The Root
The Root, one of the most influential digital platforms dedicated to Black news, culture, and thought, is coming home. For
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Nonprofit is Creating Jobs and Fighting Hunger
Skills-based training is critical to the economy. By 2030, roughly one-third of the U.S. workforce will need to change jobs
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Education as Liberation
Chancellor Tonya Smith-Jackson Brings Vision and Vitality to RU–N R.L. Witter Newly appointed Rutgers University–Newark (RU–N) Chancellor Dr. Tonya Smith-Jackson
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Known to the World as D’Angelo
Michael Eugene Archer — known to the world as D’Angelo — passed away on October 14, 2025, at the age
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Seydou Keïta a Self-Taught Photographer
Seydou Keïta was a self-taught photographer from Bamako, Mali, who began by helping his carpenter father before opening his own
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Improve Your Hip Mobility
In his early twenties, Ian Root was unstoppable — hustling through long days on construction sites and pounding the pavement
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Songwriter Skip Scarborough
Skip Scarborough remains one of those writers whose voice you’ve heard countless times, even if his name isn’t always top
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The Crazy Horse Memorial
Nestled in the rugged beauty of South Dakota’s Black Hills, the Crazy Horse Memorial is at once a testament to
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Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
The Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, affectionately known as The SASSY Awards, returns this fall to the New Jersey
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Great Power, Great Grace, Great Fear!
By Reverend J. Loren Russell Acts 4:32-33, 5:1-11 NKJV 32 Now the multitude of those who believed were of one
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