NBA Player Fired Over Anti-LGBTQ Pride Month Comments Sparks Free Speech Debate
Why Every Black American Must Watch the Birthright Citizenship Fight This Week
House Democrat Seeks Reparations for Immigrants Impacted By Trump’s Policies
Black Virginia Family Finds Army Discharge Papers That Unlock a Mother’s Secret WWII Legacy
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T.I. and Tiny Deny 'Egregious' Sexual Abuse Allegations, Threaten to Sue
You may have gotten wind of some allegations that have been swirling across the internet about Atlanta-based rapper T.I. (whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr.) and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris. Sabrina Peterson, reportedly a former friend of the Harris family, shared a post on Instagram earlier this week in which she accused the…
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Louisiana Family Denied Burial Plot for Black Man at 'Whites Only' Cemetery…In 2021
How racist do you have to be to tell a widow you won’t bury her Black husband because a decades-old law says the cemetery is whites only? A Louisiana woman said she met someone who was just that racist and was shocked at how indifferent that person was in denying her late husband the right…
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Independent Audit Breaks Down All the Ways the Louisville Metro Police Department Has Damaged Public Trust
It should come as no surprise, but the Louisville Metro Police Department is kind of the worst. A 150-page report commissioned by city officials in the wake of Breonna Taylor’s death has found that the department is plagued with a multitude of problems and is widely distrusted by communities of color. According to CNN the…
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Video Shows Suspect Likely Placed Pipe Bombs Near Capitol Ahead of Jan. 6; Police Chief Calls for Permanent Fencing Around Capitol
Another day has brought the unfolding of yet another aspect of the multi-layered Capitol insurrection story. Video footage secured by the Washington Post reveals that the person suspected of placing the pipe bombs that were found near the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee buildings on Jan. 6. may have put the devices in…
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Everything You Need to Know About the GameStop, Reddit, and Stock Market Story, Explained
Thank you! For what? Explaining this story. I’ve keeping up with it and trying to understand what’s happening, but I haven’t been able to find a clear deconstruction of it in terms I can understand. That’s what I’m here for! So yeah, before we begin, let me tell you something. There’s no nobility in…
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Auntie Unfiltered: Put Your Best Face Forward in 2021
Hey nieces and nephews, I have a confession: I am still feeling a little apprehensive about our prospects for getting out of the house this year. 2020 ended on a low note as far as our country and the pandemic are concerned. None of us could have imagined that 10 months into quarantine, the U.S.…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: White History Months
Today, as Black History Month dawns upon us, let us not forget to celebrate the mediocre white people who flood our inboxes with caucasoidal ruminations about how wrong we are. Today we honor the factless frat boys. The clueless Caucasians. The stupid Sarahs and airheaded Amys. White mediocrity is the fuel that powers this country…