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Aretha Franklin performing at a benefit for Rev. C. L. Franklin, her father, in Detroit in 1980. Credit Leni Sinclair/Getty Images

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In 2015, Aretha Franklin invited me and a few others to join her in Philadelphia as she sang for Pope Francis. I was certainly thrilled to see the pontiff up close. But, I must confess, after many years of friendship, I was still more excited to watch the Queen of Soul. Even at 73, Franklin could trap lightning in her mouth at a moment’s notice and shout down fire to earth.

Just the mention of Aretha Franklin’s name conjured transcendent sonic fury. She came to it honestly. Her father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin, was one of the most storied preachers of his day.…  Seguir leyendo »

El sábado, nacionalistas blancos y neonazis se manifestaron en Charlottesville, Virginia. Credit Edu Bayer para The New York Times

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Gore Vidal, el genial escritor difunto, alguna vez dijo que vivimos en “Estados Unidos de Amnesia”. Nuestra capacidad para olvidar destella cuando los fanáticos blancos salen del clóset, envalentonados por la protección tácita que les brinda nuestro presidente. No podemos fingir que el fanatismo espantoso que se desató este fin de semana en las calles de Charlottesville, Virginia, no tiene nada que ver con la elección de Donald Trump.

Entre los asistentes a la manifestación estaba el separatista blanco David Duke, quien declaró que el fiasco que fue aquella marcha por la unidad de la derecha radical “cumple con las promesas de Donald Trump”.…  Seguir leyendo »

Images showing the dying moments of Philando Castile, a black man shot by the police in Minnesota during a traffic stop. Mr. Castile’s girlfriend broadcast the scene on her Facebook page. Credit Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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We all can see the same videos. But you insist that the camera doesn’t tell the whole story. Of course you’re right, but you don’t really want to see or hear that story.

At birth, you are given a pair of binoculars that see black life from a distance, never with the texture of intimacy. Those binoculars are privilege; they are status, regardless of your class. In fact the greatest privilege that exists is for white folk to get stopped by a cop and not end up dead when the encounter is over.

Those binoculars are also stories, bad stories, biased stories, harmful stories, about how black people are lazy, or dumb, or slick, or immoral, people who can’t be helped by the best schools or even God himself.…  Seguir leyendo »

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What should be the Democratic strategy in November? Prominent Democrats and political analysts offer their advice for how the party can regain control of Congress.

1) Competence Sells.

By Rahm Emanuel, Democratic representative from Illinois and chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Commitee.

Reublicans have declared Iraq the central front on the war on terrorism. Yet Republicans in Congress ignored warnings that the invasion lacked sufficient troops; did not ask about the plan to secure the postwar environment (as it turns out, there wasn’t one); and went into denial as Baghdad descended into chaos. Congressional Republicans asked no questions when the administration staffed the Coalition Provisional Authority with cronies rather than experienced professionals, or when the authority lost track of $8.8 billion in reconstruction money.…  Seguir leyendo »