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Since news of the coronavirus has broken and captivated the world, causing widespread concern, President Donald Trump has gone from appearing to downplay the seriousness of the spreading virus to appearing to refuse to release intelligence reports warning that the U.S. is underprepared to handle a global pandemic to …Read more...

At this point, I’m about ready to start trolling hoteps and by posting Harvey Weinstein articles on their social media pages with the caption, “But... but... but where’s R Kelly’s 23-year sentence at?”Read more...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to hold world-wide attention representing a strong majority of news coverage across media, it is seldom that we see good news and positive displays of humanity.Read more...

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“I really believe that we’ve reached a point in this country where African American women need to be rewarded for the loyalty that they’ve given to this party. So I would really be pushing for an African American female to go on the ticket.”Read more...

When news first broke about the pending pandemic that was the coronavirus, we had jokes. (To be fair, nobody asked them to name a virus after a popular Mexican beer.) But now, we’re all feeling the burden.

Despite laws prohibiting police departments from instituting traffic ticket quotas and despite police officials denying that their departments participate in the practice, stories keep popping up involving departments violating the rules or, at the very least, finding loopholes and incentivizing officers to write more…Read more...

In hopes of slowing down the coronavirus outbreak, officials from Los Angeles Unified School District, the country’s second-largest school district, announced that all campuses would close for the next two weeks. The district was joined by San Diego Unified School District in its decision to close schools on Friday,…Read more...

Two weeks ago, few U.S. citizens would have been able to predict the coronavirus would cause “cancel culture” to take on a literal meaning. No one would have expected the NBA to announce that its 2020 season would be suspended indefinitely, that President Donald Trump would be announcing travel bans from Europe (his…Read more...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey expected to answer questions about 2020 Census on Thursday. Instead, she was confronted by the Pamela Woods, the sister of Nathaniel Woods, who was executed by the state on March 5 for the murder of three police officers.

There appear to be some questions arising in regard to Ja’Net DuBois’ lineage.Read more...

President Donald Trump is expected to declare a national emergency Friday, invoking the Stafford Act to lend federal aid for states and municipalities struggling with the coronavirus.

Everybody hates Rudy Gobert.Read more...

Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum was involved in an alleged crystal meth-related incident Thursday night at a Miami Beach hotel.Read more...

I’m not sure if Trump’s only mission as president is to continue to assure his cronies that their investments are safe or if he truly just doesn’t give a shit, but there have been several reports that the 73-year-old president of the United States has come in contact with people who have either had or have been around…Read more...

As the coronavirus continues to ripple throughout the sports world, NBA hall of famer Charles Barkley has announced that he’s under self-quarantine.Read more...

In an effort to stop the coronavirus from spreading, Amazon, Spotify, Google and Facebook are among the many corporations telling their employees they’re better off working from home. And while I watch many of my typically office-based friends jump for joy at the prospect of no longer having to leave their homes to…Read more...

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If I were ever in a situation in which I had to fight more than a few people at one time, there is only one person in the world I’d want with me: my older sister Stephanie. Two reasons why Stephanie is the easy choice: First, she’d try everything she could to get us out of it. And secondly, if it all goes to shit,…Read more...

In the uncanny journey known as life, we’ve all frequented a figurative Game Stop and traded in our barely-used innocence as a child for the adult starter pack known as cynicism.Read more...

Each week, as I read the emails, tweets, DMs and comments for Friday’s Clapback Mailbag, I find something that makes me think: “This person is gonna look really stupid in the flashback.”Read more...

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On Wednesday, the Utah Jazz stunned the NBA world with the announcement that star center Rudy Gobert had tested positive for the coronavirus. The NBA immediately suspended the rest of the season and players for both the Jazz and the Toronto Raptors, whom the Jazz were set to play Wednesday, were tested.

In the weeks since NBA legend Dwyane Wade revealed that his daughter Zaya identifies as transgender, the 12-year-old has blossomed into an inspiration and a beacon of strength for many throughout the world. And in continuing to live her truth, the preteen made her red carpet debut this weekend at the 6th annual Truth…Read more...

As coronavirus containment efforts are underway, folks are staying at home, canceling weddings, and foregoing movie theaters in exchange for at-home entertainment. These are good and necessary precautions that are being supported by local governments (New York City, for example, recently announced it’d be shutting…Read more...

