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Darryl M. Bell On Why We’ll Never Stop Celebrating ‘A Different World’s’ Legacy of HBCU Culture
Series star Darryl M. Bell spoke to The Root about the show’s legacy of college graduates and its continued influence on Black culture.
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2022 Midterm Election Black Winners and Losers [Updated]
The Root takes a look at the results from important races from across the country.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Absentee Ballot Boxes Are Illegal
In a 4-3 ruling, the high court rules that ballot boxes cannot be anywhere other than elected officials’ offices
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‘Mandate’ Is the New Jim Crow: Candace Owens, Rand Paul and the Oppression of the Conservative Death Cult
According to the newest right-wing narrative, COVID restrictions are forms of segregation targeting anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers and anti-fact conservatives.
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Senator Who Once Voted Against Making Juneteenth a National Holiday Gets Booed at Juneteenth Event
Really, how else did he think this was going to go for him?
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This Is Rich: Senate Passes Bill Making Juneteenth Federal Holiday While Republicans Are Working to Keep Slavery From Being Taught in Classrooms
On Tuesday, the Senate passed a resolution to make June 19 a paid holiday commemorating the end of slavery.
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Newly Released Bodycam Footage Shows Capitol Rioters Attacking a Police Officer. But Blue Lives Matter, Amirite?
We all know that during the whiny wypipo rebellion at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a lot of MAGAts abandoned their “back the blue” mentality for a new “attack the blue” stance. Well, newly released police bodycam footage taken from one of the attacked Capitol police officers—not the one who was killed, but a…
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2 Men Charged in Assault of Brian Sicknick, the Police Officer Who Died After the Capitol Riot
Despite many “Blue Lives Matter” flags being flown on Jan. 6, the riot at the Capitol saw many officers facing physical and mental trauma, with Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick dying as a result of the chaos. Federal authorities arrested two men on Sunday for allegedly assaulting Officer Sicknick during the Jan. 6 riot. According…