PoliticsPoliticsWhy the Democratic Party Needs ThugsHe had a rock.ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 24, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsFirst Look Clip: Ava DuVernay Reveals to Oprah What She Felt Right After Kamala Harris Was Announced as VP CandidateAugust 28 is an important date. 2020 is an important year. ByTonja Renée StidhumPublishedAugust 28, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsKlobuchar Seeks Black Support in Race to Be Biden's Running Mate; Trump Campaign Sells 'You Ain't Black' ShirtsMinnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is reportedly in the running to be Joe Biden’s choice for vice president…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMay 24, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsTara Reade Says She Feels 'Discounted' by Democratic Party in Wake of Joe Biden Sexual Assault AllegationsIn an interview published in BuzzFeed Thursday, former Senate staffer Tara Reade said she feels betrayed by the…ByAnne BraniginPublishedMay 1, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsJoe Biden 'Categorically' Denies Former Staffer Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegations: 'This Never Happened'Former Vice President Joe Biden personally addressed allegations that he sexually assaulted a Senate aide for the…ByAnne BraniginPublishedMay 1, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsTarana Burke, Stacey Abrams, Weigh In on Sexual Assault Allegations Against Joe BidenThis week, new reporting about Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who accused former Vice President Joe Biden of…ByAnne BraniginPublishedApril 29, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsElizabeth Warren ExistsOnce upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, an evil, pumpkin-colored king named Dottard Grump ruled the land.ByMichael HarriotPublishedFebruary 19, 2020
NewsNewsA 'Surging' Amy Klobuchar Gets Pressed on The ViewAlright, folks, I have to keep it firmly a buck with you. I don’t know what, exactly, an Amy Klobuchar is. I know…ByJoe JuradoPublishedFebruary 11, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsCory Booker Raises Enough Money to Continue White House BidOf all the candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for president, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey may be the…ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 30, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsJoe Biden Appears to Be The Last Person to Realize That Joe Biden Will Never Be PresidentBetween two and four times a week, I come home from whatever it is I was doing before, I change into gym-appropriate…ByDamon YoungPublishedSeptember 13, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsIsaiah Washington Leaves the Democratic Party. No One CaresNoted thespian, Obama critic and advocate for deregulating murder, Isaiah Washington sent progressive political…ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 4, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsNearly 1 in 3 Young Black People Say the Democratic Party Doesn’t Care About ThemYoung black people are more likely than their peers to consider themselves Democrats—and “strong Democrats” at…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 1, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsBernie Blows It, Beto Shows It, and Biden Finally Grows a Bit: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 4This week’s power rankings had a one-week gap because we had a lot of events we wanted to cover to make sure…ByJason JohnsonPublishedJuly 26, 2019
Beauty + StyleBeauty + Style‘I’m All About Just Getting Stuff Done’: Kamala Harris Gets Political and Personal on Jemele Hill Is UnbotheredOf the many Democratic candidates campaigning for the black female vote at the 2019 Essence Festival, there was one…ByMaiysha KaiPublishedJuly 15, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsMissouri Rep. Lacy Clay Blasts AOC for ‘Using the Race Card’ in Her Pushback Against PelosiVeteran African-American Democrats in the House are taking freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to task over how…ByDara SharifPublishedJuly 11, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsRobert Johnson of BET Fame Still Got Love for Donald Trump While Saying of Democrats: Y’all Moving Too Far, Too Fast [Corrected]The nation’s first black billionaire, BET founder Robert Johnson, says Democrats are moving too far to the left for…ByDara SharifPublishedJuly 9, 2019
PoliticsPolitics‘Electability’ Is Just Another Word for White SupremacyBlack people know things.ByMichael HarriotPublishedJuly 5, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Endorses Joe Biden for PresidentKeisha Lance Bottoms, mayor of what is arguably the blackest city in America, threw her support behind former Vice…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJune 29, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsDemocratic Candidates Talk Black Money Matters at South Carolina ForumWith more than 20 (at last count) Democrats in the running to win the party’s presidential nomination, it’s probably…ByDara SharifPublishedJune 17, 2019