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Judge of Characters: Is Being Fat Worse Than Spreading Herpes?
This week, we get all up in Usher’s sexual health with the revelation that he paid someone $1.1 million after she claimed that the singer allegedly knowingly passed along herpes. Since that suit became public knowledge, more alleged victims have surfaced. One victim, Quantasia Sharpton, has been fat-shamed since her press conference with high-profile attorney…
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Watch: Is Double Dutch a Traditionally Black Sport?
In 1974 and over the next 10 years after that, the American Double Dutch League hosted citywide competitions at New York City’s esteemed Lincoln Center. Two New York City police detectives—double Dutch founder David A. Walker and Ulysses Williams—helped to create the competition for purposes bigger than winning golden trophies; it was a space for…
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Queen Sugar’s Dawn-Lyen Gardner Loves That Black People Are Always Worth Celebrating
Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, tastemakers and thought leaders feel about being black. Many of them talk about our resilience and strength throughout history, while some talk about our undeniable talents, and others mention our dance skills, dopeness and more.…
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Beyoncé Had Twins About a Month Ago and Looks … Like … This
Yes, we live in a world where Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s date night is news. We also live in a world where Donald Trump is the president, so I say pick your poison. I’d rather focus on Beyoncé’s bountiful bosom on a date. Beyoncé has often been referred to as a robot but has been (strategically)…
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Usher’s Got It Bad: 2 Women and 1 Man Come Forward With Herpes Claims
Things seem to keep getting worse for Usher. It’s only been a couple of weeks since the world found out that he paid $1.1 million in 2012 to settle a lawsuit after a woman claimed to have contracted herpes from him, and there have been multimillon-dollar lawsuits since alleging that Usher’s been passing out herpes…
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In Water-Is-Wet News, Trump Supporters Have a Change of Heart
You can’t make this stuff up, folks. It’s just too good. It was 304 Electoral College votes that allowed Donald Trump to become the president of the United States of America, and now all of those (white) people are changing their minds. I don’t understand what those supporters saw in a candidate or even a…
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Judge of Characters: Reclaiming My Time … and Energy
This week, I am confident the only thing that mattered was that we all gained a new mantra: “Reclaiming my time.” Once again, thanks to the amazing Queen Auntie Maxine, not only do we have our new mantra and viral sensation, but we also have a whole new level of love and admiration for her.…
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Jay-Z’s ‘Moonlight’ Video Features Young Black Hollywood Excellence for a Friends Makeover
First I saw Issa Rae’s Instagram post. She wrote, “Two things I NEVER thought I’d be able to say: 1) I’m playing Rachel in ‘Friends.’ 2) I’m in a Jay-Z video with some of the funniest/dopest black people ever.” Just look at this glorious post: Turns out, Jay-Z put out a video for his song…
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Watch: The White House Human Resources Be Like …
The Be Like series on The Root focuses on the commonalities we all share when it comes to various topics. Thus far we’ve tackled subjects like dating, voting and dieting. The latest episode focuses on the revolving door in the White House. Everybody and their mama has either resigned or been fired from their post…
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Watch: Former White House Photographer Pete Souza Is Donald Trump’s Perfect Troll
Nothing celebrates #ObamaDay as well as trolling President Donald Trump, right? And there’s no one who does it better than former White House photographer Pete Souza. If you followed Souza on Instagram during the Obama administration, you got to see some pretty epic snapshots of our favorite president. From that time Obama let the little…
