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Sign of the Times: A Performance Artist’s Creative Approach to Finding a Husband
On Sunday afternoon, I was at an annual event in Brooklyn, N.Y., which was attended by thousands of people, mostly young black professionals looking for a good time. In the crowd, I spotted a woman who left no doubt about why she’d shown up that day—not for the music or to hang with her girls…
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How to Take Care of Your Parents Without Stressing Yourself
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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2 Actors Unions Tell Their Members Not to Perform in Tyler Perry’s Newest Madea Stage Play
Two actors unions are forbidding their members from participating in Tyler Perry’s stage play Madea on the Run. According to Deadline, the Actors’ Equity Association union put the production on its “do not work” list. Apparently, Perry’s production company has yet to sign a contract with Equity. Those kinds of contracts dictate such things as how…
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Gay Rapper Joins Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood but Says Male Cast Members Won’t Shoot Scenes With Him
There are two theories circulating concerning why Milan Christopher, the newest cast member of the reality show Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, is reportedly having a difficult time filming scenes with his cast mates. According to TMZ, sources say that Christopher believes it’s because he’s gay, and the other rappers and singers on the show, like…
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DC Mayor’s New Policy Would Make Police Body-Camera Footage Available to Public
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has proposed a plan that would release more footage from police body cameras to the public if the encounter with police occurred in a public place, the Washington Post reports. This new policy would reverse Bowser’s original position that body-camera footage should not be subject to the city’s freedom-of-information…
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Alicia Keys: I Dressed Like a Tomboy to Stave Off Attention, but I’m Done Hiding Who I Am
From an early age, Alicia Keys found that a lot of the things about herself that elicited praise and compliments from other people made her feel different, and so she started to downplay those attributes in order to blend in. She opens up about all this in a blog post titled “A Revelation” on her…
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Here’s Why the #AllLivesMatter Crowd Doesn’t Care About the Killing of an Unarmed White Teen by Police
Have you heard about what happened to Zachary Hammond? If you believe his attorney, the nation has been asleep about the fact that the 19-year-old was shot and killed by the police while on a date. If you believe his attorney, nobody has said his name or expressed outrage at yet another police killing because…
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Remembering Ezell Ford: One of the Many Lives That Mattered
Ezell Ford, a 25-year-old mentally disabled man from South Los Angeles, was walking near his home Aug. 11, 2014, when he was confronted by Los Angeles police officers for what they described as an “investigative stop.” During the encounter, Ford was shot and killed by Officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas. They claimed that Ford…
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In a ’90s Kind of World: Which Living Single Character Are You?
Living Single has been off the air for over 17 years, but the legacy of the show still rings across pop culture. What truly made the show special was that each character represented a different kind of person in our lives. So, which Living Single character is the best reflection of you? Khadijah James or…
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Social Media Reacts After 2 Prominent #BlackLivesMatter Activists and Cornel West Are Arrested During St. Louis Protests
Johnetta “Netta” Elzie and DeRay Mckesson are among the handful of activists who stayed in Ferguson, Mo., long after the Michael Brown protests died down. They organized conference calls and panels and put together a newsletter to keep the nation and media outlets aware of the ongoing efforts to fight police brutality in the working-class community. Elzie was arrested…
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