New Report Shows Less Support for Black Nonprofits Since 2020 Racial Reckoning
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'The Intersection of Racial Justice and Immigrant Rights': Why Immigration Is an Issue Black Voters Should Care About in 2020
Nana Gyamfi has the 2020 election on the brain, specifically what the future holds for Black immigrant populations in the United States. “If there’s a Biden presidency, you know, I’m expecting that immigrant rights will change based upon the pressure that we provide on the ground, in the streets. What do we do as a…
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'Our Democracy Is Withering': Jemele Hill Talks Trump, the 2020 Presidential Election and the State of America
“If we don’t get certain factions up-out the White House now, and do a full steam-clean of what we’ve had to experience these last four years, we may really be looking at our last free and fair election.” —Jemele Hill, journalist text Jemele Hill was clear in 2017 when she called Donald J. Trump a…
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Los Angeles Dodgers End Their Drought, Win 1st World Series Title In 32 Years
The drought is over. After 32 years of misery, the Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World Series. And for those of you still crippled with disbelief, I can verify this as fact because my neighborhood (I live all of two blocks away from Staples Center) was turned inside out until well past midnight. Good…
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Exclusive: Alvin Ailey Presents a Stirring Tribute to Rep. John Lewis, Choreographed by Jamar Roberts
It’s nearly impossible to adequately express the range of feelings and emotions that occur when we lose someone as pivotal to our history as the late Rep. John Lewis. For creatives, it’s a type of block usually dissolved by expressing oneself in another way—through art. This is certainly the case with Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s…
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If You Count the Number of Major Violations the Arizona Wildcats Just Got Slapped With, You'll Almost Run Out of Fingers
Under NCAA guidelines, the most serious violation a school can commit is a Level I violation. These typically “undermine the integrity of college sports” and pretty much mean somebody’s ass is about to be fired. So using that as a preface, the Arizona Wildcats are in some serious shit, according to The Athletic: The University…
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Cam Gets Benched, Odell Beckham Jr. Out for the Year and Other Takeaways from Week 7 of the NFL
Another week of football is officially in the books. Let’s get to it. Cam Newton is going through it, y’all. If you thought he looked like trash against the Broncos in Week 6, he somehow outdid that putrid performance this weekend against the 49ers. During a brutal 33-6 curb-stomping that extended the Patriots’ losing streak…
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The NFL's Black Lives Matter Push Was BS. Majority of NFL PAC Donations Went to Republicans
We should’ve known that once the NFL started loving the movement without the people who helped push the narrative that Black lives matter (yep, Eric Reid and Colin Kaepernick are still without NFL homes) that anything after that was bullshit. Beyoncé’s husband being hired by the NFL was bullshit. The playing of the Black national…
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Please Lord, Let the NBA's Virtual Draft Be As Entertaining As the NFL's Was
Much like everything else this year, the NBA Draft is going virtual. ESPN reports that the draft will be hosted at its own studios in Bristol, Conn., on November 18. Commissioner Adam Silver and Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum will announce the selections for the first and second rounds in-studio, while draftees like LaMelo Ball and…
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Bubba Wallace Named Finalist for Community Champion of the Year Award
It’s been a wild year for Bubba Wallace. He played an integral role in getting Confederate flags banned from NASCAR—which is like getting air banned from lungs—and endured that whole noose fiasco all while trying to do his damn job as the only Black driver in NASCAR’s top racing series. But while his efforts to…
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Deana Lawson Is the 1st Photographer to Win the Guggenheim's Hugo Boss Prize
She was a member of the 2018 class of The Root 100, and now, photographer Deana Lawson is the winner of the Hugo Boss Prize 2020, the biennial award made possible by the luxury fashion label and administered by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation “to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art,” according to a release.…