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White Man Kills Black Uber Driver, Shocking Accusations Against NJ Mayor, More on White Couple Who Allegedly Stored Black Man’s Remains in Fridge, Final Days of OJ and More News
A collection of The Root's best posts of the week in news
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Kanye West Goes Off On Cardi B, Teyana Taylor and More in Newly Leaked Footage
It's always something with the Donda rapper and this time is no exception.
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PageTurners: May I Interest You in Some New Releases?
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same. Walter Dean Myers first published Monster in 1999; over twenty years later, the profound themes centered around the criminality of Black boyhood and coping with trauma continue to plague young Black men across the country. The story follows Steve Harmon, a 16-year-old boy…
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Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Hudson and Jeffrey Wright Face the True Monster in America
What happens when the actual monster gets to dictate the story? Well, that monster gets to be the protagonist, shift any blame elsewhere and name something or someone else “the monster.” Black Americans know that M.O. all too well, as we’re constantly dehumanized and vilified…even when we’re the victim. In Netflix’s upcoming film Monster, that…
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10 Things I Already Know About You if You’re Listening to Nas’ New Album Nasir
Sometime in the ungodly hours after midnight—the hours when men get drunk and send “Hey Bighead, you up?” texts—one of the cinderblock pillars in the upper portion of hip-hop’s foundation released an album. Queens, N.Y., rapper Nas released the “Make America Great Again”-hat-wearing-Kanye West-produced album Nasir, and the internet was ablaze; the Queensbridge listening party…