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Why 2017 Was the Year of Rose Armitage
To be a person of color in America is to always be tangled between dueling worlds. What was different in 2017, more so than any other year in recent memory, was how those polarities were laid bare for everyone else to see. It was the year American streets were crowded with both pussy hats and…
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Restaurant Owner and Stunt Queen Brings the North Pole to North Philly in Epic Neighborhood Block Party
How do you top hiring a live-ass camel for your son’s Dubai-themed prom? If you’re Saudia Shuler and the occasion is Christmas, the answer should be pretty obvious. Reindeer. Bring on the damn reindeer. Shuler was back at her extravagant best Wednesday night, throwing a massive block party and toy giveaway she called “North Pole…
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NYC Man Exonerated After Serving 30 Years for Rape He Didn’t Commit
Thirty years ago, three men broke into a Brooklyn, N.Y., Burger King, robbing the store and gang-raping an 18-year-old worker who had been closing up the eatery. But the brutal attack—and the subsequent police investigation—landed four men behind bars. The fourth was a then-17-year-old named Mark Denny, whom the 18-year-old identified in a police lineup.…
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In the Dark of Night, 2 Confederate Statues in Memphis, Tenn., Come Down
For 113 years, a bronze statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a man who rose above his station thanks to the slave trade, a Confederate general who orchestrated the massacre of black soldiers at Fort Pillow, and the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard—loomed over downtown Memphis, Tenn. At 9:01 p.m. Wednesday, a time the New York…
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How Sexual Harassment Silences Black Women in the Workplace
Updated Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at 2:29 p.m. EST: The Ford Motor Co. sent The Root a statement responding to the New York Times report about allegations by female employees at the company’s Chicago plants of years of racial and sexual harassment. “Ford does not tolerate sexual harassment or discrimination. We take those claims very…
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Virginia Pastor and His Wife Found Guilty of Scamming Millions of Dollars
The jig is up for an Alexandria, Va., pastor and his wife, who have been convicted on federal charges of defrauding their friends and congregants out of millions of dollars, according to the Washington Post. Pastor Terry Millender and his wife, Brenda, promised their friends and flock that by investing in the Millenders’ Christian-based company,…
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Judge Throws Out Michael Jackson Sex Abuse Lawsuit
A Los Angeles judge threw out a lawsuit brought by a choreographer against Michael Jackson that alleged the singer had molested him as a child. According to USA Today, the lawsuit was one of the last major claims against Jackson’s properties. Wade Robson, an Australia native who has worked as a choreographer for Britney Spears…
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Beloved, You See Eminem on Your Dating App, WYD?
In his interview with Vulture, Marshall Mathers, more commonly known as Eminem, unloads a lot. Like, how much he hates Donald Trump (“I get almost flustered thinking about him”); how, despite being from Detroit, he “didn’t really believe that cops could be planting evidence or shooting unarmed black people” until seeing all the evidence fairly…
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All I Want for Christmas Is This California Woman’s Weed Fortress of White Privilege
May God grant me the serenity to accept the news cycle I cannot change, the courage to call out the evil asshats I can, and the wisdom to know when to use a semicolon and when to just end the sentence (copy editors: I’m still working it). And Lord, if you’re in a generous mood,…
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‘How Else Are You Going to Meet People?’ Tavis Smiley Defends His Sexual Relationships With Employees
You’d be hard-pressed to imagine a more cringeworthy pairing than accused sexual harasser Tavis Smiley and Fox host Tucker Carlson, but that’s exactly what viewers received Monday night as Smiley took to Carlson’s show to offer some kind of explanation for the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct of which PBS is accusing him. Spoiler alert:…
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