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  • The President Had Us All in Tears During His #ObamaFarewell Address

    The Obama farewell wasn’t a funeral. Far from it. In fact, it was a revival. At the close of a historic two-term presidency, as the nation’s first African-American president of the United States, Barack Obama had one last benevolent act: to remind the country not to give up on hope or the belief that it…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Women’s March on Washington: Speaking on Many Issues With 1 Voice

    Organizers of the Women’s March on Washington, set for Saturday, Jan. 21, are gearing up for what they hope will be the largest mass mobilization ever on the first full day of a new presidential administration. It is set for one day after the swearing-in of President-elect Donald Trump. “You can’t ignore a grassroots group…

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    Allison Keyes

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  • Jeff Sessions Is Dangerous and Should Not Be Confirmed as Trump’s Attorney General [Retracted]

    RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • Trump Claims He’ll Rebuild the Inner Cities, but How Committed Is He?

    President-elect Donald Trump, in the first version of his 100-day action plan to make America great again, promised to spend $1 trillion in infrastructure investment over 10 years. He said that the plan would involve leveraging public-private partnerships and private investments through tax incentives, adding that the program would be revenue-neutral. A few days later…

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    Allison Keyes

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  • Could More School Choice Equal More Problems in Education Under Trump?

    President-elect Donald Trump has been very clear about his plans for education reform under his administration. He plans to reprioritize federal dollars for an additional federal investment of $20 billion toward school choice. This, he says, will give states the option of funding students’ education at the public or private school of their choice. It…

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    Allison Keyes

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  • The Blackwashing of President Obama’s Legacy 

    There is a deeply embedded danger in the collective black American consciousness to defend the cultural and political blackness of President Barack Obama. On the surface, his very presence  in the Oval Office is an act of political revolution, an unprecedented response to this nation’s inherent anti-blackness. But when his destructive neoliberal politics prioritize white…

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    The Root Staff

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  • 6 Stages of Grief in the Last Days of Obama

    As we count down the last few weeks of the Obama presidency, many of us feel anxiety, fear or wistfulness about the prospect of living life without Michelle and Barack in the White House. To help you get through this process, we present to you “The 6 Stages of Grief Over the Obamas Leaving the…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Trump’s Election Proves Obama Is a Dignified Man in an Undignified Time

    With less than a month left in office, President Barack Obama is flexing his executive muscle, but it all feels a little too late. Recently he granted clemency to 231 prisoners, and now he’s banning offshore drilling in areas of the Arctic and Atlantic indefinitely. I would have loved to see this flippant Obama in…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • From Russia With Blackness: Terrell J. Starr, Black America’s Russian Translator

    Terrell J. Starr has been Columbused by many in the mainstream media in the last several weeks. As the Russian hack on the 2016 election and President-elect Donald Trump’s relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin dominate the headlines, outlets are looking for a fresh take on Russian politics and American vulnerabilities. Terrell J. Starr—tall, black,…

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    Jason Johnson

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  • Are Politics More Divisive Than Race? Survey Says…GTFOH.

    Yesterday morning I read an article in the Washington Post’s “Express” mini-paper called “Political shopping lists” about how the most recent political campaign has increased divisiveness to the point of affecting people’s shopping choices as folks try to bubble inward with only similar beliefed and minded people. This article made mention of “Hamilton” (you all remember…

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    Panama Jackson

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