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Jermaine Dupri, Bakari Sellers Strive to Engage Black Male Voters With Shop Talk

It’s a simple equation that becomes more and more urgent by the day: Black women notoriously hold it down in elections, but if Joe Biden is going to emerge triumphant in November, he’s gonna need Black men to show up and show out at the polls—the same way we did for Barak Obama in 2008…

By

Jay Connor

Published

August 27, 2020
Politics

Democratic National Convention, Day 3: Kamala’s Big Night, and Wait, There’s Still One More Evening to Go?

In front of God and a virtual audience, California Sen. Kamala Harris—the product of immigrant parents, Howard University and AKA—made Fannie Lou Hamer, Shirley Chisholm, and all those who came before her proud as she accepted the historic nomination to become Joe Biden’s running mate and possibly America’s first female vice president. A woman of…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

August 20, 2020
Politics

Clinton Could've Stepped, Biden Accepts and Kamala Got Next: Recap of Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention

Day 1 was the day. The tone was set. The big Joker was played. They could’ve dropped the mic and walked off after one day of a virtual Democratic National Convention and America would’ve been just as hype and ready to take down one of the worst administrations this side of Belarus. But nope, there…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

August 19, 2020
Entertainment, Music

Barack Obama Shares His 2020 Summer Playlist, Further Solidifies That He Loves a Bop

Gosh, I really miss Barack Obama every single day. Every time he posts on Instagram, I’m quick to “double-tap” whatever he’s put up, solely based on the fact that it’s Barack Obama who posted it. However, on Monday, I ‘liked’ what he posted because it shows his incredible musical palate. That’s right folks: Our Forever…

By

J’na Jefferson

Published

August 18, 2020
Politics

Democrats Pull Out the Heavy Hitters for Virtual National Convention, Including the Obamas, the Clintons and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

This is a new world we are living in. The White House has become a monument to white supremacy, the coronavirus has come through like the tornado that shut Dorothy’s shit down and we’ve all moved indoors. So it’s with that that I say the Democratic National Convention, scheduled to take place Monday, Aug. 17,…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

August 11, 2020
Entertainment, Television

NBCUniversal's Peacock Announces 2 New and Timely Late Night Shows With Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin

NBCUniversal’s new streaming platform Peacock just announced some new comedy content that is very relevant and needed during these somber times. Amber Ruffin will be hosting The Amber Ruffin Show and Larry Wilmore will host the Untitled Larry Wilmore Show as part of the streaming platform’s weekly topical late-night block. You may know Wilmore from…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

August 11, 2020
News

'A Man of Pure Joy and Unbreakable Perseverance': Barack Obama, Activists and More Pay Their Final Respects to John Lewis

Civil rights icon and 17-term Georgia congressman John Lewis was mourned and honored Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church Horizon Sanctuary, where three former U.S. presidents and a number of activists, politicians and distinguished leaders came together to say their final farewells to a hero and ever-vigilant opponent of racism in America. President Barack Obama…

By

Zack Linly

Published

July 30, 2020
Politics

Livestream: Watch John Lewis’ Funeral at the Atlanta Church Once Led by MLK. Read His Last Words

When John Lewis was a teen growing up in segregated Alabama, he would scan the dial of an old radio only to be hypnotized by the pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, Martin Luther King Jr. On Thursday, Lewis, one of the original Freedom Riders and the youngest speaker at the March on Washington in…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

July 30, 2020
Entertainment

The Michelle Obama Podcast Has Finally Arrived and Our Forever President Is the Perfect Guest for Its Premiere

In this day and age, everybody has a podcast. But in an oversaturated market rife with hundreds of thousands of shows that either go unheralded or unheard, I think it’s safe to say that The Michelle Obama Podcast won’t have any problems whatsoever standing out. And in its premiere episode, our Forever First Lady is…

By

Jay Connor

Published

July 29, 2020
Politics

Book No One Should Buy Alleges Trump Made Racist Remarks About Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela

I know you’re gonna find this hard to believe but, there’s a book coming out from someone who worked with Trump for years that outlines Trump’s corruption, lies and racist statements. And, according to a manuscript not obtained by The Root, the upcoming tell-all also contains the shocking revelations that Diamond and Silk didn’t have…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

July 21, 2020