If there is a light at the end of the tunnel after last night’s devastating presidential election outcome, then it surely comes in the form of Kamala Harris.
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The U.S. is not a Post-racial Society
Race was undeniably a factor in this US election.
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I’m Young, Black, and Male. I Live in Fear of a Trump Presidency.
For many of you who are a little older and white, a Trump presidency would be a huge bummer. For me, it would be dangerous.
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‘American Democracy Is More Than One Election’
International election observers assess the state of U.S. politics.
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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.
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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.
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