We Get High on the Hog and Play Black Ass Game With Chef-Writer Stephen Satterfield

Y’all hungry?

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Speaks to The Root About the COVID-19 Vaccines

For Black people, medical care in this country has been fraught with a tangled history of lack of access and an inherent mistrust in a system that has both experimented on Black bodies and at times ignored the pleas and complaints of Black people who have had varying experiences with medical professionals who either…

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Billboard Music Awards 2021: The Weeknd Wins Big and Drake Does the Very Opposite of Hiding His Kid

On Sunday, artists from around the world gathered at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles in hopes of owning one of those coveted gold microphones. That’s right, the 2021 Billboard Music Awards ceremony happened.

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Ex-Minnesota Cop Sentenced to 6 Years for Beating Unarmed Black Man While Police Dog Mauled Him

A common misconception about the movement against systemic racism in policing is that the only thing being addressed is Black death. I think this is in part because white people have found their “what about Black-on-Black crime?” strawman to throw out there in response to our complaints about the extrajudicial…

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Rick Santorum Ousted From CNN Over His White Nationalist Remarks on Native Americans and How Colonizers 'Birthed a Nation'

You know how I know that the Republican war on Critical Race Theory and The 1619 Project has nothing to do with a fear that students will be taught an inaccurate version of History that teaches that some races are superior to others? Two words: Rick Santorum.

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