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  • Trump Effect: Some NBA Players Think Champs Won't Want to Visit the White House

    On Thursday, President Barack Obama welcomed 2016 NBA champions the Cleveland Cavaliers to the White House. While the team and the president reportedly avoided politics, a few folks said they believe that the Cavs may be the last team to visit the White House as long as President-elect Donald Trump is in office. According to…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Video Shows Group Beating Man as Bystanders Yell, 'You Voted Trump' 

    A man was beaten up in Chicago’s West Side by a group of men and women yelling, “Don’t vote Trump” and “You voted Trump,” as seen in a video that has since gone viral, the Chicago Tribune notes. David Wilcox, 49, said the altercation started when he was trying to make a left turn from…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • After a Trump Victory, Black People Will Need Much More Than ‘We’ve Been Through Worse’ Language

    As a 30-year-old black queer man working in majority-white spaces, I am no stranger to indescribable trauma requiring emotional check-ins: sexual assault, homophobia, racism, incessant microaggressions and other forms of institutional violence. To help cope, I frequently told myself, “Black people have been through worse; you will get through it.” It was a temporary help…

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    Preston Mitchum

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  • For Black People Who Have to Work With White People in the Age of Trump

    Listen, I know this has been a tough few days. The morning after election night, you probably went to work shocked, stunned and disappointed in America, like when George Zimmerman was acquitted for killing Trayvon Martin, or the first time you heard of the Luther Burger. Such is life for black people in America. It’s…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • #NotMyPresident: Protests Against Donald Trump Continue for 2nd Night

    For the second night in a row, demonstrators across the country took to the streets Thursday evening and protested the election of Donald Trump as president. As previously reported on The Root, Donald Trump was declared the victor in Tuesday’s election after winning the most Electoral College votes. Those who worry that he will usher…

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    Monique Judge

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  • What Does the Justice Department Look Like Under a  President Trump?

    Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump stressed the need for more law enforcement in America, and under his direction, the Justice Department could see a drastic shift in priorities that would reinforce those ideals. Under President Barack Obama, the Justice Department built an aggressive Civil Rights Division, but according to legal analysts and Trump’s public…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Prediction: The Democratic Party Will Shift Further Right to Regain Power

    President-elect Donald J. Trump is what happens when a nation lies to itself about the depth of its character. And as the hand-wringing “How did this happen” hysteria reaches full force, that has never been more apparent than in this moment. Since August of last year, it has been clear that a Trump presidency was…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • Mich. Middle School Students Chant 'Build the Wall'

    A video has captured a group of middle school students from Royal Oak Middle School in Michigan chanting, “Build the wall,” during lunch just one day after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, the Detroit News reports. “It is so sad. Latino children were crying,” said Dee Perez-Scott, who posted the video.…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Donald Trump Calls President Barack Obama 'a Very Good Man' at White House Meeting 

    Despite previous tense clashes and years during which Donald Trump questioned President Barack Obama’s American heritage, the president-elect called the president “a very good man” in Thursday’s much-anticipated White House meeting. Trump said that he had “great respect” for Obama, saying that the two met for about an hour and a half in a meeting…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • ISIS Thrilled Over Donald Trump Victory, Hopes His Reckless Actions Lead to Civil War: Report

    Islamic extremists reportedly rejoiced after learning of Donald Trump’s stunning presidential victory and are hoping that the president-elect’s “reckless actions” will “lead to a civil war,” USA Today reports. “Rejoice with support from Allah, and find glad tidings in the imminent demise of America at the hands of Trump,” the al-Minbar Jihadi Media network, which…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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