The Hollywood Reporter: MSNBC's Joy Reid on Election Day Predictions, Donald Trump's Scar on the GOP
From my recent interview with Jarrett Hill:This is the latest in an ongoing series of one-on-ones with the political pundits who have been at the forefront of the cable-news conversations this election season.If you’ve ever tuned into weekend mornings on MSNBC, you know the ever-appropriately named Joy Ann Reid, host of AM Joy. But if Saturday and Sunday mornings aren’t your jam, that’s ok, because MSNBC is getting its money’s worth out of Reid, with appearances on nearly every show they have at one point or another.In her profile, I described Nicolle Wallace as “delightfully Republican,” Reid, in a lot of ways, may just be her liberal counterpart with her trademark smile and infectious laugh.Getting her start in local news in Miami, and with a Harvard education, Reid is one of the brightest bulbs in the bunch, providing analysis on the biggest stories of the day, alongside some of the heavy-hitters in news, day in and day out.Read the whole thing here.
Refinery29: What It's Really Like To Cover This Election As A Black Female News Anchor
NOVEMBER 1, 2016, 11:00 AMThe 2016 election has been historic for any number of reasons, not least of which is the emergence of Hillary Clinton as the first woman to gain the nomination of a major American political party. It’s a fact that often gets glossed over in coverage of a race whose narrative has been dominated by a reality star with a vulgar way with women. But in just over one week, the United States could join countries like Germany, Liberia, Great Britain, India, Israel and even Pakistan, in finally electing a female head of state.Read more here.
Democrats, 2016 and the fight over Obama's legacy
My latest piece, for The New York Times online:In fundamental ways, the 2016 Democratic primary has been a litigation of the Obama years, and of whether the president’s 2008 campaign vow of “change we can believe in” succeeded or failed.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/opinion/campaign-stops/clinton-sanders-and-the-fight-over-obamas-legacy.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
Killer Mike talks politics, social justice, and Bernie Sanders, too
My interview with Bernie Sanders' hip-hop surrogate Killer MIke.Click here to view.
Warning signs for Hillary in South Carolina
Even before Sen. Bernie Sanders began surging in early state and national polls, the Hillary Clinton campaign viewed South Carolina as her firewall, mainly due to her much higher standing and name recognition with black voters. But there are signs that the Clinton team may be falling behind the Sanders campaign, both in terms of organizing on the ground and exciting black voters, even as former Secretary Clinton maintains a large lead in the polls and prognosticators like FiveThirtyEight.com give her overwhelming odds of winning the state’s primary in two weeks.Read more here.
Join Joy in Baltimore, January 21st!
Join Joy as she heads to Baltimore on Thursday, January 21st (blizzard willing) ... to the Enoch Pratt Free Library, where she will discuss #Fracture, 2016 politics, and the upcoming presidential election. Part of the Brown Lecture series.7:00 PM to 8:00 PM“In Conversation” with Radio host Marc SteinerEnoch Pratt Free Library (Main Branch)400 Cathedral StreetMain Hall, Central LibraryBaltimore, MDRSVP here:http://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/writers_live_joy-ann_reid_fracture_barack_obama_the_clintons_and_the_racial_divide#.VqA_CVMrJE4
A 2Live Crew Boss Explains Trump
Fans who braved the Carolina rain to meet Luther “Luke” Campbell this past weekend in Charlotte—including a local DJ who brought seemingly every LP Campbell and his former rap group, 2Live Crew, ever pressed—came to hear about the music and madness of the Miami rap scene, and to collect signed copies of The Book of Luke, Campbell’s new memoir.They left with a dose of Luke’s unique brand of cultural wisdom.The 54-year-old rap pioneer, youth football philanthropist, and legendary party promoter has a decades-long reputation for pornographic lyrics and hypersexual showmanship. He invented the “parental advisory” sticker for music albums after battling Tipper Gore and a host of political adversaries in Washington who wanted to censor rap content because, in Luke’s telling, white kids in the suburbs, and not just black kids in the hood, were listening to it.But he’s also a serious student of American politics, with plenty to say about his disappointment with the Democratic Party, the prospects for a President Kanye West, and the appeal of Donald Trump.Read the rest at The Daily Beast.