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  1. NYC Man Who Recorded Eric Garner’s Choke Hold Death Takes Plea Deal, Will Likely Serve 4 Years in Prison 

  2. Obama Reacts to Fatal Shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile 

  3. Beyoncé on Recent Police Killings: ‘The War on People of Color and All Minorities Needs to Be Over’  

  4. Fox News Downplays Killing of Alton Sterling

  5. Girlfriend of Philando Castile Speaks Out About His Fatal Police Encounter: ‘They Are Here to Kill Us’

  6. Who’s Black in America: Cape Verde

  7. 2 Ohio Brothers With BB Guns Arrested in Park, Ordered to Write Tamir Rice Essays 

  8. Black Female Police Officer Speaks Out Against Killer Cops

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    1. NYC Man Who Recorded Eric Garner’s Choke Hold Death Takes Plea Deal, Will Likely Serve 4 Years in Prison 
    2. Obama Reacts to Fatal Shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile 
    3. Girlfriend of Philando Castile Speaks Out About His Fatal Police Encounter: ‘They Are Here to Kill Us’
    4. 2 Ohio Brothers With BB Guns Arrested in Park, Ordered to Write Tamir Rice Essays 
    5. Girlfriend Records Aftermath of Fatal Police Shooting of Minn. Man During Traffic Stop
    6. Attorneys for Chicago Cop Who Shot Laquan McDonald Seek Access to Teen’s Juvenile Record 
    7. Loretta Lynch Officially Announces That DOJ Will Not Press Charges Against Hillary Clinton 
    8. La. Police Officers Involved in Fatal Shooting of Alton Sterling Identified 
    9. Attorneys for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter Dylann Roof Ask for Dismissal of Federal Case
    10. Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Murder of Girlfriend 

  2. Culture

    1. Who’s Black in America: Cape Verde
    2. My Friend Wouldn’t Get Off My Case After I Told Her I Was Having Unsafe Sex
    3. Wale: The Patron Saint of Diva Dudes Who Pretend They Actually Care About Women
    4. The Iconoclast Dinner Experience Celebrates the Best Black Chefs in the Business
    5. #ReesesRoadtoRio: Brittney Reese Sets Record With US Olympic Trials Long Jump Win
    6. Beyond Carnival: This Caribbean Cruise Helps People of Color
    7. ‘Barbecue’ vs. ‘Cookout’: What Race Has to Do With It
    8. The 6 Times This Year the US Gave African Americans Reasons Not to Celebrate Independence Day
    9. Burp on the 4th of July: Meet Gideon Oji, Champion of Competitive Hot Dog Eating
    10. A Blow-by-Blow Account of the Harris Family’s 2016 4th of July Cookout

  3. Lists

    1. 7 Times Fantasia Took Us to Church With Her Stunning Performances
    2. 6 Black Women Who Are Leading Africa’s Digital Revolution
    3. 10 STEM Summer Camps for Students of Color
    4. The Most Important Job Nobody Wants: The 3 People Who Could Be Trump’s Veep Pick
    5. These Musicians Are Geminis. But Are You Surprised?
    6. 15 New Books by Black Authors to Dive Into This Summer
    7. 11 Summer Must-Reads for Young Readers
    8. Celebrating Being Young, Fabulous and Female in NYC
    9. The Root 100 2016: Time to Nominate Your Choices
    10. Where Are More of the Wealthiest Africans Calling Home?

  4. Politics

    1. No Country for Black Voters
    2. Poverty Doesn’t Stop Cuba From Keeping Its Black Citizens Healthy, so What’s America’s Excuse?
    3. 3 Years Later, the Ghosts of Shelby Still Haunt Us
    4. Election 2016: Do Black Lives Matter to 3rd-Party Options?
    5. Explainer: How a Racist, Anti-Immigrant Campaign Caused ‘Brexit’
    6. ‘Enough Is Enough’: House Dems Stage Sit-in on Floor of Congress Over Guns
    7. Omarosa Manigault Is in Donald Trump’s Army, but Who Is She Fighting For?
    8. Politricks: Hillary Clinton Leans Into Her White Womanhood; Obama Had to Transcend Race
    9. It’s Not Now, nor Was It Ever, President Obama’s Job to Cure Racism
    10. Michelle Obama’s Advice for Women: ‘Get to Know Ourselves’

  5. History

    1. Star-Spangled Bigotry: The Hidden Racist History of the National Anthem
    2. A DNA Test Says I’m Part Black. How Do I Embrace That?
    3. Am I Related to Free People of Color in NC?
    4. Tell Me More About My Runaway Slave Ancestor
    5. How Do I Research My Kin’s Jamaican Origins?
    6. How Do I Decode Slave Records?
    7. The Lynching of My Husband’s Ancestor Shocked a Nation
    8. Am I Related to Black Nationalist Martin R. Delany?
    9. Was My Black Texan Ancestor Fathered by a White Judge?
    10. Was My Ancestor Lynched in Ga.?

  6. Photos

    1. Celebrating Being Young, Fabulous and Female in NYC
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