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  • What’s the Smartest Way to Invest $10,000 or $50,000?

    Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter. 

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    Harriette Cole






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    December 1, 2015
  • Former NBA Player Chris Duhon Suspended From His Coaching Gig Because of a DUI Arrest

    Chris Duhon was suspended from his basketball-coaching gig at Marshall University after getting arrested for a DUI, ESPN reports. Duhon was arrested early Monday morning and charged with one count of aggravated DUI. He played for nine seasons in the NBA on banner teams like the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. He is…

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    Harriette Cole






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    December 1, 2015
  • Transformation Tuesday: Philly MC Beanie Sigel Is Looking Really Svelte These Days

    Beanie Sigel no longer looks like the “Broad Street Bully” that hip-hop fans have grown accustomed to. Take a look at his Instagram page, and you’ll see that the Philly MC has lost a ton of weight and is looking quite slim these days.  “Health is wealth. I feel like a million bucks,” Beanie says…

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    Harriette Cole






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    December 1, 2015
  • Farrah Franklin: I Was the 3rd Member to Leave in 6 Months, so Destiny’s Child Lied on Me

    Remember when Beyoncé gave that live interview to MTV back in the day, announcing Farrah Franklin’s dismissal from Destiny’s Child? Beyoncé said that it was a group decision, not management’s decision, and it was a result of Franklin having missed three major promotional tours. Franklin revisited that ordeal in a recent interview with VLAD TV.…

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    Harriette Cole






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    December 1, 2015
  • NBA Rookie Jahlil Okafor Swings At a Heckler and Then Tweets About Not Being Proud of His Behavior

    We all know that some people push the wrong buttons and are the kings and queens of getting underneath people’s skin. Moneyed individuals, like Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jahlil Okafor especially, have way too much to lose to mix up with these folks. And yet … Okafor got into an altercation with a few hecklers Wednesday…

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    Harriette Cole






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    November 30, 2015
  • Erykah Badu Took a Jab at Iggy Azalea’s ‘Rap’ Career at the Soul Train Awards

    I’d bet everything in my wallet that T.I. got on the phone with Iggy Azalea last night and warned her that she did not want to clap back at Erykah Badu. Iggy would be well within her rights, though. Erykah Badu hosted the Soul Train Awards, which aired Sunday night on BET, and during her…

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    Harriette Cole






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    November 30, 2015
  • Patti LaBelle Says Her Pie’s Success Is a Testament to the Power of the Black Dollar 

    Patti LaBelle caught some flak for insinuating that her sweet potato pies’ success was a result of her own hard work and not the hilarious viral video made by a YouTube food critic. During an interview with the Huffington Post, LaBelle backpedaled and reassured fans that she knew that she owed her pie’s success to James…

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    Harriette Cole






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    November 30, 2015
  • Spike Lee Thinks College Students Will Start Using Sex Strikes as a Way to Protest

    Spike Lee thinks that his new film, Chi-raq, is infectious and that it’ll inspire college students to withhold sex from their partners as a way to denounce sexual assault incidents on college campuses nationwide.  He described all of this during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.  “I think that a sex strike could really work…

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    Harriette Cole






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    November 30, 2015
  • The Most Heartfelt Celebrity Twitter Reactions to Kobe Bryant’s Retirement Announcement 

    Los Angeles Lakers fan or not. Kobe Bryant fan or not. Basketball fans as a whole—and even those of us who enjoy sports from a distance—bowed our heads respectfully and saluted Kobe Bryant on Sunday, when he released a beautiful poem on the Players’ Tribune announcing that he would be retiring from the game after this…

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    Harriette Cole






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    November 30, 2015
  • Hillary Clinton: Better for Black People Than Obama?  

    Editor’s note: In an article titled “Yes She Can,” a play on President Barack Obama’s inspiring 2008 campaign slogan, Michael Eric Dyson writes for the New Republic of his conversion to the belief that Hillary Clinton will do more for black people than the president himself. Calling himself a skeptic after a series of questionable…

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    Harriette Cole






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    November 30, 2015
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