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(The Root) — The Values Voter Summit, an annual political conference for social conservatives, started on Friday, and the “take back America” crew wasted no time in stirring ire.After hecklers interrupted his speech, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said that it was President Barack Obama who sent “paid political operatives” to distract him from delivering his…

(The Root) — We know the stats: Black folks overindex on Twitter. Latinos do, too. According to a 2012 Pew study, 26 percent of black Internet users are on Twitter, compared with 19 percent of Latino users and 14 percent of white users. Women generally use social networking sites more than men, and they make up…

If you want to see what’s hot on black Twitter, check out The Chatterati.Akoto Ofori-Atta is the editor of The Grapevine. Like her Facebook page and follow her on Twitter. 

(The Root) — Hi, ya’ll! I’m Akoto, and I’m your new Grapevine editor. The illustrious @BrokeyMcPoverty has moved on from her post here as your uproarious Twitter rabble-rouser and faithful steward of all things black on social media, which means that I’ve been left with quite a tradition to maintain. And if you can’t tell,…

(The Root) — Harlem, N.Y., rapper Azealia Banks is not a newcomer to Twitter controversy. It can be argued that Banks’ Twitter rants have defined her career more than her music. On Wednesday, the 22-year-old star took to Twitter to defend appropriation of black culture by white artists. “So white people reappropriating black culture isn’t…

(The Root) — Dear @RookieMoms, big mistake. Big! Huge! On Monday the popular parenting blog Rookie Moms tweeted, “Do you have a chubby, bald, dark-skinned baby? I have some Halloween ideas for you! DM me if I don’t sound nuts.” Black Twitter responded quickly and mercilessly, taking Rookie Moms to task for the racist implications…

(The Root) — As news spread about Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker’s Twitter exchange with a Portland, Ore., stripper, Twitter was quick to respond, as usual. Most users, however, were uninterested, saying that the reveal was a “nonscandal” and a “nonstory,” more interested in the fact that a vegan strip club — where the woman…

(The Root) — Usain Bolt crashed a wedding in Paris recently, but in his defense, it was a complete accident. The Olympian was walking about the city, minding his own business, when the bride and groom at a nearby wedding spotted him. The newlyweds immediately abandoned the wedding to do the sprinter’s famous pose, snapping…

(The Root) — Rapper Gucci Mane went AWOL on Twitter a few days after a very bizarre rant in which he claimed to have had sex with basically every woman in the music industry. He recently returned to Twitter to apologize to his fans, and to admit an addiction to “lean,” a drink made with…