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Promise That You Will Sing About Me
Kendrick Lamar, SZA and the year of Luther.
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Wesley Lowery
Clapback Mailbag: Explain Yourself
Our weekly response to emails, DMs, messages and comments from our readers.
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Michael Harriot
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Tell-It Report: Black Women Lost 106,000 Jobs in April. It’s a Troubling Sign That Could Get Worse.
Black women’s unemployment rate increased by one full percentage point, indicating their disadvantaged place in today’s job market.
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Taryn Finley
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Throwback Thursday: Sean Invited White People to the Cookout
The origin story of how white people got invited to a cookout.
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Michael Harriot
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David Hogg's White Tears, Explained
The controversy over the DNC election is a perfect example of media bias, the Democratic Party's white problem and why everyone hates DEI
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Michael Harriot
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A Wish List For White Supremacy: 10 Ways Trump's Budget Will Hurt Black America
The president's budget proposal includes cuts to programs that support Black-owned businesses, equal education and anything he considers "woke" or…
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Michael Harriot
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The Clapback Mailbag: Who's Gonna Tell Them?
Our weekly response to our readers' DMs, emails and tweets.
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Michael Harriot
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Tell-It Report: Indiana Lt. Governor Called the Three-Fifths Compromise a ‘Great Move’
Faith leaders want an apology, but Micah Beckwith hasn’t commented on his faux history lesson. Plus, "Living Single" gets a rewatch podcast!
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Taryn Finley
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Throwback Thursday: Whatever Happened to 'All Lives Matter'?
Once upon a time, there was a conservative movement that said every life was important and every person deserved due process. Has anyone heard from them…
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Michael Harriot
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5 Years After George Floyd: Will We Ever Get True Police Reform?
Despite demands for systemic change, there were missed opportunities after the “racial reckoning” of 2020. We'd better learn from those mistakes if we…
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David A. Love
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Where Does Sammie Rank Among the GOATs of Fictional Black Musicians?
Is the "Sinners" blues prodigy one of the top 10 musical acts that never existed?
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Michael Harriot
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What Can the Black Dandy Do for Us in 2025?
As the Met Gala presents its first retrospective on Black style, we’re invited to look back to the future.
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Maiysha Kai
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The Clapback Mailbag: Baltimoreans
Each week, we reach into our mailbag to respond to emails, tweets, comments and DMs from readers.
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Michael Harriot
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Tell-It Report: ‘Sinners’ Is Set in Clarksdale, But Residents Are Fighting to Get a Screening
The Mississippi town that serves as the setting for Ryan Coogler’s box office hit doesn’t have a movie theater, leading locals to petition for a public…
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Taryn Finley
Tonight, You Will See the Future of Trump's MAGA America
If you want to see how the country will look when Donald Trump finishes America's fascist makeover, you can livestream it Thursday tonight.
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Michael Harriot
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Keeping It 100
Here's a look at what ContrabandCamp accomplished in our first 100 days and where we're headed.
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Michael Harriot
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Throwback Thursday: The Top 10 Ways For Black People to Avoid Being Shot By Police
In light of Donald Trump's recent executive order on policing, it's time to reexamine some advice from the days when America wasn't great yet.
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Michael Harriot

April 2025

De-Fuck the Police: Elie Mystal and Wes Lowery Make Policing Great Again
Trump's latest executive order won't fix American policing, so we asked two experts how they'd fix it.
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Michael Harriot
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Wesley Lowery
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Elie Mystal
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Primary Sources: The Black History Hidden in Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners'
A deep dive into the Black history embedded in Ryan Coogler's magnum opus.
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Michael Harriot
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Jax Ulbrich Is Who the NFL Is Trying to Make Shedeur Sanders Out to Be
This is about the adultification of Black boys and the infantilization of young white men.
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monique judge
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The Clapback Mailbag: The 10 Black Commandments
Our weekly response to readers' emails, comments, tweets and DMs includes a valuable lesson.
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Michael Harriot
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The Tell-It Report: Georgia’s Gullah Geechee Residents Have a Lot at Stake With Court Decision
The people of Sapelo Island are fighting to protect both their voting rights and their land in the face of a new zoning ordinance.
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Taryn Finley
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The Racist, Far-Right Conspiracy Theories Behind Trump's Policies
Donald Trump's policies and executive orders don't make any sense ... unless you know the crazy conspiracy theories they're based on.
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Michael Harriot
MAGAs in Paris? Rokhaya Diallo and Tiffany Cross on Global White Identity Politics
A French activist, journalist and cultural icon reveals what it's like when white backlash and "economic anxiety" inspires a racist, anti-immigrant…
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Michael Harriot
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Tiffany D. Cross
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