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Trail of Tears: Militarized Imperialist Forces Seize Standing Rock Camp
With fire and smoke lapping the skyline, Standing Rock Sioux tribal members and water protectors marched, drummed, sang and prayed their way from Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) Camp, the home they have built while protecting their sacred land from the “black snake,” also known as the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Associated Press reports that…
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Colored People’s Justice: Jacqueline Craig’s Attorney Speaks Out
I first met Jacqueline Craig in an investigation room of the Fort Worth (Texas) City Jail the night she was arrested. By the time I arrived at the jail, the video of her encounter with Police Officer William Martin had just begun to go viral and spark outrage all over the country. She wouldn’t have…
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The Scholar: Samuel K. Roberts Jr. on Drug Policy, Radical Recovery and ‘Capital Flight’ [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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HBCUs Should Not Take Trump’s Hush Money
In a clearly calculated move, Betsy DeVos’ first stop to a postsecondary institution as the newly minted U.S. secretary of education was to an HBCU—Howard University, “the Mecca” of black education in the United States. Students and outside observers wasted no time serving up pointed questions and severe rebuke, but make no mistake: Every single…
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La. Judge Mike Erwin Denies Calling Black Bar Patron ‘N–ger’
After almost a week of silence, Judge Mike Erwin of Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court has released a statement denying that he called a black patron at Sammy’s Grill in Baton Rouge, La., a “nigger.” Of course he did. As previously reported by The Root, on Feb. 3 Kaneitra Johnson, a resident of Baton Rouge,…
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Mother, Son Charged With 1st-Degree Murder in Frank Ancona’s Death
Updated Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, 5:12 p.m. EST: Malissa Ancona, wife of Frank Ancona, and Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr., stepson of Frank Ancona, have been charged with first-degree murder in his death. They have both been charged with “abandonment of a corpse, first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence,” KMOV.com reports. Updated Monday, Feb. 13,…
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The Pioneer: Wanda James, the 1st Black Woman to Own a Marijuana Dispensary, Gets Real [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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‘Police Rapists’: Protests Erupt in Paris After Police Charged in Rape of Black Man
Editor’s note: Trigger warnings: rape, sexual violence, state violence, anti-blackness. Four police officers in a Paris suburb allegedly raped a 22-year-old black man, and protesters are seeking justice. So-called officers of the law “forced a 22-year-old man to the ground, beat him, and anally raped him with a baton at a housing estate in the…
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Sheryl Underwood Defends George Lopez on The Talk
Sheryl Underwood wants the world to know that she and George Lopez are friends and that he is not racist. Also, she wants us all to know that if a woman had flipped her off during her comedy show, she would have called her a “bitch,” too. As previously reported by The Root, George Lopez…
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White La. Judge Banned From Local Restaurant After Reportedly Calling Black Patron ‘Fat N–ger’
Updated Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, 7:30 p.m. EST: Judge Mike Erwin of Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court has released a statement denying that he called a black patron at Sammy’s Grill in Baton Rouge, La., a “nigger.” Earlier: When Louisiana Judge Mike Erwin noticed a man share his seat with a black woman inside crowded…
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