A new study finds that Black offenders are much more likely than white or Hispanic ones to get federal life sentences. The analysis published in the journal Criminology examined more than 366,000 offenders convicted and sentenced in 90 federal district courts from 2010 to 2017, according to Axios.
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Fanta Bility, an 8-year-old girl killed by gunfire after a high school football game, was likely hit by police officers’ bullets as they returned fire against gunmen during a shootout on Aug. 27.
Andrew Cuomo may have left the governor’s mansion in Albany, N.Y., but the repercussions of his fight to stay in power continue to wreak collateral damage. As previously reported by The Root, several leaders of prominent social justice movements were swept up in the fallout of the now-disgraced politician, including…
At least 68 people are dead and many are still without power after Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf Coast and remnants of the storm ravaged the Northeast last week. Making matters worse is a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 100 miles south of New Orleans, CBS News reports.
