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6 States Have Tried to Enact Protections for Drivers Who Run Over Protesters … Many With the Same Language
Black people are paranoid, because being black in America can feel like having a bull’s-eye on your back. That, and Tuskegee, COINTELPRO, segregation, gentrification, piss-poor education, mass incarceration—all of the “shuns.” And so when CNN reported that no fewer than six states—North Dakota, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Texas and Rhode Island—have tried to enact protections…
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ND Father Wants No Parts of Son’s White Supremacy
When you attend a racist rally without your hood and cloak of anonymity, don’t be surprised when you’re outed as a white supremacist. But way to go in embarrassing your family members who don’t share your views. Pete Tefft of Fargo, N.D., wasn’t too hard to spot in the crowd, with his Vidal Sassoon hair…
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ND Man Sentenced to Prison for Sexting 17-Year-Old Who Would Later Become His Wife
A 36-year-old Minot, N.D., man was sentenced to three years in prison and will have to register as a sex offender for sexting with a 17-year-old girl who would become his wife a mere few months later. According to the Minot Daily News, Thomas Hannibal Drumgold II is already serving a five-year prison sentence for…
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#BurnBabyBurn: White Supremacist Craig Cobb’s Church Went Up in Flames
Ever wonder what karma looks like? For white supremacist Craig Cobb, it takes on the shape of his “church” going up in flames, with only the steeple left in the rubble. Cobb’s Zion Lutheran Church in Nome, N.D., burned Wednesday night, according to CNN. Cobb purchased the church last year, and one member of the…
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#NoDAPL: Big Win at Standing Rock as Army Corps Denies Easement for Dakota Access Pipeline
Updated Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, 5:30 a.m. EST: Predictably, Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners—owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline—have made it clear that they aren’t going anywhere and that the Army Corps statement was just politricks as usual. Read the full statement below: For more than three years now, Dakota Access Pipeline has done…
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#NoDAPL: Thousands of Veterans Head to Standing Rock to Protect Water Protectors
A group of veterans will head to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota next week to serve as “human shields” for the water protectors who have been on the ground protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline for months. Veterans Stand for Standing Rock set a goal of getting 2,000 veterans to…
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#NoDAPL: ND Governor Issues Executive Order for Evacuation of Resistance Camp
Just days after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told water protectors that they had to vacate the #NoDAPL campsite by Dec. 5 or risk being arrested for trespassing, the governor of North Dakota issued an executive order Monday calling for the emergency evacuation of the area. Gov. Jack Dalrymple, a Republican, signed Executive Order…
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#NoDAPL: Demonstrations Take Place Around the World on Planned Day of Action
Demonstrations against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline took place across the country Tuesday as part of the #NoDAPL planned day of action. “Indigenous leaders are calling on us to take to the streets and disrupt ‘business as usual’ one week after the election to demand that President Obama’s Army Corps of Engineers and…
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#NoDAPL: Stanford Students Rally and March in Support of Standing Rock
Students at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., took part in a rally and a march Thursday in a show of solidarity for Native Americans fighting against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. As previously reported on The Root, resistance to the $3.8 billion pipeline has been strong from the beginning. The Standing Rock Sioux…