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Warner Bros. Shuts Down Trump 2020 Video for Using Dark Knight Rises
Not so fast, Donald Trump! That was basically Warner Bros.’ stance after Trump and his team apparently took it upon themselves to use music from The Dark Knight Rises to accompany a video promoting Trump’s 2020 re-election hopes. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted out the video, which featured an odd collection of imagery—among them, Washington landmarks,…
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Exclusive: Sen. Cory Booker Introduces Senate Bill to Study Reparations
Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) told The Root in an exclusive, hour-long interview at his home in Newark, N.J., that he unequivocally supports reparations for black people and that he is introducing a Senate version of the House bill on Monday that will form a commission to study reparations. Booker’s bill, Commission…
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Watch the Stars of HBO's Native Son Get Real About Surviving While Black
Richard Wright’s Native Son has been resurrected. This time, HBO brought the novel to life with some of your faves: Sanaa Lathan, Ashton Sanders and Kiki Layne. One of the film’s more prominent themes is survival, so The Root attended the New York City premiere of Native Son to ask stars about surviving while black.…
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Andrew Yang Says His Kids Will Drink Flint Tap Water to Ensure Cleanliness and Explains How His Economic Plans Are 'More Modern' Than Bernie Sanders
In an exclusive interview with The Root, presidential candidate Andrew Yang said that he is open to opening a federal inquiry into why the residents of Flint, Mich., have gone years without clean drinking water and agrees that environmental racism is behind the lack of a sequent response to the crisis. Furthermore, he said that…
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Anna Deavere Smith Is Definitely Here For The People
Anna Deavere Smith is a woman of many talents. She is a playwright, an actress, and, ultimately, a storyteller. In her latest role, Smith plays the clerk of court Tina Krissman on For The People, which airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC. Smith shares her thoughts on the importance of standing up for…
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Watch: Rep. Juandalynn Givan Is My Adopted Auntie and the Clapback Hero Black America Needs
Despite what you may believe, trust me, you have never truly seen a black person let go. Sometimes, when we are beset on all sides by whiteness, drowning in the filthy American cesspool contaminated by lynching blood, face spit and white tears, all a black person can do is hold on. Hold on. The way…
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Namaste Black: Yoga Isn't Just for Skinny White People. It's for Everybody
After noticing people of color were usually the minority in yoga classes, Shakira Scott brought together a group of black women to create Black to Yoga, an all-inclusive space for Oakland yogis. Scott, Kirsten Rogers, Maureen Miller and Zenovia Forbes came together to make classes more accessible and affordable to the black community in the…
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He Doesn’t Do Politics, He Does Fun: Shaquille O’Neal Joins With Embattled Pizza Pusher, Papa John’s, in New Deal
When we got word Papa John’s Pizza got a new (black) face, Shaquille O’Neal, the crew at The Root had a field day. “Ask Shaq about his obsession with being a cop and if he had trouble finding a cap and cane for his soft shoe routine …,” quipped one. “The same Shaq who just…
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Hey Everyone, Boxer Adrien Broner Isn't Gay and He Wants the World to Know During Vile, Homophobic Rant
Looks like boxer Adrien Broner’s masculinity is so fragile that he had to go on a caveman-esque, homophobic disturbing rant that he titled a “PSA” to gay men who might be interested in him. “If any f-g, punk ass nigga come run up on me, trying to touch me on all that gay shit, I’m…