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420: Weed Has Come A Long Way Marijuana is now legal in 18 states and Washington, DC. But New York shows the most promise in righting the wrongs of the war on drugs. Latest on The Root 420: Weed Has Come A Long Way Laquan McDonald’s Killer, Already Released Early, …
Read More »10 Practical Ways to Improve Happiness
“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. Here’s some very bad happiness advice based on very solid happiness research: Feel important. …
Read More »Detroit Illegally Overtaxed Homeowners By $600M, Many Are Still Waiting To Get Their Money Back
The city of Detroit overtaxed its homeowners by more than $600 million in the years following the Great Recession, but the city has yet to pay anyone back. According to The Detroit News, the Michigan constitution prohibits property taxes from being assessed at more than 50% of their market value. …
Read More »Domestic Workers Seek Visibility during Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Photo: Sundry Photography (Shutterstock) In 2013, Jamaican immigrant June Barrett (they/them) had landed a new care working job as a live-in aid to an elderly man. Because of the wage increase, they were excited to have the job, however, on the very first night, the client had asked them to …
Read More »Let the <em>Fantastic Beasts</em> Movies Die
This article contains spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. The final showdown in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is supposed to be epic. Albus Dumbledore, the mighty wizard played by Jude Law, comes face-to-face with his former lover turned nemesis, Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen), breaking the pact …
Read More »Snoop Dogg To Launch a Death Row Records App, Will Remove Music Catalog From Low-Paying Streaming Platforms
Hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg is ready to help artists get what’s rightfully theirs. He intends to launch an app for Death Row Records that will exclusively stream the label’s catalog of artists. He says the streaming companies are paying “pennies” for millions of streams. The new Death Row Records owner …
Read More »Trump Tries To Avoid Contempt Charge In NY Investigation
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at The Farm at 95 on April 9, 2022 in Selma, North Carolina. Trump’s lawyers in New York and elsewhere are trying to help him fight off multiple investigations.Photo: Allison Joyce (Getty Images) Lawyers for ex-president Donald Trump are trying to …
Read More »<em>The Northman</em> Is an Unsentimental Portrait of a Hero
The magic of Robert Eggers’s breakout first film, The Witch, a horror fable about a Puritan family besieged by supernatural forces, lay in its authenticity. Not from the close attention to period detail, though that was itself impressive, but from the earnestness of its tone, which presented every supernatural element …
Read More »Beyoncé and Rihanna invest in an all-female-funded brand
Who run the world? When it comes to running the Parisian accessories and ready-to-wear firm Destree, the answer is women, not girls. The brand boasts a bevy of new investors, including superstar singer-entrepreneurs Beyoncé and Rihanna. While each artist has her own fashion ventures, they are also part of a …
Read More »Nia DaCosta to Direct Adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Hit Novel, ‘The Water Dancer’
Candyman director Nia DaCosta, the first Black female director to debut a movie at the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office, has her next project. According to Deadline, DaCosta will direct an adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2019 novel, The Water Dancer, for MGM, Plan B, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo …
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