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Jill Scott’s Estranged Husband Says He Just Wants His Purple Rain CD and His Damn Shoehorn Back
Jill Scott’s estranged husband, Michael Dobson, says that the soul singer and actress is getting in the way of his personal belongings—and he’s asking the courts to get involved. TMZ recently recovered court documents from the divorce case in which Dobson asks a judge to punish Scott for withholding his things. According to the documents,…
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South Carolina Restaurant Closed After Musician Says White Owner Promised to Keep the ‘Nigs’ in Their Place
The white owner of a popular Columbia, S.C., restaurant picked the wrong white man to confide in. Main Street Public House is now closed as the business investigates racist comments one of its owners, Jimmy Latulipe, allegedly made to a white musician he was trying to book. As The State reports, Don Merckle, who manages…
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Sonia Sotomayor Reads the Supreme Court’s Travel-Ban Decision for Filth
In a 5-4 decision delivered Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court upheld Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting Muslim-majority countries. In doing so, the majority wrote off the president’s own anti-Muslim statements—comments he’s been making since 2011, which ramped up during his presidential campaign. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing the majority opinion in Trump v. Hawaii (pdf), claimed…
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‘This Is a Plagiarism?’ Donald Glover Catches Heat Over Allegations He Ripped Off a New York Rapper
Earlier this year, Donald Glover’s “This Is America” exploded onto the pop-music landscape. The No. 1 single—a first for Glover, aka Childish Gambino—enthralled viewers and launched a thousand think pieces, thanks in large part to its provocative music video and catchy hook. Now Glover is being hit with allegations that he ripped off “This Is…
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Watch: The Hate U Give Brings a Young-Adult-Focused Black Lives Matter Story to the Big Screen
The trailer for The Hate U Give, the hotly anticipated movie based on the best-selling young-adult novel by Angie Thomas, debuted Sunday night at the BET Awards, and it’s a must-watch. Amandla Stenberg, who made her big-screen debut starring in another YA-novel-to-movie adaptation, The Hunger Games, commands viewers’ attention as Starr Carter, a young black…
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Supreme Court Punts on Partisan Gerrymandering as Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas Set Sights on Dismantling Voting Rights Act
On Monday, the Supreme Court made two notable decisions related to voting and voting rights that promise major ramifications for the 2018 midterms and beyond. SCOTUS booted a case on North Carolina’s politically gerrymandered districts back to a lower court Monday morning, asking the court to reconsider its previous decision, which found that the state’s…
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And the One Person Willing to Cape for Roseanne on the BET Awards Red Carpet Was …
Actor Jason Mitchell, best known for his role as Eazy-E in Straight Outta Compton, told Entertainment Tonight’s Nischelle Turner that he sees no wrong in Roseanne Barr. Before the BET Awards Sunday night, Turner spoke with Mitchell on the red carpet and told the actor that a new Roseanne spinoff was coming to TV—without Roseanne…
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Funeral for Antwon Rose, Pittsburgh Teen Killed by Cops, to Be Held Today
The family of Antwon Rose II, the 17-year-old shot three times in the back by an East Pittsburgh Police officer last week, will lay him to rest on Monday. As CNN reports, protesters have demonstrated in downtown Pittsburgh since Antwon’s shooting on June 19, demanding accountability for Officer Michael Rosfeld, the cop who killed him,…
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Sophia Chang Ain’t Nothing to Fuck Wit’
In The Art of Exchange, The Root explores the intersections where different identities and communities of color meet. Each story covers a different place or personality that expands or challenges our idea of what cultural exchange, allyship and cross-cultural support look like. Sophia Chang wears her heart on her neck. On a sliver of red…
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Fox Idiota Claims Black People Told Her Child Detention Centers Were Better Than Public Housing
Another day, another Fox News guest attempting to validate the cruel treatment of America’s black and brown folks—this time, by seemingly pitting the two against each other. Fox commentator Rachel Campos-Duffy (formerly of Real World fame, itself a far more respectable platform than Fox News) defended the conditions in detainment centers housing migrant children on…
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