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Congressman Jonathan Jackson Speaks Out On Calls For A Ceasefire
“If there’s one child’s death that could have been avoided, I feel vindicated,” said Jonathan Jackson, the son of civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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Political Strategist Nina Smith Gets Real About Biden’s Re-Election Chances
The Root sat down with powerhouse political communications strategist Nina Smith to talk all things election for The 411.
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Rep. Cori Bush On Her Calls For a Ceasefire And Why Black Americans Should Care
“What is repugnant and disgraceful is war. What is repugnant and disgraceful is feeling as if certain people are collateral damage,” Rep. Bush told The Root.
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Democratic Lawmakers, Say It’s Time To End Solitary Confinement!
Representatives Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman and others, introduced legislation to end the “inhumane” practice of solitary confinement in Federal Prisons.
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Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley Among 17 Democrats Arrested In Abortion Protest
Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were among those fined and detained
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Bakari Sellers Talks Podcast Anniversary And Galvanizing Democratic Voters
“At the end of the day, I just want us all to be free,” Sellers tells The Root.
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Introduces Resolution To Punish Rep. Lauren Boebert For Being Islamophobic
The resolution looks to strip Rep. Boebert of her committee assignments after she alluded to Omar being a terrorist in a completely made up story.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Plays Disturbing Voicemail Death Threat During Conference
“We know what you are. You’re a f—ing traitor. You will not live much longer,” the voice said.
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Was It Something I Said?
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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Meghan McCain Is Back in the Habit of Annoying Whoopi Goldberg, and We All Need Behind-the-Scenes Tea
In The Color Purple, Shug Avery (Margaret Avery) told Celie (Whoopi Goldberg) that it pisses God off when you walk by nature’s color purple without noticing. It’s pretty safe to say that it pisses Whoopi off when Meghan McCain continues to rant without noticing that Whoopi has to give the verbal cue for a commercial…