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Trump Crony Roger Stone Calls Black Host a 'Negro' During Live Radio Interview
Former Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone is enjoying his recently granted escape from federal prison by using his time to publicly call Black people racial slurs. Stone fixed his mouth to display his hateful and disrespectful tendencies during an interview with Morris OâKelly, host of KFI Amâs The MoâKelly Show, on Saturday. The conversation during…
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Leaders and Elected Officials Pay Tribute To John Lewis, Two Republican Senators Mistake Him for Elijah Cummings
Tributes have been coming in from various public figures about the eminently admirable civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, who died on Friday at 80 years old, and they have ranged from the poignant to the transparently performative. Former President Barack Obama, who awarded Lewis the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, shared a heartfelt…
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Breonna Taylor's Family Says Louisville Police Gave Her No Aid Though She Was Still Alive After Shooting
An updated lawsuit from Breonna Taylorâs family alleges that the 26-year-old was alive for several minutes after being shot multiple times by Louisville police officers in her home in March, but was given no assistance by the cops who had entered her home on a âno-knockâ search warrant and subsequently killed her. In a revised…
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Tamar Braxton Hospitalized After Being Found Unresponsive in Los Angeles
Singer and TV personality Tamar Braxton is in hospital after being reportedly found unconscious at the Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles on Thursday night. E! News confirmed on Saturday that Braxtonâs partner David Adefeso called 911 after he found her unresponsive at The Ritz where they had been staying. From E: The Los Angeles Fire Department…
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Tucker Carlson's Top Writer Resigns After Being Revealed as a Racist (On the Internet)
I know you will not clutch your pearls in surprise when I tell you that one of the writers behind the notoriously racist Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News has been revealed to be a virulent racist. After CNN broke the news that Blake Neff has been spending his time basically testing out material for…
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Costco Bans Employees From Wearing Masks That Say Black Lives Matter, Because It Is 'Political'
As Black people have long known, the idea that Black lives matter is still not a given to everyoneâand is actually up for debate in some circlesâwhich is what inspired the simple yet powerful affirmation in the first place. Costco is the latest business to betray its discomfort with the idea, with store managers in…
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150 Minneapolis Cops File Disability Claims for PTSD, Which They Attribute to George Floyd Protests
The mendacity of police officers never ceases to amaze me, not to mention the extensive luxuries they get to enjoy as a result of tax-payer money. As The Washington Post reports, 150 police officers from the Minneapolis Police Department have started the process of filing disability claims that will allow them to leave the force…
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Lawyer for Michigan Couple Who Pulled Gun on Black Family Says They Were Victims of 'Ethnic Intimidation'
If itâs one thing white women know how to do, itâs to turn on the tears when they need to turn off the heat from their own behavior. Jillian Wuestenberg is now tapping into that super power to fight back against the charges of felonious assault slapped against her and her husband, Eric Wuestenberg, after…
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Trump Continues Crooked Behavior by Saving Roger Stone From Federal Prison
As anyone could have predictedâand as The Root did just a day agoâPresident Trump has used the power of his office to commute the sentence of his criminal crony Roger Stone. As the New York Times reports, on Friday evening Trump issued a statement announcing his decision to stop Stone from facing the legal consequences of…
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6-Year-Old Kicked Out of Arkansas Daycare for Wearing Black Lives Matter Shirt
A little Black girl was kicked out of a daycare in Russellville, Arkansas because its operators said she was encouraging racism by wearing a shirt that read âBlack Lives Matter.â Patricia Brown, Director of His Kids Learning Center, confirmed to Fox 16 News that 6-year-old Journei Brockman is no longer welcome there because of her…
