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Watch: America's Ashiest People
If you ever wanted to 1. know who the nine ashiest people in America are and 2. watch me on camera revealing the list, today is your day. Today is your birthday. Behold as I list the folks whose ashiness transcends the physical and becomes spiritual—metaphysical, even. This is what happens when both your skin and…
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6 Legit Reasons Why the San Francisco 49ers Should Sign Colin Kaepernick and 1 Reason They Won't
You have a better chance of becoming a Shaolin monk then you do working at The Root. To work at The Root requires a written examination, then there is a talent competition, and a rigorous oral exam that includes questions on black history, Spades bidding, Kool-Aid making and the proper kick-turn technique when performing the…
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Don't Let Hurricane Florence's Aftermath Make Us Forget That Two Women Died Unnecessarily in Police Custody
The effects of Hurricane Florence will be with us for quite some time, given that 44 people have been killed; hundreds of roads remain partially underwater or heavily damaged; the storm is expected to be among the 10 costliest natural disasters in U.S. history; and the worst of it lays ahead for thousands of people…
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Seattle Throws Out 15 Years of Marijuana Convictions
Citing the war on drugs’ disproportionate impact on people of color, judges in Seattle have agreed to vacate the marijuana convictions of hundreds of people who were punished for pot possession before the state made weed legal. According to the Seattle Times, in April, city attorney Pete Holmes filed a motion asking the city’s seven…
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T.I. Will Curate New Atlanta Pop-Up Museum Dedicated to Trap Music
A new pop-up museum in Atlanta will feature an exhibit dedicated exclusively to trap music—and none other than one of Atlanta’s most famous native sons, T.I., will be curating the exhibit. As The Fader reports, the exhibit, which opens September 30, coincides with the 15th anniversary of T.I.’s Trap Muzik album. While Tip “T.I.” Harris’…
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Nike Donates Millions to Republicans While Making Billions From Kaepernick Endorsement
Nike did it. They took the glorious afro-ed Colin Kaepernick, the face of a movement against the killings of unarmed black men, women and children, and made him the face of their “Just Do It” campaign. It was a beautiful “fuck you” to the NFL, who essentially whiteballed the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback from…
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Kanye's Homecoming Tour Continues—With a Very Poignant Stop in Chicago
As a native Chicagoan (of Kanye’s generation), I’ve admittedly been skeptical about his reunion with his home city—despite my own, within the last two years. Why? Likely because the parts of my life filled with Donald Trump, MAGA, Kardashians, and Kalifornia generally end around 6 p.m. each workday, and often require sage after the fact…
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It's Bigger Than a Hip-Hop Exhibit: What the Controversy Around White Curators in Black Spaces Reveals [Updated]
It wasn’t breaking news, by any means: Timothy Ann Burnside, a specialist in Curatorial Affairs at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, had been collecting hip-hop artifacts for the Smithsonian for years. But a discussion about her position and her work dominated parts of the Twittersphere this past weekend, as a long-simmering…
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25 Things Overheard When Watching Girls Trip In a Hotel Room Full of Men During a Bachelor Party in New Orleans
This time last week, I was in New Orleans for Panama’s bachelor party weekend. I arrived Friday afternoon, and after the fellas already in New Orleans returned from the plantation tour, we gathered in Panama’s hotel room to kick it and determine our plans for the night. The TV happened to be on, and Girls…
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John Legend: Brett Kavanaugh Doesn’t Have the Integrity
John Legend is not here for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The EGOT recipient is the face of a recent anti-Kavanaugh advertisement by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. In a recent interview at the Palisades Village opening, in Palisades, Calif., Legend made his feelings on the Supreme Court nominee crystal clear: Kavanaugh is…