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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

The Root Institute 2021: Tarana Burke's New Memoir Unbound Retraces the Birth of a Movement

It’s been nearly four years since Me Too became a global movement, forever changing how we talk about sexual violence. But it’s been approximately 15 years since Tarana Burke found the phrase she needed to inspire empathy and empowerment among survivors of sexual violence, understanding that a simple “Me Too” could be…

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Call Me by My Certified Platinum Name: Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Makes History by Going 15x Platinum

“And this one is for the champions. I ain’t lost since I began, yeah.

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Ready or Not, Here They Come: Fugees Reunite for 25th Anniversary Tour of The Score

It’s been entirely too damn long since the holy trinity of Wyclef Jean, Lauryn “L-Boogie” Hill, and Prakazrel “Pras” Michel graced the stage together—15 years to be exact—and even longer since they’ve blessed us with a collaborative body of music. That critically acclaimed album, The Score, was released in 1996 and…

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The Root Institute 2021: Defund, Abolish or Reform? What to Do About Police and Prisons

Say what you want, but here’s what we know to be true: the current state of over-policing in our communities combined with the prison industrial complex have created an existential crisis that needs to be sorted out, sorted through and resolved. The two women Michael Harriot spoke with in this episode of The Root

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Y'all Need to Put Some 'Speck On Jermaine Dupri's Name, Folks

There must be something in the water—or even in the Ciroc—that has so many people speaking disrespectfully on the musical significance, legacy and potency of one Jermaine Dupri Mauldin AKA Jermaine Dupri aka JD aka Don Chi Chi. What started out as understandable bravado from Sean “Diddy” Combs (I still call the man…

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Pride & Prejudice: Exploring Black LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures

  In the rich tapestry of history, the threads of Black LGBTQ+ narratives have often been overlooked. This journey into their stories is an ...