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When Brelyn Freeman married Tim Bowman earlier this month, it was clear that love was in the air. But upon lurking through the wedding hashtag on Instagram to see what her dress looked like, we were quickly stopped in our tracks as Brelyn Freeman stood gleaming next to her father with a framed certificate in hand. The certificate of purity was signed by her gynecologist confirming that her hymen was still intact, and it was presented to her father, Mike Freeman, in honor of the covenant that she... Читать дальше...

Time to add another item to the already long list of things that black people cannot do: buy a Rolex.

How many times must we go over this? Painting yourself space-alien green during Halloween is fine, but dressing up like Kanye West in full blackface is a no-go.

Baltimore City Councilman Nick Mosby announced Sunday that he is throwing his hat into the mayoral ring. Mosby, the husband of Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, is "pushing for a more transparent and accountable government," WBAL-TV reports. He added that if elected, he would demand from day one that all officers wear body cameras.

While on Meet the Press Sunday, unintentionally ironic former neurosurgeon Ben Carson compared abortion to slavery, stating, “During slavery, a lot of the slave owners thought that they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave. Anything that they chose to do. And what if the abolitionists had said, ‘I don’t believe in slavery. I think it’s wrong, but you guys do whatever you want to do’? Where would we be?”

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is facing backlash over his comments at a police-brutality protest over the weekend. New York City’s police union is calling on New Yorkers to boycott the Academy Award-winning director’s movies, the New York Daily News reports.

Several St. Louis religious leaders say they believe racism is the motive for seven church burnings throughout the area since the beginning of October.

GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson is comparing yet another public policy he rejects to slavery. This time, it’s a woman’s right to have an abortion.

Painful sex is one of the most common problems partners talk about. Here is a question we received at justsex@theroot.com and our response to set the writer on the path of sexual pleasure.

There are relatively few detailed, firsthand accounts of the 12 million Africans captured and forcibly transported to the Americas in the 400 years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Of the 10 million survivors of that journey, only a very small number, like Olaudah Equiano and Venture Smith lived long enough—or had the time or opportunity—to write about their experiences. Others like Job Ben Solomon were the subjects of biographies during their lifetimes.