Peek Inside The Childhood Home Of Nina Simone
Why Supreme Court’s MAGA-Friendly Redistricting Ruling Could Change Everything For Jasmine Crockett, Other Texas Dems
Customer Pulls Gun on Black Barber After A Messed Up Haircare… and That’s Not All
Wise Words From Nelson Mandela That Hit Harder Than Ever, In Honor of His Death Anniversary
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Bill Cosby Shares More Pound Cake From Prison
In a wide-ranging interview that spanned multiple phone calls, prisoner number NN7687 spoke out on his refusal to admit guilt, his time behind bars, black families, his accusers, Michael Eric Dyson, the infamous “Pound Cake Speech” and how he might have stopped a prison murder. Over three 15-minute phone conversations, 82-year-old incarcerated comedian Bill Cosby…
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West Virginia Is Charging Its Inmates $0.03 Cents a Minute to Read Free E-Books. Here's Why That Matters
On its face, it’s a welcome proposition: people incarcerated in West Virginia prisons will be given access to electronic tablets, allowing them to read books and articles, listen to music, write emails, and send photos and video chat with their friends and family. But it will cost them: $0.03-$0.05 a minute if they want to…
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Jury Convicts White Cop for Killing Unarmed Black Man
Although the heinous 2016 police shooting only garnered marginal national attention, eight judges refused to try the case. The trial venue was changed from a majority-black city to a rural, mostly white county…in Alabama. The defendant was a white cop who shot and killed a black man…in Alabama. Still, in less than two hours of…
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Beloved Alabama Sheriff Killed While Confronting White Teenager About Loud Music
“You heard ‘bout Big John?” In 2018, I ventured to Alabama’s Black Belt to see how a hookworm epidemic only found in Third World countries had made its way to Lowndes County, Ala. While searching for someone who knew the community and its residents, everyone I spoke with pointed me in the direction of the…
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No Expiration Date: 82-Year-Old Bodybuilder Hand-Delivers That Smoke to Alleged Home Invader
Award-winning bodybuilder Willie Murphy gave a suspected home invader a lesson he won’t soon forget: You’re never too old to catch—or deliver—a good ass whooping. The 82-year-old Murphy was alone in her Rochester, N.Y., home last Thursday night—it was 11 p.m., and she was getting ready for bed, WHAM-TV reports—when a man began pounding on…
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NBA Player Calls Black Women 'Bulldogs,' Then Defends Himself by…Quoting Dr. King?
I think I have some thoughts today about Patrick Patterson, the NBA player who implied that black women are “bulldogs” in an Instagram comment while defending his marriage to Sarah Nasser (a white woman). I think it’s funny seeing him referred to as an “NBA Star” in write-ups about this story, cause that’s like calling…
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Sacramento Elementary School Teacher Throws Away Students’ Black Lives Matter Project
Black lives matter to some, but not all. An elementary school in Sacramento is under fire after one of its teachers allegedly threw away students’ Black Lives Matter movement art project, reportedly saying it was too political and inappropriate. This follows a volunteer teacher’s assignment to create art about causes people cared about. Perhaps the…
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Tyler Perry Offers to Bring Stranded Couple Home From Mexico After Messy Hospital Bill Drama
Tyler Perry to the rescue. The entertainment mogul continues throwing his money around—with a true spirit of altruism. This time, Perry has donated financial support to a couple from Sandy Springs, Ga., who said they were being held hostage at a hospital in Mexico. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Stephen Johnson went into diabetic shock…
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Louisiana Movie Theater Fires 3 Employees for Racially Profiling Black Women During Harriet Screening
Something is still rotten in the cotton. Black folk in the South can’t even find peace in a movie theater while watching a film about a legendary freedom fighter. AMC Theatres has fired three employees at one of its Louisiana locations for a racial profiling incident that occurred during a Harriet screening. According to Variety,…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: I Don't Wanna Be A Race-Baiter No More
What happens to a race hustle, deferred? Does it get whippedLike a slave in the sun? Or shot, Like a suspect who tried to run?Does it splatter, like MLK’s jawOr leave a stain on the Audobon Ballroom floor? Maybe it just sags,Like a black boy’s jeans… Or is it just a white man’s dream? Today,…