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Misty at The Met: Misty Copeland Twirls and So Do Little Black Girls
On a hot, muggy summer day earlier this month, there were two lines stretching from the doors of New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House to its iconic fountain. The Met wasn’t giving out free ice cream and Cardi B had canceled all of her performances until September, so what could have caused such a mammoth…
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Black Actors Bring Attention to Trump's Heartless Immigration Policies
Over 30 celebrities joined Maggie Gyllenhaal in a collaboration with the ACLU to release a video bringing attention to the zero-tolerance immigration policies that have resulted in the forced separation of young children from their parents. In the video, stars like Chadwick Boseman, Lena Waithe, Miguel and Thandie Newton read a letter written by Mirian,…
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Beyoncé, Buy The Root (and All of GMG and The Onion). It's for Sale
Dear Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Boy, do I have a deal for you! I’d like to present you with the opportunity to own a slightly used, factory-refurbished media organization with more than 100 million visitors per month! On Tuesday, a guy only identified as “Vince” sent a companywide email to employees announcing that Univision has “initiated…
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I Was Wrong. Cephus, Not Washington, Is America's Blackest Last Name
Two years ago, I wrote a thing asking which was the single blackest last name. After an intense vet involving census results, personal recollections, proximities to yams, and even a consultation from an Adam Clayton Powell hologram, the list was narrowed to four: Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, and Jenkins. Washington was eventually declared the blackest of…
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Watch: NFL Cornerback Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones Gets Into a Full-On Fist Fight With an Atlanta Airport Employee
Free-agent cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones has a checkered past, but if the footage from a recent video is to be believed, then the fistfight he had with an employee at an Atlanta airport was not his fault. According to TMZ Sports, which obtained video of the incident, Jones was reportedly walking through the airport with…
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Former Buffalo Bills Lineman Claims to Know the ‘Whole Story’ in LeSean McCoy’s Domestic-Violence Beef
Remember Richie Incognito, the swollen-faced white man who used to play for the Miami Dolphins and was accused of bullying then-teammate Jonathan Martin in 2013? And by bullying, I mean taunting him with racial slurs. Well, Incognito would go on to play for the Buffalo Bills, the same team that running back LeSean McCoy plays…
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10 Personal Reflections a Year After Becoming Part of The Root
What a difference a year makes. Just a little over a year ago, Damon and I signed those final signatures to complete the process to transition into becoming part of The Root. Like most things in life, it’s important to reflect on milestone moments. By this point last year, Damon had begun working as a…
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Aspiring Model Brings the Wheelchair to the Runway
Aaron Philip, 17, has cerebral palsy, but that’s not stopping her from seeking a career as a runway model. Watch the video above to learn more about Aaron.
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Here’s What We Know About the Disturbing LeSean McCoy Domestic Violence IG Post
Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy has been accused of brutally assaulting his girlfriend, according to Instagram photos that show a beaten, bloody and swollen woman lying in what appears to be a hospital bed. An IG user by the name of @Miamor_i_adore posted a photo of her friend before and after the alleged beating…
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10 Observations From My First Essence Festival, the ‘Super Bowl for Black Women’
1. At some point during the two-hour layover at O’Hare International Airport on my trip from Pittsburgh to New Orleans last weekend, a supernatural force compelled me to glance up from my laptop and scan the gate around me. There was a shift in the space-time continuum that the universe was attempting to alert me…