Aaliyah Is Coming...With Some Controversy—Manager and Estate Battle Goes Public Following Catalogue Release Tease

Later this month, it’ll be exactly 20 years since the world lost Aaliyah Dana Haughton—fondly known as “Baby Girl.”

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Tennessee Republicans Want to Withhold Money From Schools That Teach Critical Race Theory—Even Though They Aren't

Down in Tennessee, a Republican stronghold where GOP lawmakers are going out of their way to strip Black folks and other marginalized people of their right to vote over imaginary voter fraud fears, another conservative conspiracy is underway: fears over critical race theory, an academic framework that explores how…

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Team USA Basketball Advances to Gold-Medal Game

After preparing for nearly a decade to dethrone the U.S. men’s basketball team at the Olympics, Australia fell short once again on Thursday with a 97-78 loss to Team USA in the Olympic semifinals. With its latest victory, Team USA advances to the gold-medal game.

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Ex-Georgia Deputy Who Bragged About Beating Black Suspects and Arresting Black People to Keep Them From Voting Sentenced to Prison on Gun Charge

Earlier this year, The Root reported that a racist-as-hell former Wilkinson County, Ga., sheriff’s deputy, Cody Richard Griggers, pleaded guilty in a federal court in Macon to one count of possession of an unregistered firearm. FBI investigators who looked into Griggers’ crimes found that he was in possession of…

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Following DaBaby's Second Apology, 11 HIV/AIDS Organizations Issue an Open Letter to the Rapper

If DaBaby is still looking for some “education” and “guidance” when it comes to the true stats surrounding HIV and its effects on the Black community, I know 11 good places for him to start.

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