president and has engaged in racist practices while running his various businesses over the last 40 years. As most of American history has shown us, being a racist is by no means a disqualification for running for president. However,…
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3rd-Degree ‘Bern’: Can Sanders Bounce Back From SC?
Bernie Sanders needs more people. Preferably African-American people who live in the South. But after he was routed by Hillary Clinton in South Carolina, it looks like the numbers aren’t on his side. Sanders lost the African-American vote to Clinton by an incredible 86 percent to 14 percent. To put this in context, he did…
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Hillary Clinton’s SC Win Is All About the Power of the Black Vote
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hammered Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with a revolutionary win of her own in South Carolina Saturday. And not by a little—by a lot. Black voters, making up 61 percent of voters in the Democratic South Carolina primary, rocketed her to victory. Clinton beat Sanders in South Carolina by a stunning 73 percent…
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Hillary Clinton Scores a Huge Win in South Carolina
It’s a big win in a big test for the black vote on the Democratic side. Multiple news outlets are reporting that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has handidly won the state of South Carolina over her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. At the time of publication, Clinton had won South Carolina by an…
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SC: Bellwether for the Black Vote
Things tend to get ugly in South Carolina. Politically, that is. It’s the state known every four years for when candidates pull out their dirtiest tricks to get the votes they desire. It was home of the hateful rumor about an “illegitimate black daughter” that marred Arizona Sen. John McCain’s race against then-Texas Gov. George…