Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter speaks onstage during the launch of The Reform Alliance on January 23, 2019, in New York City. Photo: Nicholas Hunt (Getty Images) It’s Lit!It’s Lit!Where all things literary live at The Root If the ongoing pandemic has reignited your passion for reading (or simply deepened it), say …

The South China Sea is the most important body of water for the world economy—through it passes at least one-third of global trade. It is also the most dangerous body of water in the world, the place where the militaries of the United States and China could most easily collide. …

Introducing Together We Must: The Black Man’s Experience Actor Laz Alonso and rapper Wale explain why they’re teaming up with other Black men to discuss the importance of HBCUs with Together We Must: The Black Man’s Experience. Source link

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Introducing Together We Must: The Black Man’s Experience Actor Laz Alonso and rapper Wale explain why they’re teaming up with other Black men to discuss the importance of HBCUs with Together We Must: The Black Man’s Experience. Source link

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder over the summer, Corporate America united to send a resounding message to consumers, employees and suppliers: we need to do more and better to uplift the Black community, and corporations must play a more pivotal role.  By mid-2020, over 1,000 organizations including Proctor …

Meghan Markle is honoring those who have worked tirelessly to support others during the coronavirus pandemic.  During the “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” special on Sunday (Dec. 13), the Duchess of Sussex, made a surprise guest appearance. This was Markle’s first public appearance since she revealed in a New York …

Tyler Perry speaks on stage at the 2019 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola on July 7, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana.Photo: Paras Griffin for ESSENCE (Getty Images) Deadline reports that writer-director-producer and Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry donated $100,000 last weekend to the legal defense fund of Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend …

This Friday, Dec. 18, Chadwick Boseman’s final film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which was produced by the legendary Denzel Washington, premieres on Netflix. Many are reflecting on the actor’s legacy, including Washington who recently opened up about the actor’s cancer battle and the moment he told Boseman to marry his …

The Doomsday Machine was never supposed to exist. It was meant to be a thought experiment that went like this: Imagine a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life. Now suppose that machine is buried deep underground, but connected to a computer, which is in turn …