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Election Noir

Dorothy Barresi What We Did While We Made More Guns
California poet Dorothy Barresi nails a certain candidate on the campaign trail: "tight tense talk & leering merit of American man" and guess who she means.

The Pain We Still Need to Feel

Jamelle Bouie Slate
The new lynching memorial confronts the racial terrorism that corrupted America—and still does.

Movie | Sorry to Bother You

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success - which propels him into a macabre universe.

Friday Nite Videos | May 4, 2018

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Stephen Colbert (The Other One) on Michelle Wolf's WHCD Speech. Parody of Leonard Cohen's Everybody Knows. Movie | Sorry to Bother You. Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Lied About Stormy Daniels. Michelle Wolf Complete Remarks at 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner.