Новости за 29.10.2020

In July, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade joined forces to launch the Social Change Fund. Its purpose? To address social and economic justice issues facing the Black community and to tear down the discriminatory barriers that far too often impede our success.

In case you haven’t noticed, the Dallas Cowboys (2-5) are pretty fucking bad this season. And while the offense has had more than its fair share of troubles, it’s the defense that should be charged with treason.

Fuck Georgia Sen. David Perdue and his family’s chickens.

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Last week, The Root reported that 19-year old Marcellis Stinnette was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan, Ill.—a suburb of Chicago—while sitting in the passenger seat of a car his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, was driving on Oct. 20.

Breonna Taylor’s mother has expressed her disapproval of how the Kentucky attorney general handled her daughter’s case and has formally requested for the case to be presented to a new grand jury by an independent prosecutor.

We know, we know—Halloween hasn’t even arrived yet, but we all know it’s a swift slide from there into Christmas, Kwanzaa and the new year, even in an already decade-long year like 2020. With COVID-19 spikes occurring around the country as we speak, we already know our holidays are going to look dramatically—and for…

For Mariah Moore, voting is a ritual.

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Ciara and Russell Wilson are the latest celebrities to fund a charter school, a move they say extends the couple’s philanthropic commitment to education.

One of the best qualities a creator can have is to listen to (constructive) feedback and adjust accordingly—and it appears Beyoncé and Adidas have done exactly that with their second collaborative drop of Ivy Park. Following criticisms that the relaunch of the brand was both cost-prohibitive to most and lacking…

Have we entered the season of forgiveness? In his 2020 bestselling memoir, The Chiffon Trenches fashion legend André Leon Talley referred to his former boss, Condé Nast Artistic Director Anna Wintour, as “ruthless” and “not capable” of human kindness.” Following Wintour’s much-publicized apology for “mistakes” made…

Black communities have been dealing with a multitude of crises this year. We’re all collectively outraged and emotionally exhausted by police violence, COVID-19 and the recession. That’s why we’re already seeing a larger early voter turnout than previous years. People are energized to show up and vote because they…

Video footage has surfaced showing that during the first night of civil unrest over the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. by Philadelphia police, officers surrounded a slow-moving SUV, smashed its windows, pulled the driver and passenger out of the vehicle, threw them to the ground and then moments later, removed a…

Toronto Raptors guard Terence Davis was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief after allegedly striking a woman, according to ESPN and Yahoo Sports.

Huckberry Towel Sale | Huckberry

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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham just can’t stop begging with his begging ass, and you know who is sick of it? Fox News. Do you know how much Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump’s favorite ass pimple, has to beg for Republican PornHub to be so tired of his begging that they cut him off mid-beg?!

It’s no secret that in recent years, the Young Adult—or “YA”—book category has been booming. But not everyone who browses young adult books is making a purchase for the teen or tween in their life. Half of these titles—some available for pre-order, some already on sale—are as excellent as reading choices for folks…

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the United States Congress has given only one stimulus check to help Americans weather the public health crisis and its ensuing economic downturn.

Y’all, this continues to be one of the strangest console launches I’ve lived through. Typically there are multiple events throughout the year, each giving you more information about the new console, before culminating in some star-studded, over-the-top launch event. For obvious, virus-related reasons, that hasn’t…

There’s been this wild theory going around that now that all of us non-essential workers have been working from home (shout out to the essential workers keeping us all afloat), we have ample free time to engross ourselves in reading. In my case, that would entail finally diving into at least a hundred books I’ve long…

After district officials sent a memo informing school faculty they couldn’t visibly express their support for Black Lives Matter, students at a Maine high school decided to protest.

As a Black girl born in Minneapolis, you’d think I’d have closely tracked the ascension of Somalian refugee turned American political firebrand Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). But as I graduated high school just outside the Twin Cities and made a new life as a college student in New York City, Omar was a new arrival in the…

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2020 is ending without any Respect.

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So…

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