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Unsung Hollywood Comes Clean About Car Wash
“Imagine a movie about a car wash,” begins the latest installment of TV One’s Unsung Hollywood. That initial idea was the brainchild of white music-P.R. guy Gary Stromberg. Now imagine a studio head taking Car Wash seriously without a Stromberg. Another white guy, Joel Schumacher, who wrote Sparkle and The Wiz long before directing St.…
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1 Year After John Crawford III’s Shooting by Police, His Family Is Still Waiting for Justice
On Aug. 5, 2014, John Crawford III and his girlfriend, Tasha Thomas, went shopping at a Wal-Mart in Beavercreek, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. They planned to buy marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers to make s’mores at a family cookout. While on the phone with the mother of his two children, Crawford picked up a…
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The Best Apps to Make Your Money Mobile
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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Sam Dubose’s Death Shows Need for Body Cameras
“I want justice for my son!” Why are we here again? The police have taken yet another life, and now another parent is left mourning the death of her child at the hands of law enforcement, this time in Cincinnati. Sam Dubose—a father, a musician, an entrepreneur and a motorcycle enthusiast—was pulled over by University…
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An Exclusive Interview With the Mother of Jonathan Sanders, the Miss. Man Who Was Allegedly Choked to Death by a Cop
As the deaths of Sandra Bland and Sam Dubose continue to capture national attention—both serving as undeniable evidence of police brutality, selective outrage and the ability of police officers to lie through their teeth even with video evidence to contradict their stories—the police killing of 39-year-old Jonathan Sanders in Stonewall, Miss., has largely flown under…
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5 Athletes With Impressive Tats
Earlier this week, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson decided to show off his newest “armor of God” tattoo as he was returning to training camp after being reinstated into the NFL after a suspension related to a child-abuse case. Tattoos have always been an outlet for athletes to express themselves, and they’re something that…
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#BlackMenLove: Time to Reframe the Old Narratives About Race in America
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of articles that were shared in partnership with BMe Community’s #BlackMenLove to remind readers of who, what and how deeply black men love during this final weekend of Black Family Month. BMe is a growing network of all races and genders committed to building better communities across…
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Drake vs. Meek Mill: It’s Not Even Close
Last night, a week after he began a feud with popular rapper Drake on Twitter, lesser-known lyricist Meek Mill of Philadelphia released a much-anticipated but largely underwhelming diss track, “Wanna Know.” The song title trended on Twitter for hours as hip-hop aficionados mostly clowned Meek for taking so long to produce a song so terrible.…