What Elizabeth Warren showcases as a sincere progressive Democratic candidate, is the many contradictions that exist within that party. This article was originally published by the Hood Communist By Erica Caines My earliest recollection of Elizabeth Warren, politically, was in 2012 when she ran in Massachusetts against the incumbent, Scott Brown. I recall the headlines...
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Oprah For President?
Oprah’s speech obviously made a huge impression and once again a Black woman is being called upon to save us from white recklessness/racism. Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes award-acceptance speech ignited a fiery debate on social media, as people speculated over whether or not she should run for President. Discussions ranged from complete adoration and reckless...
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The Future is Bearing Down on Us; She is Furious, and She is Female
by Nayomi Munaweera On Election Day, I went to my polling place in Oakland, California, quietly jubilant as I imagined watching a woman elected to the most powerful seat in the land and my heart thumped with joy. On that day, I realized I had not really known the depth of misogyny I have lived...
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Astrology for Feminists, Election 2016: The Astrological Shift
by The Mystical Sister Pluto in Capricorn had a big hand to play, astrologically speaking, in the election results that shook our hectic nation last night. A lot of astrologers, including myself, interpret Pluto in Capricorn as a bearer of radical change and deep, profound and challenging lessons in and around government, policy, finances,...
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Your Presidential Election Disaster Preparedness Guide Is Here
You know the drill. Duck and cover. Stop, drop and roll. Store fresh water and canned food. We Americans have grown up with several sets of instructions for what to do in the case of an emergency. Disaster preparedness is part of the fabric of our country. We as a nation are in constant fear...
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5 POC-Friendly Travel Destinations to Help You Ditch Election Fatigue
“I’m gonna look for my glory, yeah I’ll be back real soon.” –Solange This election season has been especially difficult for people of color, due to the extreme hate-mongering and xenophobia that’s been emphasized by Donald Trump’s campaign. Meanwhile, many of us are feeling lackluster about being “with her” given Clinton’s track record for promoting anti-black...
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Why Trump’s Remarks Aren’t Locker Room Talk
by A. Big Country Apparently, “locker room talk” is now a phrase. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has been tossing it around pretty loosely. As the world has heard by now, Trump bragged to Access Hollywood co-host Billy Bush about seducing his co-host Nancy O’Dell, who was married (as was Trump). The most egregious part...
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Muslims Aren’t Here to be Your Informants
The second debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump brought to focus the Muslim issue once again. Gorbah Hamed, an undecided Muslim voter (are there any undecided Muslim voters left?) asked a question that seemed simple for the audience in the room and at home: “There are 3.3 million Muslims in the United...
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Mr. Trump: ISIS is a Problem. So is Sexual Assault.
The second presidential debate was tonight and, as expected, the Donald Trump “pussy” tape — where, among other things, he bragged about groping women without their consent — was a major topic of discussion. Not mincing words, CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper asked Trump point blank why he boasted and bragged about grabbing women’s genitals. In fact,...
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Why Trump’s “Pussy” Tape is a Gut Punch
When Donald Trump’s “grab them by the pussy” remarks were made public on Friday, it shocked the nation. But for women, femmes and girls who’ve been grabbed and groped at one time or another — that’s most of them, by the way — it was a gut punch. When we heard him say it, we could feel...