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Cory Booker: ‘My Roots Go Back to Slavery’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Sunday emphatically said his roots “go back to slavery” and his roots rose up during the civil rights struggles in the 1960s, potentially previewing a major potential point of contrast between him and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as they court the party’s important black primary voters.

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Watch: CNN’s Rye Likens ICE to Slave Traders

During a heated debate on CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” CNN political commentator Angela Rye compared U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the slave traders that she said brought her ancestors over to the United States. Former Trump campaign chief spokesman Jason Miller

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Kanye West Under Fire over ‘Slavery’ Comments

During a Tuesday interview with TMZ, Kanye West said, “When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.” The blowback was immediate and Kanye is now trying to explain himself to those only interested in destroying him, even if it is with a “gotcha.”

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Eric Dickerson on the NCAA: ‘It Really Is Slavery’

Monday on Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed,” NFL Hall of Famer and Fox Sports 1 analyst Eric Dickerson took aim at the NCAA amid reports that prominent college basketball teams have been paying players. Dickerson, who was part of Southern Methodist

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