Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Hornets brings the ball up against the Atlanta Hawks during their game at Spectrum Center on October 20, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo: Streeter Lecka (Getty Images) I believe the old adage is “Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences.” In the latest …
Read More »Tamla Horsford Family Attorney Says Private Investigation Shows She May Have Been Murdered During “Adult Slumber Party”
Amid the recent Black Lives Matter movement and protests following the recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others, there has been renewed interest in a number of cases where people feel as though justice hasn’t been served for Black victims of apparent violence. Among …
Read More »Minneapolis Had This Coming
Photographs by Wing Young Huie Back in the late 1990s, the photographer and Minnesota native Wing Young Huie started an ambitious project to document life along Lake Street, a six-mile corridor that stretches across south Minneapolis, west from the Mississippi River to Lake Bde Maka Ska. For four years, Huie …
Read More »Legendary Soul Train Dancer Passes Away
It has been a tearful few days for the Soul Train community following the Saturday (June 6) announcement that legendary Soul Train dancer Tyrone “The Bone” Proctor, the Waack Doctor has passed away. Jeffrey Daniel, who referred to Tyrone as his brother in dance, love and life, shared the news …
Read More »Snoop Dogg Explains Why He's Never Voted
Snoop Dogg is ready to bring his protest against the current President of the United States to the ballot box this November. The rap icon and entrepreneur reveals he’ll be voting for the first time this year, and it won’t be for Donald Trump/ Snoop was interviewed on the Real …
Read More »John Boyega Speaks Out After Viral Black Lives Matter Speech
Actor John Boyega went viral after his powerful speech at a Black Lives Matter protest in London on Wednesday (June 3). Although he said, “I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this,” it appears to be the opposite. The Attack the Block and Star Wars actor …
Read More »Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Joins The Root Today on Instagram Live
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the General Motors Detroit- Hamtramck assembly plant on January 27, 2020, in Detroit, Michigan. Photo: EFF KOWALSKY / AFP Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is presiding over one of the most consequential states in the nation as we approach the November election. Elected in 2018 …
Read More »Black Twitter On Terry Crews’ ‘Black Supremacy’ Tweet
Terry Crews had social media doing a collective eye roll when he tweeted about non-existent “Black supremacy.” The White Chicks actor tweeted on June 7, “Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy. Equality is the truth. Like it or not, we are all in this together.” Defeating White …
Read More »The Coronavirus Is Already Reshaping Urban Life
The truth is that we don’t yet know how the coronavirus will reshape our cities—at least not in the long term. “It’s still early days,” Ben Rogers, the director of the Centre for London think tank, told me. He suggested that the most profound changes are likely to appear not …
Read More »Sabrina Dhowre Elba On Black Lives Matter Protests
Sabrina Dhowre Elba, model and wife to actor Idris Elba, is now getting vocal about her personal experiences with racism and is urging others to educate themselves on the Black Lives Matter movement. “It’s no longer enough to be “not racist,” we must teach others to be “anti-racist,” she according …
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