Jan 11
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There are a lot of folks running for office who want to get back to normal. It makes sense, given how rough four…
Terrell Jermaine Starr
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Terrell Jermaine Starr is a senior reporter at The Root. He is currently writing a book proposal that analyzes US-Russia relations from a black perspective.
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Jan 7
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Senators-elect Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are seen as manifestations of the New South, but it was Black…
Jan 6
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Rev. Raphael Warnock became the first Black senator elected out of Georgia, but another senator who once held his…
Dec 29
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Georgia voters have begun early voting in the state’s U.S. Senate January runoff that will determine the balance of…
Dec 21
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Jamaal Bowman believes the Democratic Party needs a makeover. That’s why he’s been so outspoken over former…
Dec 14
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Michigan state Rep. Cynthia Johnson knows why she is being inundated with death threats after she confronted Trump…
Dec 8
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A report in September revealed that nearly 200,000 people have been purged from the voter rolls in Georgia, and…
Nov 30
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More than three weeks after Democrats’ disappointing showing on Election Day, party leadership is still arguing over…
Nov 6
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Joe Biden likely will be the next president of the United States because Black and Latinx people overcame the…
Nov 4
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Michigan’s secretary of state announced that final results won’t be ready until Wednesday. Philadelphia has 300,000…
Nov 3
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Nov 2
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Jaime Harrison could go on the campaign trail and drag his GOP opponent Sen. Lindsey Graham through the mud for…
Nov 2
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When Carol Bradley-Cousins got her voting rights restored in 2015, she had already paid nearly $15,000 in fines to…
Oct 29
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For Mariah Moore, voting is a ritual.
Oct 23
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While most national office hopefuls are spending a majority of their time on the campaign trail, Dr. Cameron Webb is…
Oct 16
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Donald Trump has made one thing clear: he doesn’t care about democracy or protecting your right to vote.
Oct 9
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Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death has given Donald Trump and the GOP another opportunity to stack the court with another…
Oct 6
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I love anything from Detroit. If it’s made there, it is simply better than everything else. If you want your hair did…
Jul 16
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One of the key elements of Pam Keith’s message as she runs for the Democratic nomination for Florida’s 18th…
Jul 16
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When you think about Missouri, you think of Middle America, a section of the country that lacks national media…