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Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o is the new center of controversy for her role in the upcoming epic "The Odyssey," sparking the old debate about diverse casting and upsetting racists' beauty standards. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

New Helen of Troy is Black, racists fume

CK Smith
Confederate Flag Displayed With Us Flag On Front Porch Near Window, Backroads Of Virginia, October 26, 2016. (Photo by Joe Sohm/Getty Images)

Being white in the South is complicated

James M. Thomas - The Conversation
Protesters march during a nationwide "No Kings" rally in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on June 14, 2025, on the same day as President Donald Trump's military parade in Washington, DC. Thousands of people rallied across the United States on June 14 as a so-called "No Kings" has sprung up against the policies of US President Donald Trump, ahead of a rare military parade on his 79th birthday. (LEANDRO LOZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Redemptive revolution is now possible

Joel Edward Goza
Pam Bondi, former Florida Attorney General, speaks during a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Trump will target all Americans' rights

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"Sickening" order censors Black history

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Tracy Morgan performs for April Fools Comedy Jam at Barclays Center on April 05, 2024 in New York City. (John Nacion/Getty Images)

Tracy Morgan felt "isolated" on "SNL"

Nardos Haile
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at Trump Force 47 campaign headquarters on August 26, 2024 in Roseville, Michigan. (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

No mandate for Christian nationalism

Chauncey DeVega
US President Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside of St John's Episcopal church across Lafayette Park in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. (Getty Images)

Using "religious freedom" to fight back

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. President Joe Biden (L) speaks next to former US President Barack Obama onstage during a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

What Democrats didn't hear from voters

Chauncey DeVega
Thomas Jefferson (Photo illustration by Salon/VCG Wilson/Corbis/Getty Images/HappyFoto)

How Black liberals fought a "dark age"

Paul Rosenberg
Donald Trump | Voters cast ballots in Georgia's primary election at a polling location on May 21, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA's last stand

Chauncey DeVega
Kamala Harris VS Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Trump is obsessed with Kamala's IQ

Chauncey DeVega
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the 'Save America' rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds on January 29, 2022 in Conroe, Texas. Trump's visit was his first Texas MAGA rally since 2019. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Inside MAGA's unbreakable bond

Chauncey DeVega
Mayor Eric Adams exits the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse after making the first appearance in his corruption case on October 2, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)

Why Eric Adams still won't quit

Bob Hennelly
Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"The uniparty": Dems need a realignment

Charles Derber, Yale R. Magrass
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Racist disinformation is nothing new

Joe Hayden
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Harris challenges Trump's masculinity

Chauncey DeVega
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 16, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Donald Trump and the "pride paradox"

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump turns "diversity" toxic

Chauncey DeVega
JD Vance and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Historians warn of hate's mission creep

Chauncey DeVega
Janet Jackson at the Christian Siriano Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Fashion Show at the Pierre Hotel on September 8, 2023 in New York, New York. (Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images)

Goldberg says Jackson deserves "grace"

Nardos Haile
Donald Trump and JD Vance (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A Trump campaign on a losing trajectory

Chauncey DeVega
US former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pumps his fist during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Profiting off political violence

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Harris triggers Trump's primordial rage

Chauncey DeVega
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