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(The Root) — Twitter users have been glued to their screens and televisions since the George Zimmerman murder trial began, and a new face on the Zimmerman defense team has folks asking who she is and where she came from. We know the faces of defense attorneys Don West and Mark O’Mara all too well,…

(The Root) — Lakers fans aren’t the only ones displeased with Dwight Howard’s decision to leave and join the Rockets. Shortly after Howard’s decision was announced, ex-teammate Kobe Bryant unfollowed Howard on Twitter. He offered an explanation in one single tweet. Well, then. That’s that. Read more at USA Today. Tracy Clayton is a writer,…

(The Root) — Calls on the Internet for the removal of an offensive game based on the unfortunate case of Trayvon Martin have been heeded … kind of. The mobile game Angry Trayvon, created by Trade Digital, featured a hoodie-clad male named Trayvon who goes around fighting people at night. “Trayvon is angry,” the description…

(The Root) — Rapper Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, recently volunteered to be force-fed as the subject of a human rights video. The video demonstrates the standard nasal-to-stomach force-feeding procedure employed at Guantanamo Bay to circumnavigate prisoners’ hunger strikes and fasts. The video was made by noted documentarian Asif Kapadia for the human…

(The Root) — When Vibe announced that Jay-Z would be answering questions on Twitter on Monday, black Twitter nearly collapsed under its own weight. It’s a big deal because the music mogul rarely tweets; he’s pretty much averaged one tweet per month this year, with the exception of June, when he hit the “tweet” button…

(The Root) — She’s at it again. Manic former child star Amanda Bynes called Barack and Michelle Obama “ugly” on Twitter this morning and was met with a tidal wave of jeers from the Internet. Bynes has been on a very public downward spiral for the better part of a year now, causing many to…

(The Root) — Lolo Jones’ Twitter life has her in the news once again. When Georgia college student Harry Lyles Jr. tweeted the Olympian to ask her out, she agreed — but only if he could get 150,000 retweets. Surprisingly, he succeeded, and true to her word, Jones agreed to go out with him. It’s…

(The Root) — Rapper 50 Cent is on Twitter going above and beyond to prove that not only is he innocent of recent domestic-violence charges, he’s also infinitely richer than you are. He was charged with assaulting his girlfriend after an incident in her home on June 23. 50 Cent and his attorney maintain his…

(The Root) — Another day, another white Disney princess. The Internet is speaking out about Disney’s latest tale, a reworking of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. Promotional artwork for the retelling, entitled Frozen, reveals that the heroine is, again, white. Incorporating diversity into Disney movies has been a slow climb. It wasn’t until 2009…

(The Root) — Twitter continues its communal viewing of the George Zimmerman murder trial, and while it was inevitable that the people charged with defending Zimmerman would be seen as heartless bullies by those rooting for justice in the form of a guilty verdict, today a hero emerged in the form of medical examiner Dr.…