Why Young Money Records Had the Biggest Fall-Off in Hip-Hop History
The Wild TikTok Theory About Teyana Taylor’s Meteoric Rise—and the Sudden Fade of Exes Iman Shumpert and Aaron Pierre
Brandon Scott Shuts Down Reporter After Questions About His Pricey Executive SUV
Jamal Bryant Responds After White Pastor Disrupts His Church Service
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot Taps Former Federal Judge to Look Into the Anjanette Young Case
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed Tuesday that she would enlist the help of former federal judge Anne Claire Williams to investigate the handling of the Anjanette Young case. As we’ve been reporting here at The Root, the 2019 botched police raid of Young’s home has recently gained national attention and backlash due largely in part…
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Virginia Judge Rules Portraits of White Judges Prevents Black Defendant From Receiving a Fair Trial
A judge in Virginia’s Fairfax County has ruled that the portraits of white judges in the courtroom prevent Black defendants from receiving a fair trial. According to the Washington Post, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard issued an opinion on Monday saying that the portraits of the mostly white judges that have presided over…
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R. Kelly's Federal Trial on Child Pornography and Obstruction Charges Will Begin in September 2021
Robert “R.” Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago now has an official start date. According to the New York Times, Judge Harry Leinenweber of U.S. District Court officially set the trial date for Sept. 13, 2021. Kelly, who has been in custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, is facing charges on child pornography and obstruction.…
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'Racism Is Not Welcome Here': Minnesota Residents Speak Out Against Whites-Only Church Permitted by City Council
Earlier this month, The Root reported that in Murdock, Minn.—a small city of around 280 residents—white nationalist group Asatru Folk Assembly was granted permission via city council vote to turn an abandoned Lutheran church into a whites-only church for worshipers to…oh, I don’t know…be white and racist together in the name of whatever Klan-ish deity…
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White Supremacists Plotted to Attack Power Plants, FBI Says
A group led by a teenage white supremacist plotted to attack multiple power plants across the country and write the words “teenage white supremacist” really drives home the feeling that we’re living in the darkest timeline. According to the Associated Press, an accidentally unsealed affidavit revealed allegations from the FBI that a teenager based in…
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Newly Elected Black Santa Could Leave Millions Giftless
The newly elected Black CEO in charge of the charity startup founded in a small Bethlehem manger before moving to its sprawling North Pole headquarters has issued a slate of groundbreaking policies that could result in a very unmerry Christmas for millions of children around the globe. Although many people stupidly assume one person has…
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Ohio Police Leave Bodycams Off and Kill Unarmed Black Man Who Had a Cellphone in His Hand. Incident Captured on Video Anyway
I’m angered and exhausted to report that another unarmed Black man has been killed by police, this time in Columbus, Ohio. The 47-year old man, who is still unnamed by authorities, was shot on Tuesday by a Columbus police officer while sitting in the garage of a home he was visiting on the northwest side…
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Trump Pardons 20 Federal Prisoners, Including Convicted Trump Allies and Soldiers Who Killed Unarmed Iraqi Civilians
What do war criminals, Trump allies, embezzlers and other white-collar criminals have in common? Y’all’s almost-former president is spending his last days in office freeing them from prison. On Tuesday, Donald Trump pardoned or granted clemency to 20 prisoners and former prisoners, including three Republican congressmen, two people convicted of crimes during the investigation into…
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New Jersey Attorney General to Begin Implementing Extensive Overhaul of Police Use-of-Force Policies
New Jersey is set to implement the first overhaul to its police use-offorce policy in over 20 years. According to NJ, the new policy will ban cops from using force to accelerate an arrest, require cops to report any use of force incidents to an online portal within 24 hours, and prevent the use of…
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Study Finds Black Children 6 Times More Likely to be Fatally Shot by Police
In news that is as heartbreaking as it is predictable, a study has found that over the last 16 years, Black kids were six times more likely to be fatally shot by police than white children. CNN reports that the study found that from 2006 to 2018, 140 children were killed as a result of…