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Seattle Seahawks #AllLivesMatter Protest Is an Act of Political Cowardice
Are you ready for some football? Are you ready for some flag-waving, solemn, 15th-anniversary-of-Sept. 11 remembrances? Are you ready for some Colin Kaepernick-inspired Black Lives Matter demonstrations by NFL players? If not, too bad, because you’re going to get all of those things when you tune in for any team’s NFL kickoff today, with the…
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The Root’s Young Futurists, Where Are They Now: Simone Biles
Simone Biles is a shining star. Her light shines brightly on and off the gymnastics floor. The 19-year-old has amassed many accolades, including 10 world championships—and most notably, Biles won four gold medals in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. If that’s not enough, the champion gymnast has a forthcoming autobiography to be…
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As the Race Tightens, Hillary Clinton Knows #BlackVotesMatter
The week after Labor Day is the official beginning of the campaign to be president of the United States of America. Commercials and news coverage will fool you into thinking that the campaign has been going on for the last two years, but effectively, most Americans don’t tune in until the last burger has been…
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Dragon Con: Where Black Nerds Come Out to Play
Most people spend their Labor Day weekend cooking, shopping or just getting the heck out of town. Other people spend Labor Day weekend cooking up plans for world domination, shopping for rare-action-figure collectibles and finding ways to fly to another galaxy. At least that’s the main explanation for most black folks who attended Dragon Con…
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Hidden Figures: Meet the Black Female Math Geniuses Who Helped Win the Space Race
Even before the publication of Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, the rights to the film version of the book—starring Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monáe—had been sold. This comes as no surprise: The story of…
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Chicago Father Prays for Son's Safety on 1st Day of School
As summer draws to a close and the remaining schools in the nation open, social media has been flooded with cute back-to-school photos of proud parents showing off their children all geared up for the new school year. However, for some parents, like those in Chicago, the school year brings some apprehension as they worry…
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Are Blacks Missing Out on the Medical Benefits of Weed?
Editor’s note: This article is part of an ongoing series that looks at the growing legal marijuana industry and its effect on the black community. If you search “babies cured with cannabis” on YouTube, you come up with a plethora of emotional videos. There’s California’s Dr. William Courtney from 2013, using X-rays to show what…
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Professional Black Girl: Video Series Celebrates ‘Everyday Excellence’ of Black Women and Girls
Dr. Yaba Blay, a leading voice on beauty politics and the creator of Professional Black Girl, has been in the game for a minute, loving on black women and girls from the top of their heads to the bottom of their feet. A sister’s sister, Blay has tackled everything from colorism—with her (1)ne Drop project—to affirming melanin as black and…
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Making Democracy the Real Promise of Labor Day for All Workers
Labor Day is not a day off. It is a day on. A day to focus our collective efforts on the American dream of a safe place to live, work and raise a family in dignity. The democratic dream of fair opportunity is the promise of America I dreamed of when I fled from oppression…
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Did Fear of Trump Prevent a Hispanic Debate Moderator?
“NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt has been chosen to moderate the first of four presidential debates, and Elaine Quijano, a CBS News correspondent, will moderate the vice presidential matchup, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Friday. The choices — which also include Martha Raddatz of ABC News, Anderson Cooper of CNN and Chris…