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Killer in the Sack? Why You Might Need to Learn CPR This Cuffing Season
Scenario: It’s a cold winter night, and you’re happily snowed in with bae. You’ve Netflixed. You’ve chilled. You’re now in the throes of passion, but instead of clutching you, all of a sudden, he clutches … his chest? What would you do? Sex has long been one of our favorite winter sports—and has been linked…
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Make My Nature Rise: Why We Should All Be Using All-Natural Cosmetics
I might look as if I was raised on Champagne, but I need a T-shirt that says, “Raised on Natural Beauty”—because I was raised by a mother who was a totally natural beauty, in every way. My mother grew up on a farm in rural Ohio and was a DIY dynamo before anyone even thought…
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Lena Horne’s Granddaughter, Filmmaker Jenny Lumet, Accuses Russell Simmons of Sexual Violation
Jenny Lumet, the award-winning screenwriter behind Rachel Getting Married and The Mummy, is the latest woman to come forward with the resounding call of #MeToo, sharing what she says was her horrific encounter with music mogul Russell Simmons, who she says sexually assaulted her when she was in her early 20s. Lumet, the daughter of filmmaker…
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Why Calling Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’ Is Racist, Explained
When Don “Puffy” Comb-Over took the opportunity during a White House ceremony honoring the Native American code talkers to call Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas,” the collective response from most nonracist Americans was, “Oh no, he didn’t!” But there were many people—including conservatives, people profiled in the New York Times and original-recipe white people—who didn’t find anything…
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Everything You Need to Know About Meghan Markle’s ‘Level of Blackness,’ Explained
She’s my second-favorite alum of USA Network’s Suits, the possessor of an alliterative name that kinda, sorta sounds like the name of a women’s hosiery brand sold only at Macy’s and the new fiancee of Prince Harry. Gina Torres, of course. I sincerely believe they actually called the show Suits because of a pitch meeting…
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Trump’s Top Pick to Head Census Is Pro-Gerrymandering Professor Who Thinks Black People Are Overcounted
Voting and immigration-rights advocates are alarmed over Donald Trump’s leading pick to head the U.S. Census Bureau: a conservative college professor with no government experience who literally wrote a book expounding on the dangers of competitive elections. According to Politico, Trump wants to tap Thomas Brunell, a political science professor at the University of Texas…
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HBCUs Can Revive US Cities
Looking to move to a new city to live or to set up a business? Consider a town where there’s an HBCU. “I didn’t realize that it wasn’t normal for your barber to live next to your professor until I left Grambling [in Louisiana],” said Grambling State University President Richard Gallot Jr. If there’s anyone…
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Black Excellence: 10 African-American Students Named Rhodes Scholars
The Rhodes Trust has announced its newest Rhodes scholars, and 10 of the 32 American students selected (pdf) to attend the United Kingdom’s Oxford University for postgraduate studies are African American, the most ever to receive the prestigious honor. This is the first time that the number of African Americans in a single class to…
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These 7 Young Futurists Are Already Changing the World
At The Root, we love to celebrate young people who are excelling beyond belief. Year after year, our list of Young Futurists reminds us that age really ain’t nothin’ but a number. That group of 15- to 22-year-olds always impresses us with their tenacity, passion and ability to turn big dreams into reality. Here, we…
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A Guide to Donald Trump’s Love for Strongmen
President Donald Trump’s penchant for praising strongmen around the world can be alarming until you consider that he, too, wishes he could be one. Should Americans truly be perplexed by Trump’s praise of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who has used his national police force to target drug dealers and users in a campaign that has…