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Read More »HBCU Talladega College Receives $150,000 Grant From Alabama Power
0 Image via Talladega College Corporations are doing more to help historically Black colleges and universities stay alive, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, Alabama Power and its parent operator, Southern Company donated $150,000 to support Talladega College to go towards infrastructure and technology needs for the campus. “We …
Read More »Got 99 Problems, but a Book Ain't One: Jay-Z's Roc Nation and Random House to Launch 'Roc Lit 101'
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 …
Read More »The World’s Most Important Body of Water
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. …
Read More »BET HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2020: The Best Adventure Gifts
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Read More »Shifting Corporate Culture in 2021: 5 Tactics to Foster a More Inclusive Internal Workplace
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 …
Read More »Tyler Perry Donates $100,000 to the Legal Defense Fund of Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend, Kenneth Walker
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 …
Read More »Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
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 …
Read More »LaVar Ball Calls Pistons 'Raggedy’ After Team Cuts His Son
LiAngelo Ball was one of the three players waived by the Detroit Pistons on Monday (December 14), and now, the point guard’s outspoken father is revealing his frustration with the franchise. Later on Monday, LaVar Ball called the Pistons “raggedy as hell,” and added that “they’re gonna learn the hard …
Read More »Black Lives Matter Signs Burned at Black Churches In D.C., Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime
Black Lives Matter signs outside of several historic Black churches in Washington D.C. were burned and destroyed during a pro-Trump rally over the weekend. The two churches that had their signs burned were Asbury United Methodist Church, founded in 1836, and Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1886. D.C. …
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