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Image: Marvel Entertainment In 2015, when my best friend/then-roommate told me that Ta-Nehisi Coates was going to write Black Panther, my reaction was “Oh shit!” followed by “He’s probably only going to do it for like a year, though.” Well, I was wrong. After five years and 50 issues, Coates’ run …

Read: A sermon in America’s civic religion After all, despite Trump’s gilded decorative tastes, the last inauguration was a bleak nightmare defined by the word carnage and the groans of 3 Doors Down. By contrast, the 2021 inauguration might persist in the public memory as a whirl of fun fashions: …

This time of year tends to be especially poignant for Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Not only does the president and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition use the opportunity to share and celebrate the legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it’s also the time when he reflects upon …

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Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., on the floor of the Senate Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.Photo: Senate Television (AP) Vice President Kamala Harris’ third order of business—her first was stuntin’ on these …

Of the many head-benders of the Trump era, the dialectic between absurdity and extreme gravity has been one of the hardest to manage. We have been obliged to take an unserious person very seriously indeed. It has hurt our brains. It has reminded us, again and again, that the 45th …

Steve Harvey is giving his take on the protests against racial justice and police brutality amidst one of the worst pandemics in American history. PEOPLE provided a first look at Wednesday’s (January 20) episode of STEVE on Watch.  The host shared the lessons he taught his own sons about police …

Like many Black woman consumers, Emeka L. Anyanwu was among those dissatisfied with the number of options many beauty stores offered with it came to showcasing Black-owned brands and diversity in their advertising. After dealing with several negative shopping experiences, she decided to create her own store to help amplify …

Ibram X. Kendi visits Build to discuss the book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You at Build Studio on March 10, 2020 in New York City.Photo: Michael Loccisano (Getty Images) Historian (and 2020 The Root 100 honoree) Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will partner with Netflix for a handful of antiracist-centered projects. …

Donald Trump, in his last hours as president, commuted the sentence of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who had been convicted in 2013 on multiple corruption charges, and issued a full pardon to hip-hop superstar Lil’ Wayne early Wednesday. (Jan. 20). The move, announced by the White House, comes as …