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Stretch of Miami Streets to Be Named in Honor of Moonlight

Moonlight may have won Best Picture at the Oscars and was a fan favorite, but the movie is receiving an even bigger honor in Miami. A stretch of streets will be called Moonlight Way because the movie takes place in Miami and it’s where its director, Barry Jenkins, and playwright, Tarell Alvin McCraney, are from.…

By

Yesha Callahan

Published

April 21, 2017
Ben Carson Visits Miami Public Housing and Gets Trapped in ‘the Sunken Place’

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson was only on his third stop of a two-day Miami visit when he got trapped in the elevator, but I’d like to think that the elevator was actually in “the sunken place.” According to the Miami Herald, “Carson, Miami-Dade County Public Housing Director Michael Liu and five other…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

April 12, 2017
Entertainment

Watch: Basketball Wives Season 6 Trailer Is Drama-Filled as Usual

And she’s back. After saying she didn’t want to do another Basketball Wives show, Evelyn Lozada is returning for the combined Los Angeles and Miami version of season 6. But things look as drama-filled as ever because the bad blood between Lozada and Tami Roman hasn’t gone anywhere. Basketball Wives Then there’s Jackie Christie. Horrible…

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Yesha Callahan

Published

April 12, 2017
News

Fla. Man Claims He Received Bad Service at Starbucks Because He Voted for Trump

David Sanguesa, 53, accused a Starbucks barista of purposely not serving him because he voted for Donald Trump and is white, the New York Daily News reports. In a video posted to Twitter, Sanguesa can be seen pacing the Starbucks back and forth because the black female barista was not getting his drink fast enough. “Just…

By

The Root Staff

Published

November 18, 2016
Very Smart Brothas

11 Thoughts About The Movie Moonlight, Which You Should See.

First things first, this will not be a review. There are a million of those on-line and they are all glowing. They range from “it’s the best movie of 2016” to “we’ve never seen anything like this, done like this, before”. Also, the studio, A24 gave me a free movie ticket to see Moonlight, which…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

November 17, 2016
News

Teen Suspect Seen Crying, Screaming at Police in Interrogation Video

Desiray Strickland, 19, who is accused of participating in the machete murder of a schoolmate, was seen screaming and crying at police in an interrogation video, CBS News reports. The video was released by the Miami-Dade, Fla., State Attorney’s Office. Strickland was indicted for first-degree murder along with Jose Cabrera, 23; Kaheem Arbelo, 20; Jonathan Lucas,…

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The Root Staff

Published

November 10, 2016
News

Respectability Politics Didn't Keep Charles Kinsey From Almost Becoming a Hashtag

My mother had the talk with me when I was 18. After years of just the two of us in the house, I was leaving for college and would no longer be under her watchful eye. When the police pull you over, do what they tell you to do—no matter what. Always move slowly. Always…

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Lawrence Ware

Published

July 21, 2016
US Transportation Secretary Approves 6 Domestic Airlines to Begin Scheduled Flights to Cuba

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Friday that the Department of Transportation has approved six domestic airlines to begin scheduled flights between the United States and Cuba as early as this fall, a press release from the White House notes. The approved carriers are American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Silver Airways, Southwest Airlines and Sun…

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Breanna Edwards

Published

June 10, 2016
Fla. Nursing School Grad Fatally Shot at House Party

A Florida nursing school graduate was shot and killed over the weekend after being caught in the crossfire at a Miami Gardens house party Saturday night, the Miami Herald reports. Alexandra Dean, who had only recently graduated a few weeks ago from Nova Southeastern University with a degree in nursing, was at the party around…

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Breanna Edwards

Published

June 6, 2016