African American Politics Archives - Page 27 of 29

Somali-American, Minnesota Politics, African Immigrants, Ilhan Omar, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman

It matters that Ilhan Omar will be elected to the Minnesota state legislature on the same day that Minnesotans reject Donald Trump.

African American Vote, African American Voter, Black Vote, Black Voting, Voter Suppression, Voter Intimidation, Philadelphia Voting, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

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Black clergy to monitor city polls

Black clergy have joined forces with others to organize volunteers to monitor polling stations in African-American communities on Election Day in Philadelphia.

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The US Homeless Camps offering a lesson in Democracy

Overlooked in the elections, Portland’s homeless are organising their own camps on their own terms, but fear evictions.

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Is Black Early-Voting Turnout a Cause for Concern?

The first week of returns for North Carolina show that the conflict over voter suppression rages on.

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NAACP sues to stop voter roll purging in N.C.

Local elections boards in North Carolina are illegally removing thousands of voters from the rolls, and a disproportionate number of them are Black, the NAACP said in a federal lawsuit filed Monday.

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Trump’s ‘Voter Suppression Operation’ Targets Black Voters

Even as the Republican launches a purported African American outreach campaign 12 days before the election, his aides say their goal is to depress turnout in the bloc.

Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, African American Supreme Court Justice, African American Judge, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

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America Is Having Another Anita Hill Moment

Only this time, the outrage at a powerful, predatory man is swifter and more universal.

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Condoleezza Rice Calls On Donald Trump To Drop Out Of The Race

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice broke her silence on the presidential election on Saturday and called on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to end his campaign.

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Is Anything That Trump Says About African American Communities True?

Donald Trump makes it sound like black Americans lead terrible lives—filled with race riots, rampant shootings, and rapid rising unemployment. He seems to think that African American communities are all equally engulfed in poverty.