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Photo: Steven Ferdman (Getty Images) Fresh off her historic Emmy win for her starring role in HBO’s Euphoria, Zendaya is now in talks to star as singer Ronnie Spector in an upcoming biopic about the legendary front woman of the girl group, the Ronettes. As Deadline reports, A24 is putting …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Why Can’t Trump Just Say It?
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. JULIO CORTEZ / AP Last night, the president refused to unequivocally condemn white supremacists and militia …
Read More »Trump's Racism On Full Display At First Presidential Debate
One of the issues that has been at the forefront in the country in the last few months is race and the topic came up for discussion during Tuesday night’s presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. When moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump specifically about …
Read More »New Evidence Shows NYPD Planned Assault on Bronx Protesters
The Black Lives Matter movement has sparked protests all over the country with thousands of people taking to streets, calling for police reform in light of the string of deaths at the law enforcement officials including Breonna Taylor and Geroge Floyd. As a result, there has been an increasing number …
Read More »University of Georgia Officials Don't Think the School Has a Major Racism Problem. Students Disagree
Photo: Shutterstock Last week, The Root reported that the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at the University of Georgia was suspended and is under investigation after a Black student exposed a group chat by frat members that devolved into a blatant display of racism, misogyny and homophobia. Well, it turns out …
Read More »A Far-Right Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans
Photographs by Philip Montgomery Image above: Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes was living his vision of the future. On television, American cities were burning, while on the internet, rumors warned that antifa bands were coming to terrorize the suburbs. Rhodes was driving around South Texas, …
Read More »Black Twitter's Jokes After Biden Tells Trump To 'Shut Up'
It didn’t long before the first Presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden went all the way left. The two presidential candidates took to the stage in Cleveland, OH on Tuesday evening (September 29) to discuss a number of issues ranging from the next Supreme …
Read More »Mellody Hobson and Condoleezza Rice to Empower Women Entrepreneurs at Chase’s Women Leadership Forum
Women of color entrepreneurs are among American business owners hit hard by COVID-19. At the same time, Black women entrepreneurs still often fall short in securing capital to start new businesses or to grow existing ones. But the JPMorgan Chase Women on the Move Leadership Day on Oct. 1 aims …
Read More »America Ain't Better Than This
Photo: Jim Watson (Getty Images) I forget exactly how old I was. Maybe 9. Maybe 10. It was summer. A Sunday. Dad and I were preparing to spend the day at the hoop courts behind Reizenstein—him running full on the main court with the rest of the oldheads, and me …
Read More »Why Can’t He Just Say It?
Read: The nationalist’s delusion Last month, Kellyanne Conway, who recently left her senior position at the White House, told Fox & Friends that Trump benefits when America is turbulent. “The more chaos and anarchy and vandalism and violence reigns, the better it is for the very clear choice on who’s …
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