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  • Watch: This Lauryn Hill Miss Piggy Mashup Is Must-See

    Video mashups are the funniest—especially when they put together beloved but not necessarily obvious pairings. Such is the case with the Lauryn Hill-Miss Piggy mashup of “Doo Wop (That Thing),” one of numerous hits from Hill’s 1998 critically acclaimed set, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. In the short, Miss Piggy is Hill, and lip-synchs old…

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  • Kalief Browder’s Mother Laid to Rest in NYC

    About 100 mourners gathered to honor 63-year-old Venida Browder’s life on Saturday in the Bronx, N.Y., according to the New York Daily News. Browder died after a series of heart attacks on Oct. 14. Browder was the mother of the late Kalief Browder, the young New York City man who committed suicide about a year…

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  • Petition Started to Include Clarence Thomas in National African American Museum

    This month marks the 25th anniversary of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ arrival on the nation’s highest court. But the only mention of him that the recently opened National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., has is in reference to Anita Hill’s testimony against him regarding sexual harassment during his confirmation…

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  • Kehinde Wiley’s Stained Glass Windows in Paris Are Ah-Mazing

    Visual artist Kehinde Wiley continues to share his incredibly rich and strikingly relevant art with the world. Wiley’s first solo art exhibition in France will be displayed in Le Petit Palais in Paris from Oct. 20 through Jan. 15. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154504843345535&set=a.10151251441415535.506914.540120534&type=3&theater Afropunk notes that the exhibition is a unique set of 10 monumental works, stained glass…

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  • Watch: Attorney General Loretta Lynch Discusses Federal Election Monitors for 2016 Race

    In a climate where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has asked his supporters to “monitor” elections and has repeatedly called the system “rigged,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch this week released a video discussing this year’s elections and how the federal government will play a part in monitoring them. Considering that this is the first presidential contest…

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  • Is Kanye and Jay Z’s Beef Really Over Money?

    “The Throne” is no more. And rather than Jay Z being an inconsiderate friend, it may have more to do with business than anything else. Kanye West went on a rant against his former collaborator Jay Z during the Seattle stop on his The Life of Pablo Tour on Wednesday night. Plenty of fans uploaded…

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  • Watch: Black Anthem Singer Takes Knee at NBA Game

    Yet another citizen has protested police brutality and racial oppression in the sports arena. A black woman performing the national anthem prior to an NBA preseason game in Miami knelt as she sang. Before dropping to her knee to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Denasia Lawrence opened her jacket to reveal a “Black Lives Matter” shirt.…

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  • Watch: Take a Page From Toya Wright's Book

    TV personality and New York Times best-selling author Toya Wright wants to introduce you to “Toya.” And her memoir, In My Own Words, does just that. Be clear: The independently published book isn’t about “Toya Wright,” the reality-TV star, the public figure—it’s about a mother, daughter, sister and a wife. In My Own Words is…

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  • The Root’s Young Futurists, Where Are They Now: Arielle De Souza

    Arielle De Souza is impassioned by the ocean. The 23-year-old fell in love with marine life at the New York Aquarium, but with family from Trinidad and Tobago, she also attributes this passion to her family’s frequent trips to the beach. Her “oneness” with the sea spilled into her academic interests. In May 2016, De Souza received…

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  • ‘Donald With the Weird Hair’: SNL Parodies Lemonade With Melania, Ivanka and Omarosa

    Beyoncé isn’t the only one who gets to exact revenge on her man’s trifling ways. Last night’s Saturday Night Live did a brilliant black-and-white parody of Queen Bey’s Lemonade (specifically “Sorry”), except this time it was Melania Trump—and all the other women in Donald Trumps’s life—who call him out for his misogyny and the recent…

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