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Urine Trouble: The Great Confederate Doo-Doo Chair Caper Concludes With No Charges
Prosecutors dropped charges against a trio accused of a multi-state heist that involved a Confederate monument, feces and Assata Shakur.
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Respectfully…
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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‘Mandate’ Is the New Jim Crow: Candace Owens, Rand Paul and the Oppression of the Conservative Death Cult
According to the newest right-wing narrative, COVID restrictions are forms of segregation targeting anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers and anti-fact conservatives.
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The Problem With the Billionaire Space Race, Explained
There’s no better metaphor for capitalism-based inequality than billionaires competing to reach the upper sky.
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Why Everyone Is Wrong About Critical Race Theory In Schools: A Very Special Clapback Mailbag
There’s a lot of misinformation about Critical Race Theory, the 1619 Project and schools teaching kids that white people are evil.
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N.C. Prosecutor Clears Cops Who Killed Andrew Brown Jr., Says Deadly Force Was 'Justified'
The North Carolina district attorney investigating a police shooting cleared the sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed an unarmed Black man because, apparently, North Carolina law allows police officers to kill people based on the cops’ imagination. On Tuesday, North Carolina District Attorney Andrew Womble announced that the four officers who shot and killed Andrew…
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George Floyd's Family Reaches Record $27 Million Settlement Agreement With Minneapolis
The family of George Floyd settled a civil lawsuit on Friday after the Minneapolis City Council approved what the family’s attorneys are calling the “largest pre-trial civil rights wrongful death settlement in U.S history.” On Friday, during a closed session, the City Council unanimously approved a measure to pay Floyd’s family $27 million for the…
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Georgia Does What Georgia Does, Introduces Legislation to Suppress the Black Vote
White supremacists in Georgia introduced legislation aimed at disenfranchising Black voters by restricting access to the polls. The eight proposed laws would— Wait. Did you click on this link expecting a whitewashed article euphemizing racial politics? If that’s what you were expecting, perhaps you should read the CNN story that says: “GOP state senators in…
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Man Who Filmed Ahmaud Arbery's Death Accuses Georgia of Systemic Racism…Against White People
In one of the most ambitious attempts in the history of the Caucasian activity known as “trying it,” the man incarcerated for his alleged participation in the mini-lynch mob that led to the death of Ahmaud Arbery has petitioned for his release, claiming that the current “racially charged” atmosphere makes it impossible for a white…
