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This week marked the 50-year anniversary of one of Martin Luther King’s most important and prescient speeches. But there’s a reason most people don’t know that....
Timothy Caughman was killed for being Black. He was 66. A canner, who supported himself by gathering and redeeming bottles and cans, Caughman was doing his...
Perhaps aiming to show instead of tell, a Missouri House Republican leader literally silenced the president of the Missouri NAACP — as he attempted to testify against...
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was into spreading alternative facts way before it was cool, claimed that he was granted White House press credentials in a...
As someone who voted for Barack Obama twice, self-identifies as a feminist and as a Bernie Bro (a label I’ve reclaimed), I’m having some mixed emotions...
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. To be fair, I guess I should wish “Sorry it’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day” to the people who don’t...
Donald Trump has been branded a bigot. Yet his acceptance speech suggests a radical rejection of heteronormativity and an embrace of radical queer identity politics. By...
I’ve been having a great time at the RNC. I took my photo with Herman Caine, Sean Hannity, and, as of this afternoon, got to interview...
Given Melania Trump’s surprising choice to plagiarize Michelle Obama, we have high hopes that The Donald will lift some language of his own when he accepts...
As we all know by now, Melania Trump paid the ultimate tribute to Michelle Obama by plagiarizing her 2008 convention speech. You’re welcome, Michelle. But what makes...
The original draft of the Declaration of Independence indicted the institution of slavery. Spoiler alert: it didn’t make it into the final version. On June 11,...
Like many 9-year-old girls, Eva spends much of her time watching presidential debates, pondering identity politics, and criticizing Hillary Rodham Clinton through the art of impersonation....
If you’re not living under a rock, you may have noticed just a slight media bias against Bernie Sanders. Although, in all seriousness, you may not have...
Hillary Clinton may not debate Bernie Sanders ahead of the California primary election, but Donald Trump would love to debate the Vermont Senator, as he told...