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  • If Tupac Had Lived…

    We can only imagine what he might have become in the 27 years it took cops to arrest one of his accused killers.

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    October 1, 2023
  • Fani Willis Is the Most Important Black Woman In America Right Now

    Here’s why her indictment of Trump and his cronies is more significant than any of the others

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    August 16, 2023
  • Charles Ogletree, Law Professor Who Represented Tupac And Made Case For Reparations, Dies At 70.

    Charles Ogletree, Law Professor Who Represented Tupac And Made Case For Reparations, Dies At 70.

    He may not make it into your history book, kids, but you need to know his name.

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    August 4, 2023
  • How SCOTUS’ Affirmative Action and Debt Forgiveness Rulings Could Erase Families Like Mine

    Author writes that you can be gifted, Black and still need a boost. And that’s exactly what conservatives want to do away with.

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    July 4, 2023
  • Is This America? Republicans Kick Two Black Elected Officials Out of Tennessee Legislature–But Spare A White Woman

    Tens of thousands of people in the state are now without the people they chose to represent them.

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    April 6, 2023
  • Angel Reese Beat Caitlyin Clark At Her Own Game, And White Folks Are Crying

    Angel Reese Beat Caitlyin Clark At Her Own Game, And White Folks Are Crying

    Trash talk has always been a part of basketball, and it only became a problem when it came back to bite the sport’s latest Great White Hope.

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    April 3, 2023
  • Why Kevin Hart’s “Zambian Twin” Proves April Fools’ Day May No longer Be Funny

    Tricking people in early spring has always been good for a laugh. The rise of artificial intelligence might be anything but funny.

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    April 1, 2023
  • Georgia’s ‘Zuckerbucks’ Bill Is the Latest Attack on Black Voters

    “This is all about trying to control the outcome of elections, period,” Dele Lowman-Smith, chair of the DeKalb County Board of Elections, told The Root.

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    March 28, 2023
  • Trump is Lying. Here’s Why He Won’t Be Led Away In Handcuffs

    For the most dangerous reasons, the former president wants his supporters to imagine him doing a perp walk in NYC, but that’s not about to happen.

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    March 21, 2023
  • Will Alvin Bragg Be The One To Take Donald Trump Down?

    Trump was indicted on Thursday, following an investigation by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Jr.

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    Keith Reed






    Published

    March 20, 2023
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