Viral Video Shows Brazen Chicago Daylight Shooting That Killed Woman as Baby Rode in Back Seat
GloRilla’s Sister Blasts Her for Not Giving Back to Family, But the Internet Says Not So Fast!
Black Athletes You Should Watch During the Olympic Games
Trump Just Took His Most Viciously Racist Shot at the Obamas to Date
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: White People Are Crazy
Managing Editor Genetta Adams is off today, so I do not have to adhere to the usual format. Every week, I try to explain to Genetta that the Mailbag doesn’t require a lede but, instead of listening to my argument, she insists that I follow the rules of journalism and inform the audience of the…
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Dak Prescott Petitions Oklahoma Governor to Release Black Man from Death Row
When he’s not fighting for touchdowns on the field, Dak Prescott is apparently fighting for justice off of it. In a letter sent to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and the state’s parole board on Thursday, Time Magazine reports that the two-time Pro Bowler is advocating for the release of Julius Jones, a Black man currently…
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God-Fearing House Candidate Says He ‘Accidentally’ Heard Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s New Song ‘WAP’…and I Believe Him
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are indeed bad influences. But only because I’m pretty sure a lot of former smokers revisited their bad habits after watching the gorgeous, wipe-that-off-yo-mouth-inducing display of Afro-voluptuousness that is the new video for their song “WAP.” We all needed a cigarette after that shit. Whew. Of course, as it’s…
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Oprah Magazine Will Erect 26 Billboards of Breonna Taylor in Lousiville. Local Foundation Will Erect Billboards Praising Police Officers In Response
147 days. It’s been 147 days—and counting—since Breonna Taylor was brutally gunned down in her sleep. 147 days without justice. The WNBA has dedicated their season to honoring her memory and last week, for the first time ever, Oprah Magazine featured someone other than Oprah on its cover. That person was Breonna Taylor. “Breonna Taylor.…
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If Kanye Somehow Stays in the Presidential Race, It'll Hurt Trump, Not Biden
“No, I don’t have any bottled water” was my reply, 12 years ago, when two women—one of whom I was dating; the other was her friend—visited my apartment for the first time. I’d just offered the friend some Kool-Aid, and she looked at me like I’d just offered her a glass of elephant backwash, and…
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Who All Gon' Be There? 66 Players Opt-Out of the NFL Season Citing Coronavirus Concerns
With the coronavirus still very much a thing, the NFL and NFL Players Association set a deadline of Thursday for players to decide whether or not they would be opting out of the upcoming season. Now that that deadline has passed, we know exactly which players we won’t see on the field this year. The…
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Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Burn Down a Black Church in Virginia
A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to threatening to burn down a Black church in Virginia. On June 7, 63-year-old John Malcolm Bareswill, a resident of Catawba, N.C., made a threatening phone call to a church located in Virginia Beach, Va., according to NBC News. Only several days earlier, one of the church leaders…
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40,000 Former Inmates in Iowa Have Their Voting Rights Restored After Governor Signs Executive Order
On Wednesday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed an executive order that immediately restored voting rights to former inmates who have completed their sentences. According to NBC News, this move means Iowa is no longer the only state to permanently disenfranchise former inmates. Approximately 40,000 former inmates who have completed their prison sentences, probation and parole…
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Joe Biden Says 'Unlike African Americans' the Latino Community is 'Incredibly Diverse' And…Well…This Election 'Bout to be Long AF
Boooooy, y’all’s presumptive Democratic nominee appears to be bound and determined to join y’all’s president in making the upcoming presidential race as excruciatingly cringeworthy has humanly possible. This racism vs. diet racism Pepsi challenge we’re all being subjected to is getting…well…interesting. In an interview with NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro that aired during the virtual convention of…
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Grammy-Winning Producer Noel 'Detail' Fisher Arrested on Multiple Sexual Assault Charges
Is #MeToo finally doubling back to hip-hop? Perhaps, especially since this week has been filled with public allegations. On Sunday, R&B vocalist Jaguar Wright (best known for 2002’s Denials, Delusions & Decisions) made explosive claims of misconduct and enabling of sexual abuse by rapper/actor Common, members of The Roots crew and others during an Instagram…