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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Named Goodwill Ambassador in Global Fight for Rights of People of African Descent
While we focus on the history and legacy of slavery in the United States, it is sometimes easy to forget that the forced deportation of people of African descent is an international, cross-cultural experience that extends across borders. On April 4, in a first-of-its-kind ceremony at Harvard University, organizations dedicated to the recognition, justice and…
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The Top 10 Tools for Fighting Racism According to Wypipo
Every few months for the past … oh, let’s say 450-odd years, black people in America have endured a particularly brutal but seldom-discussed form of torture. We all know about the historical travesties of slavery, Jim Crow and systemic racism, but there is another hardship that Africans in America bravely withstand every day with very…
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Morehouse Completely Dismantles Leadership Following Board Controversy
Little more than a week after The Root’s investigative piece “The War at Morehouse” revealed the yearslong tension at the famed historically black institution, Morehouse College’s board of trustees announced that the chairman of the board, all of its officers and the college’s president will step down. In a letter to the entire Morehouse community…
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HBCU Students, Alumni to Rally for National Day of Action
Students, alumni and friends of America’s historically black colleges and universities are set to gather on Capitol Hill on April 27 for a National Day of Action to increase support and awareness of black institutions of higher learning. The mission of the rally is to urge the White House, members of Congress, and state and…
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Rep. Elijah Cummings Dissed the Donald, but Trump Thought It Was a Compliment
Apparently our Creamsicle-colored commander in chief has spent so much time basking in the artificial glow of tanning beds that he can’t even understand when someone is throwing shade at him. In a conversation with the newspaper he calls “the failing New York Times,” Donald Trump boasted that Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)—who has repeatedly demonstrated…
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Democrats Filibuster Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch in Pettiest Senate Fight Ever
Senate Democrats successfully filibustered the confirmation of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, sparking a series of contentious moves that will likely result in … well … the confirmation of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. Senate Republicans failed to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster, landing 55 votes in…
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Devin ‘the Douche’ Nunes Will Sit Out Russia Investigation
Devin Nunes, the guy from your fourth-grade class who actually wrote down the names of the people who talked when the teacher was out of the room, will step down from his post as chair of the House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee investigation into how Russia stole the election for His Excellency Donald “Assistant Putin”…
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This Man Is Kicking White Supremacists’ Ass and Literally Taking Names
Haters gonna hate. It’s one of the most accepted aphorisms of all time, because hate is easy. Hate gets to conceal its identity under white sheets and pointed hoods as it lights crosses on lawns. Hate hides behind computer screens and anonymously hurls the n-word on social media. Hate smiles in your face and stabs…
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Car Insurers Charge More if You Live Near Minorities: Study
If you live around blacks or Hispanics and own an automobile, according to a new investigation from ProPublica, you’re probably not getting your car insurer’s secret white discount. For years, insurance companies have defended the fact that they charge customers in minority urban neighborhoods higher premiums than people who live in majority-white neighborhoods. Few people…
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Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Jeh Johnson Respond to The Root’s Morehouse Investigation
As Morehouse College’s alumni, students and faculty discover the years of obfuscation by the board of trustees revealed in The Root’s investigative piece “The War at Morehouse,” three of the college’s most distinguished and successful alumni weighed in on the revelations exposed in our probe. Academy Award-nominated actor Samuel. L Jackson (Class of ’72), former…
