The black intellectual critique of Hillary Clinton

‘…[T]he difference between Sanders and Clinton can be seen in which black leaders support each candidate. Because [Sanders is] an upstart in terms of national-level politics, he’s much more willing to bring in innovative thinkers. You can see by some of the people who have backed him that some of these are people who are leading the way when it comes to black political thought in the modern era. In thinking about mass incarceration, black wealth accumulation, political voice, things of that nature. Whereas Hillary Clinton has found a niche with more of the traditional leadership infrastructure…’

Source: Vox

Why the GOP can’t stop Trump

‘…[M]ost establishment Republicans fear Trump more than they hate him. They’re not willing to risk coming out against him now; they assume the damage they would do to his campaign is less than the damage he can do to them if he wins…’

Source: Vox

ISIS losing its most powerful recruiting tool

‘Twitter has been crucial to the terrorist group ISIS convincing Westerners to join its “caliphate” in the Middle East and mount attacks at home.But it looks like ISIS — aka the Islamic State, ISIL, or Daesh — is now losing steam on the social-media platform. A new report from the George Washington University Program on Extremism shows that efforts to suspend terrorist-affiliated Twitter accounts have been successful in slowing the group’s reach on the platform…’

Source: Business Insider