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Green Party VP Nominee Ajamu Baraka: We Must Disrupt Our Relationship to Democratic Party
When Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein tapped Ajamu Baraka to be her running mate back in August, there was a flurry of news stories. Most tried to paint him as the anti-Obama—too radical, too intense, too left to occupy the space just a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. All of these characterizations of Baraka amounted to attempts…
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On Justice Ginsburg's 'Arrogant' Opinion on National Anthem Protest
Updated Friday, Oct. 14, 4:50 p.m. EDT: Justice Ginsburg did not respond to The Root’s interview request to discuss her comments about Kaepernick and the national anthem protest, but she released the following statement: “Some of you have inquired about a book interview in which I was asked how I felt about Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players…
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Watch: Asha Bandele and Carl Hart Talk Marijuana Legalization, Drug Stigma and Racial Discrimination [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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2 Students Reportedly Attacked at University of Southern Miss. for Refusing to Stand for National Anthem
Students at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss., gathered for a peaceful campus protest Monday afternoon to show support for two female students who said they were attacked and called racial slurs for refusing to stand for the national anthem, WDAM reports. The two students reported that the incident happened Saturday night at the USM-vs.-Rice University football game.…
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Angela Davis: 'Democratic Party Is Just as Linked to the Corporate Capitalist Structure as the Republican Party'
Previously on The Root, we reported on scholar and freedom fighter Angela Davis’ recent comments about the 2016 presidential election—and the ensuing social media controversy that followed. Davis made it clear that despite having serious problems with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton—and the electoral political system as it currently exists—she would be going to the polls next month to stop Republican…
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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors Among Those Arrested During Peaceful Assembly at LAPD Headquarters
Updated Monday, Oct. 3, 10:30 p.m. EDT: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Melina Abdullah and Niki Okuk have been released. Earlier: Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors; Melina Abdullah, a professor and chair of the Pan-African-studies department at California State University, Los Angeles; and Niki Okuk were arrested at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters while peacefully assembling…
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A Few Words on the Blatant Disrespect Being Shown to Angela Davis
There have been intense, widespread and polarizing responses to my article on a statement made by scholar, freedom fighter, former political prisoner and icon Angela Davis during her Sept. 30 keynote address at the “Black Matters: The Futures of Black Scholarship and Activism” conference at the University of Texas at Austin. During her address, Davis said, “I have serious problems…
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Angela Davis: ‘I Am Not So Narcissistic to Say I Cannot Bring Myself to Vote for Hillary Clinton’
Angela Davis—scholar, freedom fighter, former political prisoner, icon and my personal hero—told attendees at the “Black Matters: The Futures of Black Scholarship and Activism” conference at the University of Texas at Austin that she is not so “narcissistic” to say that she won’t vote for Hillary Clinton. “I have serious problems with the other candidate, but I am…
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For the Record: 'Superpredators' Is Absolutely a Racist Term
When Black Lives Matter activist Ashley Williams was kicked out of a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in North Carolina in February, she made headlines. Why? Because Williams demanded an apology from the Democratic presidential nominee for her use of the term “superpredators” during a 1996 speech in New Hampshire. As anyone who has even been half…
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Investigation Finds White Football Players at Idaho High School Raped Black Disabled Teammate With Hanger
White Dietrich High School football players in Idaho “more likely than not” viciously raped a black, mentally disabled teammate with a plastic coat hanger in a locker room last year, according to newly released findings from a school district investigation. KTVB reports that “Superintendent Benjamin Hardcastle and Principal Stephanie Shaw conducted 30 interviews with students,…
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