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On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s office released audio from the late 1960s alleging the governor wore blackface while a student at Auburn University.

Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) is not deterred by the sexual assault allegations leveled against him, saying he is still “thinking seriously” about a gubernatorial run in 2021.

Doane University suspended a librarian earlier this year over her decision to highlight the university’s history of blackface incidents.

An independent investigation of Virginia Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam’s controversial yearbook photo containing both a man in blackface and Ku Klux Klan attire could not determine the identity of the individuals on Northam’s page.

Rapper T.I. apparently was not happy to see a man on the street wearing Gucci following controversy over the fashion brand using “blackface” in it’s apparel.

A group of students protested what they feel is an overly lenient response to a blackface incident by University of Tennessee administrators.

The Greater Hartford, Connecticut, branch of the NAACP called for Simsbury residents to “pack” a board of education meeting Tuesday night after a photo seeming to show two high school students in “blackface” appeared on social media.

Universities all around the country have suddenly found themselves embroiled in yearbook blackface picture scandals.

Sunday, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) called on Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) to resign over his blackface and Ku Klux Klan yearbook photo that surfaced this month, also suggesting Virginia lawmakers move to impeach the embattled governor. “Well, [Northam] did engage

Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are apologizing for a photo showing cops in blackface for an undercover drug operation in 1993.

Multi-hyphenate actor-rapper-TV host Nick Cannon went after comedians Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Sarah Silverman for their past use of blackface in a social media post this week, saying, “Tell the Jimmys to holla at me!”

George Washington University is facing criticism over a series of blackface photos that were found in old yearbooks from the 1960s.

If homophobia, racism, anti-Semitism, anti-Catholic bigotry, and tolerating blackface is not enough to define the Democrat Party as the Party of Hate, how about the infanticide?

Staffers working for Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax (D-VA) have quit after a second allegation of sexual assault surfaced against the embattled Virginia Democrat on Friday evening, according to a report.

A new edition of shoes designed by pop star Katy Perry are reportedly going to be taken off the market because they resemble, at least to some shoppers, blackface.

Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D-VA) was placed on leave from his law firm Friday after retaining outside counsel to investigate sexual assault allegations leveled against him in recent days.  

Beyer said Democrats have not called on Virginia AG Herring to resign for wearing blackface because they do not want him to be replaced by an “arch-conservative.”

During an interview that aired Monday on CBS’s “This Morning,” Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) discussed his awkward press conference to clarify the blackface photo that appeared in a college yearbook. In the press conference, Northam admitted to wearing blackface to

A majority of black Virginians believe embattled Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D), who has been engulfed in a blackface controversy, should remain in office, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll that was released on Saturday evening.

The Democrat Party of Virginia called for Justin Fairfax to step down after two sexual assault allegations against him surfaced this week.  

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) insisted on Thursday that the blackface and alleged sexual assault controversies engulfing the top three Democrats in Virginia will not damage the “national Democratic brand.”

Embattled Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D), who is dealing with a blackface controversy, and Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax (D), who has been accused of sexual assault by two women, are vowing not to resign.

MILAN (AP) — Director Spike Lee said Friday he will no longer wear Gucci or Prada until the brands hire some black designers following a pair of blackface fashion fails from the major Italian fashion houses.

NewsGuard, the establishment-backed “fact checker” that according to one report is approximately twice as likely to rate a conservative news site as “untrustworthy” compared to a non-conservative news site, urged caution to critics of the New York Times’ recent decision to alter a headline about Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring admitting to wearing blackface without notifying readers.

Italian luxury brand Gucci is apologizing after some customers called a turtleneck the label was selling “racist” and a form of blackface.

NEW YORK (AP) — Joy Behar and ABC were silent Thursday after an old photo resurfaced of “The View” co-host using makeup to darken her skin for a Halloween costume, the latest flashpoint in a series of blackface scandals making national headlines.

The Washington Post published an editorial on Wednesday calling on Virginia Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam to resign amid a scandal where he admitted to wearing blackface.

Wednesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” director Spike Lee discussed the history of blackface in light of the controversy over both Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) and Attorney General Mark Herring (D-VA) admitting to darkening their faces for costumes during the 1980s. Lee

Even if it means downplaying the systematic rape of migrant women and spiking a sexual assault allegation and burying racial-identity theft and dismissing the racist act of blackface as “dark makeup,” that is what the Post and Times are willing to do.

A minute-long video of ABC’s The View resurfaced on Wednesday, in which viewers are shown a photo of co-host Joy Behar dressed as a “beautiful African woman” taken at a Halloween party decades years ago.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) resigned as co-chair of the Democratic Attorneys General Association Wednesday following the revelation that he wore blackface during his college years. “Virginia AG Herring offered to step aside as co-chair and the committee accepted,” a DACA

What makes Fairfax’s fate so newsworthy is that he is next in line to replace Gov. Ralph Northam, who is currently embroiled in a blackface scandal.

The NYT stealth edited its headline of its report on Virginia AG Mark Herring (D) admitting to wearing blackface at a college party.

Late-night funnymen Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon ignored the massive controversy created by a photo purportedly showing Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) in blackface.

Los Angeles Times left-wing columnist Robin Abcarian has written that wearing President Donald Trump’s famous “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) campaign hats should be the moral equivalent of wearing racist blackface.

What exactly does a Democrat have to do to lose favor with Democrat voters?