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  • Watch: SC Trooper Threatens to Use Taser on Bengals’ Lineman

    The South Carolina state trooper who reportedly threatened to use a Taser on Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Sam Montgomery during a traffic stop on June 25, despite his efforts to cooperate, was suspended by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety on Thursday, the Associated Press reports. The conduct by the trooper, whom AP identifies…

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  • Florida Church Dedicates Service to Keeping LeBron James in Miami

    Bands may or may not persuade LeBron James to stay in Miami, and we’re not talking about Juicy J’s bands. A group of fans desperate for James to continue his career with the Miami Heat has created a Twitter account (@BandForBron) to get the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player to keep his talents in South Beach,…

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  • In Painting, African Women’s Burden Carries a Deeper Meaning

    This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. A large group of dark-skinned women bend under heavy loads carried on…

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  • Meet 3 Young Entrepreneurs Who Put Wall Street to Shame

    Summer plans for teens normally involve spending days at amusement parks, binging on video games or the occasional part-time job to earn a little cash. But normal isn’t an option for three teens this summer. These teens have business to handle. Real business. Having the creativity and a determination that stretches beyond lemonade-stand ideas, these…

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  • Are These the Heirs to Freedom Summer’s Legacy? 

    In 1964 the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee launched the Freedom Summer campaign in an effort to increase African-American voter registration in Mississippi against fierce racist opposition. The campaign gave rise to scores of leaders who played pivotal roles in the civil rights movement. Many of them, including longtime Rep.…

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  • Think Outside the Box, Democrats, and Hire More Minority Consultants

    A new analysis by PowerPAC found that less than 2 percent of spending by the three main national Democratic Party political operations—the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—went to political-consulting firms owned by minorities. The report sent ripples through the political establishment, in part because it threatens…

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  • The Best- and Worst-Dressed Stars at the 2014 BET Awards

    Some celebrities slayed at the 2014 BET Awards, while some looked plain silly (more stars fell into the latter category). Perhaps the blistering Los Angeles heat was to blame? Here’s a recap of the stunners and the stunned at this year’s awards show, which took place at the Nokia Theatre. THE BEST: Regina Hall Hall…

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  • Supreme Court Sides With Hobby Lobby, Strikes Blow to Obamacare

    Updated Monday, June 30, 2014, 1:45 p.m. EDT: President Barack Obama believes that the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case “jeopardizes” women’s health and will press Congress to respond, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday. He told reporters that the White House will “respect” the ruling but “will continue to look for ways to…

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  • Yes, Mentoring Works: It’s Why I Graduated From College

    My name is Sakinah Muhammad. I graduated from Temple University in May as a criminal-justice major with a minor in psychology. My next step is working for Houston Teach for America Corps while I attend graduate school at St. Thomas University. So much of where I am now is because of what I learned, and…

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  • Must-See Photos: Do the Right Thing’s Brooklyn, Then and Now

    This summer marks the 25th anniversary of Do the Right Thing. June is also when part of Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Stuyvesant Avenue—where the fim was shot—was renamed Do the Right Thing Way in honor of the film and its director, Brooklyn, N.Y.’s native son and outspoken gentrification critic Spike Lee. The Root’s multimedia editor, Nicole Cvetnic, went to Bed-Stuy to photograph the…

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