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Survey: Race Relations Worse Than a Decade Ago
In a year that has seen nationwide protests over the police killings of unarmed African-American men, such as Freddie Gray in Baltimore, and the massacre of nine blacks at a historic black church in South Carolina, a new survey (pdf) shows that most Americans think race relations are worse today than they were just a decade…
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Our #WCW: Taraji P. Henson Cried When She Busted Through the Myth That Black Actresses Don’t Do Well Overseas
All people have their “come to Jesus” moment, when all their trials and tribulations make sense, and they realize why they were put through the storm. For Taraji P. Henson, that happened in Paris after a screening of her hit TV show, Empire. An audience of approximately 1,000 Parisians applauded her performance as Cookie Lyon, and…
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UFC Fighter Ronda Rousey Says It’s Surreal That Beyoncé Used Her Prefight Feminist Rant for Her Show
Beyoncé may be a bit of a recluse, but she keeps her ear to the streets when it comes to sound bites that inspire her as a woman. First it was Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who gained even more fame when Beyoncé used a portion of the writer’s TED speech in her song “Flawless.”…
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Shonda Rhimes Tops The Root 100 List of Top Influencers
To be black and excellent. But excellent not just in the way they conduct their business. To be black and excellent in their lives, in their careers, in their community. Every year since 2009, The Root has defined black excellence with a list of 100 honorees ages 25 to 45, who, while succeeding across multiple…
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Sanaa Lathan and Michael Ealy Talk Sex, Stalkers and Sociopaths
Actors Sanaa Lathan and Michael Ealy have been fixtures in Hollywood for nearly two decades. Audiences have watched the two evolve as actors as they’ve moved freely through comedy, drama and romance in both television and film—The Following, About Last Night, Barbershop and Think Like a Man for him, and Boss, The Best Man franchise,…
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Black Hair Business Is Booming—You In?
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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Jon Batiste Brings His ‘Social Music’ to Late Night
As the musical director of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, which premieres tonight, keyboardist Jon Batiste, 28, will program the music that millions will see and hear each weeknight. He comes from a musical family of note in New Orleans and has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the Juilliard Jazz program. He’s been…
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Supreme Vintage: 29 Top Black Winemakers You Should Know
Martin Johnson writes about music for the Wall Street Journal, basketball for Slate and beer for Eater, and he blogs at both the Joy of Cheese and Rotations. Follow him on Twitter.
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Ohio Parents Publicize Daughter's Heroin Overdose to Spark Dialogue
When 18-year-old Allison Shuemake died in late August, her parents, Dorothy and Fred, could have kept the cause a secret. But according to Cleveland.com the Middletown Ohio couple chose the rare step of publicizing her heroin overdose in hopes of shining some light on the drug plague that is claiming so many lives in their…
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Watch: Black Man Pulled Over in RI for Driving With Air Freshener in Windshield
A video of a Providence, R.I., white officer stopping a 23-year-old black man for driving with an air freshener dangling from his car windshield has gone viral. Dana Harris Jr. uploaded a cellphone video on YouTube after he was stopped in Mount Hope, R.I., by Providence Officer Brian Murphy on Aug. 24, according to Raw…
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