August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 Forget Bernie Bros: Meet the Young People of Color Leading the Country’s Socialist Revolution | Splinter But erasing people of color from the narrative is deeply ahistoric at best and intellectually dishonest at worst. African American News, African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, Politics
August 11, 2017August 17, 2017 After Obama’s 2008 Win, Indiana GOP Added Early Voting in White Suburb, Cut It in Indianapolis | Slate In 2008, Barack Obama squeaked out an unexpected win in Indiana thanks in part to his huge margin of victory in Marion County, which has a large population of black Democrats. African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, Voter Suppression
July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 Michelle Obama Says Racist Attacks She Faced as First Lady ‘Cut the Deepest’ | The Root Former first lady Michelle Obama was a breath of fresh air Tuesday at a live armchair conversation with the Women’s Foundation of Colorado President Lauren Casteel in Denver. Poised and graceful as always, Obama still touched on some tough topics and spoke out frankly about the hurt she felt from the racist attacks she received while in the White House. African American Families, African American History, African American Politics, African American Women, Black History, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 A Bold Sista: Move Over, Bernie Bros. Nina Turner Is the New Head of Sanders’ Our Revolution | The Root Nina Turner is not hard to describe. She’s that other black woman on MSNBC and CNN talking about workers rights, fighting back and pushing for a progressive agenda, even during President Barack Obama’s administration. African American News, African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
July 4, 2017 Director Damani Baker Tells the Story of Grenada and Black Migration Through His Mother’s Eyes – The Muse The year was 1983. Fannie Haughton—a name unfamiliar to most—was living in Oakland, California, under a poisonous Reagan regime, in the middle of a drug war. African American History, African American News, African American Politics, African History, Black History, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, US Military
June 16, 2017 Supreme Court Ruling On Ohio Voter Purge Will Have Long-Range Impact on Black Votes – Atlanta Black Star The United States Supreme Court’s decision to review a challenge to Ohio’s voters roll purge policy brings the question of voter discrimination to the forefront again. African American Politics, Black Vote, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, Politics, Voter Suppression, Voting
June 6, 2017 Wyclef Jean to anti-Trump celebs: ‘Be very careful’ – Politico ‘I feel that we’re at a time now where your voice should be louder than it’s ever been,’ the music star tells POLITICO. African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, Politics
May 18, 2017 Here’s What Sen. Kamala Harris Had to Say About The Way We Discuss the Opioid Crisis vs. the Crack Epidemic – Atlanta Black Star California Sen. Kamala Harris isn’t here for the racialized double standard when it comes to discussions surrounding the crack epidemic of the ’80s and early ’90s and the opioid crisis of today. African American Politics, Black Vote, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
May 14, 2017May 15, 2017 Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748) – The Nation A new study shows how voter-ID laws decreased turnout among African-American and Democratic voters. African American Politics, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, Politics, President Obama
May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom – The Nation These women are in jail not because they’ve been convicted of a crime but because they can’t pay to get back to their lives as they await trial. African American Politics, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
