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On Wednesday, New York City was abuzz when news leaked out about a very unique Jay-Z performance happening at the Pace Gallery. For six hours the rapper would be performing the song “Picasso Baby,” a single from his new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail. Numerous media outlets rushed their charges out to the scene to…

For Politics365, Dr. Wilmer J. Leon argues that John Roberts is reigniting conservative activism. He describes the chief justice as the “new tip of an old iceberg.” The Warren Court is considered by many to have been the most “liberal” in the history of the Supreme Court. Warren gave us the Brown decision in 1954, the exclusionary…

We should stop dissing rappers’ girlfriends for having a past, writes Evette Dionne at Clutch magazine. She says that we need to look beyond the checkered histories of women like Kim Kardashian and Amber Rose — because they’ve found love. The shaming of Amber Rose for dating and falling in love and marrying when her…

(The Root) — On July 5, Ivory Kaleb Toldson was born. He is my first son and second child. During his birth I relived the joy, wonderment and jitters that I experienced in 2007 when my daughter, Makena, was born. Like millions of parents, I want the best education for my children. As a black…

(The Root) — “My fiancé has become adamant about me taking his last name after we’re married. I’ve always told him that I was keeping my name for professional reasons, which he’s always been fine with, but now he has a problem with it. He says that my unwillingness to change my name implies a…

(The Root) — Last April, NBA veteran Jason Collins publicly announced that he was gay in what many supporters — myself and President Barack Obama included — heralded as a courageous leap in the right direction. Coming from the first openly gay male athlete on a major professional team, Collins’ deeply personal essay in Sports…