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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Watch: Who Will Kneel for You? Artists Speak Out
The Super Bowl may have been noticeably devoid of on-field protests, but the multiple “head injuries” within the game itself were a not-so-subtle reminder of the controversies that led to the low ratings of the 2017 NFL season. In this video, Danny Glover, Anna Deavere Smith and a chorus of other artists recite “To Kneel”…
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Rob Moore Is 2nd Editor Out at New York Daily News Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
In Newsroom, ‘Everyone Seemed Ready to Move On’ N.Y. Times Puts a Training Program on Hiatus Ciprian-Matthews Named EVP at CBS News Columnist Gave Black Journalists a Platform Ex-Nashville Anchor Sees Lack of Progress Rebooting Shows With White Casts Not a Good Sign Kenya Ignores Court Order to Restore TV Signals Robert Moore, the managing…
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Move Over, Lois Lane! Hit Comic Features Black, Bisexual Tabloid Reporter
First in Series ‘Sold Out on Day One’ Trump Vents With Reporters Before SOTU Smiley Begins Five-City Tour on Harassment New Mexico Keeps Prisoners Past Release Date Other Cities Eye Cleveland Decision on Wahoo Simeon Booker Has Company as Newspaper Pioneer Mogul Says Arise Network Has Beaten Despair Jacquie Jones Dies at 52, Led Black…
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Judge of Characters: An Ode to Black Twitter
Black Twitter is an almighty force that’s not only been able to make the best memes the internet has ever seen but has also managed to get movies made and racists fired, as well as expose the horrific trend of police brutality across the country. It’s so big, it can’t be contained. And for that,…
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Building Good Relationships Means Creating Real Intimacy
Connected. If I had to describe what intimacy means in one word, that would be the word. Connected. You being in tune with your partner and your partner being in tune with you. Puzzle pieces that fit together the way they are meant to, working together to make a beautiful thing. Intimacy is that connection.…
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The Man Who ‘Integrated an Industry’*
Those Who Followed Honor Jet’s Simeon Booker Columbia J-School Establishes Civil Rights Center Plain Dealer: Wahoo Should Have Been Long Gone Lemon Asks What Trump Is Trying to Hide Melvin Makes Spicer Watch Embarrassing Moments N.J. Investigation Tallies the Cost of Bad Cops Bystanders Bombard Texas Reporter With ‘N-Word’ A New Approach to Prepare Journalists…
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Watch: The Root Editor-in-Chief Danielle Belton’s Got 10 on It
The Root just turned 10! To celebrate, some of our nearest and dearest will sit in the hot seat to answer 10 burning questions. First up is our very own editor-in-chief, Danielle Belton. Watch above.
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Are Female Orgasms Elusive or Easily Attainable?
During a recent #TheRootAfterDark Twitter chat on masturbation, there was some discussion about women masturbating because they don’t achieve orgasm with their partners. This is not an uncommon phenomenon, and there are many who believe that bringing a woman to orgasm is some sort of sorcery you have to learn from a magician—but is that…
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Top New York Daily News Editor Portrayed as Vengeful
Robert Moore Investigated in Harassment Claims Jemele Hill Leaving ‘SportsCenter’ for Undefeated NABJ Turns Down Facebook Scholarship Project HUD Official Sorry for Calling Ryan ‘Miss Piggy’ NPR Host Touts Alternative to CNN Shout Matches Short Takes HuffPost said Friday it had spoken to more than 20 current and former employees of the Daily News in…
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Judge of Characters: Inequality for All, Especially in Hollywood
While many people may have heard Mo’Nique’s “cries” about the gender and color bias in Hollywood and rolled their eyes, there were others of us who wholeheartedly agreed with her. Inequality reigns supreme in Hollywood. It’s the reason Jessica Chastain helped Octavia Spencer negotiate a higher salary. It’s the reason a very white Scarlett Johansson…