Everything to Know About Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat on His 65th Birthday
Navy SEALs Who Harassed Black Teammate With Racist ‘Slave’ and ‘Monkey’ Memes Finally ‘Disciplined’
Michelle Obama On How That Famous 2008 New Yorker ‘Fist Bump’ Magazine Cover Changed Everything
Atlanta Nightlife Insiders Respond to 21 Savage’s Claim That the City’s Club Scene ‘Grooms’ Children
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Stacey Abrams Wins Big in Georgia and Now Has a Shot at Becoming 1st African-American Female Governor in US History
While the polls in Georgia officially closed at 7 p.m., the window of opportunity for Stacey Abrams, the first black woman to win a gubernatorial nomination for any major party in Georgia, opened up. With only 34 percent of the vote in, everybody from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to CNN to Stevie Wonder could see that…
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Let’s Clear Up Some Misconceptions About Nonmonogamy
As much as nonmonogamy and open relationships are moving into the mainstream, it has become painfully obvious that a vast majority of the people who claim to want to participate in the lifestyle don’t have a clear understanding of how it really works. I was going to make this post specifically about men, since it…
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Becky Got Kendrick Lamar M.A.A.D: Rapper Shuts Down White Fan for Repeatedly Rapping N-Word
Another day, another bold Becky. Kendrick Lamar invited a fan onstage during the Hangout Festival this weekend to perform “M.A.A.D City.” Nothing about a white girl in Alabama rapping “M.A.A.D City,” of all tracks, sounds like a good idea, but Kendrick apparently had faith that she’d be smart enough to skip lyrics like “my nigga.”…
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Media Noticeably Stingy on Naming Racial Profilers
Falsely Accused Named, but Accusers Often Aren’t Group of 10 Reports on Being Black on Campus Few Takers on Georgetown Offer to Slave Heirs What? No Animal Planet Special on Royals? Freedom Riders 50 Years After Their Mug Shots Joanna Hernandez Joining U. of Fla. J-School Suzette Hackney to Lead Indy Opinion Pages Donna Nadine…
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Zazie Beetz Is the Only Thing That Matters in Deadpool 2
“I know white superheroes aren’t your thing,” The Root’s resident Suge Knight, also known as our deputy managing editor, Yesha Callahan, said to me as she tasked me with writing about Deadpool 2. No, white superheroes aren’t my thing, but Ryan Reynolds is my thing, and even more so, Zazie Beetz as freakin’ Domino! Marvel’s…
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Judge of Characters: Hello, 911? It’s Me, White America
What in the world happened this week? It seemed like racism was determined to show its casual and ugly face all over America with the terrible trend of #LivingWhileBlack. All of a sudden, black people are having the cops show up after someone white calls the cops because they’re afraid. These black folks have been…
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Watch: Kerry James Marshall Just Sold the Most Expensive Painting by a Living African-American Artist [Updated]
Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018, 11:14 a.m. EDT: Plot twist—turns out, none other than Sean “Diddy” Combs was the mystery buyer of the Kerry James Marshall painting. The mogul made his bid through another buyer via phone. Marshall’s dealer told the New York Times that Combs was introduced to the artist’s work by fellow producer…
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Fox Reaches $10 Million Discrimination Settlement
Kelly Wright, Sole Black Male Anchor, Agrees to Leave Literary Lion Tom Wolfe Had His Critics on Race Amazon Adopts ‘Rooney Rule’ for Board Vacancies Watchdog Group Wants Probe of Gaza ‘War Crimes’ Senate Votes to Hold Line on Net Neutrality ESPN, Netflix Plan 10-Parter on Jordan, Bulls Tegna Foundation Awards 9 Grants for Diversity…
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Black Cop’s Tale of Infiltrating KKK Is a Hit at Cannes
New Spike Lee Joint Gets Standing Ovation Israeli Drone With Tear Gas Targets Journalists Chinita Anderson, Playwright, NPR Staffer, Dies Hundreds Arrested in New Poor People’s Campaign Baquet to Be Honored by Press Freedom Group Pot Arrest Rate Higher for Blacks, Latinos Offensive Mascots a Disqualifier, Foundation Says Ex-Radio Manager at Morgan State Alleges Fraud…
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For Many Moms, ‘Life Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair’
Media Remind Us of Those Not on Holiday Cards Citizens See Journalists as Powerful in Own Right Critics Target April Ryan After Melania Comment Does ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ Apply to Food Media? Philly Responds to Report on Housing Bias N.C. Paper Says Let Public Decide on R. Kelly Dallas to Memorialize 1910 Lynching Victim Congress…