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Details of McCree Trial Hit Twitter
(The Root) — The Detroit judge who famously declared “no shame in my game” is back in the hot seat. Judge Wayne McCree originally caught the public’s attention after he was caught sending nearly nude pictures to a married bailiff. The bailiff’s husband found the picture and went public with it. When questioned about it,…
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Could Chelsea Hurt Hillary?
(The Root) — By all accounts the 2016 presidential election is Hillary Clinton’s to lose. It should be. After all, it is arguable whether there has ever been a more qualified candidate in terms of experience, since she has served in the Senate, the Cabinet and the White House — for two terms, no less…
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Twitter Through Times of Tragedy
(The Root) — Let’s face it: Twitter isn’t always the nicest place. People bash celebrities, fans of celebrities attack people who bash celebrities, and everyone fights about politics and religion. But while it is true that you’ll always have your trolls, the good consistently seems to outweigh the bad on Twitter during times of national…
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White Dad Accused of Kidnapping Biracial Daughters
A Virginia family is understandably a little shaken up after the father, Joseph — a white man who didn’t want his last name revealed — was suspected of kidnapping two biracial girls. They just happened to be his daughters. Oops. According to the mom, Keana (whose presence at the store likely would have cleared things…
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Best Quotes From 2013 Graduation Speeches
It’s graduation season, when college students across the nation embark on a new chapter of their lives, often encouraged by the words of wisdom imparted to them by keynote speakers during their commencement celebrations. Here are inspirational quotes that black notables and other luminaries — from Barack Obama to Toni Morrison to Bill Clinton and…
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Best Quotes From 2013 Graduation Speeches
It’s graduation season, when college students across the nation embark on a new chapter of their lives, often encouraged by the words of wisdom imparted to them by keynote speakers during their commencement celebrations. Here are inspirational quotes that black notables and other luminaries — from Barack Obama to Toni Morrison to Bill Clinton and…
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New Yorkers Rally After Murder of Gay Man
Mother Jones reports that at least 1,500 people marched through the streets of New York City’s West Village Monday, demonstrating against the murder of 32-year-old Mark Carson and the month of homophobic violence that preceded it. Community leaders told Mother Jones that Carson’s death is part of a trend in increasing violence against gay people…
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How the IRS Scandal May Hurt Obamacare
(The Root) — So what if Senate Democrats foiled House Republicans’ repeal of Obamacare — for the 37th time? GOP lawmakers are drawing renewed hope of blocking the law’s enactment from, of all things, the IRS scandal. What does the Internal Revenue Service have to do with the Affordable Care Act? Everything. Since the government…
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Quote of the Day: James Baldwin on America
Read more of The Root’s coverage of James Baldwin here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
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Obama Declares State of Emergency in Oklahoma
Updated Tuesday, May 21, 9:58 a.m. EDT: After originally saying that 51 people had been killed in Monday’s tornadoes and that the number of dead might top 90, a spokeswoman for the state medical examiner’s office now says that the official death toll is 24, NPR reports. Earlier: After massive tornadoes hit the Oklahoma suburbs yesterday,…
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