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You Should Care About World AIDS Day Because Black People Are Dying and We Donât Have To
Coming off the heels of the 2018 midterm elections, weâll observe World AIDS Day on Saturday. We celebrated historic wins this November, electing black and LGBTQIA leaders to offices up and down the ballot. We have come so very far from where we were 30 years ago when World AIDS Day was first established, but…
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âThey Treat Us Like Dogsâ: Can Wisconsin Lead the Way in Creating a New Vision of Youth Justice?
Last week, in the wake of intensive community advocacy, litigation and media scrutiny, the state of Wisconsin agreed to shut down two large youth prisons and reform its treatment of incarcerated youth. This is the perfect moment to askâwhat should real justice for youth look like, and how do we get there? The answer is…
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Is It Safe? How Insecure Can Be a Force in Shaping Black Womenâs Sexual Health
If you watched Sunday nightâs episode of Insecure you found out that Lawrence is out here burning folks. Kudos to the show for showing some of the negative health effects of what happens if you engage in unsafe sex, as well as showing Lawrence in true âgood dudeâ form calling all of his sexual partners…
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Phenomenal Women: On the Transformative Power of Black Women
Editorâs note: This story was written for an event where The Root was a media sponsor. On a rainy afternoon in August, Valerie Jarrett, April Ryan, Alicia Garza and the Rev. Dr. Renita Weemsâtruth-tellers, as I refer to themâdescended on Lolaâs in Marthaâs Vineyard to discuss the intersections of race, gender and power in America.…
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When Black Lives Are Under Attack, What Do We Do? Stand Up, Fight Back!
It seemed like the âalt-rightâ got the memo that spewing hateful rhetoric and inciting violence like we saw last year in Charlottesville, Va., only further marginalizes them. The few neo-Nazis, white nationalists and sympathizers who were present at the Unite the Right 2 March were completely dwarfed and drowned out by thousands of counter-protesters. Black…
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'White Civil Rights' Arenât a Thing: Why Black People Are Protesting Unite the Right 2
On Aug. 12, white nationalists, fascists and their sympathizers will descend on Washington, D.C., for a âwhite civil rightsâ rally intended to terrorize black and brown residents. This rally is coming from the same white nationalists responsible for the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., where Heather Heyer was killed and dozens of…
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Gifted Handouts: How Questionable Ethics Are Plaguing Ben Carson's Time at HUDÂ
Even before the President nominated Ben Carson to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, many, including Carson, raised questions about his qualifications to lead a federal agency. However, after 16 months on the job, Carsonâs inability to abide by ethical guidelines has undermined his work at HUD even more than his inexperience. Now…
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A Real Week In New York City on an Intern's Salary
Welcome to the life of a recent college grad who is interning in New York for the first time. Iâm going to spill the real tea on how we millennials spend our hard-earned money, because let one marketing intern tell it, sheâs living the life working in HR and making $25/hour. The intern recently talked…