RHOP’s Karen Huger Reveals Explosive Details About What Led Up to DUI Arrest and Jail Sentence
Internet Unveils the Real Reason Nicki Minaj Suddenly Turned MAGA
Louisiana School Counselor Charged With Inappropriately Texting 14-Year-Old Student Meets a Shocking Fate
Fans Mourn the Death of Los Angeles TikTok Star Shirley Raines, Who Dedicated Her Life to Helping the Homeless
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WTF Is Joe Biden Talking About?: Former Vice President Goes on The View, Claims Coronavirus Cure Will Make the Problem Worse
If I told you that there was a man, a white man, an older white man running for president that lied and said all kinds of random shit and physically wanted to fight people and used phrases like “lily livered” and “fisticuffs” and “malarkey,” you would tell me that surely that man was already in…
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COVID-19's Impact on the Black Community: Remembering Those Who Have Lost Their Lives [Updating]
The coronavirus has—and will continue to—affect people from all walks of life, at every age, background and socioeconomic status. As COVID-19 spreads across the country, we at The Root are committed to chronicling its impact on the black community. We will continue to write stories of noted individuals who’ve lost their lives to this deadly…
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Karl-Anthony Towns Reveals His Mother Is In a Coma As a Result of the Coronavirus: 'This Disease Is Real'
It’s been exactly two weeks since NBA All-Star Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus, sending the entire league into a tailspin and suspending operations indefinitely. In the time since, players have poured themselves into video games, social media, and other distractions, while others have tried their best to circumvent the pandemic or have been…
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Congress Reaches $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Deal. Here’s Everything You Really Need to Know About It
From this point on, the rest of our lives will be defined around coronavirus. Expect all of your father’s stories to have the phrase, “But that was way back before coronavirus fucked everything up.” To that end, Congress—the group of old white people who don’t really care about the people who voted them into office—stayed…
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If You Intentionally Spread Coronavirus, You Can Be Charged as a Terrorist
One would think that certain things don’t need to be said. For example, when a virus causes a global pandemic that has already claimed nearly 20,000 lives and threatens countless more, one would think nobody needs to say, “Don’t spread this virus intentionally.” According to Politico, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen warned in a memo…
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My Nephew Wanted to Go to Morehouse College. He's Going to the University of Alabama. We Just Lost One, One.
Back in October 2019—in a version of the world that is very different from the version we live in now—my nephew, along with probably a hundred other prospective students, visited the campus of Morehouse College, in Atlanta, Ga., during our annual homecoming weekend. On the Friday of that week, my nephew sat in on various…
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‘The Past is the Past’ They Say. Yet, the Last Survivor of Slavery Has Just Been Discovered
“Slavery was such a long, long time ago. Why can’t you people just forget about it?” —Wypipo proverb. The legality of chattel slavery ended just over a century and a half ago in the U.S. Many white Americans want it to be regarded as distant history, not worth unearthing since “the past is the past”…





