Search results for: “node/Science”
-
Do You Shower at the Gym After Working Out, or Do You Wait Until You Get Home?
On Wednesday night I read a very, very, very early (and very, very, very explicit) excerpt from my book at the Brillobox as a part of their monthly Bridge Series. I wanted to get a workout and a sweat in before the reading (which started at 8:15 p.m.), so I went to LA Fitness at…
-
Roy Moore and the Alabamafication of US Democracy
For years, Alabama has been a regressive state with little national influence, but President Donald Trump’s rise and the elevation of former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to U.S. attorney general have changed everything. These regressive voices are now shaping national policy and have ensured that originalist justices dominate the Supreme Court. Enter Roy Moore. The…
-
The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Always Bringing Up Old Stuff
I’m sorry. First, I would like to apologize to the readers who trusted me to bring them the latest and best clapbacks of the week. Next, I want to issue my deepest regrets to all the idiots, racists and people with generally bad grammar who feel ignored. I have failed you. This week, through the…
-
Biddle, Brayboy and Bojangles: We Love Thee, Smith
There are but two yearly events that matter to Johnson C. Smith University alumni: homecoming and the CIAA weekend. We know, the “real world” ain’t all black, but it DAMN sure feels good to be fully immersed in peak onyx for a weekend (that’s blackness, not the strip club). So as we all hydrate, stretch…
-
Google’s ‘Dress Code’ Event Inspires Teens by Merging Computer Science With Fashion in Ingenious Ways
When you hear of careers in computer science and coding, you may immediately think of stereotypically boring nerds in short-sleeved button-ups and pocket protectors staring at lines of binary scrolling across a screen. But what if code could create a holographic dress or a purse that lights up in different colors depending on who is…
-
Fashion Designer, Former Project Runway Finalist Mychael Knight Dead at 39
The fashion industry has lost a talent. Fashion designer and former Project Runway finalist Mychael Knight died Tuesday morning outside of Atlanta. He was 39. Knight’s family have selected selected Obvious Mag as their official media source at this time of sadness. In an official statement, the family said: “We are still processing the untimely…
-
Nelly’s Rape Accuser Decries Media Spotlight
Woman Says She’s Been Frightened Into Silence Writer Has Doubts About Hill’s Future at ESPN 4 Women Sue Detroit Free Press Over Unequal Pay Calif. Paper Names Black Publisher, Joins Black Editor ‘Ask a Mexican’ Arellano Quits as OC Weekly Editor FCC Chairman Pressed to Speak Out on Trump How Trump Is Changing Hispanic Media…
-
#Flint: Conflicting Water-Study Results Have Residents Confused and Unsure of Whom to Trust
Last week the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released a report that suggests Flint, Mich., babies were not adversely affected by the lead-contaminated water flowing through the city’s pipes since 2014, which is in direct contradiction of a report last month that indicated there were higher numbers of fetal deaths during that time.…
-
The Best Argument for Why Morehouse and HBCUs Matter You’ll Ever Read
(This piece originally appeared on VSB on Oct. 8, 2015.) Editor’s note: One of my good friends from college is a teacher in Chicago. One particular student of hers has begun the college search, and in her attempts to convince him to attend Morehouse College or at least an HBCU, she reached out to me…
-
White Female Candidate Gets Triggered, Claims Black Opponent Isn’t ‘Intelligent’
It really doesn’t take much to trigger a Donald Trump supporter. Mention Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Russia or George Soros and they’re off, screaming about “pizzagate” and wiretapped microwaves. Sometimes it doesn’t even take that much; sometimes all you have to do is be black on a sunny day to trigger a deplorable’s “T-Gene” (similar…