NEW YORK – AUGUST 9: Lindi Bobb, 6, attends a slavery reparations protest outside New York Life Insurance Company offices August 9, 2002 in New York City. Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Before there was Henrietta Wood, there was Belinda Royall. In 1783, Royall, who was sold into slavery as a child to Isaac Royall, […]
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Meet The Real Villains of Black History
US President Donald Trump listens to officials during a roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. – Trump said Tuesday on a visit to protest-hit Kenosha, Wisconsin that recent anti-police demonstrations in the city were acts of “domestic terror” committed by violent mobs. […]
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US President Donald Trump listens to officials during a roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. – Trump said Tuesday on a visit to protest-hit Kenosha, Wisconsin that recent anti-police demonstrations in the city were acts of “domestic terror” committed by violent mobs. […]
Read MoreThe Root’s Guide to the Centuries Long Fight for Reparations
NEW YORK – AUGUST 9: Lindi Bobb, 6, attends a slavery reparations protest outside New York Life Insurance Company offices August 9, 2002 in New York City. Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Before there was Henrietta Wood, there was Belinda Royall. In 1783, Royall, who was sold into slavery as a child to Isaac Royall, […]
Read MoreThousands Of Children Will No Longer Get Summer Food Program
Kids enjoying lunch togetherPhoto: Maskot (Getty Images) Within days of Christmas, families in Iowa and Nebraska received some troubling news. Republican Governors in those states have announced that they’re opting out of a summer Federal food assistance program. The program provides thousands of low-income families with an additional $40 per month in food assistance to […]
Read MoreReal Men and Women In History Who Still Terrify Black People
US President Donald Trump listens to officials during a roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. – Trump said Tuesday on a visit to protest-hit Kenosha, Wisconsin that recent anti-police demonstrations in the city were acts of “domestic terror” committed by violent mobs. […]
Read MoreLet’s Admit It: “Bidenomics” Has Failed
In 1984, the nation had been grappling with inflation rates higher than 3 percent annually since Lyndon Johnson was in the White House. For 15 years, Americans had grown inured to picking up a can of Campbell’s soup and discovering stickers with three different prices on it, each one higher than the last. That was […]
Read MoreWhy “Bidenomics” Failed
In 1984, the nation had been grappling with inflation rates higher than 3 percent annually since Lyndon Johnson was in the White House. For 15 years, Americans had grown inured to picking up a can of Campbell’s soup and discovering stickers with three different prices on it, each one higher than the last. That was […]
Read MoreHere Are More Boogie Men (And Women) Of Black History
UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 16: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event with veterans at the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, where he stated he believes President Obama was born in the United States, September 16, 2016. Medal of Honor recipient Mike Thornton, appears at right. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call […]
Read MoreHere Are The Boogie Men (And Women) Of Black History
UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 16: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event with veterans at the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, where he stated he believes President Obama was born in the United States, September 16, 2016. Medal of Honor recipient Mike Thornton, appears at right. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call […]
Read MoreReparations 101: Here’s Everything You Need To Know
NEW YORK – AUGUST 9: Lindi Bobb, 6, attends a slavery reparations protest outside New York Life Insurance Company offices August 9, 2002 in New York City. Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Before there was Henrietta Wood, there was Belinda Royall. In 1783, Royall, who was sold into slavery as a child to Isaac Royall, […]
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