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A Live Look at ‘America’s Most Livable City’
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, the organization that produces the annual Global Livability Index, Pittsburgh is America’s second most livable city. (Honolulu is first.) This is a status that Pittsburgh is proud of, bragging about and displaying it the way a parent might share their kid’s report card in a text thread. If I…
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Only 2 Hours Into Surviving R. Kelly, the Conclusion Is Simple: Black Girls Deserve Better
I’m tired. We’re tired. On the evening of January 3, 2019, I bundled up my anxiety and turned to Lifetime to watch what I knew would be one of the most noteworthy moments of media history. Executive produced by dream hampton, Tamara Simmons, Joel Karlsberg and Jesse Daniels, Surviving R. Kelly is a 6-hour, three…
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Thanks to Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Visitors Went 'Apeshit' at the Louvre in 2018—But a Fan Cries Foul
Come through, cultural influence! The Louvre may have already been the most popular museum in the world, but thanks to two of the most popular entertainers in the world (and one of the most powerful couples), the famed French museum broke a new record in 2018. According to The Guardian, over 10 million people visited…
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Exclusive: Meet Some of the Women Who Are Speaking Out in Lifetime's Surviving R. Kelly
“At the end of the day, this the guy that makes this great music is abusing women.” —Jerhonda Pace text The Root sat down with some of the women and men who appear in Lifetime’s groundbreaking documentary series, Surviving R. Kelly, to chat about their relationships with the singer and why they decided to speak…
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'Hidden Figure' Shelby Jacobs, Who Designed a Camera System for NASA, Finally Getting His Due Nearly 51 Years Later
If you have ever seen the iconic images of NASA’s Apollo 6 launch that took place in 1968, you have seen Shelby Jacobs’ work, whether you realized it or not. In 1965, Jacobs was given the task of designing a camera system that could capture the rocket separations for the unmanned Apollo 6 launch. He…
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R. Kelly Didn't 'Have Sex' With 15-Year-Old Aaliyah on That Tour Bus. We Need to Call It What It Was—Rape [Updated]
Sigh. Major trigger warning here: The following recently revealed details are fucking gross. With the much-anticipated Lifetime three-part documentary Surviving R. Kelly on the horizon, additional details have come out about the alleged hebephile/ephebophile. According to People, R. Kelly’s former backup singer Jovante Cunningham sat down to give an “emotional interview” for the documentary’s first…
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The Breakup Has Come Home to Roost for Birdman and Toni Braxton. He Says, 'Its Over'
Brrrr, what happened to that relationship? Wow, the end of 2018 saw the loss of iconic black Hollywood couple Forest Whitaker’s and Keisha Nash Whitaker’s marriage, and 2019 can’t even get comfortable on Big Mama’s plastic-covered couch without another celebrity breakup. This time, it’s Birdman and Toni Braxton. According to E! News, Birdman wrote a…
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I Don't Ever Want to Try Whatever Kool-Aid Kanye West Keeps Drinking
Radical acceptance. The Serenity Prayer. “It is what it is.” That’s just a few of the myriad methods many of us employ when trying to come to grips with shit we don’t like. You didn’t get that Chrimmuh bonus you just knew you deserved? It sucks, but being unwilling to accept it isn’t going to…
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z Challenged Us to Become Vegan—Again. Their Wealthy-Ass Plants Probably Taste Like Fried Chicken
Beyoncé and Jay-Z want us to go vegan—again. As her own Instagram has shown us, the H-Town vicious vixen typically switches to a strictly vegan diet when preparing to snatch our wigs via concert. The diet is as steadfast as her braids and laptop superwoman duo. Back in 2015, the songstress teamed up with author…