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  • Why We Should Fear a North Korean Nuclear Attack, Explained

    As tensions continue to rise between Pyongyang and Washington, D.C., over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear testing, arms-control experts are engaging in very sobering debates concerning America’s capacity to defend itself against full-scale nuclear attack. Verdict: It can’t. For example, the United States’ Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, or GMD, which is designed to intercept intercontinental…

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  • Russia’s Recent Facebook Ads Prove the Kremlin Never Loved Black People

    Thousands of Russian-bought Facebook ads that the social media company is preparing to deliver to Congress reveal a very sound knowledge of America’s racial discord. With some of the ads calling for protections of gun rights, warning of the so-called dangers of immigration and of promoting Black Lives Matter groups, the Kremlin has shown a…

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  • Watch: Auntie Maxine Says Black Women Can Put Trump Out of Office

    Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) pulled no punches during her sitdown interview with The Root at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 47th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., when she called out President Donald Trump for being a white supremacist as well as blasting his campaign’s alleged ties to the Kremlin. However, as discouraging as life…

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  • Patriotism Is for White People

    The American flag, drenched in the blood of American Indians and enslaved Africans, has been romanticized as a symbol of guardianship for all citizens of this nation. One of the main centerpieces of patriotism encapsulated in the flag’s meaning is military service. Be it the Revolutionary or Civil War, World War I or II, or…

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  • Minority Firms Getting Few (if Any) Federal Asset-Management Contracts 

    More than $70 trillion in federal dollars are managed by registered asset-management firms in the United States, but less than 1 percent of those dollars are handled by minority- or women-owed (MWO) firms, according to a new report released Wednesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The report (pdf), exclusively provided to The Root, reviewed…

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  • 5 Ways Trump’s UN Speech Proves He’s the World’s White-Supremacist-in-Chief 

    President Donald Trump delivered what essentially was a truncated version of his typical campaign stump speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. Rife with themes of white supremacy, Trump’s words signaled to the world that the motivations of America’s foreign policy are the same as its domestic policy: white male hegemony. Throughout his…

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  • Exclusive: Pastor Jamal Bryant Spills on Dropped Stalking Case, ‘Being Messy’ and Redemption

    Pastor Jamal Bryant told The Root in an exclusive interview that a Bronx, N.Y., judge dismissed a case Thursday in which a New York City woman accused him of online stalking. Media outlet Rolling Out reported this summer that Jennifer Wright filed a restraining order against Bryant after alleging that he stalked her online. Wright…

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  • ESPN’s Reprimand of Jemele Hill Reveals How White Supremacy Controls the Media Industry

    Updated Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, 5:52 p.m. EDT: The National Association of Black Journalists released the following statement in support of ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Earlier: ESPN’s reprimand of Jemele Hill for tweeting that Donald Trump’s success is tied to white supremacy angered many on social media, but it was hardly a surprise. Or, at least,…

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  • Donald Trump’s White Christian Supremacy

    Donald J. Trump is the antithesis of a true follower of Christ. His xenophobic assault against Muslims, racist remarks about Mexicans, troubled history with women and sympathy for neo-Nazis make him remarkably unqualified to represent God’s teachings. He has rarely—if ever, really—mentioned faith as an essential force in his life, though, as a presidential candidate…

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  • Undocumented Black Immigrants May Fare Worse Without DACA Protections

    Tobore Oweh knows the next six months of her life will be stressful after Donald Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Tuesday. She is one of 800,000 people covered under the Obama-era policy who fears the worst if Congress doesn’t come together to resolve the crisis Trump created. She and…

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Terrell Jermaine Starr is a senior reporter at The Root. He is currently writing a book proposal that analyzes US-Russia relations from a black perspective.


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