The experience of Kweisi Mfume, former Maryland congressman and NAACP president and CEO, is an object lesson in how to turn one’s life around. He was born Frizzell Gray on Oct. 24, 1948, into a family that struggled to stay financially afloat. Eleven years later, his father abandoned the family …

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People wait in long lines to vote outside of the Brooklyn Museum as early voting begins on October 24, 2020 in New York City.Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) With days to go until election day, there are increasing signs of voter disinformation and suppression tactics targeting Black and Latino voters. …

3. Consider limiting your news consumption. As Lori Gottlieb, our Dear Therapist columnist, wrote back in March: “Bingeing on up-to-the-minute news is like stress eating—it’s bloating our minds with unhealthy food that will make us feel sick.” 4. De-stress with an election-anxiety playlist. Spencer Kornhaber, who writes about music, curated …

Iggy Azalea is confirming that she is no longer in a relationship with Playboi Carti. After the Australian rapper sparked breakup rumors in her Instagram Story on Friday night (October 23), she is putting any lingering speculation to bed. Azalea gave a brief update on her IG Story on Saturday, …

Growing up in the then-murder capital of America, Gary, Indiana, local barber turned talk show host Jamie McGrone knows all too well what it means to have to turn tragedy into triumph. Although he grew up in a loving, large family, he understood that nothing would be given to him. …

Lucille Clifton recites “Won’t You Celebrate with Me” in Screenshot: PoetryEverywherePTV/YouTube It’s Lit!It’s Lit!Where all things literary live at The Root The opening lines of one of Lucille Clifton’s best-known poems read: “Won’t you celebrate with me, what I have shaped into a kind of life? I had no model.” …

So there was something viscerally lovely about seeing her pop up in sketches like the one in which a group of friends—in the year 2019—visited a fortune teller. The predictions they received were puzzling ones about dreary social isolation and Zoom mishaps. As Kate McKinnon’s hammy psychic looked Adele’s character …

Barack Obama has been hitting the campaign trail in support of Joe Biden’s presidential bid, and in the final ten days before Election Day, he’s taking the gloves off when it comes to Donald Trump. During a Saturday (October 24) drive-in rally on the campus of Florida International University, Obama …

Photo: Matt York (AP) It’s Lit!It’s Lit!Where all things literary live at The Root In the midst of this year’s massive, nationwide Black Lives Matter demonstrations, Black bookstores have enjoyed a short-term boost in sales they hope to turn into a longer-term renaissance. A new report from Bloomberg highlights this …