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Scapegoating TikTok Is Not the Answer Scapegoating TikTok Is Not the Answer
Banning the app in the US would destroy a hub for progressive organizing and cultural influence.
Apr 10, 2024 / Column / Kali Holloway
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Understanding Life for Black Israelis Understanding Life for Black Israelis
The conversation about Israel’s devastating war in Palestine should also urge a discussion about the state of the country’s Black residents.
Jan 30, 2024 / The Front Burner / Kali Holloway
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The Invisible Victims of Anti-Black Policing The Invisible Victims of Anti-Black Policing
Racist policing is also deadly for Black women and girls—a reality that is far too often ignored or dismissed.
Dec 13, 2023 / The Front Burner / Kali Holloway
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Solidarity Between BLM and Palestine Has Deep Roots Solidarity Between BLM and Palestine Has Deep Roots
Black liberationists have long found kinship with the Palestinian cause, seeing a common desire to live free of violence.
Oct 30, 2023 / The Front Burner / Kali Holloway
![Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy at podiums at the Republican presidential debate. Haley and Ramaswamy have their index fingers raised, while DeSantis stares into the middle distance.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/republican-debate-gt-img.jpg)
What It Takes to Win Trump’s Voters What It Takes to Win Trump’s Voters
The GOP may have a diverse crop of primary candidates this election, but they all know that to win they need to appeal to racially resentful white voters.
Sep 29, 2023 / The Front Burner / Kali Holloway
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Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain
Thanks to Ron DeSantis’s education policies, the state is seeing an unprecedented exodus of teachers, professors, and college students.
Sep 20, 2023 / The Front Burner / Kali Holloway
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Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs
And the man who got it there is not, as he likes to claim, an iconoclastic one-person organization.
Jun 22, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
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Clarence Thomas Is What He Wrongly Accuses Black Folks of Being Clarence Thomas Is What He Wrongly Accuses Black Folks of Being
Thomas has elevated “personal responsibility” into a prerequisite for citizenship. Yet he fails his own test.
May 12, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
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When Black Women Are Punished for Winning Too Much When Black Women Are Punished for Winning Too Much
Every time we get an unvarnished look-see at how the awards sausages get made, voters unwittingly confirm that racism and misogyny are key ingredients.
Feb 17, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
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Ye Is a Right-Wing Tool—and Black People Know It Ye Is a Right-Wing Tool—and Black People Know It
Anti-Semitic hatred has become entangled with many other forms of hatred; Ye is carrying water for all of them.
Jan 10, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway