MAGA’s New Darling vs. MAGA Dropout: How Nicki Minaj Might Become the New Candace Owens
This Black Teen Saw How Unaffordable NYC Housing Became — So He Did Something About It
How This Asian Howard University Student’s Viral Video Exposes a Deeper Problem With HBCUs
Stop Calling Me ‘Blackie!’ How Colorism Nicknames Still Wreak Havoc on Beautiful Black Women
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Black Family Who Had Phoenix Cop Pull Gun on Them Over 'Stolen Doll' to Receive $475K From the City
Last summer, a Black family was held at gunpoint by Phoenix police after their 4-year-old daughter walked out of a Family Dollar store with a doll. Video of the incident went viral, and the family filed a $10 million suit against the city. Over a year later, the family is expected to receive $475,000 from…
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Nashville Police Break Into Black Woman’s Home During Botched Raid at Wrong Apartment (Sound Familiar?)
The fight against systemic racism in policing was never about any one case. Stories like that of Elijah McClain, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are but raindrops in a sea of incidents involving Black people and the aggressive tactics used against us by law enforcement. While the Black Lives Matter movement continues to demand justice…
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A Black Professor Asked by Police to Prove She Belonged on Campus Talks About the ‘Surreal’ Experience of Racism in Higher Ed Spaces
Danielle Fuentes Morgan had been looking forward to the reunion with her brother for months. The assistant professor at Santa Clara University was hosting her younger brother, Carlos Fuentes, a composer and music teacher, at her home last weekend. Though he lives in nearby Sacramento, the siblings hadn’t seen each other since last Christmas due…
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Kentucky Attorney General Denies Breonna Taylor Announcement Is Forthcoming: ‘The Investigation Remains Ongoing’
Five months have passed since Louisville Metro Police ambushed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in her home, shooting and killing her. In the intervening months, her case was first met with silence, with her family, alongside local activists and journalists, fighting to share her story and demand accountability from local officials. But as September rolls in, Taylor’s…
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Usain Bolt Can Outrun Everything but the Coronavirus
Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt is fast as shit. However, he isn’t fast enough to outrun a virus that has infected almost 24 million people throughout the globe: COVID-19. Days after hosting a flashy birthday bash to celebrate his 34th trip around the sun, ESPN reports that yes, Bolt has been diagnosed with #ThatRona—as confirmed…
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We’ve Got to Talk About This Jerry Falwell Jr. Cuckold Mess
The whole thing is too hot for TV-level messy. It’s Jerry Springer’s cameraman chasing the pool boy backstage messy.
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Abolish All These Damn Zoom Work Calls So I Can Be Naked While Working at Home Again
So it’s not so much that working while naked is a thing I need to do. I’m anemic, so I get cold easily. (I am the person who, immediately after checking into a hotel room, turns the thermostat to 80, leaves and doesn’t come back until the room is sufficiently toasty.) And it doesn’t feel…
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Black Virginia Vice Mayor Facing Criminal Charges for Calling for the Firing of the Police Chief
The destruction of a Confederate monument in Portsmouth, Virginia, in June has caused so much tension that prominent politicians in the state are now being charged with crimes for their alleged involvement in the act. Earlier this month, The Root reported that Sen. Louise Lucas (D), the highest-ranking elected Black female official in Virginia, was…
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Los Angeles City Council Announces Street Will Be Renamed Kobe Bryant Boulevard: 'He Is the City'
In NBA circles, Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles is commonly known as The House That Kobe Built. And now a portion of Figueroa Street in its immediate vicinity will be renamed after one of the greatest professional athletes who ever lived. ESPN reports that on Monday, celebrated locally as Kobe Bryant Day, Los Angeles…
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Tune In: Queen Latifah to Host Change Together: From the March on Washington to Today on Facebook Watch
This year, the March on Washington will take place on Aug. 28 and Facebook Watch is teaming up with Will Packer and Jesse Collins Entertainment to premiere a one-hour special to recognize the 57th anniversary of the historic 1963 event. Hosted by Queen Latifah as part of Facebook’s #LiftBlackVoices initiative, Change Together: From the March…