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The Problem With the Billionaire Space Race, Explained
There's no better metaphor for capitalism-based inequality than billionaires competing to reach the upper sky.
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Let's Sing the Theme Songs as a Family—These Norman Lear Classics are Coming to Prime Video and IMDb TV
Per an official press release, 'This collection marks the largest volume of Norman Lear complete series content ever available to stream.'
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The Big Lie at the Big Box Store: Sears, Kmart Sold Shirts Proclaiming Insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt an 'American Patriot'
The big box retailers pulled the products from their online marketplaces after being called out on Twitter six months to the day of the Capitol riots.
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'It Always Starts With People': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Revisits Such a Fun Age With Kiley Reid
The writer's debut novel was an instant New York Times bestseller and longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
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'I Love the Way Voices Play With Each Other': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Trips Through Rock History With Dawnie Walton and The Final Revival of Opal and Nev
The author's highly acclaimed debut novel evokes several of rock music's unsung Black divas.
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'I Grew a Sense of Wonder': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Mines the Miracle of A Little Devil in America With Hanif Abdurraqib
The author's latest book celebrates the rich and nuanced history of Black performance in America.
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'I Want to Make Readers Think Twice': The Root Presents It's Lit! Does a Double Take With Zakiya Dalila Harris and The Other Black Girl
In the minefield of microaggressions, marginalization and outright racism that can plague the modern office environment, it’s often a relief to see another Black face amid a predominantly white world of cubicles. But as editor-turned-author Zakiya Dalila Harris deftly reminds us in her much-buzzed-about debut, The Other Black Girl: A Novel, all skinfolk ain’t kinfolk.…
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I Love This Game!
After spending over a year of my life trapped inside of my apartment alone—no kids, no dogs, no Wilson—I’m off that good Pfizer and fighting through the psychological toll of such a miserable, traumatic experience by slowly pushing myself to reintegrate back into society. That means dinners and hikes and hugs with friends who have…
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'It’s a Cautionary Tale of What Happens if You Don’t Get Free': The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Talks The Secret Lives of Church Ladies With Deesha Philyaw
Amid a year with very few things to celebrate, one of its most celebrated books was Deesha Philyaw’s The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. To date, the short story collection has been a 2020 National Book Award finalist, won the 2020 Story Prize, a 2020 L.A. Times Book Prize for first fiction, and the 2021…