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California School Board President Resigns After Wife’s Racist Tweets About Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
I really don’t understand white people, y’all. Like, how are they out here marrying racists and then being all, “Well, I don’t agree at all with what my partner said, but, you know…” *points at white skin and shrugs* Our latest example of spousal racism takes us to San Francisco, where a school board president…
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Bucks Player Sterling Brown Reaches $750,000 Settlement With City of Milwaukee Over Use of Excessive Force During 2018 Arrest
There seems to be this misplaced belief among Black capitalists that a certain level of success and money will protect you from the racist horrors America was built on (See: Ice Cube, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, any nigga who made a little coin and thought it was a golden ticket to whiteness). Nearly three years…
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In Cities Nationwide, Large Margins of Voters Approve of Increased Police Oversight Measures
While there has been plenty of hand-wringing by elected officials about efforts to defund and reform the police, voters have voiced their desire for change, as ballot measures to increase police oversight passed by large margins in cities across the nation. CBS News reports that cities like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Portland all voted by large…
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Welcome to The Root’s Buyers Guide for Next-Gen Consoles! Step 1: Accept the L
‘Sup folks! Tonight, the next generation of consoles is upon us as the Xbox Series S and X launch, with the Playstation 5 following suit only two days later. The coronavirus pandemic has fucked up everything this year, video games included. If you try to go to a Best Buy, Target, Walmart, or Gamestop (gross)…
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Pfizer Says Its Vaccine Is 90 Percent Effective as COVID Cases Are Set to Overwhelm the American Healthcare System
Can’t even lie, it felt incredibly good to see the whole world reenact the end of Return of the Jedi this weekend. I’m going to do my best to hold onto that feeling because the upcoming months aren’t looking too hot with regards to the ongoing pandemic. While Pfizer has shared a promising development on…
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Boogaloo Boys Charged With Attempting to Sell Weapons to Overseas Terrorist Organization
Further proving that white people simply won’t let America be great, a group of Boogaloo Boys have been charged with attempting to sell weapons to an overseas terrorist organization. Forbes reports Michael Robert Solomon, 30, and Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, have both been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with “conspiring and attempting to…
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Some Chill-Ass Games for a Stressful Ass Week. (Yes, They’re Still at Good-Ass Prices)
Sup, y’all. It’s your mentally and emotionally exhausted boy. I’m sure for most of us this week has been—to put it plainly—Not Fun. So, in the spirit of bringing some fun and relaxation to your weekend, here are some affordable games that you can just vibe to. Mafia III: Definitive Edition- $19.49 (PS4) While not…
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New Jersey Releases More Than 2,200 Incarcerated People Under New Public Health Law
Considering all we know about COVID-19, it’s incredibly obvious that the conditions in American prisons aren’t exactly the best for mitigating the spread of the virus. To address this clear problem, New Jersey has released over 2,200 incarcerated people under a recently passed law. According to CNN, the law is the first of its kind…
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For the First Time in Its History, Five Women Now Sit on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
It’s been a damn week, y’all. You know it; I know it, and even niggas in Japan know it. For real, my best friend lives in Japan, and that nigga let me know he knew. Something you may not know, though, is that after Tuesday’s election the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is now…
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We Need to Break Down What’s Going on With the USPS and ‘Missing’ Mail-In Ballots
I was really hoping that I would be done writing about election mail on Election Day, but as you can see, I don’t always get what I want. The United States Postal Service keeps on generating controversy, mainly due to early data that shows the USPS may have not delivered up to 300,000 mail-in ballots.…