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Here Are the 1st Glimpses of Barack and Michelle’s Love Story on the Small Screen
It was 1989, and a young Michelle Robinson was tasked with showing a wide-eyed, bushy-tailed law student the ropes at Sidley Austin, a white-shoe law firm in Chicago. He had a funny name: Barack Obama. He ended up asking her out, taking her for ice cream on one date and then to see Spike Lee’s…
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My Ex Is Spilling the Tea About Me on Social Media; How Do I Make Him Stop?
My ex is very active on social media. Whenever he is upset or annoyed with me, he writes about me in a condescending manner. He doesn’t say my name, but I know it’s about me because I know what’s going on. So do my friends. I’ve asked him so many times to stop, but he…
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He’s Bankrupt; Should I Marry Him?
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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President Calls for Racial Justice and Prison Reform
President Barack Obama’s call for major criminal-justice reforms at the NAACP convention in Philadelphia Tuesday offered concrete policy follow-through to issues of racial justice the president raised during his historic eulogy in Charleston, S.C., last month. In the City of Brotherly Love, Obama outlined a series of reforms aimed at reducing the numbers of Americans in…
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Nick Gordon Served With a $10,000,000 Lawsuit That Claims He Once Hit Bobbi Kristina Brown, Knocking Out Her Tooth
Nick Gordon was walking out of a Starbucks Sunday, holding a Frappuccino in one hand, when a $10 million civil compaint levied against him was shoved into his free hand, the New York Daily News reports. Gordon was officially served with the lawsuit that Bobbi Kristina Brown’s court-appointed representative filed against him in June. In…
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Cosby Show Actor Says He Fell for the Okey-Doke: ‘Of Course Cosby Is Guilty’
He was the dude on The Cosby Show whom Denise (played by Lisa Bonet) brought home and introduced to Dr. and Mrs. Cosby as her husband: Lt. Martin Kendall. The actor Joseph C. Phillips, now 53, wrote a lengthy post on his blog about how, although he has always idolized Bill Cosby, he has since…
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Future’s Comments About His Sex Life With Ciara Are Distasteful and Ungentlemanly
Although Future didn’t just come out and start blabbering about his sex life with Ciara, he didn’t exactly bite his tongue, either. The rapper was prompted by a question posed to him during an interview with HuffPost Live, about whether he and Ciara waited for some time to have sex. And that question was prompted…
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Chuck D: Don’t Use a Broad Brushstroke to Dismiss Bill Cosby’s Entire Legacy
Chuck D got on Twitter Sunday and articulated the argument that’s been had in many Facebook news feeds and Twitter timelines since the Bill Cosby sexual assault stories broke: Do we throw away the baby with the bathwater when talking about Bill Cosby, his contributions to American culture and the allegations? The Public Enemy rapper…
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2 Members of Famous Rap Entourages Die Over the Weekend
Two rappers affiliated with famous figures in hip-hop were killed over the weekend. Hussein Fatal, a member of Tupac Shakur’s rap group the Outlawz, died Saturday in a car accident, the New York Daily News reports, although it has not yet been announced where the accident took place. Fatal’s death was confirmed by the Outlawz’…
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The Root’s #MCM: Sit Your Husband Down in Front of a Boris Kodjoe Interview
Boris Kodjoe opened the door and stuck his head into Nicole Ari Parker’s trailer while they were both on the set of Soul Food back in the day, and said, “You know we’re going to get married and have kids right?” and then left. Parker remembered how she grinned, and thought to herself: “Yeah, he’s right.” She confessed during an interview with Essence…
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