Posts Tagged ‘black vote’
Trump just gave the GOP the 2022 master plan: Suppress the Black vote
I know we don’t want to have to talk about voting again. We’d rather talk about why the brother’s speech got cut short on the Golden Globes and why the mayors of Seattle and New Orleans are in a cat fight over Russell Wilson. Trust me–all those things need to be discussed, but while we’re…
Read More Watch Solomon’s exclusive interview with Kamala Harris
Hours before a presidential debate that erased the boundaries of decency, I spoke to Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris. I asked her about the concerns of Black Philadelphians—a community that could very well decide the election. The need for Black votes makes Harris, a woman of Black and South Asian heritage, more…
Read More ‘You can’t take the black vote for granted’
IT WAS DAY ONE of the Democratic National Convention, and liberal icon Rev. Al Sharpton stood with conservative commentator Armstrong Williams on the floor of Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. They were discussing the Democratic party’s propensity for taking the black vote for granted. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton can’t afford to do so. Not with the…
Read More Black voters must demand more of Clinton and Sanders
Solomon Jones says neither Hillary Clinton nor Bernie Sanders can win the presidency without black votes, so blacks must make demands. Black votes matter.
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