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White Ga. Lawmaker Threatens Black Woman, Says She May Go Missing … but Was She Already in the Sunken Place?
When will politicians, cops, educators and other government officials realize that nothing good ever comes from fighting about race on Facebook? Inevitably, the whole awful exchange gets a screenshot, and then there’s a 48-hour news cycle of said bigot claiming, I don’t have a racist bone in my body or I was just reciting a…
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Let’s Try This Again: Yvette Simpson Runs for Mayor of Cincinnati; Will Black Voters Rally?
Cincinnati has never had a woman directly elected mayor. This city has never had an African-American woman elected mayor. This city has never had a black woman with even a chance of getting elected mayor. These sentences apply to way too many municipalities in America, and for far too long. There are dozens of American…
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So, 2 White Women in ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Walk Onto an HBCU Campus …
There are certain weeks in history when you just don’t want to test black folks’ patience. These weeks include but are not limited to: Jan. 23-30, 1977: The week that Roots originally aired. April 29-May 4, 1992: The week four officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King. Aug. 12-19, 2017: The week white nationalists attacked…
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Remember When the Worst Thing We Had to Worry About Was the President Getting a Blow Job?
In the last two weeks, Americans have gone from wondering whether we were all going to die in World War III against North Korea to wondering if we’re going to die at the hands of roving bands of white nationalist redshirts with Timothy McVeigh dreams and Breitbart logins. Just two days ago, with people still…
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The President of the United States Is a Terrorist Sympathizer. Now What?
On Tuesday, Donald Trump’s equivocation on the Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rallies that plunged into violence and acts of terrorism forced America to accept an unmistakable, undeniable and utterly horrifying fact: Donald Trump, president of the United States, is a terrorist sympathizer. You can use whatever euphemisms you’d like—Trump is a terrorist supporter, Trump is…
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‘I Hope Trump Is Assassinated!’: Mo. State Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal Investigated by Secret Service for Trump Facebook Post
It all started late Wednesday night after a long day of absorbing the same horrible racist news that the rest of America has been enduring. Nobody feels particularly safe or secure watching the president of the United States give a free hunting license to white nationalists, but it’s particularly hard for Maria Chappelle-Nadal, the state…
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How Do We Stop Hate in America? We Asked an Expert
Tony Harris is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, a veteran of CNN and Al-Jazeera, and the coolest uncle you always wish you had. Harris, a native of Baltimore, is the kind of guy that will go from regaling you with stories about world travel to lecturing you on treating your momma right, and then slip front-row…
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Why I Participated in That Hot-Mess Panel With Omarosa at NABJ Last Week
“It’s gonna be a shit show. Why are you participating in a shit show?” “It’s not gonna be a shit show.” “It’s totally gonna be a shit show, and I specifically remember you saying last year you want to AVOID shit shows.” This was pretty much the exchange between me and The Root’s editor-in-chief, Danielle…
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Black Unemployment Hits Historic Low. Should Trump Get Credit or Are We Getting Played?
One thing that happens in a new relationship is that you start getting confused about who gets credit for what. Was I this good a salsa dancer with my ex? He (or she) totally cries during This Is Us, just like I do! Did I always like shrimp and grits, or does new bae just…
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Hey, Jeff Sessions: Remember When 6,000 White Americans Went on Strike to Keep 8 Black People From Getting Promoted?
Over the past month, the Trump administration has been rolling out “theme weeks” as if America were one big dysfunctional high school and the homecoming game will fix everything. In July there was Made in America Week to highlight business; American Heroes Week highlighted the military; and to kick off August, the administration launched “White…
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