Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Republicans tried to suppress the vote in Wisconsin. It backfired
Despite a US Supreme Court decision not to postpone elections, Wisconsin voters braved the cold and coronavirus to elect a democratic supreme court justice.
Read MoreDonald Trump’s ‘Lynching’
In the wake of another infuriating Tweet from President Trump, Jamelle Bouie brings both the content of the Tweet and one of its biggest defendants into the larger context of racial violence.
Read MoreTrump’s speech pits Black America against immigrants- it’s all divide and conquer
By: Natasha S. Alford When then-candidate Donald Trump first uttered “Look at my African-American over there,” he put Black America on notice. As much as many members of the GOP claim to hate identity politics, politicians like Trump use it when they see fit. From cheap red hat publicity stunts with the once-revolutionary music artist, Kanye West,…
Read MoreIntel Withdraws Funding For White Supremacist GOP Congressman Steve King
Technology corporation Intel has dropped its support for Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), an eight-term congressman who has been expressing racist beliefs in increasingly undisguised terms. King has long promoted white nationalist views without any consequence from the GOP.
Read MoreMichelle Obama Has An Update For ‘When They Go Low, We Go High’
This article reviews the famous quote “When they go low, we go high” made by Michelle Obama in 2016. Obama expands on her quote with Blavity and there is a link to the full interview at the end of the article.
Read MoreIn Frenzied Georgia Canvassing, No Door Goes Un-Knocked
Voters say they have been deluged as never before as Georgia’s bitterly fought, closely contested governor’s race comes to a close. In the last days before Tuesday’s election, both parties dispatched an army of volunteers, both ordinary working people and celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and President Obama.
Read MoreBooker, Harris, Scott’s “Justice for Victims of Lynching” bill moves forward in the senate
America needs an anti-lynching bill at the federal level. Will such a bill finally be passed?
Read MoreConservatives call for constitutional intervention last seen 230 years ago
Are we opening a pandora’s box by calling for a constitutional convention?
Read MoreGeorgia election board plots Jim Crow-like assault on black voting
Nine polling locations in predominately black and rural areas may be shut down. The Voting Right Act itself is in danger of being gutted, as well.
Read MoreNAACP sues Connecticut over ‘prison gerrymandering’
The suit coming from the NAACP is part of larger effort to fight practices that the NAACP argues are attempts to suppress minority voting via prison-based gerrymandering.
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