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Why Charles Blow Says Black People Need to Leave the North and Return to the South
The Root spoke with journalist and author Charles Blow about his new documentary, "South to Black Power"
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Mississippi Mom, Who Says Son Was Killed And Buried By Cops Without Her Knowing, Will Get Aid From A Legal Powerhouse
The civil rights attorney will take on the tragic case.
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Mississippi Republicans Want to Create A Separate Court For The Black City of Jackson
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba called the legislation "some of the most oppressive legislation in our city's history." Here's what you need to know.
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Jackson, Miss–Like Other Black Cities–Keeps Facing Water Crises. Who’s To Blame?
Jackson was recently hit with yet another boil water advisory. Why do these water crises keep happening in predominantly Black cities?
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Black Mississippi City and the EPA Get Closer To A Deal to Fix Water Crisis
The 12-month agreement awaits the signature of Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba to proceed.
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The Justice Department Is Fed Up With Jackson Mississippi Officials’ Inaction As Water Crisis Continues
The DOJ has given the city of Jackson a deadline to come up with a plan, or they will file an action under the Safe Drinking Water Act
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves Makes Fun of Jackson As Water Crisis Continues
The Mississippi Governor said, "it's a great day not to be in Jackson," at a groundbreaking ceremony in Hattiesburg.
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Jackson Mississippi Water Crisis Fails Black Community Again
Jackson, Mississippi's water supply is so bad, its citizens won't be able to drink it or brush their teeth with it for the immediate future.
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From Shreveport to Jackson, Water Woes Reveal Infrastructure and Racism Inextricably Linked
Many residents in Jackson, Miss., are closing out their third week without clean water after record-breaking freezing temperatures froze plant equipment and burst much of the city’s water pipe systems in the state’s largest city. Activists on the ground are frantically running around Jackson and the nearby Delta area to ensure that residents have access…
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Young, Black and Progressive: Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Randall Woodfin Chop It Up in Birmingham, Ala.
What was billed as an afternoon with two brand-new young, progressive mayors recently elected to serve two of the blackest cities in America quickly turned into a perfect example of how new ideas, radical thinking and a new guard of black leadership are changing the political landscape for African-American voters. We should pitch this movie to…