Politics
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Poll Finds That Americans Hold Negative Views of American Muslims
President Barack Obama weighed in recently on the storm of controversy surrounding Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s recent proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, calling such ideas a blatant appeal to Americans’ fears. “Blue-collar men have had a lot of trouble in this new economy,” Obama told National Public Radio late…
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Black and Hispanic Members of Congress Furious Over $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill
Members of both the black and Hispanic caucuses in Congress are furious about a new tax deal and spending package expected to pass the House and Senate Friday. The deal, involving over $1.1 trillion in federal spending and containing nearly $700 billion in unpaid-for tax cuts, is likely to be signed by President Barack Obama. “The…
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Do Republicans Really Want the Black and Latino Vote?
“Get him the hell out of here,” said Donald Trump. Later, Trump’s supporters shouted, “Go home, n—ger.” That’s the claim by Mercutio Southall, co-founder of the Birmingham, Ala., chapter of Black Lives Matter. Video footage of the incident, which has gone viral, shows white Trump supporters shoving, punching and kicking the black activist in response…
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Wake Up, Black People. The Supreme Court Is Poised to Drop a Bomb on You
So, there’s nothing new about a spoiled rich white dude saying crazy things so he can get a bump in a poll. On real, tell us something we don’t know about professional megaphone Donald Trump. Yet that’s all we spent much of this week munching on … while a conservative Supreme Court quietly considered how…
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Justice Scalia Questions Whether Blacks Ought to Be at Top-Tier Universities
On Wednesday, in Fisher v. University of Texas—a case about a white woman who believes she was denied admission to the University of Texas because less-qualified blacks were admitted instead via affirmative action—Antonin Scalia, a U.S. Supreme Court justice, challenged the attorneys defending the University of Texas by openly questioning whether blacks who are admitted to…
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Amid Trump Anti-Muslim Furor, Muslim Rep. André Carson Receives Death Threat
On Tuesday, Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) told The Root that he received a death threat on Dec. 7, the same day reality-TV-star-turned-presidential-candidate Donald Trump announced that Muslims should be barred from entering the U.S. The threat against Carson was referred to the U.S. Capitol Police. Earlier this week, Trump released a statement, the first sentence of which called for “a…
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White House: Trump’s Muslim Ban ‘Disqualifies’ Him for Presidency
Donald Trump’s recent anti-Muslim comments, going so far as to suggest that all Muslims should be banned from entering the United States, have prompted an onslaught of backlash from within the Republican Party itself, as well as, as it turns out, the White House. During Tuesday’s press briefing, White House press secretary Josh Earnest bluntly…
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Donald Trump’s Anti-Muslim Comments Cross a Moral Line
Donald Trump has laid down a final, outrageous gauntlet—ban all Muslims from entering America—in a seemingly endless array of rhetorical provocations and insults to marginalized communities in his self-described quest to “make America great again.” Trump’s assault on Muslim Americans and immigrants is an attack not only on freedom of religion but also on the…
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In Chicago, Another Federal Investigation of Police, but Will It Really Matter?
On Monday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a new Department of Justice investigation into the practices of the Chicago Police Department. This comes in the wake of newly released statements from Chicago police regarding the shooting death of Laquan McDonald by Chicago Officer Jason Van Dyke that seriously contradict what can plainly be seen in…
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Historic Presidency, Historic Opposition: The Legacy of President Barack Obama
Barack Obama is going to be in the history books. This will happen regardless of his critics or his fans, both of which are legion. It will happen regardless of who wins the White House in November 2016. It will happen whether you love him adoringly, deride him with cynicism or hate him with all…