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Son, They Shook: Uvalde Massacre Separates True Heroes From Cowards

Fake tough guys are running for cover in a moment of crisis.

Keith Reed

PublishedMay 27, 2022

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FSU Professor Maurice Johnson Uses Hip Hop as His Textbook

Professor Maurice Johnson utilizes Hip Hop culture to discuss Black portrayals in media as well as provide research…

Kalyn Womack

PublishedMarch 31, 2022

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NBA Player Makes Coffee for Tennis Players

Jimmy Butler turned his BigFace coffee into a legit business that's being offered to players at the Miami Open

Angela Johnson

PublishedMarch 23, 2022

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A Former NFL Head Coach Didn't Know Who Aaron Donald is

Let's have a conversation about competence and who gets passed over for good jobs.

Keith Reed

PublishedMarch 21, 2022

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Chicago Entrepreneurs are Making a Splash in the Craft Beer Market

Moor's Brewing Co. wants to make drinking craft beer cool for people of color

Angela Johnson

PublishedMarch 18, 2022

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Black Dad Vlogger Shares the Good, the Bad and the Funny About Parenting

Beleaf in Fatherhood gives followers a close-up of life inside a California family.

Angela Johnson

PublishedMarch 1, 2022

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Cops Fatally Shot Amir Locke. Don't Be Shocked If They Try To Put Him On Trial For Murder

Police have a habit of deflecting when their actions are under scrutiny

Keith Reed

PublishedFebruary 23, 2022

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Exclusive: Robert Marshall, Sexual Assault Survivor, Shares Story and Empowers Men to Do the Same

Founder of I Am Man Inc. Robert Marshall shares how his experience with sexual abuse from childhood had encouraged…

Kalyn Womack

PublishedFebruary 15, 2022

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A Journalism Lesson from George Zimmerman's Failed Lawsuit Against Trayvon Martin's Parents

Here's how not to get sued for defamation by a killer

Keith Reed

PublishedFebruary 15, 2022

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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

PublishedFebruary 10, 2022

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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

PublishedFebruary 10, 2022

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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

PublishedJanuary 28, 2022

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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

PublishedJanuary 25, 2022

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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

PublishedJanuary 25, 2022

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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

PublishedJanuary 25, 2022

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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

Panama Jackson

PublishedDecember 15, 2021

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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

Panama Jackson

PublishedDecember 8, 2021

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

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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

Panama Jackson

PublishedDecember 3, 2021

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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

PublishedNovember 30, 2021

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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.

Panama Jackson

PublishedNovember 23, 2021

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