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6 Best Ways To Discipline Your Kids Without Putting Hands on Them, Ranked
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6 Best Ways To Discipline Your Kids Without Putting Hands on Them, Ranked

LEVEL Editors Sep 17, 2020

Go get the (Nintendo) Switch!

Black Thought is Loved and Feared By Your Favorite Rapper
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Black Thought is Loved and Feared By Your Favorite Rapper

Bonsu Thompson Sep 16, 2020

The Roots’ frontman talks continuously improving as a man and MC

6 Rappers Who Should Definitely Compete on ‘Dancing With The Stars,’ Ranked
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6 Rappers Who Should Definitely Compete on ‘Dancing With The Stars,’ Ranked

LEVEL Editors Sep 16, 2020

Whoa, Nelly!

Amid a Pandemic and Racial Reckoning, Atlanta’s Corner Stores Are Community Cornerstones
Illustration: Derrick Dent

Amid a Pandemic and Racial Reckoning, Atlanta’s Corner Stores Are Community Cornerstones

Jewel Wicker Sep 16, 2020

When Carver Neighborhood Market was vandalized earlier this year, patrons rallied to support the grocer that offers fresh produce in one…

What people are getting wrong about Netflix’s Cuties

What people are getting wrong about Netflix’s Cuties

LEVEL Editors Sep 15, 2020

Welcome to Minority Report, a weekly newsletter from the LEVEL team that packs an entire week into a single email. From Netflix’s…

7 Most Controversial Recurring Black Twitter Debates, Ranked

7 Most Controversial Recurring Black Twitter Debates, Ranked

LEVEL Editors Sep 15, 2020

Dinner with Jay-Z or an afternoon of firing off hot takes for free?

Wisconsin Man Uses Bad Graffiti To Teach White Lives Matter Most

Wisconsin Man Uses Bad Graffiti To Teach White Lives Matter Most

LEVEL Editors Sep 15, 2020

It’s an embarrassment of riches in our new weekly roundup of the world’s most preventable disease!

Are You Married to Your Mother?

Are You Married to Your Mother?

Elisabeth Ovesen Sep 15, 2020

An emotionally incestuous relationship ruined my marriage — don’t let it happen to you

Long Live the Bodega
Illustration: Derrick Dent

Long Live the Bodega

Miguel Machado Sep 14, 2020

Bodegas like Susan’s in Queens, NY aren’t just a part of the community — they create it

Please Stop Sending Me ‘I Hope You’re Well’ Emails — I’m Not
Illustration: Michael Kennedy

Please Stop Sending Me ‘I Hope You’re Well’ Emails — I’m Not

The Only Black Guy in the Office Sep 14, 2020

Most of us aren’t. Here are some 2020-appropriate alternative greetings.

10 Things You’re Most Likely to Buy From a Bodega, Ranked

10 Things You’re Most Likely to Buy From a Bodega, Ranked

LEVEL Editors Sep 14, 2020

Note: The cat is not for sale

The 7 Best Patti LaBelle Samples, Ranked
Patti Labelle performing in 1996. Photo: Paul Natkin/Getty Images

The 7 Best Patti LaBelle Samples, Ranked

Keith Murphy Sep 13, 2020

These flips are even sweeter than Patti’s pies!

The 7 Best Gladys Knight Samples, Ranked
Gladys Knight performing in 1985. Photo: Lester Cohen/Getty Images

The 7 Best Gladys Knight Samples, Ranked

Keith Murphy Sep 13, 2020

Ahead of Verzuz, a battle of the beats

The Academy’s New Inclusion Requirements Won’t Color-Correct Hollywood
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The Academy’s New Inclusion Requirements Won’t Color-Correct Hollywood

Tirhakah Love Sep 12, 2020

The new standards will do…

The 5 Most Ridiculous 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, Ranked
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The 5 Most Ridiculous 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, Ranked

Omar L. Gallaga Sep 11, 2020

Thoughts gone wild!

