How 2020 could shape the conversation on race in the U.S.
In his reelection bid, President Donald Trump has revived themes of race and ethnicity as one of his campaign talking points. Americans must now decide how to respond.
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Why Trump’s verbal assault on Cummings and Baltimore sounds familiar
President Trump is verbally assaulting the city of Baltimore. On Monday, civil rights activist Al Sharpton and Maryland Republicans Gov. Larry Hogan and former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele all slammed Trump’s attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Baltimore, which…
WATCH: Responding to Trump’s attacks, Al Sharpton says president has ‘venom’ for people of color
On Monday, the Rev. Al Sharpton held a news conference at a West Baltimore church alongside former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, a Republican, and responded to attacks from President Donald Trump.
Trump calls Al Sharpton a ‘con man’ and Cummings a ‘racist’
Trump said his weekend comments referring to Rep. Elijah Cummings' majority-black Baltimore district as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" were not racist.
Trump is gambling that his attacks on the Democratic congresswomen will help him secure another term in the White House by galvanizing his most fervent, overwhelmingly white supporters. But dozens of black leaders, activists and voters in pivotal swing states…
Researchers believe that in a span of 10 months, more than 250 African Americans were killed in at least 25 riots across the U.S. by white mobs that never faced punishment, the Associated Press reported.
During a rally in North Carolina, Trump supporters began chanting "send her back," after he criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Not since George Wallace's campaign in 1968 has a presidential candidate — and certainly not an incumbent president — put racial polarization at the center of his call to voters.
President Donald Trump says he has no regrets about his tweets that four Democratic freshmen should "go back" to their home countries.
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