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Published Work
U.S. Politics Writing at The Root
White Domestic Terrorism as a National Security Threat Presents Challenges for 2020 Presidential Candidates
Post-Debate Analysis: Joe Biden Is a White Man, the Media Are Racist Against Julián Castro and Black People Are Out of Their Goddamn Minds
Joy-Ann Reid: Everything About Donald Trump Is a Con
Sex Workers in New York Want the Cops to Stop Preying on Them; Proposed Legislation Could Make That a Reality
Al Sharpton Credits Himself For All This Blackity Blackness Taking Over National Politics
What It Means That a Black Woman Is Leading Julián Castro’s Campaign for President
Nancy Pelosi on Stacey Abrams, Black Lives Matter and Standing Up to Trump
Rashida Tlaib, the Hypocritical Cuss Word Controversy, and the Myth of Political Civility
Little Rock, Arkansas’ Young, Black Millennial Hope for Mayor Looks to Unify the City
Mike Espy Is Hoping to Prove America Wrong About Mississippi During Runoff for Senate Seat
Group Made Its Way Through Mississippi Before Senate Runoff to Get Black People to Register to Vote—and to Understand Their Political Power
Stacey Abrams’ Political Rise Is Georgia’s Coming-to-Jesus Moment
A Nurse Aims to Heal More Residents of Rural Georgia—But This Time From the State Legislature
In Rural Georgia, Rev. William Barber Excoriates Trump and His Supporters for Using Pseudo Christianity to Support Racism
Frustrated With Trump, Some Florida Republicans Throw Support Behind Andrew Gillum
Florida Is on Course to Restore Voting Rights to Residents Convicted of Felonies
Andrew Gillum Is Winning by Being His Natural, Black Self
Neither Voter Suppression Nor Being Called ‘Coon’ and the N-Word Will Stop Black Georgia From Voting
Millennial Georgians Get Their Obama Moment With Stacey Abrams
Black College Students in Florida Use Early Voting to Make Sure Their Voices Will Be Taken Seriously
Why the Democratic Party Hasn’t Canceled Keith Ellison—For Now
Writings about Ukraine and Russia
The West Abandoned Ukraine to Its Own Detriment
Vladimir Putin Is Russia’s Marlo Stanfield – The Daily Beast
How Putin’s Russia uses Soviet-era tricks to evoke racist white fears
Trump was not elected to protect America. He was chosen to protect whiteness.
What being a black man in Ukraine taught me about race relations
The show trial of Ukrainian Nadiya Savchenko is Putin’s latest form of bullying
On Putin, the GOP presidential candidates’ tough talk is empty rhetoric
Military Writing
Why The U.S. Must Get Rid Of Its Land-Based Nuclear Missiles
War With North Korea Could Mean A Refugee Crisis No One Is Ready For
There Is No Military Option Against North Korea
Why America’s New Nuke Upgrades Would Be An Endgame For Russia
Now The Army And Not Just Cops Might Be Killing ‘Drug Dealers’ In The Philippines
Without Sanctions Ukraine Will Fall To Russia
Russia Is Set To Launch Its Quietest Submarine Yet
Russia’s Icebreakers Make It King Of The Arctic And America Is Just A Pauper
America’s Missile Defense Is Still Broken And The Pentagon Won’t Fix It
America’s Nuclear Weapons Program Is Already At The ‘Top Of The Pack’
Ukraine’s New Unmanned ‘Phantom’ Ground Vehicle Aims To Bust Russian Tanks
A Brief History Of Russian Fuckery
If The Trump White House Wasn’t Compromised By Russia Before, It Is Now
2016 Election Coverage
This mom and daughter perfectly capture Bernie’s opportunity in California—and his problem
She could be the second black woman elected to the Senate. What would it mean for black Americans?
What it’s like at a Bernie rally in the dying days of the Democratic campaign
How Bernie Sanders lost black voters
Why this exonerated death row inmate is voting for Hillary Clinton
This porn legend explains why she won’t sit out any more elections
Meet the man with the hardest job in Republican politics
Why Cleveland’s Black Lives Matter chapter is sitting out the RNC protests
We asked black delegates at the Republican National Convention about Trump and the black vote
Tamir Rice’s mother wants a ‘better America,’ but she can’t find it in politics
These students wanted the Republicans to see the whole Cleveland