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Why Kenya Moore Never Spoke To Marc Daly’s Parents
Kenya Moore is revealing yet another detail of what went wrong in her and Marc Daly’s marriage. In a preview of the upcoming Sunday episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta, the mother of one said that she was not allowed to speak to Daly’s parents. RELATED: Kenya Moore Reveals More …
Read More »For the Love of God: Rev. Al Sharpton Urges Religious Leaders to Take Easter and Holy Week Services Offline
Photo: Monica Schipper (Getty Images for National CARES Mentoring Movement) With churches and pastors coming under fire for defying shelter-in-place mandates for holding religious services—two pastors were arrested in the last week—civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton called on the heads of the country’s largest historically black religious institutions and …
Read More »Zaya Wade Shows Us How Much Fun Social Distancing Can Be
It’s only been a few weeks since Zaya Wade made her debut, and in that short time Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union’s transgender daughter has become a star in her own right. The 12-year-old made her first red carpet appearance at the Truth Awards on March 9, just before shelter-in-place …
Read More »The Coronavirus’s Unique Threat to the South
Tricia Neuman, a senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, says this analysis points to the underlying issues that might complicate or worsen the pandemic in the South. “Due to high rates of conditions like lung disease and heart disease and obesity, the people living in these states are …
Read More »NeNe Leakes Reignites Feud With Eva Marcille
NeNe Leakes can always be relied upon to speak her mind, and she did just that during a recent appearance on Entertainment Tonight. The Real Housewives Of Atlanta star didn’t miss a beat when asked to share which cast member should have her peach revoked. “We have a great cast …
Read More »The Hate U Give Author Angie Thomas Is About to Hit Us With a New Novel, Concrete Rose
Photo: Paras Griffin (Getty Images) It’s Lit!It’s Lit!Where all things literary live on The Root Black lives matter and so do black stories. Author Angie Thomas embodies that statement, and if you thought she was done giving us raw and brutally honest depictions of black reality with her novel-turned-film The …
Read More »DaBaby Shoots His Shot at Raven-Symone on Instagram Live, But is Disappointed When She Says She’s a Lesbian & His Female Fans Shouldn’t Worry (VIDEO)
The coronavirus self-quarantine has celebrities interacting with each other on social media in ways we’ve never seen before. Earlier today, while on Instagram Live, DaBaby called up Raven Symone and she actually answered and chopped it up with him for about four minutes about a number of random topics: …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily: </em>It’s Okay to Miss Your Old Life
When in doubt, turn to the Barefoot Contessa. Ina Garten’s Instagram account is becoming “one of the most soothing and wholesome places on the internet.” KATIE MARTIN / THE ATLANTIC Today’s coronavirus update, in two sentences: Private labs are fueling a new testing crisis. And we may never know how …
Read More »A Celebration Of Non-Binary Queer Black Life
Written by Wendy L. Wilson Thomas Hudson’s story went viral a few weeks ago, back when everyday activities like getting coffee before work, going to the gym and shopping for groceries were ordinary events. On February 25, Hudson, who identifies as non-binary, stood up to a disrespectful customer at a …
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