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Thursday, August 12, 2021

We Know Some of Y'all Still Think Sinbad Was in a Genie Movie, But His Kids Say It 'Did Not Happen. Get Over It.'

Comedian Sinbad may have been a genie in some alternate universe within your minds, but it looks like his children are reminding y’all this actually did not happen and they have only one wish—“get over it.”

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Bill Cosby, Who Isn't In Prison Due to a Technicality, Is Still Facing a Civil Sexual Assault Lawsuit, Will Plead the Fifth

Bill Cosby is out of prison. As been stated before, this doesn’t mean he’s entirely off the hook—whether that means in the court of public opinion or in the court of law.

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Michigan Police Department Say Officers Were Justified in Holding Black Real Estate Agent, Potential Buyer at Gunpoint

A Michigan police department stands by its officers who pulled their guns on a Black real estate agent, a potential home buyer and his 15-year-old son.

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Black People, Who Remain Undervaccinated, May Suffer the Most Because of Vaccine Requirements

As local governments consider vaccine requirements to slow the spread of COVID, Black people could be disproportionately shut out of businesses across the country.

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The Root Presents: It's Lit! Revisits In Search of The Color Purple

It’s been just shy of a year since we launched our literary podcast, The Root Presents: It’s Lit!. A vehicle borne out of both the deep need for escapism amid an ongoing pandemic and The Root staff’s great affinity for books (in addition to being the natural outgrowth of our years-old vertical of the same name), our…

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