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When Hulu announced it would be rebooting High Fidelity with a biracial female lead, it seemed the show would follow the original plot. After all, other such rom-com remakes that alter the protagonist’s gender and race—think the 2019 film What Men Want and Hulu’s series Four Weddings and a Funeral—had …

LeBron James is a three-time NBA champion, four-time NBA MVP, a philanthropist, a Hollywood producer and now, a children’s book author. HarperCollins Publishers announced on Tuesday that they have signed the Los Angeles Lakers forward to a two-book deal. His debut picture book, I PROMISE, is set for an August …

Tennis and entrepreneurial great Serena Williams has joined forces with The Mom Project. Williams will serve as the company’s new strategic advisor. The Mom Project is the leading career destination connecting moms with world-class companies. The Mom Project, which launched in 2016, serves a growing community of over 200,000 professionals by connecting …

Photo: Shutterstock You know, the more stories like this come out the more I’m convinced that maybe we don’t need school resource officers. WESH 2 reports that Harry Reid, a school resource officer in Orange County, FL, is facing battery charges. The charges come after a video was released showing …

—Saahil Desai * « IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS » (STEPHEN LAM / REUTERS) 1. “Indeed, given our national faith and trust in a rule of law no one can subvert, it is not too strong to say that Bill Barr is un-American.” Attorney General Barr is placing the president above the …

Back in 2010, Michael Bloomberg said the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s biggest legislative achievement, does “absolutely nothing to fix the big health care problems” and called the program “a disgrace.”  The comments were made during a speech the former New York City mayor gave in July of that …

Contributing a sweeping mix of services that include health and fitness, education, and beauty salons, businesses in the personal services sector are expected to harvest the most growth in the franchising industry this year. Based on the number of establishments and employment, the personal services segment ranked first among its …

For the second time in 10 years, Walmart Inc. has given $5 million to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). The retail giant announced the grant in late January for the museum in Washington, D.C. as “part of the company’s continued commitment to advance causes …

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison holds an orchid during “An Evening with Toni Morrison and Her Friends” in New York, April 5, 1994. Photo: Kathy Willens (AP Photo) It’s Lit!It’s Lit!Where all things literary live on The Root No one can say we didn’t give Toni Morrison her flowers while …

Hochberg: They have so little. The photographs are one more thing to help them bond and grieve more completely. They affirm their baby’s life, validate the feelings they’ve had. There could be many years of hopes and dreams for this baby’s existence, and to not have evidence—I use the term …