The Emancipator

Racist, sexist, sexually explicit and derogatory messages sent by a predominantly White group of North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers and exclusively obtained by The Emancipator offer a troubling glimpse into the level of abuse Black troopers have faced from colleagues and supervisors.

The Emancipator has blurred names and photos as part of our ongoing investigation in an effort to help protect the identities of the whistleblowers. We have also blurred some details deemed extremely explicit. Reported by Senior Correspondent Chandelis Duster @chandelis.bsky.social

Racist, sexist, sexually explicit and derogatory messages sent by a predominantly White group of North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers and exclusively obtained by The Emancipator offer a troubling glimpse into the level of abuse Black troopers have faced from colleagues and supervisors.

Following The Emancipator’s investigation into the treatment of Black state troopers, the Department of Justice is now reviewing one trooper’s complaint about alleged violations of his rights as a member of the military.

Racist, sexist, sexually explicit and derogatory messages sent by a predominantly White group of North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers and exclusively obtained by The Emancipator offer a troubling glimpse into the level of abuse Black troopers have faced from colleagues and supervisors.

Up until late 2024, genealogist Tessa Wahlquist worked as a tour guide at the Old State House Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her superiors encouraged her to do her own research to enrich her work.

So she did, quickly uncovering evidence that hadn’t factored into the site’s history until then: slavery. While diving into the building’s construction history, Wahlquist found evidence that the former de facto county courthouse was once a pivotal site for the enslavement and sale of humans.

Black North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers describe years of racist texts and slurs, humiliation rituals, denied promotions and retaliation for reporting discrimination.

They detailed a systemic pattern of racial discrimination they say begins at the agency’s training school and continues throughout officers’ careers. Reported by Senior Correspondent Chandelis Duster. Read more at link in bio.

Black North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers describe years of racist texts and slurs, humiliation rituals, denied promotions and retaliation for reporting discrimination.

The allegations point to a deeply entrenched culture and longstanding pattern of racism within the lawforce’s ranks, according to an investigation by The Emancipator.

Department of Homeland Security agents raided Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington, D.C. early last week as part of an ongoing investigation that could lead to an attempt to strip the Minnesota Democrat of her U.S. citizenship.

The investigation comes as the Trump administration has launched the largest denaturalization effort in history.

Department of Homeland Security agents raided Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington, D.C. early last week as part of an ongoing investigation that could lead to an attempt to strip the Minnesota Democrat of her U.S. citizenship.

For two decades, Aleksander Nilaj has served the Bronx, making sure no one in the community goes hungry. Now, the Albanian immigrant is locked up in Delaney Hall in New Jersey after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week.

Nilaj is just one of many immigrants whose sole crime is residing in the U.S. for an extended amount of time, who have been detained by ICE, which claims to only be targeting “the worst of the worst.”

The Mississippi Attorney General’s office found that “use of force was justified” when a Senatobia police officer shot and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley in June.

The state will not press charges against the officer who shot the baby while responding to reports of a shoplifting incident at a Walmart.

A new poll by @pewresearch.org shows that a majority of Latino voters are basing their midterm vote on their negative views of President Trump, which have hit an all-time low with the midterm election just two weeks away.

Roughly 55% of Latino respondents in a Pew Research poll say they view their vote in the upcoming midterm election as a vote against Trump — though he is not on the ballot. This is compared to 14% of Latinos who say their vote in the midterms is in support of Trump.

The median wealth of Black American families plunged 25% between 2022 and 2025, while White family wealth climbed 6%, widening an already stark racial wealth gap, according to a new Federal Reserve report. Wealth for every other race and ethnicity increased over the same period of time.

Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers have resigned amid an investigation into allegations that at least six cops took part in a competition to pull over the most Black drivers and used racist language, including the “n-word” in a text group chat. theemancipator.org/2026/10/16/n...

An Emancipator investigation found that at least 11 Tennessee private schools accused of being created as “segregation academies” – private schools founded between the 1940s and 1970s that forestalled racial integration in the South– receive state voucher money for the students attending them.

The Emancipator estimates there were at least 359 former segregation academies in the country. Many of them could still be active – though it is difficult to know whether they continue to practice segregationist attendance policies.

At least 500 immigrants detained at the D. Ray James Folkston ICE processing center are participating in a mass hunger strike to protest their detention and the inhumane conditions at the facility in southeast Georgia.

“We are those who have been imprisoned for years, yet have never been accused of any crime. We are those who sought asylum in the first country to defend rights and freedom, yet found themselves deprived of both,” wrote Idris Makhmudoz.

Black, Asian, and Hispanic voters favor Democratic candidates by substantial margins ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center.

Book banning is not new. Americans have been attacking literacy in reaction to Black freedom struggles for 286 years. On May 10, 1740, the South Carolina General Assembly passed the Negro Act of 1740.

It is also known as “An Act for the better Ordering and Governing Negroes and other Slaves in this Province.” The Act was in direct response to the Stono Rebellion, a revolt led by enslaved people a couple of months prior. Written and researched by Tricia De Souza.

Just one month before the midterm elections, Latino support for President Trump has dropped to its lowest levels during his presidency due to aggressive immigration policies targeting their communities and the high cost of living, new polls show. theemancipator.org/2026/10/08/n...

Black unemployment is rising. Redistricting battles could disempower lawmakers and voters of color. Stepped-up ICE deportations in communities and potential federal presence near polling stations could have a chilling impact on turnout.