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Friday, April 30, 2021

Time to Hit the Lab in This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices

Happy Friday, folks! I don’t know about y’all, but I love a good fighting game. While I barely have the time these days to stay in the lab like I used to, I still try to pick up my fight stick from time to time. This week has quite a few fighting games on sale across all consoles, so I figured why not celebrate the…

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Couple Appears in Court After Attacking Black Hotel Clerk and Allegedly Using Racial Slurs in Connecticut; Victim's Attorney Says They Have 'No Remorse'

Last June, a couple from New York was caught on video attacking a Black hotel clerk in Connecticut. An attorney for the victim, Crystal Caldwell, said he believes the attack was racially motivated because “racial comments and slurs” were made while she was being beaten by the white man who is also alleged to have made…

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What Were Some of My Favorite Moments From the 2021 NFL Draft? I'm Glad You Asked

On the eve of America’s new favorite holiday and the release of a new DJ Khaled album, football connoisseurs far and wide were treated to a beautiful evening of tears and triumph as the 2021 NFL Draft gave us all everything we needed and more—unless you’re The Root Senior Editor Stephen Crockett Jr., who was last seen…

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The Funk Boutique: We're Rooting for Everybody Black

“Zazie has such a power and presence about herself that is so undeniable.”

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Janet Mock Goes Off-Script, Airing Out Ryan Murphy, the Pose Writers' Room and Unequal Pay at Final Season Premiere Party

Everyone has a breaking point. Janet Mock may have hit hers at the premiere party for Pose’s final season on Thursday night, as she gave a speech that can only be described as—in the words of The Root’s Entertainment Staff Writer Tonja Stidhum—a “PLOT TWIST.”

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