I’m a big fan of Dr. Davis’ brain and work and her whole history in the movement.

Pulling left didn’t make her lose. Her not going to battleground states and fighting for them made her lose. Got plenty of family in Ohio that had little to no campaign interaction from the Clinton machine.

Like him or not, he’s one of the few people whose analysis really rung true in 2016 and shook up the room. It made Clinton have to pull left rather than promise an Excel spreadsheet would solve the economic crisis that’s picking up steam.

This is a first strike against “affirmative action,” a principle so watered down that it’s now going to be neutered. Remember, the biggest beneficiaries are white women and it’s pretty much been designated toward anyone else who isn’t a white man, when it should’ve been those who are descendants of those who were…

I don’t know about Booker, but Harris has thrown her staff under the bus. That whole arresting parents for truant children? Her staff told her it wasn’t a good idea and she did it anyways.

Not true. The previous incarnation of Gawker reported on Anthony Weiner’s shitty reputation. It matters because *it matters*.

You should read Ida B. Wells’ On Lynchings and her articles. This is the most famous case, but definitely not the only. In those cases, accusations were used to render extra-judicial violence on black people to scare us away from our rights as citizens, rights to own property, and rights to live as full human beings.…

Belief isn’t proof. It’s dangerous to just believe everyone.

Maybe he jacked up his fees and she couldn’t afford it. He gets notoriety for training her, though her purse may not cover what he wants. She may need those advertising dollars to get more going.

Sometimes their own moms are the ones giving them this info. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/us/campus-sex-assault-mothers.html

I’m a member of the black community and I’ve noticed that some of the writers are full-throated for or against candidates. That’s fine on its face, but I’d like them to dig into more how and why these candidates are for or against policies that positively affect the black community.

Except a lot of people are talking about this. So it could kind of serve to generate positive buzz, just not from black-targeted media. This could be a MAGA hat favorite. Personality-driven industries like media can thrive on good or bad publicity.

Sometimes it feels like these stories conveniently happen when someone’s movie is being released. I’m sure this or something like it happened to him or was recounted to him and he owned it as his own, but it could just be a PR stunt where he acts out a story to get a targeted viewing audience interested in his…

Why has The Root okayed writers to come out full-throated for and against certain primary candidates and on such minor things as a response to the State of the Union? Bernie has done it for *years* and last year had 6(?) responses from non-GOP elected officials?

Divide and conquer won along time ago and was sealed in place for the +35 year olds when “Lean in” and striver culture were popularized.

only 22 months left to go! I suspect Gillibrand lasts longer as she’s kind of ruthless in a refreshing way.

It depends on the situation. If it was a much larger person, then I would out of fear of being seriously hurt. In my case, it decided there was no threat and only warned the girl. so it didn’t warrant a more physical response.

Well-to-do centrist suburbanites who aren’t too political will love him. He’s rich (aspirational), anti-socialist (quietly racist), and made an wet fart attempt to solve racism in the free market (true liberal).

She’s a politician and as such has opened herself to public criticism. Even personal indiscretions (I believe Willie Brown was married at the time) have been on the list of items to be grilled about since Gary Hart.

I understand how civil society works and I understand how choice works. He (slightly) chose to value his career over his physical safety. That’s important in a capitalist society where capital is essential to life. But, what is the value of a life where you have little-to-no bodily autonomy?