How does it feel to attend a Trump rally while Black? Just ask the 30 Black students from Valdosta State University, who were booted out of an event Monday evening simply for standing in the bleachers, quiet. Or the young woman from Lousiville, Kentucky, Shiya Nwanguma, who was accosted by Neo-Nazi and white supremacist Trump...
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Trump Wins Super Tuesday. Here’s a Look at His Supporters
If it’s not clear by now, Donald Trump bodied every other candidate in the Republican primary during 2016 Super Tuesday showdown. EVERYBODY. He racked up on delegates — 30 in Georgia; 20 in Alabama; 26 in Tennessee, just to name a tiny few. No other Republican candidate came close to his numbers. Not Cruz. Not...
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llinois Bill Slut Shames Single Moms
The villainization of rape victims and single mothers continues with Illinois’s proposed bill HB6064. As conservatives continue to push anti-abortion legislation on one side, telling women that they are morally deficient for choosing one, but punishing single mothers who keep the children with this bill, the struggle for single mothers gets worse. It should come...
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Black and Queer: Judge LaDoris Cordell Should Replace Scalia as SCOTUS
Everyone has heroes. A lot of them are famous folks that they’re never going to get to meet. I have plenty of those, too. Luckily for me, I met a woman who became a hero before my eyes and ears as her story unfolded before me. In fact, LaDoris Cordell would be my top pick...
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Your Ugh of the Day: CDC Recommends All Women of Childbearing Age Quit Drinking
*Women: This is your daily reminder that your body is not your own. xoxo* The CDC announced this week that all women of childbearing age not on birth control should stop drinking altogether because of the risk of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Gay? Asexual? Abstinent? Would abort the fetus if you got pregnant? Doesn’t matter. Stop...
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No, David Cameron. Muslim Women Aren’t ‘Traditionally Submissive’
Recently, British Prime Minister David Cameron became the direct eye of a Twitter storm, which ended up being more of a full-blown hurricane. The reason for the uproar was the response to a comment Cameron made regarding the “traditional submissiveness” of Muslim women. The comment was attributed to Cameron by a government source concerning an English language test the...
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How White Fear Breeds Terrorism
The system of white supremacy has left the United States in a precarious situation, one in which hateful policies inflicted on people of color around the world have been retaliated against through vicious acts of terrorism both domestically and abroad. But before we point fingers at foreign enemies, we must examine the motives and thoughts...
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Argentina’s Second Woman President Leaves Office
While Americans lament on the idea of Hillary Clinton possibly being our first woman in the office of POTUS, Argentina’s second woman president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) leaves office this week after two consecutive terms at the helm. Unlike the US, Argentine law dictates that an elected president may not run more than two consecutive...