Sean Hannity thinks there is "secret sperm" hiding in Obama's presidential portrait
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Yesterday, Barack and Michelle Obama unveiled their astonishing presidential portraits to universal acclaim. Artist Kehinde Wiley portrays the former president as concerned, probing, and calm, with just the faintest hint of a smirk playing across his lips; he is settled within a radiant, repeating wall of foliage,…
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The Wonder of Wakanda: How This Black Utopian Space Is a Game Changer for Artists and Audiences
On a rainy Friday afternoon in January, rivulets of black comic fans trickled through the halls of Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The occasion was the annual Black Comic Book Festival—an event that draws thousands of comic enthusiasts, creators, publishers and collectors. Black Panther…
Milwaukee Jail Staffers Facing Charges in Death of Inmate Who Died of Dehydration
It’s been almost two years since Terrill Thomas died of dehydration while in custody at the Milwaukee County jail, and almost a year since jurors recommended that staffers at the facility be held liable in his death. On Monday, prosecutors finally announced that three jail staffers will be facing criminal charges in…
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Former White House Staffer Accused of Domestic Violence Was Being Considered for Promotion: Report
In a normal government like, say, Wakanda, a person with a history of domestic violence would not be able to ascend the ranks even as the FBI was denying said person security clearance. That person would not be allowed to date T’Challa’s fake daughter because he would have been banished from the kingdom. Sadly,…
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In An American Marriage, Tayari Jones Gets to the Heart of Our Matter
“When love calls, you better answer”—at least, that’s what Atlantic Starr once told us. But what happens when Oprah calls? The Glow Up asked writer Tayari Jones, who got the call from the great and powerful O last October when her latest novel, An American Marriage, was chosen as the first Oprah’s Book Club selection…
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Omarosa Fired From White House for Using Executive Car Service Like a Personal Uber: Report
Who didn’t see this coming? Seriously, I tried to warn y’all that Omarosa Manigault Newman was in the White House like the friend of the guy who got drafted first round in the NBA. You know the friend whose job it is to be the friend. He’s the guy who gets paid to coordinate the sidepieces. The guy who won’t get his…
Watch: Everything You Need to Know About Black Panther, Explained
Where is Wakanda? Who is T’Challa? Can a woman be Black Panther? I have so many questions about this comic book-turned-feature film, so I consulted with play cousins to The Root who are both staff writers for i09: Charles Pulliam-Moore and Evan Narcisse (who happens to be one of the brilliant writers of the Rise of…
Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Infant 20 Years Ago, Raising Child as Her Own
In 1998, Gloria Bolden Willians sneaked into the neonatal nursery of a Jacksonville, Fla., hospital dressed as a nurse. After telling a brand-new mother that she was going to place the child in an infant seat, she walked out of the hospital with Kamiyah Mobley, a newborn baby girl. Williams then went to her South…
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Wesley Snipes Has a Good Idea Why More People Don't Remember How Important Blade Was
With just a few more days until it hits theaters, the hype around Black Panther is reaching a fever pitch as everyone prepares to see Marvel’s first film with a predominantly black cast and a black director. But with all the excitement in the air, there are some folks who don’t know that Black Panther won’t be the…
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