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Meghan Markle’s White Sister Is Writing a Tell-All About the ‘Princess’-to-Be
Now that she’s broken through as an international star, it seems as if Meghan Markle’s family is coming out of the woodwork to get a piece of the action. Like Oprah’s family before her and even Barack Obama’s Kenyan half brother, whom the GOP loved trotting out, Meghan’s half sister, Samantha Grant—her father’s daughter and…
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22-Year-Old Says He Connected With 81-Year-Old on Words With Friends After She Used the Word ‘Phat’
At any given moment, there are more than 57 million Words With Friends matches happening around the world. When two of its players recently connected in real life, the internet collectively swooned, and their story went viral. “It was a cool experience,” 22-year-old Spencer Sleyon told The Root after he was able to meet with…
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Trauma May Be Passed Through Generations From Mothers to Daughters
A new study reveals that the daughters of women exposed to childhood trauma are at increased risk for psychiatric disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. However, the study also concluded that there was no effect among male children, and no effect among children of either sex born to fathers who participated in the analysis.…
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DMX Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud, Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison
DMX is the latest rapper who may be going to the pokey (see Fat Joe, Lauryn Hill) after pleading guilty to income tax evasion. X, whose real name is Earl Simmons, 46, appeared before a federal judge in New York on Thursday and admitted that he concealed millions of dollars from the government, according to…
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American Airlines Makes Anti-Racism Training Mandatory After NAACP Issues Travel Advisory
After a series of highly publicized racial incidents with American Airlines or its employees, the company recently announced that it will be instituting mandatory implicit-bias training for the company in 2018. “We are proud of the diversity and inclusion initiatives already in place at American, but we know we can do even better. So we…
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Lowell Hawthorne, Founder of Golden Krust, Dead at 57 of Suspected Suicide
Lowell Hawthorne, the founder and CEO of the Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill, most famous for its Jamaican beef patties, has died of an apparent suicide, according to law enforcement. He was 57 years old. Hawthorne reportedly shot himself inside his Bronx, N.Y., factory about 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the New York Post reports. Many…
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The 1 and Only Copy of Wu-Tang’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin Might End Up With the Feds Thanks to Martin Shkreli
Convicted “pharma bro” and supreme fuckboy Martin Shkreli may have to give the government the world’s only copy of the Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin if federal prosecutors have their way. On Thursday they asked U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in New York to seize $7.4 million in assets from Shkreli, who was…
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Senate Passes Major Tax Overhaul 51-49, Cutting Corporate Taxes and Gutting Student Loan Write-Offs
The United States may be getting a major tax overhaul after Senate Republicans scraped their way to a victory early Saturday morning, with a bill that critics say senators haven’t read and one that gives major concessions to corporations and the wealthy. The bill, approved just before 2 a.m. in a 51-49 vote, next heads…
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On This World AIDS Day, Where Do We Go From Here?
As we roll around to yet another World AIDS Day, it’s clear that the HIV epidemic, which is still very much an epidemic, has faded into the background in a lot of our activism. More than 35 years into the fight, the urgency of years past has faded—in large part because of the gains made…
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Victoria’s Secret Models Face Backlash for Singing the N-Word With ‘Bodak Yellow’
What could be more offensive than a group of women with ridiculously big tits and reality-defying waists parading around in their underwear? Maybe doing it dripping in traditional African beads and jewelry? Or perhaps singing the n-word backstage beforehand? Yes, I would agree—the third choice is the most offensive. But you got all three at…
