Oct 18
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In Utah, 21 alleged members and associates of white supremacist gangs face federal charges of distributing…
Jul 1
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and…
Aug 28 2019
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Something is amiss in the Baltimore County Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on…
Jul 26 2019
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On what would’ve been the 78th birthday of Emmett Till came some disturbing news: three University of Mississippi…
Mar 7 2019
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After both the Sacramento district attorney and the California state attorney general both declined to press…
Oct 29 2018
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The United States Department of Justice and the state of California have come to a deal of sorts in their battle…
Oct 12 2018
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Apparently we at The Root—and specifically, staff writer Michael Harriot—are not the only ones adept at delivering a…
Aug 6 2018
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It has been nearly eight months since the Federal Communications Commission repealed the net neutrality that keep…
Jun 12 2018
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When Makan Delrahim—head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division—filed a federal lawsuit in November…
May 30 2018
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has always been trash. He openly hates arguably the most peaceful herb of all herbs,…
May 21 2018
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Whenever President Donald Trump starts tweeting wildly and furiously, it usually means he’s bothered about the…
May 15 2018
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How officers with the Chicago Police Department interact with black and brown people as well as those with…
Feb 7 2018
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In September 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided that under his leadership, the U.S. Department of Justice…
Jan 5 2018
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Federal prosecutors have decided not to file criminal civil rights charges against a white police officer who killed…
Dec 4 2017
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An unnamed American citizen is being detained in Iraq as an “enemy combatant,” and although the man has requested an…
Oct 5 2017
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The Trump administration’s battle against affirmative action is under way. A new report from BuzzFeed News confirms…
Oct 3 2017
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There are 400 pages of documents that have been identified by the U.S. Department of Justice as being related to an…
Sep 15 2017
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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice showed once again that it is more concerned about police morale than it is…
Sep 12 2017
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it will not be filing federal civil rights charges against any…
Apr 5 2017
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A federal judge on Wednesday guaranteed that Baltimore residents will get to have their say on the proposed consent…