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  1. Watch: Condola Rashad Gets Engaged on NYE

  2. Mariah Carey’s NYE Performance Prompts Last Twitter Draggin of 2016

  3. Chicago P.D. Holds Back as Bloodshed Rises: Report

  4. Colin Kaepernick Voted Most Courageous Player by 49ers

  5. Puff, Puff, Push? Texas Officer Gives Teen 200 Pushups for Smoking Weed

  6. Trey Songz Arrested in Detroit for Giving Cop Concussion

  7. Donna Brazile Says Obama Response To Russia ‘Insufficient’

  8. Ronda Rousey Knocked Out in Just 48 Seconds

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  1. News

    1. Colin Kaepernick Voted Most Courageous Player by 49ers
    2. Donna Brazile Says Obama Response To Russia ‘Insufficient’
    3. 19 States Will Increase Minimum Wage in 2017
    4. Black Billionaire Will Pay for Education of Kidnapped Chibok Girls
    5. Obama Cuts Guantanamo Population to 40 Prisoners
    6. Walter Scott Cop To Be Retried for Murder in 2017
    7. Study: Child Lead Exposure in Oakland, Calif. More Dangerous Than Flint, Mich.
    8. Amazon Echo and the Data it Contains at the Center of an Ark. Murder Investigation
    9. Black Lives Matter Activist Faces Restraining Order From L.A. Police Commissioner
    10. Obama Issues Sanctions, Orders 35 Suspected Russian Spies Out of US for Hacking

  2. Culture

    1. Unique Views Podcast, Episode 24: It’s a Funkdafied Year With Da Brat
    2. #2016TaughtMe: What Were the Biggest Lessons You Learned This Year?
    3. Gentrification and Food Deserts Got You Down? There’s an App for That
    4. The Top 10 Racists of 2016 Not Named Trump
    5. The Winners of 2016
    6. 5 Times George Michael Showed His ‘Blue-Eyed Soul’ to Black America
    7. Who Lost in 2016?
    8. Stephen A. Smith Gets Real About ESPN, Race and His Obligations to Black Viewers
    9. Kwanzaa Turns 50 This Year. Are You Celebrating?
    10. Unique Views Podcast, Episode 23: It’s Family Time With Omar Gooding and Angell Conwell

  4. Lists

    1. The Blackest Moments of the 2016 The Root 100 Gala
    2. 12 Unsung Skills in the Black Community
    3. Thanks to Chance the Rapper, #BlackBoyJoy Is a Thing
    4. 8 GIFs to Celebrate Obama’s Birthday
    5. Happy Birthday, Laurence Fishburne! Celebrate His Most Epic Movie Moments
    6. The Ultimate Breakup Playlist, Inspired by Mary J. Blige and Kendu Isaacs
    7. 9 Hilarious RNC Memes
    8. 7 Times Fantasia Took Us to Church With Her Stunning Performances
    9. 6 Black Women Who Are Leading Africa’s Digital Revolution
    10. 10 STEM Summer Camps for Students of Color

  5. Politics

    1. Trump Claims He’ll Rebuild the Inner Cities, but How Committed Is He?
    2. Could More School Choice Equal More Problems in Education Under Trump?
    3. The Blackwashing of President Obama’s Legacy 
    4. 6 Stages of Grief in the Last Days of Obama
    5. Trump’s Election Proves Obama Is a Dignified Man in an Undignified Time
    6. From Russia With Blackness: Terrell J. Starr, Black America’s Russian Translator
    7. Should Black People Meet With Donald Trump?
    8. Obama’s Clemency Versus Trump’s ‘Law and Order’
    9. Black Federal Workers in ‘Wait and See’ Mode Over Looming Trump Presidency
    10. Donald Trump’s Top 10 Most Racist Moments in 2016

  6. History

    1. Can I Find the Slave Ports Through Which My Ancestors Came?
    2. How Far Back Does My Free-Black Heritage Go?
    3. Why Does My African Family Have an English Name?
    4. What’s the Story of a Portrait of My Slave Ancestor?
    5. How Far Back Can You Trace My Black Family?
    6. Do Freedmen’s Bureau Records Show the Marriage of My Kin?
    7. Using Genetic Testing to Better Understand the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
    8. Can Genetic Testing Be Done on My Late Mother’s Hair?
    9. Can You Help My Dad Find His Father?
    10. Did My Black Ancestor Move Farther South During Slavery?

  7. Photos

    1. Have a Very Obama Christmas
    2. The Cast of Dreamgirls: Where Are They Now?
    3. The Root’s manCODE and Young, Fabulous and Female Events in Atlanta!
    4. Tupac and the Producers of the Classic All Eyez on Me: Where Are They Now?
    5. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Kicks Off Its Holiday Season With Solange and Jazz
    6. #BuyBlack 2016: 50 Holiday Gift Ideas That’ll Keep Money in Our Community
    7. 10 Black Republicans You’ll Likely See Working for the Trump Administration
    8. 10 Most Unsung New Jack Swing Groups
    9. 10 Signs You’re Dating a Woman With Natural Hair
    10. 10 Reasons You Know You’re a Black Mom

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