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Yes, You Should Give Your Child an Allowance
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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Beyoncé Will Battle It Out in a Lip-Synching Contest With This Actor
First she’s answering questions during an interview (something she hasn’t done in nearly two years), and now Beyoncé will be appearing on Spike TV’s Lip Sync Battle to compete against actor Channing Tatum. Beyoncé seems to be coming out of her self-imposed exile. Yep, Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Beyoncé will be showing off her…
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Watch: Lionel Richie Approves of This Video Meshing His Classic With Adele’s New Song ‘Hello’
Lionel Richie was apparently tickled by a short video that combines his “Hello” video with Adele’s new video for her single by the same name. Their songs were released more than 20 years apart, but some of the visuals from both videos are similar. In the video, an Instagram user edited the snippet in such…
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Bobby Shmurda Gives Fans Some Much Needed Advice in a Radio Interview From Jail
Bobby Shmurda wants to forewarn young people who are running around engaging in illegal behavior about what they’ll likely face if caught. Shmurda called into New York City’s Hot 97 radio station from jail and talked about how the criminal-justice system has little tolerance for young adults like himself. “All y’all little kids running around…
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Issa Rae: It’s Time for Equal Pay
A lot of people still don’t know that many men and women aren’t paid the same for the exact same work. At this rate, women won’t get paid as much as men until the year 2059. We’re slated to have flying cars and humans on Mars first. I wish I were joking. It’s hard to…
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Watch: Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Do the White Thing’ Spoof About Gentrification in Brooklyn, NY
Jimmy Kimmel shot a spoof of Spike Lee’s iconic Do the Right Thing, a film that captured the heart and soul of late-1980s Brooklyn, N.Y. But Kimmel’s spoof, “Do the Right Thing 2: Do the White Thing,” captures the heart and soul of Brooklyn today. A gentrified Brooklyn, that is, complete with hipsters and “green” concerns. …
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Watch: Pharrell Williams Is Annoyed in His Deposition for the ‘Blurred Lines’ Lawsuit
Video of Pharrell Williams’ deposition for the “Blurred Lines” lawsuit trial was released Saturday by the Hollywood Reporter. Williams is clearly peeved during the exchange, especially since he and Robin Thicke maintained that they didn’t illegally infringe upon Marvin Gaye’s song “Got to Give It Up” when they created “Blurred Lines.” Williams and Thicke lost the…
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RushCard Users File a Class Action Lawsuit Against Russell Simmons’ Company, Claiming Fraud
Not only are the feds investigating the RushCard, but five users of the prepaid debit card filed a class action lawsuit in New York on Friday against Russell Simmons’ company and its partners, the Daily Mail reports. The suit claims fraud because thousands of users were not able to withdraw money from their accounts for…
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A Rare, Firsthand Account of an African Muslim Enslaved in Brazil
There are relatively few detailed, firsthand accounts of the 12 million Africans captured and forcibly transported to the Americas in the 400 years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Of the 10 million survivors of that journey, only a very small number, like Olaudah Equiano and Venture Smith lived long enough—or had the time or opportunity—to…
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Should I Tell Him How Much It Hurts?
Painful sex is one of the most common problems partners talk about. Here is a question we received at justsex@theroot.com and our response to set the writer on the path of sexual pleasure. The guy I’m seeing has a really big penis. Like the biggest I’ve ever seen, and it’s really uncomfortable to have sex…
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