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Why Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Are The Flyest Parents Ever

Why Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Are The Flyest Parents Ever

Between Rihanna’s billionaire empire and Rocky’s influence on fashion and culture, their children might just be the coolest kids in Hollywood.
These Videos of Black Parents Embarrassing Their Kids at Work Are Hilarious!

These Videos of Black Parents Embarrassing Their Kids at Work Are Hilarious!

There’s a growing online trend of parents surprising their kids at work. Although the kids
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    Two Black Editors Celebrate Pulitzer Day

    Michael Days, Greg Moore See Staffers Win Honors “The newsroom was quiet this afternoon, save for the sound of a nervous editor repeatedly clicking his mouse while staring at a computer screen,” David Gambacorta wrote Monday for the Philadelphia Daily News. “Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. “Finally, at 3 o’clock, the silence was pierced by a euphoric…

  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Malcolm Gladwell

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., launched a PBS show in 2010 that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the immigrant origins of…

  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Yo-Yo Ma

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…

  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Louise Erdrich

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…

  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Eva Longoria

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…

  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Dr. Mehmet Oz

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…

  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Kristi Yamaguchi

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…

  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Elizabeth Alexander

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., launched a PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His latest series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the immigrant origins of…

  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Mario Batali

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…

  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Stephen Colbert

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…