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The 5 Biggest Challenges Facing #BlackLivesMatter
Editor’s note: When it comes to keeping a movement going, you have to have a good understanding of what is getting in your way. In the final installment of the series After the Fire, The Root looks at what challenges this current social-justice movement is facing and what the future may hold. After the Fire was…
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How to Take Care of Your Parents Without Stressing Yourself
Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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Here’s Why the #AllLivesMatter Crowd Doesn’t Care About the Killing of an Unarmed White Teen by Police
Have you heard about what happened to Zachary Hammond? If you believe his attorney, the nation has been asleep about the fact that the 19-year-old was shot and killed by the police while on a date. If you believe his attorney, nobody has said his name or expressed outrage at yet another police killing because…
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Remembering Ezell Ford: One of the Many Lives That Mattered
Ezell Ford, a 25-year-old mentally disabled man from South Los Angeles, was walking near his home Aug. 11, 2014, when he was confronted by Los Angeles police officers for what they described as an “investigative stop.” During the encounter, Ford was shot and killed by Officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas. They claimed that Ford…
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Black Voters Matter
Editor’s note: In the third installment of the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at how the social-justice movement—on- and offline—is influencing the presidential race for 2016. Did your candidate say, “Black lives matter”? After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Read Part 1…
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In a ’90s Kind of World: Which Living Single Character Are You?
Living Single has been off the air for over 17 years, but the legacy of the show still rings across pop culture. What truly made the show special was that each character represented a different kind of person in our lives. So, which Living Single character is the best reflection of you? Khadijah James or…
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Prince Compares Music Industry to Slavery, Tells New Artists: ‘Don’t Sign’
The music industry is modern-day “slavery.” Record labels are running a “shell game.” Music streaming is sucking artists dry. And rights-management groups are nothing more than “collection agencies” that fail to pass along any real money to artists. At least, that’s how Prince sees it. In a private sit-down with 10 black journalists deep inside…
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Leaderless or Leader-ful?
Editor’s note: In the second installment of the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at the structure of this current movement, a movement where anyone can be the boss, yet nobody is the boss. After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Read Part 1.…
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How to Burn What Can’t Catch Fire
Editor’s note: In the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at the growing social-justice movement, from traditional players to #BlackLivesMatter, examining where the movement has been, where it is now and where it’s going. After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Something every…
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‘What the Hell Is Going on in Ferguson?!’ How #MikeMike Changed Our World
It’s hard to believe it’s been one year since then-Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson’s bullets plowed through the body of 19-year-old Michael Brown Jr. One year since the teen’s slain body was left lying in the middle of Canfield Drive in the sweltering heat for four hours, his warm blood trickling down the pavement,…