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  • Angela Davis: 'Democratic Party Is Just as Linked to the Corporate Capitalist Structure as the Republican Party'

    Previously on The Root, we reported on scholar and freedom fighter Angela Davis’ recent comments about the 2016 presidential election—and the ensuing social media controversy that followed. Davis made it clear that despite having serious problems with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton—and the electoral political system as it currently exists—she would be going to the polls next month to stop Republican…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • A Few Words on the Blatant Disrespect Being Shown to Angela Davis

    There have been intense, widespread and polarizing responses to my article on a statement made by scholar, freedom fighter, former political prisoner and icon Angela Davis during her Sept. 30 keynote address at the “Black Matters: The Futures of Black Scholarship and Activism” conference at the University of Texas at Austin. During her address, Davis said, “I have serious problems…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • Donald Trump Is Fat. And Yet He's Always Fat-Shaming Women

    Donald Trump is fat. If Dennis the Menace grew up to be a racist real estate tycoon with a bad tan and a huge stomach, he would look exactly like Donald Trump. Trump hasn’t been anywhere close to thin since Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears ended in 1991. And yet one of Trump’s favorite…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Angela Davis: ‘I Am Not So Narcissistic to Say I Cannot Bring Myself to Vote for Hillary Clinton’

    Angela Davis—scholar, freedom fighter, former political prisoner, icon and my personal hero—told attendees at the “Black Matters: The Futures of Black Scholarship and Activism” conference at the University of Texas at Austin that she is not so “narcissistic” to say that she won’t vote for Hillary Clinton. “I have serious problems with the other candidate, but I am…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • For the Record: 'Superpredators' Is Absolutely a Racist Term

    When Black Lives Matter activist Ashley Williams was kicked out of a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in North Carolina in February, she made headlines. Why? Because Williams demanded an apology from the Democratic presidential nominee for her use of the term “superpredators” during a 1996 speech in New Hampshire. As anyone who has even been half…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • Black Folks Who Advertise That They’re Voting for Trump Are Just Trolls Looking for a Come-Up

    This week, Vice published an essay from Jay Stephens titled, “I’m a Young Black Woman and I Support Trump.” A month prior, Time published a piece penned by C.J. Pearson named, “I’m a Young Black Man and I Support Donald Trump.” This is the part where you’re supposed to pretend to be shocked that there…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Trump Called Ted Cruz and His Family Everything but a Child of God, and ‘Lyin Ted’ Still Endorsed Him

    Depending on whom you ask, Ted Cruz is about as likable as jock itch. In July, fellow Republican Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana said of his colleague, “He’s the most self-centered, narcissistic, pathological liar I’ve ever seen—and you can quote me on that.” Coats went on to tell IndyStar, “No matter how conservative you are,…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Clinton Won, Trump Lost and 3 Other Takeaways From Monday Night’s Debate

    Every media analyst and historian in America believes that Monday night’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will turn out to be the most-watched debate in American history, with close to 100 million people tuning in over its 90 minutes. Given that President Barack Obama won a second term in 2012 with about 65…

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    Jason Johnson

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  • In Missouri, Everywhere: Voting Matters

    Ever since this country was founded, access to the ballot has been intentionally restricted in order to keep people of color from voting. From North Carolina to Texas and Georgia, politicians are trying every trick in the book to stay in power. Rarely, however, does the attack on voting rights become as starkly illustrative of…

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    The Root Staff

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  • 8 Ways They'll Try to Stop You From Voting and How to Fight Back

    It started in 2000, right after one of the narrowest presidential elections in history, and it surged again, right after President Barack Obama’s historic election in 2008: voter suppression. (Humph, wonder why.) From limited voting access, stringent ID requirements and gerrymandering to criminal disenfranchisement, voter suppression is on the rise. Why? Because one group of…

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    Chanté Griffin

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