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Tired of Waiting: An Artist’s Duty in 2016
“We who feel lava in our eyes and hearts find it hard not to shake or scream.” —The Transformations Suite “I can only speak about my own country, because I know this country; I think I know it pretty well. In this country now—and I have to preface everything I’m going to say with this—all…
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Hillary Clinton Postpones Visit to Charlotte, NC, Citing Security Concerns
The Hillary Clinton campaign announced Friday that the Democratic presidential candidate would visit Charlotte, N.C., on Sunday, the day before the first presidential debate, only to reverse course hours later, citing security concerns and law-enforcement resources, according to the Wall Street Journal. The outlet reports that Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts asked for a delay to…
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Suspended Seattle Mariner Compared BLM to KKK, Unearthed Facebook Post Shows
Surprise, surprise. The man who basically said he is not a racist wrote a Facebook post in August disproving that point. Seattle Mariner Steve Clevenger, 30, who was recently suspended from his team for a series of hateful Twitter rants after the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott by Charlotte, N.C., police—and gave a weird apology…
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Chris Bosh Fails Latest Physical. Is His NBA Career Over?
The Miami Heat has not cleared Chris Bosh to play in the upcoming season, and his plan to resume play is in jeopardy, according to a report by the Associated Press. “The Miami Heat regret that it remains unable to clear Chris to return to basketball activities, and there is no timetable for his return,” the…
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White America Must Heal Itself: 2016 Is 1965 and 1984
Last weekend, during a writing retreat, I ended up in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Iowa entered the Union as a free state and was a hub for the Underground Railroad, but I wasn’t surprised to see a handful of Confederate flags flying from homes as I drove through towns called Solon and North Liberty. Ours has…
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The Root’s Young Futurists, Where Are They Now: Keke Palmer
Actress and singer Lauren Keyana Palmer—better known as Keke Palmer—has quite the résumé. And the 23-year-old continues to work on her craft. Palmer was a member of the cast of Grease: Live, which aired on Fox in January. She went on to release her reflective album, Waited to Exhale, in June 2016. And Palmer is due to release…
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Singer and Charlotte, NC, Native Anthony Hamilton: ‘We Are Fed Up’ With Injustice
There is turmoil across the nation. The time is now to use our voices to insist on change. Unfortunately, people with closed minds label us racists because we want our black men, women and children not to be gunned down like savages. Although slavery was technically abolished more than a century ago, let me remind…
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Witness Who Was Set to Testify Against NYPD Cop Is Brutally Killed
Robert Bishun, 36, was found strangled in the back of his BMW in the Fieldston section of the Bronx, N.Y., Tuesday after being abducted from his auto body shop, the New York Daily News reports. Bishun was a cooperating witness who was set to testify against Police Officer Merlin Alston, who was charged with narcotic conspiracy and…
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Diddy Gives $1,000,000 to Howard University
Sean “Diddy” Combs gave a $1 million check to Howard University’s president, Wayne A.I. Frederick, during his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, according to the Washington Post. The concert was held at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., on Thursday night. Combs, who attended Howard and received an honorary doctorate from the university, expressed his gratitude to…
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6 Reasons Why Black Women Have Every Right to Be Angry
I don’t have OWN on my cable package anymore, so it’s taken me a bit of time to catch up on my favorite show, Iyanla: Fix My Life. The season has started with a four-part special that finds spiritual healer Iyanla Vanzant addressing “the myth of the angry black woman” and orchestrating a house of…
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