KKK’s Official Newspaper Backs Trump; Trump Campaign Rejects Support
The Crusader, the official newspaper of the Ku Klux Klan, has announced its support for the candidacy of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in its current issue, the Washington Post reports. The...
View ArticleThis Election Comes Down to 1 Thing
In one day, most of you will cast a vote for who you want to serve as the next president of the United States. By now you likely have been inundated with articles, commercials and personal appeals to...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Woke Young Brothers
Shout out to all the woke young brothers who’ve stood up in response to the injustices we’ve seen too frequently these past years, like when the lives of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis,...
View ArticleMaybe if the Black Left Were Trump Supporters, Democrats Would Put Some...
Over the course of this farce of a presidential campaign, we have seen mainstream media outlets and politicians seek to analyze and understand white people who support Republican presidential nominee...
View Article7 Ways to Stay Safe and Sane This Election Day
This Election Day kind of feels like the day you’re scheduled to get your wisdom teeth pulled: You’ve gotta do it, and it’s gonna hurt, but you’re not sure how much it will hurt. For better or worse,...
View Article107-Year-Old Daughter of a Slave Ready to Cast Her Vote Once More
Donella Wilson, at 107 years old, has never missed a local or national election since she cast her first vote in the 1940s. And Wilson, who was born in South Carolina to parents who were former slaves,...
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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...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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