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In a Museum and in Everyday life, Washingtonians Prepare to Resist a Racist Era
Embed from Getty Images By Sarah Barber Just before the US presidential election, Kenya Barris, creator of the sitcom black-ish, derided Donald Trump as “a rich, tall, white man who says he’s going to...
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Get Active, Stay Vigilant, This is not the Time for Apathy
Embed from Getty Images — This country was founded on violent, bloody revolution. The Declaration of Independence says, “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is...
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Six Charts That Illustrate the Divide Between Rural and Urban America
By Brian Thiede, Pennsylvania State University; Lillie Greiman, The University of Montana; Stephan Weiler, Colorado State University; Steven C. Beda, University of Oregon, and Tessa Conroy, University...
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Heroes and American Politics
Embed from Getty Images By Bruce Peabody, Fairleigh Dickinson University Who counts as a hero in the 21st century? How is heroism adapting to an age of nonstop news, hyper-partisanship and intense...
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Everyman Politics: Bird’s Proposition on Constitutional Amendment
Embed from Getty Images Usually when I get a call from someone I haven’t heard from in over fifteen years, it’s because they are in need of money, or they want me to read their manuscript. In this...
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How to Fight a News Silo and Why it Matters
Embed from Getty Images As evidenced in the 2016 election cycle, more Americans than ever before are consuming their news online. Six out of every 10 adults say that they receive their news from...
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American Politics and the New Masculinity
Embed from Getty Images — Norman Mailer once said: “Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.” I don’t know...
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Donald Trump’s Newest “Reality” Show Is a Flop and Soon-To-Be Cancelled
RSVP for Political Activism Calls Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” recently introduced a panel segment on Donald Trump’s continuous lies. He laughed and recited a line supposedly given by...
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The American Political Evolution Up to Now
Politics were initially formed to represent varying opinions and interests. Decent politicians used to make light jokes about one another; the best were able to come up with something nice to say about...
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Generational Politics is Killing U.S.
— To those people of a certain age referred to as “Millennials”, I agree…calling you “Millennials” is a lazy way of grouping you and I hate it. I hate Bennifer or Brangelina or Gen X or whatever hybrid...
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The Holidays are a Time to Remember that What We Need Can Be Fought for and Won
As many people do, I have almost always looked forward to the holidays. When I was a child, I looked forward to gifts. As a student and teacher, I looked forward to a vacation from school. For most of...
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How To Raise Black Boys to Men
— Dr. Vibe asks a Black male thought leader about the importance of Black men raising Black boys Dr. Vibe asks Melvin Lars for his comments on the following stories: The Dr. Vibe Show™: ‘Surviving R....
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I Have Been Trumped
On a recent trip to Texas, I found myself at a flea market wandering the aisles of used books. Under a large blue tent, I was happily lost in a maze of titles and covers and that’s when it happened. A...
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Finding Simplicity in Complexity
I’m bored. I’m bored with the conversation that nobody is having. I’m bored with the news, or the fake news, or whatever the hell it is that is being spewed 24 hours a day by allegedly reputable...
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Woman in the MAGA Hat
She and I — neighbors now of many years — find ourselves on the corner in uncomfortable 11:30 sun. Waiting for the light, we agree about the heat, the humidity, which can only get worse before it gets...
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Victory Fund Endorses 12 More LGBTQ Candidates; Historic Opportunities in...
— Washington, DC – Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, endorsed 12 new openly LGBTQ candidates for the 2019 and 2020 election...
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Race Traitor?
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on August 20th and modified on August 24th for clarity. — I am a traitor to my race. If the relative power and status of the white race were to slowly...
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The Invitation
Since I have recently been invited to join the NRA it seemed like a good idea to look into the benefits of membership. Mostly, for my forty-five dollars I get the privilege of defending everybody’s...
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America Is a Complete Mess, Right? [Podcast]
— Episode Info In episode #6 of the Just Stick To Parenting podcast, Doyin discusses the state of America, and what actions we should (and should not) take to improve our divided nation. A few other...
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Do Politics and Men’s Work Mix? [Podcast]
Is it a good move to bring political discussions into a men’s group? Listen to Real Men Feel, #141, “Do Politics and Men’s Work Mix?” here: Curator of TheMensSchool, Jan Hutchins, returns to the Real...
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