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What My 18-month-old Teaches About Handling Anti-Vaxxer Truckers

A trip to Whole Foods might spare us all a lot of grief

Keith Reed

2/10/22 2:45PM

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Meet Trey Baker: White House Senior Advisor in Charge of all things Black

White House Senior Advisor for Public Engagement Trey Baker spoke with The Root about his work with President Biden…

Kalyn Womack

2/10/22 9:00AM

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Exclusive: Joe Madison Speaks About His Hunger Strike, Voting Rights, and Why We Need To Keep Fighting

The radio host and civil rights activist tells us to keep the fight for voting rights going through opposition.

Murjani Rawls

1/28/22 4:00PM

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My Two Job Offers: Goldman Sachs vs. Grindr

Wade Pryor, a young Black Ivy leaguer, tries to decide between being an investment banker or a sugar baby.

Wade Osei Pryor

1/25/22 4:00PM

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Stop Policing Black Women’s Tone

After Sunn M'Cheaux published a TikTok on Black women, the sisters showed up in droves with their stories

Sunn M'Cheaux

1/25/22 1:00PM

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Chance Lynch, One of Andrew Brown Jr.'s Lawyers, Says There's Only One Real Weapon to Fight Police Killing: End Qualified Immunity

A civil rights attorney explains why police are not held accountable for killing.

Chance Lynch as told to Murjani Rawls

1/25/22 9:00AM

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Thank You for the World, Very Smart Brothas

Cheers to VSB, a site that changed the game, the culture and my life

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The Light Above the Stove Tells God You're Done Cleaning for the Night—an African-American Urge, Explained

The song 'This Little Light of Mine' may (or may not have) been written about the light above the stove

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I Had the Opportunity to Be in the Listening to Kenny G Doc But Turned It Down Because of COVID. I Have Real Tears

A doc about Kenny G premiered on HBO Max on December 2nd and I watched it with all the feels for what could have been

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I Discovered Virgil Abloh Because of His Nike Collaboration. I Learned So Much More

Much like discovering jazz through hip-hop, I discovered the world and legacy of Virgil Abloh though sneakers.

Panama Jackson

11/30/21 1:30PM

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I Took Two of My Kids to Get Their COVID (and Flu) Shots by Myself: A Discourse on Parental Decision-Making

Two kids, two shots, one parent? Easily one of the worst decisions I've made at my big age.

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Kanye Wants to Pay Beanie Sigel for Coming Up With the Name 'Yeezy.' Beanie Wants to Do Business Instead: A Discussion

This is dinner with Jay-Z or $500,000 playing out in real life

Panama Jackson

11/18/21 10:00AM

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What My 18-month-old Teaches About Handling Anti-Vaxxer Truckers

Meet Trey Baker: White House Senior Advisor in Charge of all things Black

Exclusive: Joe Madison Speaks About His Hunger Strike, Voting Rights, and Why We Need To Keep Fighting

My Two Job Offers: Goldman Sachs vs. Grindr

Stop Policing Black Women’s Tone

Chance Lynch, One of Andrew Brown Jr.'s Lawyers, Says There's Only One Real Weapon to Fight Police Killing: End Qualified Immunity

Thank You for the World, Very Smart Brothas

The Light Above the Stove Tells God You're Done Cleaning for the Night—an African-American Urge, Explained

I Had the Opportunity to Be in the Listening to Kenny G Doc But Turned It Down Because of COVID. I Have Real Tears

I Discovered Virgil Abloh Because of His Nike Collaboration. I Learned So Much More

I Took Two of My Kids to Get Their COVID (and Flu) Shots by Myself: A Discourse on Parental Decision-Making

Kanye Wants to Pay Beanie Sigel for Coming Up With the Name 'Yeezy.' Beanie Wants to Do Business Instead: A Discussion