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I am deeply disappointed to know that many, too many white women, approximately 57% of our total, need their whiteness so much that they dismiss everything non-white as less. The white women who voted for Trump in 2020 made a clear choice.

While I find comfort in Malcolm X’s observation to better have a processed head than a processed mind, this election reminds us of the often stated point that African Americans are not a monolith any more than other ethnic or racial groups...

Here are the highlights of a preliminary analysis of the only national exit poll for the 2020 Elections, available on all major news and political websites.

Thigpenn says the path forward means reversing public spending priorities that direct resources away from low-income communities — priorities that create tax structure that makes low-income communities in California scramble to fund schools.

Over the past four decades, however, government health policies have reduced health services to commodities and objects of speculative investment.

The right-wing has effectively taken over much of the media, from TV stations to radio and podcasts. Fortunately, labor organizers and analysts are creating high quality informative podcasts and news shows.

Despite record turnout, the razor-thin margins that ousted Trump sharply illustrate the important role of field work—in-person conversations and timely personal follow-up by trained canvassers—particularly with Black and Latino working class voters.

CNN’s Brian Stelter on the conservative backlash against Fox News, the rise of Newsmax, and the bottomless appetite for right-wing propaganda.

It is a story that began three decades ago, with a little-known scientist who refused to quit.

In an election which saw historic turnout, people of color — and especially Latinos — had an unprecedented increase in voting