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Do you know how hard it is, in a week of Kanye and Candace and Ben and Bill, to still win the Most Embarrassing…

Remember Fyre Festival, that “high end” event in 2017 that was supposed to be Girls Gone Wild mixed with Coachella…

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“Don’t you fucking walk away! Don’t fucking walk away from me!” the 20-something-year-old woman screamed as she…

There are times in your professional life when you look around, see what’s going on in your company or office,…

On Wednesday, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced that he would not be seeking re-election and would retire…

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In the 24 hours it takes for this column to be written, edited, copy edited and uploaded to The Root and to end up…

Steven Spielberg is the stunt king of Hollywood; he might be the only American director who could create Ready…

The ability of the Parkland, Fla., school-shooting victims to organize nationwide gun control rallies less than six…

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Sometimes it just doesn’t matter how much good you want to do for the world; people are going to hate and fear you…

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I should cosplay as the characters from Undercover Brother or The Spook Who Sat by the Door. I have parachuted in to…