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Democrats Filibuster Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch in Pettiest Senate Fight Ever
Senate Democrats successfully filibustered the confirmation of Donald Trumpās Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, sparking a series of contentious moves that will likely result in … well … the confirmation of Donald Trumpās Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. Senate Republicans failed to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster, landing 55 votes in…
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Devin āthe Doucheā Nunes Will Sit Out Russia Investigation
Devin Nunes, the guy from your fourth-grade class who actually wrote down the names of the people who talked when the teacher was out of the room, will step down from his post as chair of the House of Representativesā Intelligence Committee investigation into how Russia stole the election for His Excellency Donald āAssistant Putinā…
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Car Insurers Charge More if You Live Near Minorities: Study
If you live around blacks or Hispanics and own an automobile, according to a new investigation from ProPublica, youāre probably not getting your car insurerās secret white discount. For years, insurance companies have defended the fact that they charge customers in minority urban neighborhoods higher premiums than people who live in majority-white neighborhoods. Few people…
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Steve āSatanās Stepsonā Bannon Loses Job on National Security Council
Steve Bannon, the man who Lucifer says āgives me the heebie-jeebiesā and Hitlerās ghost deemed āa little too racist for me,ā will no longer serve on the most important and powerful foreign policy and security committee in the world. The Associated Post and the BBC both report that President Donald Trump has removed Bannon from…
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Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, JehĀ Johnson Respond to The Rootās Morehouse Investigation
As Morehouse Collegeās alumni, students and faculty discover the years of obfuscation by the board of trustees revealed in The Rootās investigative piece āThe War at Morehouse,ā three of the collegeās most distinguished and successful alumni weighed in on the revelations exposed in our probe. Academy Award-nominated actor Samuel. L Jackson (Class of ā72), former…
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Dear Republicans: Start Snitching
Dear members of the GOP and the Trump administration: Remember when āstop snitchingā was a thing? Do you remember how you laughed at its self-destructive stupidity and said it was harmful to our people? Can you recall how you said that anyone who cared about his or her community wouldnāt allow criminals to break the…
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Reports of Tension at Morehouse Have Led to āState of Confusionā at Famed HBCU
Last weekĀ The Root published an extensive investigative piece that revealed years of turmoil between the faculty, students and board of trustees at Morehouse College. Since these revelations were made public, the repercussions have echoed through the halls of the 150-year-old institution, resulting in what the collegeās Student Government Association president has termed a āstate of…
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7 Reasons Black America Should Fight Marijuana Prohibition
Take a deep breath. Can you smell the weed smoke billowing in from Colorado and California? Have you read about the citizens of Maine and Massachusetts who turned into zombies from puffing blunts all day? Have you seen the news reports about the scores of people in Oregon and Nevada who overdosed on marijuana? No.…
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According to Republicans, Black People Are Stupid and Lazy
In the latest round of āstudies confirming stuff we already knew,ā newly released opinion-poll data from the University of Chicagoās National Opinion Research Center shows that people who identify as Republican are more likely to believe that blacks are less motivated and less intelligent than whites. The survey results also reveal that more Republicans believe…
