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Cheat Sheet: What is Juneteenth?

Cheat Sheet: What is Juneteenth?

SZA Strikes The Heart With Songwriting Prowess on "Kill Bill"

T-Boz & Chilli Tell Their Story For The First Time In TLC Forever, Our TV Pick This Week

Small Town Horror Story: The Vietnam Veteran Who Refused To Leave A Man Behind

Halle Bailey Talks About Reinventing Ariel In The Little Mermaid

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Best Deals of the Day: Samsung, Dyson, Samsonite, Babbel, Countertop Ice...

Check out the best deals of the day for Thursday, June 1, 2023.

The Inventory Staff

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This Samsung Cordless Stick Vacuum Is $300 Down From $500

Take 25% off a reliable household staple and multi-surface wonder.

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Crocs Is Offering Up to 50 Percent off Select Styles for Memorial

Use the code MEMDAY20 for an additional 20 percent off discounted items.

It's Lit

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The Root's Top 14 Books of the Year Selected by You

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The Georgia School District That Removed Books With Black And LGBTQ Characters Could Be In Trouble

Candace McDuffie

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Book Bans are Increasing, and Writers of Color are the Target

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A Supersized List of Books You Need to Read in May 2023

Entertainment

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These Powerful Black Women are Changing Hollywood's Outdated Old Boys Club

Stephanie Holland

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Chili Finally Reveals Reason Behind Her Breakup With Usher Back in the Day

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Wait, What? Disney’s New The Little Mermaid Criticized for Its ‘Dangerous’ Erasure…of Slavery?

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Shannon Sharpe Out As Co-Host of FS1's Undisputed

Race Matters

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Not a Lick of Prison Time for Racist Gunman Who Targeted Black Teens

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Black Woman Calls Out Racist Plane Passenger and 15 Million TikTokers Watched

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'Citi Bike Karen's' GoFundMe Explodes With Cash

Candace McDuffie

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DEI Uber Executive Centers White Women's Feelings With 'Don't Call Me Karen' Events, Gets Placed On Leave

Candace McDuffie

Very Smart Brothas

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Very Smart Brothas

What Did Our Vote For Biden Get Us?

Antjuan Seawright

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Very Smart Brothas

How Climate Change and 'Heat Islands' are Killing Black People

Derrick Z. Jackson

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Very Smart Brothas

Tim Scott Is Running For President, But Will Black People Vote For Him?

Wayne Washington

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Very Smart Brothas

The TN Expulsions Underscored Where Black Political Representation Is Most Troubling!

Wayne Washington

Small Business Spotlight

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Small Business Spotlight

Need A Side Hustle? These Two NOLA-based Sisters Got You

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Small Business Spotlight

These Black Entrepreneurs Took Their Sweet Treat to Shark Tank and This Happened

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Small Business Spotlight

This is What Happened When a Black Orthodontist Took Her Toothbrush Into the Shark Tank

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Small Business Spotlight

Meet Two Black Men Changing the Flavor of the Whiskey Game

Criminal Justice

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The Tale of 2 Racist Road Ragers

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Criminal Justice

Will Louisianans Convicted Under Jim Crow Juries Finally Get Justice?

Jessica Washington

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Criminal Justice

Louisiana House Passes Bill Outing Juvenile Records In Black Communities

Jessica Washington

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Criminal Justice

Will Daniel Penny's Marine Status Prove He Wasn't Defending himself From Jordan Neely?

Jessica Washington

News

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Judge Has Agreed To Seal Court Documents In Ralph Yarl Shooting

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Black Woman Who Had Wig Snatched Off Head By White Lawyer Allegedly Has Filed A Police Report

Candace McDuffie

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This Is Why Conservatives Are Outraged And Calling Chick-fil-A 'Woke'

Candace McDuffie

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Third Person Charged For the Murder of Run-DMC DJ, Jam Master Jay

National Politics

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Debt Ceiling 101. Everything You Need To Know About It, And How We Got Here

Jessica Washington

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Oh, Hell Nah: Mike Pence Set To Announce 2024 Presidential Run

Candace McDuffie

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Here's How Black Women Could Break Records In The Senate Next Year.

Jessica Washington

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Meet the Black Folks Holding Down the Biden-Harris White House

Jessica Washington