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Federal Judge Rules Conditions in Migrant Holding Cells to be Unconstitutional
There is a certain subset of the population that believes a person’s humanity should be disregarded if they aren’t American or came here illegally. Those are people that are a part of a group I like to call “total dicks.” Thankfully, the federal judge responsible for this evening’s story doesn’t belong to that group. CNN…
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Rebels of Black History: How Bad Brains Redefined the Spirit of Defiance
In music journalism, where platitudes like “legendary” often feel like consolation prizes, Bad Brains jazz fusion ensemble are that and so much more.
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White Amateur Historian Says He Stole Slave Auction Block Plaque Because It Didn't Do Enough to Honor Descendants of Slavery
When a plaque disappeared off a sidewalk in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month, it raised alarm bells. The sign, though small, was significant: It marked the site of an auction block where enslaved Africans were sold. As The Washington Post reports, some assumed it was done to protest a proposed state law that would allow…
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!['[N-Word] Hating' White Student Arrested, Kicked Out of California College After Drunken, Racist, Homophobic Rant](https://assets-server.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29110309/idctr6cwsrazke6nky2v-300x169.jpg)
'[N-Word] Hating' White Student Arrested, Kicked Out of California College After Drunken, Racist, Homophobic Rant
Dayton Kingery got an education he didn’t initially apply to school for. The 21-year-old Chapman University student was arrested and is no longer a student at the Orange County, Calif. college after going on a rant in a campus classroom and then destroying property. According to the Orange County Register, local police arrested Kingery on…
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Trump Refused to Shake Nancy Pelosi’s Hand and Other Petty Moments From the State of the Union
The State of the Union under the Trump administration has become a congressional version of the mythical Hater’s Ball. Everyone goes but everyone hates everybody. It’s basically a sorority step show without the stepping. There is more shade being thrown here than all of the Housewives series combined. Even the guests, invited by members of…
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Tavis Smiley’s Upcoming Trial Against PBS Will Raise Important Questions About Consent and Workplace Relationships
For years, Tavis Smiley, the former PBS late-night talk show host, has been defiant in the face of sexual misconduct allegations. Smiley has been entangled in a legal battle with his former employer, PBS, since 2018, over accusations that he sexually harassed, intimidated, and verbally abused employees, as well as having more than a decade’s…
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The Color Purple Returning to the Big Screen for Black History Month
“I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don’t notice it,” Shug Avery famously says during a watershed moment in one of the best movies ever, which was adapted from one of the best books ever. Stephen Spielberg’s masterful adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel…
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In Her First House Appearance Since Her Radical Reveal, Ayanna Pressley Was Bald and Beautiful
In the midst of an impeachment trial that is fraught with obfuscation, transparency in politics is a rare and beautiful thing. So, too, is the bravery it took for Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) to trust The Root with the recent disclosure that she has alopecia and had been wearing wigs to hide her bald head…
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Trump’s Backers Are Handing Out Cash to Black Voters
Nothing says totally legal and above board like giving a potential voter an envelope filled with cash, but that’s exactly what Trump folks have been doing ahead of November’s election. According to Politico, last month, at an event held by the Urban Revitalization Coalition, a 501(c)3 charitable organization headed up by Darrell Scott—“King Conk” to…