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(The Root) — A judge sentenced a 22-year-old North Carolina man to six months in prison for threatening, via Twitter, to assassinate President Obama. During the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Donte Jamar Sims sent a series of tweets outlining specifically how he planned to kill President Obama. Sims now claims that he was high on…

(The Root) — I went to a very white school for undergrad. Out of a campus of 1,000, there were roughly 20 black people, myself included. One of my most vivid memories is sitting and talking with a couple of friends, all black, in one of the campus lobbies. That’s it. Just talking. Across the…

(The Root) — Rapper Andre Benjamin, aka Andre 3000, of the group Outkast has suffered a devastating loss. His mother was found dead on Tuesday, Billboard has confirmed — one day after his birthday. Benjamin’s mother, Sharon Benjamin-Hodo, was the founder of the Starlight Camp in Georgia, a program for underprivileged children. The family has…

(The Root) — Thousands of tweets and emails appear to have paid off for members of a coalition of women’s organizations. Spearheaded by the Everyday Sexism Project; Women, Action, & the Media; and writer Soraya Chemaly, a campaign was launched to press Facebook to take a more proactive approach to dealing with shared content that…

(The Root) — With no new reports of celebrities kicking fans in the face, it was a bit of a slow day on Twitter. So Twitter decided to make its own fun and passed several hours with #HistoricalFacebookNames. The hashtag pokes fun at people’s tendency to include incredibly long, often ridiculous middle names on their…

(The Root) — The judge presiding over the George Zimmerman case delivered crushing blows to the defense this morning. U.S. Circuit Judge Debra Nelson ruled that “the defense may not bring up Trayvon Martin’s past marijuana use at trial, or his school suspensions or alleged participation in fights.” She also shot down a delay of…

(The Root) — There are certain things we grew up with that we’ll have to explain to our kids one day: the Walkman, encyclopedias, rotary phones — and Myspace. Myspace is essentially a cyber-wasteland these days. Once the go-to site for social media networking, the bulk of its residents have packed up and moved on…

(The Root) — Ever wonder why Vine videos are six seconds long? The reason may be rooted in hip-hop. Inspired by the popularity of the gif, Twitter’s micro-video-sharing app Vine is growing in popularity. The app allows users to create short looping videos of six seconds or less. It has led to a creative genre…

(The Root) — Miguel has been having a tough time on Twitter lately. First he was immortalized as a meme via countless photoshopped pictures after kicking some fans in the face during the BillBoard Music Awards. Now he’s being dragged through the fire after making a blanket statement about black people. “I’m proud of my…

(The Root) — Former child star Amanda Bynes’ manic antics continued on Twitter yesterday when she lashed out at Rihanna, seemingly at random. It started when Bynes sent tweets telling Rihanna that she almost named her dog after her and that Chris Brown beat her because she wasn’t pretty enough. Rihanna threw out a quick…