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The Root's Young Futurists will now be known as The Future 25.
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Toward the end of his legendary standup special Never Scared, Chris Rock goes into a bit about the history of…
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It never ceases to amaze me how white people love to whitewash American history. On the one hand, they love to…
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At this point, it is neither shocking nor surprising that those on the right are spending a fair amount of time…
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We told y’all earlier that the middle school principal would win.
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With round two of the public impeachment hearings set to begin this week, President Trump said in a Monday morning…
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