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New York City Settles With Family of Kalief Browder for $3.3 Million
New York City will pay $3.3 million to the family of Kalief Browder, a Bronx native whose unlawful imprisonment on Rikers Island became the subject of national headlines and a critically acclaimed documentary. Browder, accused of stealing a backpack which contained cash and an iPod, was detained and held on Rikers Island for three years,…
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White Supremacist Who Vowed to Start Race War Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges in Murder of Black Man
For James Harris Jackson, the killing of Timothy Caughman was just “practice.” Jackson, a white man, had traveled up to Times Square in the days leading up to St. Patrick’s Day 2017 to start a race war. After stalking groups of black people for several days, Jackson came upon Caughman, a 66-year-old black man sifting…
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A Neverending Quest for Sovereignty
I often jokingly tell people that I grew up in a household made up of three (occasionally four, depending on what station in life my father was in at the time) distinct American dreams—one for each flag or passport represented: Comoros, Canada and the United States. My mother, my brother and I are a trinity…
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After Shutdown Causes Family Visits to Be Canceled, Inmates at New York City Jail Go on Hunger Strike
As the government shutdown rolls onward, inmates at federal prisons have been unable to see their families, attorneys and, in some instances, have been unable to receive medication. In response, prisoners at a high-security federal jail in New York City have gone on a hunger strike in protest. A group of inmates at Metropolitan Correctional…
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New York City’s Afrocentric Schools Get More Love as Segregation Increases Nationwide
As school districts across the country grapple with deepening segregation, Afrocentric schools in Brooklyn, N.Y., are drawing more interest from parents and educators alike. In a story published by the New York Times last week, reporter Eliza Shapiro spoke to the teachers, administrators, and parents of students enrolled in the “half-dozen or so” city schools…
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Exclusive: New Report Shows Gentrifiers Use Police to Terrorize Communities of Color—Without Even Calling 911
It was a story so ridiculous it seemed destined to go viral: A new Harlem resident, a white woman going only by the name Mackenzie, launched a veritable war against a neighborhood ice cream truck, complaining loudly and persistently about the noise and attempting, several times, to call 311—New York City’s hotline for quality of…
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In Last-Minute Bid for Most Basura Becky of 2018, White Woman Hurls Racial Slurs and Assaults Asian Woman on Train
With just a handful of days left in 2018, one woman wanted to stake her claim as the terriblest white woman to ever terrible on a New York City subway. It’s stiff competition on any given day, but in a year that has been partially defined by white people going full wypipo in public spaces,…
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Exclusive: In Combatting Housing Discrimination, New York City Goes an Unconventional Route
The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCHR) today announced a settlement that could be a game-changer in the way cities tackle housing discrimination, particularly as it affects black and brown residents, by identifying companies that deny housing to prospective applicants based exclusively on their criminal history. In an exclusive to The Root, NYCHR…
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Monument to Unbought and Unbossed Political Trailblazer Shirley Chisholm to Come to New York City
Of all New York’s monuments and statues, the best known is probably the Statue of Liberty, the iconic green woman serving as a beacon of America’s best self. But there are few statues throughout the city depicting real-life iconic women. And despite the many ways black women have shaped American cultural and civic life, in…
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What Happens When You Visit The Root’s Office With Exposed (and Moderately Ashy) Ankles
I flew to New York City last Thursday for The Root 100 gala and left yesterday evening after a marketing meeting at Harper Collins for my book. In the time between, I 1) hosted a happy hour with Panama at my hotel, 2) went to karaoke after said happy hour and sang very on-brand renditions…