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Trump Takes All 5 States in Tuesday’s Primaries; Clinton Wins Md., Del., Conn. and Pa.; Sanders Takes RI
Updated Tuesday, April 26, 10:32 p.m. EDT: Hillary Clinton won four out of five Democratic primary contests Tuesday night, winning the state of Connecticut against Bernie Sanders, according to the Associated Press. A total of 55 delegates were at stake in the state. In Tuesday night’s contests, part of the so-called Acela primary, 172 delegates are…
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A Transformative Artist Known as Prince
Prince Rogers Nelson, a man who transcended musical genre and defied definition, was found dead in his Paisley Park complex in Minnesota on Thursday. He was 57. Irreplaceably unique, Prince was a flamboyant, innovative artist whose songs were as varied and layered as his beguiling persona, which captivated audiences and music critics alike for nearly…
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Can Big Girls Get in ‘Formation’ With Beyoncé’s Ivy Park?
During one of the many industry downturns that have plagued me, us and everyone in media since the advent of the Internet, I took a job folding clothes at a Macy’s in North St. Louis County, Mo. It did not pay anywhere near as much as my long-lost job as a newspaper reporter in Bakersfield,…
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Crush on You: New Book Highlights 1st Celebrity Crushes
To squash. To squeeze. To deform. To destroy. To “crush” is to be forever changed, which is the crux of Dave Singleton and Cathy Alter’s new short story anthology, Crush, which examines the first celebrity crushes of several authors, including one quite familiar to The Root: our Grapevine editor, Yesha Callahan. Callahan, along with well-known…
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Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz Win Big in Wis.
Big night for the underdogs. With 42 delegates at stake on the Republican side, Ted Cruz has snatched the state of Wisconsin from GOP front-runner Donald Trump, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has beat Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, also winning Wisconsin, according to projections by NBC. With 34 percent of the precincts in as of…
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Super Tuesday 2: Donald Trump Prepares to Burn GOP to the Ground
It’s the ides of March, but Donald Trump, cast as a bloviating, bellicose Julius Caesar in this political play, isn’t facing his doom. Instead, to borrow from another bit of Caesar’s life, he’s crossing the Rubicon to victory, preparing to send his rivals scattering to the hinterlands of our republic to desperately plot a downfall…
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Super Tuesday Results: Clinton Sweeps the South Plus Mass.; Sanders Takes Colo., Vt., Okla. and Minn.
Updated Tuesday, March 2, 12:30 a.m. EST: Donald Trump is the apparent winner in Vermont, beating out Ohio Gov. John Kasich in a close race, according to the Associated Press. It is Trump’s seventh Super Tuesday win. As of the time of publication, Trump had won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. Also winning…
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‘It’s About Revolution’: Underground Gets Real About Escaping Slavery
Why another slavery narrative? One TV show cast is asking, “Why not?” That was the sentiment of the stars, writers and producers of the new slavery-based TV show Underground, premiering March 9 on WGN. The cast and crew, who were in Washington, D.C., last week to promote the series, spoke with The Root about the need…
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52 Vile, Racist Tweets 1 Writer Received From Trump Supporters
Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. It all started with a column in the Washington Post. On Feb. 21, Harvard professor Danielle Allen penned a piece entitled “The Moment of Truth: We Must Stop Trump.” It was a “prompt for the trolls,” she said, speaking to The Root,…
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Kanye West Doesn’t Need Another Think Piece; He Needs Therapy
Kanye West doesn’t need what I’m about to write. Mostly because he’s not going to see it anyway. (Or read it. Or care.) But someone else who is going through a Kanye-esque moment might read it and finally get the help he or she needs, so here it goes. A long time ago, before I…
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