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0 The Ebony Anglers, an all-Black female fishing team from Morehead, North Carolina, have recently made history after winning in the King Mackerel division of the Spanish Mackerel & Dolphin Tournament. This is the first major tournament that they’ve ever competed in. Gia Peebles, a salon owner and entrepreneur, first thought …

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Trump famously scrapped the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal and assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike. Since then, the administration has told the government of Iraq that it will not honor any request for American forces to leave the country. As The New York Times reported in late …

Gabrielle Union is confirming that her classic 2000 cheerleading film Bring It On will see another sequel. The movie, which stars Union, along with Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Bradford, and others, has had fans hoping for another reboot with the original cast (several sequels have been made with different actors). While …

Photo: Roger Kisby (Getty Images) The Root UniversityThe Root University offers a wide range of online classes and academic resources “for the culture.” For years, the investigative team at The Root has feverishly sought an answer to the age-old question: “Do white people have cousins?” While our project is still …

This doesn’t necessarily mean that women are immune to the kinds of violent crackdowns that have become a familiar response to mass demonstrations around the world. Even ahead of the Belarus vote, Amnesty International reported that women activists in the country were being disproportionately targeted with politically motivated persecution, intimidation, …

Ralph Lauren and Snap Inc. have teamed up for a global partnership to transform the digital fashion landscape. The iconic American Fashion house tapped Grammy Award-winning artist Chance the Rapper for special digital performance on September 14th at 9:00pm ET to mark the Ralph Lauren x Bitmoji collection launch. Filmed at …

Photo: Robin L Marshall (Getty Images) Days after he hopped on Instagram to tell people to use “all the money” they’ve gotten from the government during COVID-19 to buy property, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed that Atlanta rapper and frequent bloviator T.I. will have to pay the …

How Murakami, whose book sales today number in the millions, and whose name is recognized even by those who have never read his work, came to be the figurehead of Japanese literature abroad is the subject of Who We’re Reading When We’re Reading Murakami, a slim but fascinating new treatise …

On Thursday (September 10), Daniel Prude’s relatives from Chicago and Florida took part in an event to celebrate his life on the Rochester, New York street where he died. The relatives were joined by hundreds of protesters on Jefferson Avenue along with soul singer Danielle Ponder and a full band. …