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After he left office in 2017, former President Barack Obama largely stayed out of the media spotlight and kept his true feelings on his successor Donald Trump. That changed during the 2020 presidential campaign. According to a new book, Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Donald …

In this Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 photo, flowers lie on the sidewalk in front of the house in Fort Worth, Texas, where a white Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson, a black woman, through a back window of her home. Dean was not heard identifying …

Michelle Obama knows the bond between mother and daughter, so it’s no surprise she feels pain for what Vanessa Bryant’s had to go through over the past 16 months. The forever First Lady took to her Instagram account on Tuesday (May 18) to send a beautiful message to Bryant, acknowledging …

In March, President Joe Biden provided $5 billion for Black farmers, now large U.S. banks are fighting the relief package saying the government initiative helping Black farmers, who’ve been ignored for decades, is cutting into their profits and hurting investors. The funds, $4 billion of which went to debt relief, …

Alex Ross doesn’t know how to not go off, y’all. Image: Alex Ross/Marvel Entertainment It’s Lit!It’s Lit!Where all things literary live at The Root To say Ta-Nehisi Coates went off on the Black Panther comics for the last five years would be an understatement. In his time with the character, …

Lecrae, a major Christian rapper, found his faith in a culture where evangelicalism and politics were tightly tied. When he realized he couldn’t live with that anymore, the consequences were devastating. Political masterminds spent decades establishing evangelicals as a powerful conservative voting bloc. But the muddling of politics and faith …

The portrait of Michelle Obama hanging at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. will be taken down on Sunday (May 23) ahead of its national tour.   The Hill reports that the painting of the former first lady by Amy Sherald and the oil-on-canvas portrait of former President Barack …

Reuters – U.S. President Joe Biden prodded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to immediately lower tensions in the Gaza conflict “on the path” to a ceasefire, the White House said. The fourth call in a week between the two leaders came after Netanyahu was quoted by Israeli media …

Issa Rae, (L) attends the 2019 Teen Vogue Summit on Nov. 02, 2019 ; Lauren London attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards on Jan. 26, 2020.Photo: Sarah Morris/Amy Sussman (Getty Images) America’s favorite Awkward Black Girl and creative multi-hyphenate Issa Rae is such a breath of fresh air. Whether that’s …

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