The Root

When we watch our favorite athletes play, it's easy to get lost in the excitement of competition and forget that these are real people with traumatic life experiences. The Minnesota Timberwolves' Rudy Gobert recently reminded his fans of everything he's had to overcome to make it to the NBA.Read more...

Though we're only four months into 2024, TIME Magazine has pulled together its annual list of the 100 most influential people of the year, and this year the list has a whole lotta Black excellence on it.Read more...

Earlier this week, CBS announced the debut of The Gates, a daytime soap opera centered around a wealthy Black family in an upscale gated community.Read more...

Everyone has a favorite movie or TV series that they're completely obsessed with. It's your safe space. The place you go when you're sick, sad or just have a random free Saturday. No one loves and understands the stories and characters the way you do. I get it, because that's how I feel about Star Wars." However, as...Read more...

Drake just won't let up. Earlier this week, the Toronto rapper was mainly taking shots at Metro Boomin on Instagram, continuously trolling him over the Shut your hoe ass up and makes some drums nigga" line from his song, Push Ups."Read more...

With 23 Grand Slam singles titles, Serena Williams' total domination on the tennis court earns her a place among the world's elite athletes. But at the 2018 French Open, her outfit got more attention than her play. Now, in an April 16 interview with CNN, the tennis star is sharing her reflections on the catsuit that...Read more...

Unfortunately, the world only recognizes Lo-Letha Toland-Hall as the Black Uber driver chased in a video by an armed white man. Ms. Toland-Hall, 61, died after being shot multiple times by William Brock, police said.Read more...

O.J. Simpson passed away fromcomplications related to prostate cancer last week. The former football player who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, reportedly died in Las Vegas with family.Read more...

Bernard McKinley was 16 years old when he was arrested for a gang-related killing. Court records said his friend ordered him to shoot a man in a Chicago park. Three years later, he was found guilty of murder and the use of a firearm to commit murder. A judge sentenced him to 50 years incarceration to each charge,...Read more...

Anyone can be a superhero if they're at just the right place and time.Read more...

Red Lobster has always been a staple for Black southern folk as well as pop culture. Who could forget in 2016 when Beyonce (who is from Houston) famously stated on Formation": When he f**k me good I take his ass to Red Lobster?"Read more...

A St. Louis woman was slammed with felony charges for allegedly taking leave of common sense with her 8-year-old son.Read more...

Before the country was captivated by the white Bronco chase" and what was then dubbed the trial of the century," O.J. Simpson was revered as an MVP with a winning smile.Read more...

Seriously, what's going on with Jerrod Carmichael? The roll out for his new HBO series has been non-stop controversy and mess.

In a viral TikTok video, user @xiandivyne admitted that he only says O.J. Simpson was guilty of the double murder that made him go from famous to infamous around other Black people.Read more...

Things don't look too good when it comes to the working relationship between rapper DaBaby and popular YouTuber Lah Mike. I'll explain.Read more...

After being absent from hearing oral arguments on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday. No explanation was given for why he was missing; Chief Justice John Roberts shared that Thomas would not take part shortly after the court sat for arguments in a public corruption case.Read more...

Music superstar Toni Braxton has been very open about her battle with lupus. Whether it's discussing the effects of the autoimmune disease, or letting cameras show her symptoms on Braxton Family Values," she hasn't shied away from informing the public about the chronic illness.Read more...

ID's shocking docuseries, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV," has sent shockwaves through the entertainment world.Read more...

On the outside, Atlantic City, N.J. Mayor Marty Small and his wife, Atlantic City Public Schools Superintendent La'Quetta Small, seem to have the ideal, upstanding family.Read more...

Jury selection in Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial has now entered day two and there has been no shortage of ridiculous moments. The trial will not be televised, so there's no video footage or photos of the proceedings.Read more...

All of Hip-Hop is waiting patiently for Kendrick Lamar to pop out and drop his diss record toward Drake.Read more...

To understand why Netflix's new Good Times: Black Again" is a cataclysmic shit show of a reboot" is to first examine the original Good Times" sitcom.Read more...

Right-wing operatives who were found liable for making threatening robocalls to Black voters will now have to pay up. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman will pay up to $1.25 million in damages for their targeted harassment of Black New Yorkers.

Getting a new job offer should be an exciting time. But one man was less than thrilled when he learned the salary of his newly offered position at TJ Maxx. So he turned to TikTok for advice in a now-viral video.

In the latest random violence spree, a woman in Philadelphia is accused of stabbing three people, including a 1-year-old boy who was sitting in his stroller.

