The Blackwashing of President Obama’s Legacy
There is a deeply embedded danger in the collective black American consciousness to defend the cultural and political blackness of President Barack Obama. On the surface, his very presence in the Oval...
View ArticleDonald Trump, Racist-in-Chief: Here Are the 10 Most Racist Things He’s Done...
We know that President-elect Trump is a racist—or, at the very least, racist-adjacent. Like no other before him, Trump won the 2016 presidential election because much of white America underestimated...
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Surviving Trump: Black Women Strengthen Coalitions, Practice Revolutionary...
Now that the shock has subsided from the election of Donald Trump as our next president, many of us are wondering what we do next and how his presidency will affect our daily lives. From his Cabinet...
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Introducing Trump’s 2016 Alt-Right All-Star Hate Team
Following an intense election season in which even the preseason scrimmages were filled with intense excitement, the American political system finally crowned the most unlikely candidate as its 2016...
View Article‘White Working Class’ Narrative Is Nothing but a Racist Dog Whistle
Here we are, eight days removed from President-elect, and corrupt businessman, Donald Trump grabbing the Electoral College “by the p–sy” and violating his way into the White House. And predictably,...
View ArticleWhite Anti-Racists Must Be ‘Stone Catchers’ for Oppressed People
White America, from Main Street to the nation’s capital, from our dinner tables to our textbooks, from the media to the religious pew, created Donald Trump. We must own him and everything he...
View ArticleW.Va. Officials Under Fire After Referring to Michelle Obama as an ‘Ape in...
Two West Virginia officials are facing a backlash after exchanging messages mocking Michelle Obama and referring to the first lady as “an ape in heels,” WSAZ reports. According to the report, following...
View Article‘White Power’ Written on Iowa Woman’s Front Door
An Iowa woman is upset after returning home from work Sunday afternoon to find a racist message written on her front door in permanent marker, the Des Moines Register reports. According to the news...
View ArticleMich. Officer Who Drove With Confederate Flag Around Trump Protesters Resigns
A Michigan police officer who was placed on paid suspension after he was seen driving a pickup truck with a Confederate flag around a group protesting Donald Trump’s presidential election has now...
View ArticleA Black Political Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Trump Galaxy
Nowhere does the question “What’s the next step?” carry more significance than in black America. Safe to say that most black voters feel like Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow, repeatedly slain by aliens...
View ArticleBlack Professors Speak Out After Trump Victory About the Routine Racism of...
Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do about gaps in achievement and opportunity. “You don’t pray for an easy road; you pray for a...
View ArticleVideo Shows Group Beating Man as Bystanders Yell, ‘You Voted Trump’
A man was beaten up in Chicago’s West Side by a group of men and women yelling, “Don’t vote Trump” and “You voted Trump,” as seen in a video that has since gone viral, the Chicago Tribune notes. David...
View ArticleAfter a Trump Victory, Black People Will Need Much More Than ‘We’ve Been...
As a 30-year-old black queer man working in majority-white spaces, I am no stranger to indescribable trauma requiring emotional check-ins: sexual assault, homophobia, racism, incessant microaggressions...
View ArticlePrediction: The Democratic Party Will Shift Further Right to Regain Power
President-elect Donald J. Trump is what happens when a nation lies to itself about the depth of its character. And as the hand-wringing “How did this happen” hysteria reaches full force, that has never...
View ArticleDonald Trump Calls President Barack Obama ‘a Very Good Man’ at White House...
Despite previous tense clashes and years during which Donald Trump questioned President Barack Obama’s American heritage, the president-elect called the president “a very good man” in Thursday’s...
View ArticleThousands of Calif. High School Students Stage Walkout in Protest of Trump...
California isn’t done denouncing Donald Trump’s win yet, with high school students across the state—some of whom probably were not eligible to vote in Tuesday’s presidential election—still insistent on...
View Article‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Joe Arpaio Loses Bid for 7th Term
“America’s Toughest Sheriff” is no more. Arizona has voted Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio out of office, dismissing his bid for a seventh term following several legal problems involving...
View ArticleProtests Erupt Across Calif. Following Donald Trump’s Presidential Projection
Californians took to the streets early Wednesday morning after Donald Trump was projected to be the president-elect of the United States, ABC News reports. According to the report, although protesters...
View ArticleJudge Denies Trump Campaign’s Request to Put Nev. Early Ballots on Hold
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump tried unsuccessfully on Tuesday to have some early ballots that were cast in Nevada put on hold, alleging that the presidential election in Las Vegas might be...
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My Son’s Only President: Obama Let Black Children See Their Own Possibilities
This past Halloween, my son Robeson met President Barack Obama face-to-face at Trick or Treat at the White House. Ditching the mask of his Transformers costume, Roby approached Obama with waves and a...
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