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Scholar Andre Perry explains why Trump's push to increase the birthrate & white-on-white marriage is based on myths about Black families, the cause of racial inequality & the fear of whites becoming minorities

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Still searching…

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As a society, we’re doing too much with cake

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Lies. Damn lies. Police reports.

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I’m at the age where I don’t even know a rapper exists until I hear about them being indicted.

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I'm old enough to remember when the people who want to ban CRT, college protests, gender-affirming care & DEI were against "tyrannical" mandates that allow the government to interfere in schools, private businesses & personal health choices. What happened?

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Instead of revitalizing redlined areas, gentrifying segregated communities or "fixing" the hood, what if researchers & urban planners focused on the resources needed to flourish? That's just what the Institute for AfroUbranism, an urban planning think tank, is doing.

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Handsome motherfuckers

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Read how Shaboozey's eyeroll is related to Black history, Caucasian Race Theory and a little-discussed medical condition called "Liarbetes"

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There's an easy fix for this. Start a nationwide project using AI to identify the people snarling in the background of all those old civil rights photos. Problem solved.

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In this week's Tell-It Report: Trump's DOJ scraps police accountability measures A mom-turned-investigator discovers how NC State Troopers covered up her son's death New Orleans has been monitoring the city with banned facial recognition technology.

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You & 1 other person are blindfolded, kidnapped & taken to a party in a roomful of people & told: “Choose 1 song. The person who makes MORE PEOPLE dance gets to live.” You’re blindfolded, so you have no idea of the partygoers’ race, ages etc. but you know they WILL dance Which song do you choose?

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I know yall won’t believe this but I met a white Hattie

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I'm sure you've heard them before: "If a white person said that..." "With all due respect..." And my favorite: I don't wanna sound racist, but... Today's mailbag is about something I call: "Disrespectability Politics"

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The family who owned the Louisiana forced labor camp that mysteriously burned is also connected to: 7 governors 3 Secretaries of State 2 presidents 3 insurrections Tens of thousands of enslaved ppl But they never built a plantation

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“The lawyers include Bill Lunsford, appointed as an assistant attorney general … which allows him to select others in the firm to work on cases defending the prison system… Lunsford has been paid more than $42 million by the state since 2020” But they’re SO worried about waste, fraud abuse & DEI

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If Biden was healthy & Dems were good at messaging & Harris ran the perfect campaign & there was no genocide in Gaza & ppl understood DEI , would Trump STILL be president? Can you name ONE TIME most Americans chose democracy over fascism?

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“Right quick” is quicker than “quickly” but not really as quick as “real quick-like”

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FAMU alumnus Nikki Frenney explains why a MAGA plant to lead her alma mater is the latest strategy to undermine historically Black institutions… And how you can help defeat it.

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Wes Lowery explores the artistic and cultural parallels between Luther and Kendrick.

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😂😂

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This is wild www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Why is the DNC revoting on leadership roles? Who is David Hogg and why's everyone talking about him? And what does it have to do with the media, Jim Clyburn and DEI?

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open.substack.com/pub/michaelh... Explained as only @michaelharriot.bsky.social can.

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#tdih 2022 In an act of terrorism, 10 people were killed 💔 in a massacre by a white supremacist at a Buffalo grocery store. Listen to "Name. Age. Detail." via @thisamericanlife.org. Moving essay portraits by @michaelharriot.bsky.social, @eveewing.bsky.social, Kiese Laymon, B. A. Parker, & more. ⬇️

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I finished reading ‘Black AF History’ by Michael Harriot. It was, without a doubt, one of the best books I have ever read. Our country absolutely isn’t the beacon of freedom many Americans think it is… but we must recognize our history didn’t start in 1620 and has always included minorities.

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Davis. Steph. Wemby. Jokic. KD. Embid. Tatum It's getting hard to believe these injuries have nothing to do with the length of the regular season, the playoffs AND the Olympic games.

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Loans for Black-owned businesses Sesame Street Tracking hate crimes Teachers in high-poverty schools Clean water Preserving history Investigating corrupt cops These are just a few of the programs that will be defunded if Congress approves Donald Trump's federal budget

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Join Rose Conlon, Cynthia Tucker & me on May 15, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET for an online conversation about the importance of journalism, politics and public policy. www.hks.harvard.edu/events/narra...

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Rhyming “groan” with “born” should be illegal

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Watching @michaelharriot.bsky.social on CNN discussing Trump’s attempt to suspend habeas corpus.

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You know those people are gonna call him "DEI Pope."

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White smoke means new pope just crossed the burning sands Probate probably gonna be trash, tho.

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Can Sammie sing better than Eddie King Jr? Could Delta Slim get booked at Harpo's? Would Lucious Lyon sign either of them? Where does the blues prodigy from "Sinners" rank among the top 10 Black musicians who never existed?

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Can Sammie sing better than Eddie King Jr? Could Delta Slim get booked at Harpo's? Would Lucious Lyon sign either of them? Where does the blues prodigy from "Sinners" rank among the top 10 Black musicians who never existed?

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I interviewed Black students, professors and faculty members at the MAGA paradise where Donald Trump will deliver his "I Have a Fascist Dream" speech tonight. Here's what they think

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In other news: I can’t describe (or believe) how grateful I am to be selected as the recipient of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Nyhan Prize for Public Policy Journalism And thank you to whoever nominated me!

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Alabama is trying to give all police officers unqualified immunity but this part of the article is absolutely bonkers www.al.com/politics/202...

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Already consuming copious amounts of this enlightening book. It’s liberating to learn the historical truth about America. I always knew that trash they taught in school was based on some bull$***. It never lined up💯 Thanks @michaelharriot.bsky.social. Thanks King, for deciphering into the truth✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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In light of Donald Trump's executive order exempting law enforcement officers from any measure of accountability, we asked award-winning journalists @elienyc.bsky.social and Wes Lowery to reimagine American policing.

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Why do ancestors love blue but "forefathers" hate it? Why is a painting of vampires in the US Capitol? What do Chinese immigrants, Rick Ross & banjos have in common? Spoiler Alert: These are just a few of the historical references embedded in Ryan Coogler's latest masterpiece

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Either EVERY SINGLE NFL analyst, former player, ex-coach, commentator & draft expert was simultaneously wrong about THE SAME guy Or: All 32 NFL owners colluded against an outspoken Black quarterback One of those choices is so absurd, only a insane conspiracy theorist would believe it

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Tomorrow’s Variety headline: “Considering Decline in Value of US Dollar, Did ‘Sinners’ REALLY Make $100M?”

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This week, ContrabandCamp covered: Ga's Supreme Court hearing on ancestral Gullah Geechee land Karmelo Anthony The similarities in US Black communities & France Mainstream media treating "Sinners" like a DEI movie The official Trump racism database http://dlvr.it/TKP2D4

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Shadeur Sanders can still go in the first round if Mike Pence has the courage to do the right thing.

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This week's mailbag features an embarrassing admission.

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Why is RFK Junior so worried about teenagers sperm? Why does the word “meritocracy” appear in 22 Trump executive orders? Why does Hegseth keep saying “warfighters?” They’re connected to the right wing conspiracy theories behind Donald Trump’s policies

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Superman is an undocumented immigrant who is stealing jobs from hardworking American journalists.

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