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From June 2020: Caitlin Flanagan on the last day of her old life I was downtown at 9:30 on a recent Tuesday morning, in the spacious basement of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, for the regular session of Writers Group. The group has continued to meet, and continues (under …

Porsha Williams and Dennis McKinley’s up and down relationship has played out the last couple seasons of Real Housewives of Atlanta. The biggest scandal was McKinley cheating on Williams. Now, Porsha reveals why. On an after show segment of the reality series, Porsha said the couple had a break through …

Share1 Freedom Jacob Caesar (Image: Instagram) Over the last several weeks, videos and reports have surfaced of Africans living in China being subjected to racist treatment, including being kicked out of establishments to being refused medical treatment amid the global COVID-19 crisis. Many nations have responded in anger, demanding their …

Photo: Grant Schaefer (The Root/G/O Media) We called it: Nikole Hannah-Jones, the investigative journalist who was the brainchild of the groundbreaking 1619 project, is an embodiment of unity. Today, the Pulitzer Prize Board recognized it too by awarding Hannah-Jones the 2020 Pulitzer for Commentary. “The arts have the power to …

… perhaps triggering an exodus. “Many thousands of young people who might have giddily flocked to the most expensive downtown areas may assess the collapse in living standards and amenities and decide it’s not worth it,” Derek Thompson, who wrote about American’s shrinking cities, argues. Deliveries will replace face-to-face transactions. …

Those working in the entertainment industry have not escaped the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. During the COVID-19 shutdown, many Black entertainers are just a couple of paychecks away from financial ruin, Gabrielle Union explained during an Instagram Live session with model Sharam Diniz. “For all of the Oprah’s and the …

Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power series is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Black Enterprise, and of black women. It’s a place for today’s businesswomen to share their own favorite images and their own …

A protest sign at a rally against North Carolina’s coronavirus lockdown in April. Photo: Getty Images A 53-year-old man who was helping to plan armed protests against social distancing in Colorado is facing federal charges after the FBI found four pipe bombs in his home last Friday. Bradley Bunn apparently …

Just before the 2016 election, and then again after its results became clear, I did a series of Atlantic items on a challenge I thought the press was not prepared for. The challenge was dealing with a major political figure—Donald Trump—who fit no previous pattern of how presidents or other …

On Saturday (May 2), a massive crowd of Atlanta shoppers, eager to buy the new Air Jordan 5 “Fire Red” sneakers, had no apparent concern about contracting the deadly coronavirus. 11Alive.com reported that the line stretched from the entrance of Jimmy Jazz to the outside of the Greenbriar Mall. “Everyone …