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has set off an unprecedented streak of cancellations. The NBA and NHL have all suspended their seasons and now the NCAA is the next sports organization to follow suit.

Hate forums and social media platforms have likely made it easier for atomized white supremacists and neo-Nazis to find like-minded individuals, laying the base for a resurgence in far-right organizing and violence. But that’s come with a price: a lengthy online trail that makes it difficult to stay anonymous. Leaks…Read more...

DETROIT—Bernie got his ass kicked and it’s not looking any better moving forward.Read more...

Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate isn’t going to be canceled as it should be. Instead it’s just going to be moved from Arizona to Washington, D.C. “out of an abundance of caution” over the spread of the coronavirus.

The moan of a harmonica woke me up early Tuesday morning. It was my phone’s notification alerting me of an email from New York University’s global office. All classes on their campus in Florence, Italy were suspended immediately. As a visiting professor from NYU’s New York campus, my life changed with an email.

Nia Wilson was taking the train home when her life was suddenly and violently taken from her. Now, two years after that tragic event, justice has finally been served.

In just the past 24 hours, the NBA suspended its season, the NCAA suspended most conference tournaments (and, by the time you read this, might have already postponed the NCAA tournament), countless schools and universities have shuttered their campuses, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson revealed that they have the…Read more...

This past week, 4-year-old Ariyonna learned a lesson not just in her beauty, but the beauty in her community.Read more...

Two Republican senators sure know how to kill a good time.

I’ve seen with my own two eyes SEVERAL people walk clean up out the public restroom without washing their hands. And it turns out that yelling, “SIR!!! SIR!!!” does not make people see the error in their ways. Whew chile, the ghetto. Do you think you nasty motherfuckers can just do your part and be global citizens for…Read more...

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In a televised speech from the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Trump continued his “I don’t give a shit about you people” tour, delivering a lackluster speech that included a travel ban for noncitizens coming from Europe, but didn’t include the U.K, because well, three Trump golf courses are located there.

Just when we thought things with the coronavirus could not get any worse, the swiftly spreading pandemic has continued its disruptive path through all facets of our everyday life. Businesses are encouraging employees to work from home, major events and conferences are being shut down, and now a basketball fan’s worst…Read more...

It looks like Disney+ won’t feed your “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” earworm anytime soon!Read more...

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Under no circumstances is it OK for a white person to drop the hard-R. It’s a one-way ticket to catching all of the hands. A fair worker learned that the hard way when he tried it and wound up both beat and broke.Read more...

It’s very rare that we see the Republican-controlled Senate vote against the Trump administration. The only thing more surprising than Betsy DeVos still having a job is Republicans voting to repeal a rule she created.Read more...

Former Los Angeles Sparks general manager Penny Toler filed a lawsuit against the team on Tuesday, alleging that her firing in October—for using inappropriate language during a locker room tirade—was actually in retaliation for exposing inappropriate relationships within the organization.Read more...

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted schools, festivals and whole ass countries. We can now add sporting events to the list of things affected by the emerging pandemic.

“I like things that subvert the audience’s expectations,” actor/director Wardell Julius Clark told The Root when asked why he gravitates to certain narratives. “We’re going to the theater for a visceral emotional experience; to learn something about ourselves and about humanity.”Read more...

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders sure knows how to milk a moment, doesn’t he? After a Deontay Wilder-like showing on Tuesday, Sanders called a press conference Wednesday to announce that he doesn’t care if he’s a bazillion delegates behind, he’s going to stay in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination. He…Read more...

Today’s news shouldn’t come as too much of a shock given the developments that have occurred within the last couple of weeks.

DaBaby has officially apologized, but the woman he slapped ain’t buying it.Read more...

The Alabama state Senate postponed a vote on a bill designed to preserve and protect the history and culture of white supremacy after a black state senator pulled out a noose to remind GOP lawmakers of the racial terrorism committed by Confederate traitors.

“Hey Sweetie,” Miss Mable said, as she welcomed me onto her porch. “Would you like some tea?” Mable Jenkins was known in this sleepy, sticky, southern, black community for two things—her sweet tea and her preternatural tendency to vote for moderate Democrats in highly contested primaries—so of course, I accepted.Read more...