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‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); The teenage daughter of a popular local news anchor in Greenville, South Carolina recently went on a disgustingly racist and homophobic rant … and the whole thing was captured on video that has since gone viral on social media. The video, which first …

Photo: Mattel Ida B. Wells, the legendary investigative journalist who exposed the true horrors of lynching in the south, will be honored with a Barbie doll. As a part of Barbie’s ‘Inspiring Women Series’, the doll will feature Wells dressed in a classic 1800s black, high-neck gown, short-heeled black boots …

“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his new podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. You wanted it and you worked for it, but all your effort was …

If you stick around long enough, the next opportunity to cash in on the digital marketplace will present itself in due time. Currently, that next opportunity appears to be non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. In layman’s terms, NFTs are digital items like art, music, photos, and other digital assets that are …

A screengrab of FeedFeed’s homepage on Jan. 12, 2022. The site is the subject of a discrimination lawsuit from two women of color who are former employees.Screenshot: TheRoot A Black woman and a woman of South Asian descent are suing one of the Internet’s most popular foodie websites, alleging the …

Chick-fil-A is giving $5 million to 34 nonprofits across the United States to help Black Americans be game-changers in their communities. Grants from the 2022 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards program will go to organizations that are Black-led or serve communities of color, the Atlanta-based company said in a statement. “Despite …

Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin (Getty Images) All celebrities have internet trolls but there’s always one to take it a little too far. Latasha Kebe, known as unWinewithTashaK on YouTube is being accused of creating a “malicious campaign” against rapper Cardi B according to Insider. Kebe had uploaded a few videos claiming Cardi …

So far 2022 is proving to be a pain just 12 days in. This time the handsome couple otherwise known as actress Lisa Bonet and the 6-foot-4 Game of Thrones actor Jason Momoa are reportedly calling it quits after five years of marriage and 16 years together, PEOPLE reports. The two announced …

Photo: AP Photo (AP) Looks like the Senate is doing something right. The U.S. Senate passed a bill that will posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago who was murdered by white men in August 1955, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who wanted …

Here we go again: Award shows are being postponed, film festivals are canceling in-person events, and movie studios are reconsidering their release plans—at least for any films without web-slinging superheroes involved. But even as the coronavirus continues to threaten the entertainment industry, television is thriving. Many of the projects delayed …