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Ahmaud Arbery’s Accused Killers Get Nearly All-White Jury
11 white people and 1 Black person will decide the fate of the three men charged with chasing Arbery down and killing him.
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Ex-Minneapolis Cop Sentenced to 57 Months in Shooting Death of Woman Who Called 911
Mohamed Noor has already served more than 29 months and could be out of prison as early as next summer.
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces New DNA Examination in ‘Atlanta Child Murders’ Case
The families of more than 20 victims have been waiting four decades for some semblance of justice.
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The Root Institute 2021: Generation X Are the Original Influencers
Say what you want about the so-called ‘forgotten generation,’ but we created the culture.
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Former White House Press Secretary, Who Never Gave a Press Briefing, Suddenly Has a Lot to Say
Stephanie Grisham served as Trump’s press secretary for 9 months before being fired in April 2020.
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Auntie Unfiltered Discusses the 'Panic After the Panny'
We have been waiting more than a year for the world to open back up. Now that it’s here, are we truly ready?
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Dr. Anthony Fauci Speaks to The Root About the COVID-19 Vaccines
For Black people, medical care in this country has been fraught with a tangled history of lack of access and an inherent mistrust in a system that has both experimented on Black bodies and at times ignored the pleas and complaints of Black people who have had varying experiences with medical professionals who either don’t…
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Blue Lives Only Matter When They Are Killing Black People
The headline for this story is really the gotdamn point. Always. Every time a Black person has been killed extrajudicially by a police officer, the Blue Lives Matter crew comes out in full force to defend policing, which in and of itself is a power structure built and steeped in racism and white supremacy. You…
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Candace Owens Is Getting a New Talk Show and I Have Some Topic Suggestions
Candace “I’m not like a regular Black, I’m a cool with white people Black” Owens has a new talk show in the making, y’all. According to The Hill, Candace will debut March 19 on “conservative media brand” The Daily Wire and will be taped in front of a live studio audience in Nashville. Speaking on…
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Prosecutors Seek to Reintroduce 3rd-Degree Murder Charges Against Derek Chauvin in the Death of George Floyd
The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments this afternoon from prosecutors who wish to reintroduce a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, the Star Tribune reports. Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes in May 2020, is scheduled to begin trial Monday…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
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Ex-Minneapolis Cop Sentenced to 57 Months in Shooting Death of Woman Who Called 911
Mohamed Noor has already served more than 29 months and could be out of prison as early as next summer.
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces New DNA Examination in ‘Atlanta Child Murders’ Case
The families of more than 20 victims have been waiting four decades for some semblance of justice.
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The Root Institute 2021: Generation X Are the Original Influencers
Say what you want about the so-called ‘forgotten generation,’ but we created the culture.
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Former White House Press Secretary, Who Never Gave a Press Briefing, Suddenly Has a Lot to Say
Stephanie Grisham served as Trump’s press secretary for 9 months before being fired in April 2020.
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Auntie Unfiltered Discusses the 'Panic After the Panny'
We have been waiting more than a year for the world to open back up. Now that it’s here, are we truly ready?
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Dr. Anthony Fauci Speaks to The Root About the COVID-19 Vaccines
For Black people, medical care in this country has been fraught with a tangled history of lack of access and an inherent mistrust in a system that has both experimented on Black bodies and at times ignored the pleas and complaints of Black people who have had varying experiences with medical professionals who either don’t…
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Blue Lives Only Matter When They Are Killing Black People
The headline for this story is really the gotdamn point. Always. Every time a Black person has been killed extrajudicially by a police officer, the Blue Lives Matter crew comes out in full force to defend policing, which in and of itself is a power structure built and steeped in racism and white supremacy. You…
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Prosecutors Seek to Reintroduce 3rd-Degree Murder Charges Against Derek Chauvin in the Death of George Floyd
The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments this afternoon from prosecutors who wish to reintroduce a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, the Star Tribune reports. Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes in May 2020, is scheduled to begin trial Monday…
