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Inside the Olympic Love Story of Newlyweds Noah Lyles, Junelle Bromfield
Stop Giving Women a Bad Rap for Leaving Toxic Relationships!
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Top UNC-Chapel Hill Candidate Turns Down Job Because the University Chose White Supremacy Over Nikole Hannah-Jones
It looks like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is finding out the hard way that bending to white fragility can come at a cost. Ever since Nikole Hannah-Jones was denied a tenured position at her alma mater because conservatives across America went to war against her Pulitzer Prize-winning work The 1619 Project—including…
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A County in North Carolina Cancels Coke Machines Because CEO Believes People Should Be Able to Easily Vote
I’m sure you knew this, but Republicans are some weirdos. They spent the last year yelling about “cancel culture,” only to spend this year canceling anyone who doesn’t go along with their lies. Republican state legislators in North Carolina got in on the canceling action by voting to remove Coke machines from all government facilities…
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How We Do: Malcolm and Matt's Instagram-to-Engagement Story
To celebrate the start of wedding season, The Root has launched ‘How We Do,’ a two-week series centering Black love stories, commitment and nuptial style.
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I Love This Game!
After spending over a year of my life trapped inside of my apartment alone—no kids, no dogs, no Wilson—I’m off that good Pfizer and fighting through the psychological toll of such a miserable, traumatic experience by slowly pushing myself to reintegrate back into society. That means dinners and hikes and hugs with friends who have…
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District Attorney in Pennsylvania Responds to Accusations of Systemic Racism by, uh, Being Systematically Racist
I’m no social scientist, yet I can’t help but theorize that white men are possibly the most sensitive group in this country—by far. If dealing with a thin-skinned president for four years didn’t clue you in on that, then you’ve had to have noticed how white men across the country continue to lose their shit…
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Calm App Rides for Naomi Osaka, Offers to Pay Fines for Players Declining Media Interviews: 'Mental Health Is Health'
Not all heroes wear capes, but they may develop apps. In light of the ongoing Naomi Osaka saga, in which the four-time Grand Slam champ withdrew from the French Open after she was fined for declining to participate in media interviews, much has been said about mental health and how fiercely it should be protected—both…