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  • The Whistleblower Complaint About Donald Trump's Secret Phone Call, Explained

    Hey Buddy! Long-time, no see! How have you been? I’m sorry. I have no idea what you’re talking about. No, my little neophyte Nazi. There isn’t a person with a high IQ blowing a whistle. They’re talking about the whistleblower complaint from a source within the intelligence community. No. No. No. Apparently, a high-level person…

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  • Trump Launches Bullshit Islamophobic Attack on Ilhan Omar Claiming She Danced on 9/11

    Donald Trump is a liar. Donald Trump is racist. Trump is also a Republican. He is a stupid, xenophobic, Islamophobic, white nationalist who enjoys tweeting, inciting hate and making shit up. While this may sound like a condemnation of the marmalade-skinned, white supremacist simpleton currently occupying the White House, he actually deserves accolades. Because no…

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  • Wealthy Democratic Donor Ed Buck Finally Arrested After Third Man ODs in His Home

    If you were participating in the betting pool on what it takes for a rich white man to face justice in America, I’m sorry if you put your money on a single dead body or even two dead black men. As it turns out, three black men must overdose at a wealthy white man’s home…

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  • Police Officer Charged With Punching Black Student, Lying About It

    “Police reports are lies.”-Elie Mystal, Above the Law. An Indiana police officer has been charged with assaulting a high school student more than two weeks after multiple witnesses and two videos caught the cop pummeling the teen as if… Well, there may be a more poetic metaphor, but the way the officer delivered the heinous…

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  • Trump's Claim That He Lowered Gas Prices by Phoning a Friend Proves White People Will Believe Anything

    Before you roll your eyes at the above headline, let’s get a few facts out of the way: White people like Donald Trump: According to Gallup’s daily presidential approval poll, President Trump’s job approval among whites is 51 percent and 17 percent among nonwhites. Uneducated white people elected Trump: According to the Pew Validated Voter…

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  • Joe Biden’s Corn Pop Story Is a Parable About How White People See Us

    I researched the poverty and housing crisis that enveloped the city.

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  • Aunties Don’t Sleep, Black Girls Are Not Magic and Other Things I Learned During CBC Week

    I’ve known about the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference for years, but I have never attended because a very close friend of mine went one year and came back infected with a disease from which she still suffers to this day. I know it makes no sense, but even after people told me…

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  • Watch the Never-Made Music Video for Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’

    Editor’s note: The Root was a media sponsor of this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference event and panel discussion exploring the marriage of art and activism. When Motown Records came up with the idea to celebrate its 60th anniversary by creating visuals for songs that preceded the music video era, perhaps no other…

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  • The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: What I Know

    When I sort through the emails, tweets, direct messages and comments for the mailbag every Friday, I am always surprised at the suggestions The Root’s readers are willing to offer. You have no idea how much invaluable advice I receive from our readers every day. Sometimes, when I am lost, I remember all the times…

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  • CBC Week, Explained

    CBC Week, Explained

    The Root’s Senior Writer Michael Harriot will be documenting his first time attending the Congressional Black Caucus’ Foundation Annual Legislative Conference in Washington DC, colloquially known at CBC Week. What is CBC Week? According to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s website, the CBCF Annual Legislative Conference is “the leading policy conference on issues impacting African…

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