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November 9, 2016
White America giveth, and they taketh away. Election night 2016 was like something out of a nightmare, the Twilight Zone,…
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September 24, 2016
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory held a press conference and removed any doubt that he cares little to nothing about…
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September 23, 2016
All these years later, the children of the enslaved are still trying to wrestle their humanity out of the hands…
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August 25, 2016
Before Nate Parker’s film “The Birth of a Nation” hits theaters in October, there is something we must get straight.…
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August 25, 2016
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has admitted himself to a Cape Town hospital for…
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August 22, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some of the pills taken from Prince’s estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs…
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July 29, 2016
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times,…
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July 28, 2016
Roger Ailes is gone from Fox News, and not a moment too soon. If you ever needed a reminder that…
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July 28, 2016
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — His own legacy on the line, President Barack Obama implored Americans to elect Hillary Clinton to the…
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July 27, 2016
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There have been millions of words, decades of video and reams of commentary devoted to their story.…
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July 26, 2016
The first evening of the Democratic National Convention reminded us why we will miss some Michelle Obama come January. In…
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July 26, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, first lady Michelle Obama stood before the Democratic convention on Monday…
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July 22, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite promising “the truth, and nothing else” in his convention speech, Donald Trump presented the nation with…
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July 20, 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An appeals court has dealt the strongest blow yet to Texas’ strict voter ID law, ruling…
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July 19, 2016
CLEVELAND (AP) — One delegate said everyone fell in love with her. Another compared her to Jackie Kennedy. Melania Trump’s…
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July 18, 2016
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A former Marine dressed in black and carrying extra ammunition ambushed police in Baton Rouge,…
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July 13, 2016
The deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, while tragic, were markers of larger problems in America. Their murders were…
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July 12, 2016
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police say they have arrested three suspects and are seeking a possible fourth accused of…
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July 12, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be in a different city but still in an all-too-familiar place when he…
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July 11, 2016
White folks supporting a black movement for freedom, justice and equality is not a popular position to place oneself in.…