The Empire Polo Club in the Coachella Valley was the place to be last weekend for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Tyler, the Creator and Doja Cat were among this year's headliners at the three-day music festival.

Here's how we got here:All parties have thrown shots after Kendrick Lamar went at Drake and J. Cole on his explosive Like That" verse. Cole has since bowed out. So now, the main event is here, and Drake has answered the call.Read more...

The Chicago Police Department, once again, finds itself at the center of a controversial police-involved shooting: A plainclothes unit is seen on video gunning down 26-year-old Black motorist Dexter Reed Jr. in a hail of 96 bullets in 41 seconds.Read more...

On Saturday, two celebrities shared a tender moment at Coachella that has now gone viral. Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith were happy to be reunited in a VIP area at the music festival.Read more...

WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife Cherelle made a touching announcement on social media over the weekend - delighting fans who've watched their journey over the years.Read more...

The NBA's Charlotte Hornets recently announced that they would be interviewing current G-League head coach, Lindsey Harding, for its open head coach position. Of course, a woman being considered as an NBA head coach is unfathomable to some people. Her name making the team's short list of candidates has set off the...Read more...

Updated on Monday, April 15 at 11:45 a.m.PT: Real Housewives of Potomac" star Robyn Dixon has now confirmed she won't be returning for the show's ninth season due to her being officially fired from the franchise.Read more...

Less than 24 hours after the season finale three-part reunion of Real Housewives of Potomac" aired, star and actress Candiace Dillard-Bassett revealed some long-awaited news: she's pregnant!Read more...

Hip-Hop, we have action.Read more...

Known by most of the world as Kim, Khloe and Kourtney's brother, Robert Kardashian Jr. tends to stay out of the spotlight while most of the attention stays on the lives and loves of his famous sisters. But this week, there's another female member of the Kardashian clan who has everyone talking: Rob's 7-year-old...Read more...

The New York Police Department have made their second arrest in the gruesome discovery of the remains of a local drug dealer. Police say his remains were dismembered and stored in a fridge.

There's been no shortage of controversy surrounding Netflix's animated Good Times: Black Again" reboot. The trailer was met with a decidedly negative reaction from Black Twitter. People took issue with the offensive stereotypes portrayed in the first footage. Original series stars John Amos and BernNadette Stanis...Read more...

O.J. Simpson passed away from complications due to cancer last week - leaving behind adult children and an enduring and controversial legacy.Read more...

Here we go again... another old white man has been arrested for allegedly fatally shooting an unarmed, non-threatening Black person. This time, the man allegedly fired fatal shots at a Black Uber driver whom he mistook for someone trying to harm him.

Don't come for us: We have no idea if there is a tape, but earlier this year, Rodney Lil Rod" Jones filed a lawsuit against Sean Diddy" Combs alleging numerous allegations including grooming, sexual misconduct and sex-trafficking.Read more...

One of worst presidents in this nation's history is making history again: Trump is now the first former leader to undergo a criminal trial.Read more...

Jerrod Carmichael is an interesting comedian. He's refreshingly honest and is definitely a provocateur, but those moments of truth are often framed in extremely awkward scenarios.Read more...

This month in the year 1864, The Senate passed the 13th Amendment to abolish Human slavery in the United States. The House would follow suit the next year, setting the ground work for the emancipation of millions of Black people. As a result, Freedmen's Towns" built by and for formerly enslaved people began...Read more...

Jackson, Miss. police have arrested a man in connection to the brutal killing of a registered nurse. As the cops investigate the motive for the slaying, family members suggest one tip could be the suspect's toxic relationship with the victim.

The latest headlines have thrown some Christ followers into a panic, worrying the end times is coming sooner rather than later. However, a few church leaders weighed in on the frenzy to set the record straight, and hopefully, calm everyone down.

A Black woman in Louisiana was fired for wearing her natural hair to work. And now her former employer is paying the price. As a result of a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, American Screening, LLC will pay Imani Jackson a $50,000 settlement. - Angela Johnson Read...Read more...

On Thursday, the world was shocked to hear that decorated NFL star and infamous pop culture figure O.J. Simpson died.Read more...

Conservatives on social media have been dunking on The View' co-host Sunny Hostin for her recent comments about the solar eclipse, earthquakes in NYC, climate change, and the rapture-and how she believes it's all connected. - Jessica Washington Read MoreRead more...

Former Biden staffer and current Harvard fellow Ashley Allison found herself in a bit of controversy after recently discussing the impact of the 1995 OJ Simpson trial on CNN. The broadcaster's political commentator didn't mince words when she discussed the feelings Simpson's death brought back up for Black Americans.Read more...