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The Root 100: Kizzmekia Corbett, Who Helped Develop the Moderna Vaccine, Tops Our 2021 List of Most Influential African-Americans
She joins a stellar list of Black leaders that includes Nikole Hannah-Jones, Cori Bush, Ibram X. Kendi, Renee Montgomery and Megan Thee Stallion.
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Former Officer in Shooting Death of Daunte Wright Facing More Serious Charges
Kim Porter is now also facing first-degree manslaughter charges after a review by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office.
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Man Who Confronted Reporter During Live Shot Taken Into Custody by U.S. Marshals
Benjamin Eugene Dagley faces two counts of simple assault, one count of disturbing the peace and one count of violating an emergency curfew.
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The Future 25: A New Name for the Next Generation of Changemakers Who Are Doing Big Things
The Root’s Young Futurists will now be known as The Future 25.
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The Stories We've Told: A Look at the Tulsa Race Massacre From The Root Archives
The first time most (white) Americans likely heard about the Tulsa Race Massacre was when HBO’s Watchmen opened its first episode—aired on October 20, 2019—with the devastating reenactment of the death and destruction that took place on May 31-June 1 in Greenwood, the Black neighborhood known as “Black Wall Street.” Or if they missed that,…
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Tampa Bay Lightning Makes NHL History by Starting an All-Black Forward Line
Toward the end of his legendary standup special Never Scared, Chris Rock goes into a bit about the history of slavery and how slave masters used breeding to try to create “super slaves” and how that continues to affect America today. “This is why Black people dominate every physical activity in the United States of…
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Rick Santorum Said 'There Isn't Much Native American Culture in American Culture.' Twitter Drags Him While Offering a History Lesson
It never ceases to amaze me how white people love to whitewash American history. On the one hand, they love to remember how “they’’ built this country while completely erasing the sacrifices and contributions of other communities, but when you point out the things it actually took to “build” this country—like the genocide of Native…
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Charlie Murphy Never Lied: Late Comedian Goes Viral on Twitter After Video of Prince Shooting Hoops Mid-Concert Reemerges
One of the all-time greatest skits—in a show filled with great skits—is “Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories” on Chappelle’s Show, in which the comedian retells the story of how he, his brother Eddie and their friends got their asses whooped by Prince and his blouse-wearing crew in a game of basketball. As hilarious and outlandish…
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Why Are Y'all Like This? GoAuto Insurance CEO Apologizes for Calling Kamala Harris a 'Hoe'
At this point, it is neither shocking nor surprising that those on the right are spending a fair amount of time lodging sexist and/or racist attacks against Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. It’s like a sport to them. Just in the past month or so, Harris has been called an “insufferable lying bitch” and had it…
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GTFOH Trump Watch: Enough Already
You know that TV show, Intervention? It’s a reality show featuring family and friends confronting a loved one who is suffering through an addiction crisis. Well, it feels like some folks in the Trump administration have had enough and are doing their own version of an intervention for a president who is addicted to telling lies…