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As Donald Trump’s rallies got more popular, they appeared to get more violent as well. Things appeared to come to a head this past spring and early summer as his supporters got increasingly confrontational – sometimes, violent – when gathered into one space. At times, their passion resembled a rally of another sort [*cough* Klan […]

During the initial chaos following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November, no one quite knew who to blame. So the finger was eventually pointed at everyone from black voters to third party voters to white female voters. As time went on, people eventually focused less on the “How?” and more on the “So, what now?” […]

This article was originally posted at Water Cooler Convos and has been reposted with permisson.   White people’s shock bores me. It’s that kind of bored that makes me just want to change the channel on whiteness and look for better programming. I’m tired of the stressed out, anxious, hypertensive, frenetic whiteness that has been bubbling […]

As a Black person in Trump’s America, it can be enticing to assume the persistence of white violence is due only to the continued ignorance and miseducation of the people who enact it. The solution is so much easier to embrace if the problem is just that white people don’t know any better. This is […]

Kanye West shocked fans last month when he declared his loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump on stage during his Saint Pablo Tour. He would later be hospitalized citing exhaustion, which many viewed as a sign that he was in the middle of a concerning downward spiral into depression and paranoia. After being released from the […]

According to NPR, the CIA has determined that the Russian government attempted to influence the presidential election in favor of President-Elect Donald Trump. The CIA had been certain for a few months that Russian operatives had hacked the Democratic National Committee’s emails and were attempting to influence the election; however, new evidence demonstrates that the […]

Donald Trump has been named Time‘s “Person of the Year.” It should be noted that the title isn’t “Best Person of the Year” or even “The Most Famous Okay Person of the Year.” But the initial shock that many felt after the announcement is justified. This could easily be seen as another attempt to normalize all […]

This evening, the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers will head to Madison Square Garden to play a New York Knicks team that’s looking to further prove itself as a legitimate competitor in the East. But neither of these are the main storyline of the night. Instead, the biggest pre-game headline concerns what’s happening long before tip-off. LeBron James […]

Findings in a new GenForward Survey  conducted in late October suggest that support for Donald Trump could be predicted by feelings of “white vulnerability,” a measure which evaluates respondents’ belief in the idea that “white Americans are increasingly in a vulnerable position regarding both their economic positioning and general status in a society.” The study […]

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated famed neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson to his cabinet. Specifically, Carson will potentially head the Department of Housing and Urban Development if he’s confirmed by the Senate.

The boost in confidence of Trump supporters has resulted in a string of altercations across the country, often involving them targeting people of color. Chicago appears to be no exception as a video recently surfaced showing a woman yelling at black employees in an arts and crafts store, according to RawStory.

Hamilton came under a fair share of controversy after Vice President-elect Mike Pence was in attendance on Nov. 19 and was met with boos from the audience and a plea for equality form the cast. As a result, President-Elect Donald Trump demanded an apology and his supporters threatened to boycott the highly successful Broadway production. […]