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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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‘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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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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With ‘Sinners,’ White Hollywood Is Moving Goalposts on Black Cinema Again
Ryan Coogler's Black vampire epic topped the box office in its opening weekend, but some in the media wanted to focus on whether the film would make a…
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Brooke Obie
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