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Jethro DeVane (left) and his lawyer Justin BambergScreenshot: WCBD News 2 More evidence continues to be revealed that police regularly practice cruelty against Black people in America. Jethro DeVane, a 71-year-old man in Rock Hill, South Carolina has filed a lawsuit against that city for a June 2019 incident in …
Read More »The Eeriness of the 2020 Disco Revival
My aches and chills started on the same day that I’d planned on mingling with strangers to the music of Donna Summer. On March 11, the Brooklyn Museum held an opening party for an exhibit on Studio 54, the iconic ’70s nightclub where Bianca Jagger once rode around on a …
Read More »Dwyane Wade Shares Touching Message About Daughter Zaya
“It’s love you offer freely.” Source link
Read More »Brough Brothers Distillery Becomes First and Only Black-Owned Distillery To Open in Kentucky
Earlier this year, we reported that three brothers were planning to launch their own Kentucky bourbon through their company Brough Brothers Distillery in honor of their surname. It would be one of the only black-owned distilleries in the country and the first black-owned business of its kind in the state …
Read More »Saturday's Best Deals: Tarte Cosmetics Sale, Samsung 50-Inch 4K Smart TV, Le Creuset Stoneware, Rechargeable Batteries, Dishwashing Supplies, and More
Graphic: Elizabeth Lanier Best Deals of the DayBest Deals of the DayThe best deals from around the web, updated daily. An ENZOO automatic vacuum food saver machine and a Samsung 50-inch LED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV lead Saturday’s best deals. Promoted Deal: Walmart+ (15 Days) | Free | Walmart …
Read More »Good Riddance, 2020
Jonathan Twingley If 2020 were a person, what sort of punishment would they deserve? And given the sensible prohibitions against torture in human-rights law, what would be the next best option? The conceit of personifying a year dates back to at least the ancient Greeks and, in American newspaper culture, …
Read More »NBA Player Donates 2020 Salary To Black-Owned Businesses
The pandemic and racial injustices led to his decision. Source link
Read More »End The Year By Winning $5,000 Worth of Gym Gear, Including a Peloton
Over the past year, the way we work out has done a total 180. You might’ve swapped your gym trips with at-home workouts, but sometimes those home-based workouts don’t feel as effective. If you had easy access to a Peloton and some gym equipment, you’d most definitely feel differently about …
Read More »The Root Presents It's Lit!: What We Read to Get Us Through 2020
Illustration: Angelica Alzona It’s Lit!It’s Lit!Where all things literary live at The Root Merry Christmas or whatever you’re celebrating this holiday weekend, Bibliophiles! Understandably, you may not be able to celebrate in person with loved ones this year, but we hope you’re still finding comfort and joy—perhaps in the pages …
Read More »The 15 Best Books of 2020
Read: Who you’re reading when you read Haruki Murakami Beowulf: A New Translation, by Maria Dahvana Headley Farrar, Straus and Giroux I’ll admit to a moment—more than one, actually—of fogey-ish recoil as I stepped into the jabbingly familiar/unfamiliar world of Maria Dahvana Headley’s Beowulf. “Blinged-out”? “Hashtag: blessed”? “Beowulf gave zero …
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