Aug 13
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You know what doesn’t get enough love and attention right now? Black joy. So what are we going to do about it? Well,…
Aug 13
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Chloe and Maud Arnold, Phil Augusta Jackson and Michael Harriot Talk Black Joy at The Root Institute
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What is Black joy? Is it a superhero? Is it a way of life? Is it under attack? The answer to all of those questions…
Aug 10
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The Apollo Theater is a church.
Aug 6
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The Root Institute
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Want to keep track of all the folks participating in The Root Institute virtual conference this year? Here’s a handy…
Jun 5
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I imagine I am a street sweeper.
May 26
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There is an interesting political conversation going on that was prompted by someone who few people expected to have…
Feb 9
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Did it really take a former Republican congressman to finally launch the first black news network?
Jan 9 2020
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If you think the 2020 Oscars was going to return to regularly scheduled programming by featuring a single comedian…
Jan 9 2020
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After The Root’s Michael Harriot ripped Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s troubling tenure with black…
Dec 31 2019
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Once again, South Bend, Ind. mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg finds himself under the microscope and…
Dec 16 2019
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He has clapped back at our hate mail weekly; regularly educates us on the inextricable links between American…
Jul 21 2017
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This week, besides having to scroll through all things Rumi and Sir Carter, I learned that Madame Tussauds doesn’t…
Aug 13 2016
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Jun 23 2016
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On Thursday the Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action policies and shot down claims by…