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News, Race Matters

Family of Black Woman Found Dead Inside a Police Van in Alabama Refuses to Accept Autopsy Results

The coroner said there are no signs of foul play, but Christina Nance’s family doesn’t believe that.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

October 14, 2021
LGBTQ, Politics

Parents of Black Gay Alabama Teen Who Died by Suicide Sue City and School District Alleging School Staff Failed to Help

It’s hard being young and Black in America. In fact, it’s hard being part of any marginalized community in the U.S. and in the world, and many people, even activists and educators, at times forget the importance of intersectionality. So now we need to have a conversation about how often Black people who also happen…

By

Zack Linly

Published

April 15, 2021
Entertainment

The Root Presents Role Call: A Black Entertainment Roundup Joint

My dearest and most delightful reader, ‘tis I, Lady Welpington of The Root, back with another roundup of Black entertainment happenings that I’m sure you’ll be most pleased to hear about. As we are by now well aware, the giant machine we all know as Hollywood doesn’t always invest in TV and film starring folks…

By

Shanelle Genai

Published

March 26, 2021
Culture, Health, Mental Health

The Life Lost But Never Forgotten and The Movie I Struggle to Watch Because Of It (Happy Birthday, Tra)

I can’t just watch the movie John Q. I’ve tried a few times. I actually managed to make it all the way through to the end for the first time in almost 10 years a few months ago. It was on, I was up late and I decided to force myself to make it through…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

August 12, 2020
News

Alabama Man Arrested After Pulling Gun, Shouting 'Womp Womp' at Immigration Rally

An Alabama man was taken into custody after he pulled a firearm at a “Families Belong Together” immigration rally in Huntsville over the weekend. No shots were fired and no one was injured during the confrontation, but 34-year-old Shane Ryan Sealy was taken into custody for possessing a firearm within 1,000 feet of the protest…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

July 2, 2018
Very Smart Brothas

I Now Have Both TSA Precheck and Clear, and I Can Never Stand in Line With You People Again

A few weeks back, I was heading to Huntsville, Ala., to attend a track meet for my nephew (which ended up getting rained out). I had a 6:45 a.m. flight out of Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport—or, as locals call it, National. I got there in plenty of time, but it matters not, because…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

May 7, 2018
Very Smart Brothas

My Girlfriend Took Her 1st Trip Down South*. Here’s What Happened

One of the most enlightening conversations I had in college happened with a friend of mine who went to Spelman College and is from Nigeria. We were out at IHOP (I think; probably a safe assumption because we pretty much lived at IHOP), and she was telling a few of us about her preconceived notions…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

August 25, 2017