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David J. Dent is a professor of journalism and social and cultural analysis at New York University and the author of In Search of Black America.

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‘A Sad Day’ for Republicans in Obama-Trump Counties

TURNING POINT

The counties that went from Obama to Trump mostly stuck with Trump over Biden, and people there are still processing the election, and everything that's happened since.

David Dent | Published Jan 10, 2021
opinion

Black Doctors Try to Get Through to Vaccine Resisters

‘ARE THEY GOING TO EXPERIMENT ON ME AGAIN?’

“We have to educate people so that we can get the community vaccinated. We have a big responsibility.”

David Dent | Published Dec 06, 2020
opinion

More Black Men Went With Trump This Time. I Asked a Few Why.

‘I’LL RETHINK THIS’

The shift could signal growing Black impatience with the perceived failures of white liberalism to rectify racial inequities.

David Dent | Published Nov 23, 2020

BLM Activists Court Trump Converts in Crossover Counties

‘NO MORE OF THIS STUFF’

Voters in Iowa counties that went from Obama in 2008 and 2012 to Trump in 2016 were already struggling to come to grips with 2020. Then came the protests.

David Dent | Published Aug 10, 2020

These Terrified Black Americans Are Packing Heat

Safe, Not Sorry

Black gun ownership was already taking off in the Trump era. Then a deluge of horrific killings raised the stakes even higher.

David Dent | Published Jun 08, 2020
opinion

What Trump’s Black Male Supporters Say They See in Him

‘ALPHA MALE’S ALPHA MALE’

Winning the support of just a relative handful of black men could help get Trump over the top in key states.

David Dent | Published May 24, 2020

COVID-19 Is Ravaging a Black Church in Rural Georgia

DISPROPORTIONATE

“I don’t know an African-American family who has not been impacted directly.”

David Dent | Published Apr 16, 2020

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