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Why Black Women Face Higher Infertility Rates And What Real, Affordable Options Are Within Reach
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Why Black Women Face Higher Infertility Rates And What Real, Affordable Options Are Within Reach

This National Infertility Awareness Week, The Root spoke with an expert who broke down early red flags, barriers to treatment and affordable options that can make a difference.
In This 'Red Pill Era,' One Black Man Is Becoming the Positive Role Model Every Young Boy Needs
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In This ‘Red Pill Era,’ One Black Man Is Becoming the Positive Role Model Every Young Boy Needs

In an era where many young men are influenced by the red pill content they
Expert Tips to Help Black Families Navigate Dementia Care
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Expert Tips to Help Black Families Navigate Dementia Care

In many Black families, caregivers pour their hearts into taking care of loved ones. Here’s
Why Millions are Risking AI Medical Advice Despite Fading Trust
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Why Millions are Risking AI Medical Advice Despite Fading Trust

A new study found that consumer trust in AI as a medical decision-making tool is

  • Judge of Characters: Girth of a Nation

    First of all, the lies and fake news being spread from President Donald Trump have been dizzying. What’s up is down; what’s left is right. Recently, the White House physician, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, addressed the public in a press conference, claiming that the results of 45’s physical suggest that he’s in “excellent health,” seemingly…

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    Danielle Young

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  • Watch: What Would You Do for a Seat on Oprah’s Cabinet?

    There’s been a lot of talk about Oprah Winfrey running for office in 2020. We really don’t deserve a presidency from Oprah or our forever FLOTUS, Michelle Obama, but we can always dream. What would you do for an Oprah presidency? These stars let us know. Watch above.

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    Ashley Velez

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  • Trap Kitchen: Street Smarts Keep One of Los Angeles’ Most Popular Underground Restaurants Thriving 

    What happens when you decide to stop trapping in the streets and start trapping in the kitchen instead? From illegal drugs to an underground restaurant, Los Angeles’ Trap Kitchen is an example of how street smarts built a business from the ground up.

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    Monique Judge

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    Furor Over Pittsburgh Paper’s ‘Cover’ for Trump on Race

    ‘Everyone in Pittsburgh Is Equally Revolted’ HuffPost Ends Its Write-for-Free Contributor Pages Get ‘Out,’ Trump Tells CNN’s Acosta ‘Un-Presidential,’ ‘Un-American,’ Reporters Say Trump Falsely Claims Gains Among Blacks Figures Manipulated Against Muslims, Report Says El Salvador’s Mass Graves: S—holes Made-in-U.S.A. No Discipline for Suburban Chicago Cops Who Shoot Story of Serena’s Delivery Becomes Wake-Up Call…

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    Richard Prince

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  • Watch: Symone Sanders Says This Isn’t the 1st Time We’ve Had a Racist President

    Your president, Donald Trump, allegedly made a few unsavory (read: racist) comments regarding Haiti, African countries and pretty much any immigrant of color, calling their home countries “shithole countries.” While many people were shocked by his blatant racism, there are more of us who already knew of his racism. And, even further, there are people…

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    Danielle Young

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  • Watch: Kamala Harris Had Time for the Homeland Security Secretary

    Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen may have thought she was ready … but she wasn’t. She appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and claimed she did not know that Norway was predominantly white, and tried to save President Donald Trump’s statement about wanting more immigrants from there. She had the gall to…

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    Peter J. Rickards

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  • The Myth of Closure in Relationships

    In our last #TheRootAfterDark Twitter chat, we discussed the differences between “baggage” and “experience” and how to tell the difference between the two. A recurring theme among the people who admitted to still carrying around baggage from previous relationships was the idea that most of them were still looking for “closure.” Closure is a funny…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Watch: 5-Year-Old Steals Halftime Show at NBA Game With His Epic Dance Moves

    The Cleveland Cavaliers-vs.-Golden State Warriors basketball game on Martin Luther King Jr. Day was aight (spoiler alert: Warriors won … again), but the real show was 5-year-old Tavaris Jones’ dancing during halftime. The young Detroit native kept the crowd entertained when LeBron James wasn’t busy crying scoring. Watch the video above.

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    Peter J. Rickards

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    Black, Brown Nations Long Dissed by Media

    Trump’s Targets Strike Back, at Home and Abroad West’s Wealth Came From Places Trump Slandered. . . ‘Not Just Racist, but Inaccurate’ Haitian-American Anchor: It Was ‘Mean,’ ‘Racist’ Who’s Reporting the Thinking Behind the Racism? Press-Freedom Monitors Visiting U.S. Writer Sees ‘Five Decades of White Backlash’ Tale of Bad Date With Aziz Ansari Stirs Debate…

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    Richard Prince

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  • Watch: Like Simone Biles, How Many More Will Say #MeToo?

    If there’s one fact I’ve learned over and over again in my 26 years on this planet, it’s that as a woman, I’m never safe, and the world could not give a damn about changing that. In the past few months, droves of women have bravely come forward to detail their experiences of sexual assault.…

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    Ashley Velez

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