Recession PTSD Has Returned
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Recession PTSD Has Returned

David Dennis, Jr. Sep 11, 2020

I lived through this in 2008. Now I’m living through it again — and so are…

Your Ex Has Moved On. Do the Same, Bro.
Illustration: Olivia Fields

Your Ex Has Moved On. Do the Same, Bro.

Aliya S. King Sep 11, 2020

Sometimes you have to create your own closure. Here’s how.

5 Things Our Kids Could Be Doing Instead of Remote Learning, Ranked
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5 Things Our Kids Could Be Doing Instead of Remote Learning, Ranked

LEVEL Editors Sep 10, 2020

It’s time to start thinking outside the box

Black Voters Don’t Need Lectures, They Need Empathy
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Black Voters Don’t Need Lectures, They Need Empathy

Michael Arceneaux Sep 10, 2020

Not forgetting about us for four years at a time…

How to 2020-Proof Your Sex Life
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How to 2020-Proof Your Sex Life

Trey Alston Sep 9, 2020

Between a pandemic and a traumatic news cycle, it’s been a trying year…

The 6 Greatest Black Vampires, Ranked
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The 6 Greatest Black Vampires, Ranked

LEVEL Editors Sep 9, 2020

What’s good, blood?

This Week in Racism: Meet Rachel Dolezal 2.0

This Week in Racism: Meet Rachel Dolezal 2.0

LEVEL Editors Sep 9, 2020

It’s an embarrassment of riches in our new weekly roundup of the world’s most preventable disease!

6 Weirdest Non-Pandemic Ways to Die in 2020, Ranked
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6 Weirdest Non-Pandemic Ways to Die in 2020, Ranked

Omar L. Gallaga Sep 8, 2020

Cause of death: Not Covid-19 but something much stranger

When Co-Workers of Color Cosplay as Allies
Illustration: Michael Kennedy

When Co-Workers of Color Cosplay as Allies

The Only Black Guy in the Office Sep 8, 2020

My company’s diversity committee is pushing forward to make positive change — but not without posers disturbing the process

Every Single ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Sketch (Except One), Ranked
Photo sources: Comedy Central

Every Single ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Sketch (Except One), Ranked

Keith Murphy Sep 8, 2020

Three seasons. Twenty-eight episodes. Untold cultural impact. It’s all here.

7 ‘Power’ Characters We’d Most Like to Come Back From the Dead (Because Why Not?), Ranked
Photo illustration. Source: Starz

7 ‘Power’ Characters We’d Most Like to Come Back From the Dead (Because Why Not?), Ranked

LEVEL Editors Sep 6, 2020

The Starz crime drama already pushes the boundaries of believability. So there’s no harm in reviving a few of the fallen soldiers, right?

What Do Black Women Need From Hip-Hop in 2020?
Clockwise (from top left): Danyel Smith, Clarissa Brooks, Drew Dixon, and Shanita Hubbard

What Do Black Women Need From Hip-Hop in 2020?

David Dennis, Jr. Sep 4, 2020

Four women in different parts of the culture discuss how hip-hop can value and embrace them like they deserve

A Guide to a Happy Divorce
Illustration: Olivia Fields

A Guide to a Happy Divorce

Aliya S. King Sep 4, 2020

It’s never easy, but there’s still a relationship you can salvage.

Amazing Advice From the Most Accomplished Musician You Know Nothing About
Photos: Udo Spreitzenbarth

Amazing Advice From the Most Accomplished Musician You Know Nothing About

Aliya S. King Sep 4, 2020

The soul singer drops gems he’s learned over the years

5 Lyrical Appreciations of Beyoncé (Not By Jay-Z), Ranked
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5 Lyrical Appreciations of Beyoncé (Not By Jay-Z), Ranked

LEVEL Editors Sep 4, 2020

Spread love, that’s the B’s B-Day way!

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