By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The attacks by Trump, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, and some GOP leaders on Georgia Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis for flatly calling…
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By Jared Bernstein The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gestures during a speech at a Chicago Freedom Movement rally at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 10, 1966. (Afro…
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By Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet After a 13-month investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice released a 164-page report Friday detailing the abuse of force by the Chicago Police Department (CPD)….
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By Richard Eskow “I’m also very much of a germaphobe, by the way, believe me.” Try not to think too much about the story that led to this comment from…
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By Louis Nevaer Cubans fear the “bromance” between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could result in a U.S. invasion of the communist island. A day after American voters elected…
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By Stephen Bartlett / AlterNet Photo Credit: Tory Field Many people will never hear about how at the end of 2016 on December 19, 38 medical professionals from Cuba’s Henry…
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By: Lawrence Ross Generic image. iStock So The Root asked me, “Hey L, do your best and think about what’s gonna happen in 2017.” And I was like, “Bet!”…
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By Karen Jordan John Henry Jordan, the first black doctor in Coweta County, Georgia, with his wife, Mollie, and his son, Edward Courtesy of Karen Jordan Around 1906, a…
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By Valerie Volcovici A man from the Lakota Sioux tribe with a Native American tattoo on his neck poses for a photograph during a protest against plans to pass…
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By: Lauren Victoria Burke Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), who has been elected as the new chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), who has been elected as…
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By: Todd Steven Burroughs Fidel Castro meeting Malcolm X in 1960. Fidel Castro meeting Malcolm X in 1960. Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images The Harlem audience was determined…