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James Hamblin talks through some relevant research in his “Paging Dr. Hamblin” column: An interesting study of the effectiveness of cloth facial coverings appeared [in June] in a physics journal … When it came to stopping airborne viruses from penetrating the mask, some materials were better than others. Bandannas …

A controversial episode of black-ish that was banned from ABC over two years ago is available for the first time on Hulu. Titled “Please, Baby, Please,” involved the show’s lead character Dre (Anthony Anderson) talking to his toddler son about political unrest and racism in the country in the form …

Social media is coming to the aid of Tianna Arata, a California-based Black Lives Matter organizer, who was arrested after a protest last month and is now facing some serious charges. Arata was arrested by the San Luis Obispo police department on July 21 after she organized a protest that …

Photo: Tashatuvango (Shutterstock) To put it bluntly, being a gamer can be expensive as shit. Between dropping hundreds of dollars on hardware and having to spend upwards of $60 on the latest games, blasting fools, or orbital striking them as The Root’s news editor Monique Judge is fond of doing …

Here is one more item about a bellwether business category that until recently had been an indicator of downtown renewal and locally focused entrepreneurship—and which now is figuring out how and whether it can survive. I am talking about the small, independent, start-up breweries and distilleries whose numbers have increased …

Recently released from serving 19 months of his 27-months sentence, Juelz Santana for an airport drug case, the rapper has another fellow artist to thank. TMZ reports that Meek Mill helped Juelz’s wife Kimbella with a lawyer to help guide her through the courts and prison system process. The outlet …

Share1 Image via AYO Foods West African cuisine has gained new popularity over the last few years due to the rise of prominent high-profile restaurants turning up in major cities across the country. A couple based in Chicago went ahead and took a step further by creating a new line of …

Photo: Jaromir Chalabala (Shutterstock) Two police officers in Georgia are on administrative leave after firing shots at a car full of minors. CNN reports that the Waycross Police department has requested the Georgia Bureau of Investigation launch an investigation into Saturday’s shooting. The officers will remain on leave until the …

Niubom wouldn’t set foot on land again until the middle of June. By that point, after nearly five months at sea, he would have done almost anything to get back to his wife and his young daughter in St. Petersburg as quickly as possible. He just didn’t expect that would …

Video footage at a “Back the Blue” rally in Fort Collins, Colo. on Saturday (August 8) showed pro-police demonstrators beating up a smaller group of counter-protesters that included Black Lives Matter activists. Three people were arrested and another person was cited in the violence, according to The Denver Post The …