rise: blood hunter
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Bonding Over Jazz and Kintsugi With My Father
For the ‘A Song For My Father’ Father’s Day Series, Olu Burrell dedicates Taylor McFerrin’s ‘Invisible/Visible’ to his dad.
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How We Do: Malcolm and Matt's Instagram-to-Engagement Story
To celebrate the start of wedding season, The Root has launched ‘How We Do,’ a two-week series centering Black love stories, commitment and nuptial style.
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Good-Ass Games: Knockout City Packs a Lot of Punch in a Small Package
Y’all. I missed variety. I’m sure I’m not alone in this, but a year spent alone doing the same thing again and again and again has left your boy…different. Now that I’ve been able to get back to seeing movies, watching the Suns straight body the Lakers with my boys, and generally not having my…
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How We Do: Dawnie and Anthony's Love Story Is Better Than Fiction
To celebrate the start of wedding season, The Root has launched ‘How We Do,’ a two-week series centering Black love stories, commitment and nuptial style.
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It's Draft Day! Let's Talk About It
The only thing better than waking up yesterday and hearing that Rudy Giuliani’s Upper East Side apartment was raided by the feds is waking up today and remembering that we’re less than 12 hours away from the 2021 NFL Draft. And because I’m such a kind, giving soul, here are your answers to some of…
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With Journacy, Jeff Johnson Is Encouraging Black Fathers to Enjoy the Journey
Black History Month provided us all with the perfect opportunity to reflect on the achievements of Black fathers throughout the course of history. Jeff Johnson also wants to ensure that the everyday dads who hold it down for their families—and who might never be immortalized by history books—have an advocate, too. That’s why he’s created…
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Comic Creators Denys Cowan, L.L. McKinney, and Kwanza Osajyefo on What the Future Holds for the Rise of the Black Superhero
Editor’s Note: The Rise of the Black Superhero is a three-part series breaking down the past, present and future of Black superheroes across comics, film, and tv. This is part 3. Read part 1 and part 2. Welcome back, true believers! Our journey so far has taken us across decades, from the bell-bottomed ’70s to…
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'They're Harboring a Murderer': Protest Erupts After Officer Who Killed Tamir Rice Is Welcomed By Cleveland Football Team
Recreational leagues and amateur sports teams not only serve as the perfect opportunity for would-be professional athletes to live out their competitive dreams, but they also provide participants with an alternative for regular exercise and a mechanism to build camaraderie with potential life-long friends or business associates. As someone who’s played recreational sports, I often…
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'We Are Holding Everyone Else to a Higher Standard': Halle Berry on Shifting Hollywood's Sexism—and Starting Early With Her Son
When it comes to combating sexism, Halle Berry believes it starts at home and should start young. Accordingly, the Oscar-winning actress and first-time director of the upcoming Bruised, debuting this week at the Sundance Film Festival, is already challenging problematic beliefs and rhetoric as they arise with her young son, Maceo Martinez (from her marriage…