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Reparations 101: Everything You Need To Know About The Fight For Reparations
The Root’s ultimate guide to the centuries-long fight for reparations.
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White Kentucky Republican Says Her Dad Was a White Slave…We Have Questions
“My father was a slave, just to a white man and he was white,” State Rep. Jennifer Decker told the NAACP.
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If This is Fani Willis’ ‘Friend,’ Who Needs Enemies?
The Fulton County District Attorney went on offense against accusers — but witness testimony about the timeline of the relationship could change everything.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Planning to Guarantee Jobs for Everyone, Here’s How …
Civil Rights Leaders like MLK called for ‘guaranteed jobs.’ Now, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley wants to make that a reality.
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Slaves Built This Well-Known University, And Now Their Descendants Want $70 Billion in Reparations
Descendants of people enslaved by St. Louis University have calculated that the University owes them over billions of dollars in reparations.
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EXCLUSIVE: New Biden-Harris HBCU Campaign Ad Says Republicans Are ‘White-Washing American History’
The Root exclusively obtained new digital advertisements focused on getting young Black voters at Historically Black colleges to the polls.
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Post George Floyd America Promised Change, But Here’s Why Only White People Got Richer
A new report from the New York Federal Reserve Bank found that the wealth gap increased significantly during the pandemic.
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Study Finds Black Women Are More Likely to Be Victims of This Violent Crime Than White Women …
A new study published in the Lancet found that Black women are significantly more likely to be homicide victims than white women.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Unveils New Details About Her Hotly Anticipated Memoir
The Supreme Court Justice announced the date of her memoir “Lovely One.”
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Did Fani Willis Break the Rules With Her Relationship With a Prosecutor? Experts Weigh In.
The Root asked leading legal ethics experts about the ethics of Fani Willis’ relationship with fellow Trump prosecutor. What they said might surprise you.
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Reparations 101: Everything You Need To Know About The Fight For Reparations
The Root’s ultimate guide to the centuries-long fight for reparations.
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White Kentucky Republican Says Her Dad Was a White Slave…We Have Questions
“My father was a slave, just to a white man and he was white,” State Rep. Jennifer Decker told the NAACP.
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If This is Fani Willis’ ‘Friend,’ Who Needs Enemies?
The Fulton County District Attorney went on offense against accusers — but witness testimony about the timeline of the relationship could change everything.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Planning to Guarantee Jobs for Everyone, Here’s How …
Civil Rights Leaders like MLK called for ‘guaranteed jobs.’ Now, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley wants to make that a reality.
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Slaves Built This Well-Known University, And Now Their Descendants Want $70 Billion in Reparations
Descendants of people enslaved by St. Louis University have calculated that the University owes them over billions of dollars in reparations.
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EXCLUSIVE: New Biden-Harris HBCU Campaign Ad Says Republicans Are ‘White-Washing American History’
The Root exclusively obtained new digital advertisements focused on getting young Black voters at Historically Black colleges to the polls.
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Post George Floyd America Promised Change, But Here’s Why Only White People Got Richer
A new report from the New York Federal Reserve Bank found that the wealth gap increased significantly during the pandemic.
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Study Finds Black Women Are More Likely to Be Victims of This Violent Crime Than White Women …
A new study published in the Lancet found that Black women are significantly more likely to be homicide victims than white women.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Unveils New Details About Her Hotly Anticipated Memoir
The Supreme Court Justice announced the date of her memoir “Lovely One.”
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Did Fani Willis Break the Rules With Her Relationship With a Prosecutor? Experts Weigh In.
The Root asked leading legal ethics experts about the ethics of Fani Willis’ relationship with fellow Trump prosecutor. What they said might surprise you.
