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A man was exonerated after spending six years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. A few alarming factors contributed to the false conviction, one of which included a scandalous romance between the lead homicide detective and a key witness, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Angel Gregorio’s specialty seasoning business, The Spice Suite, has always been about helping other Black-owned businesses. She’s hosted over 450 pop-ups for Black businesses in her Washington D.C. store.

Actress Regina King has broken her silence and made her return back to social media to pay tribute to her son Ian in honor of his birthday.Read more...

As someone who was born and raised in Los Angeles, I can tell you there are a lot of misconceptions about the City of Angels. Everything you think about the traffic, earthquakes and celebrities being everywhere is pretty much true. However, the perception that LA doesn’t have its own problems with racism is false. I’m…Read more...

The legal problems for Young Thug are stacking up, and this one might be the most outlandish.Read more...

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Drake has finally acquired the first woman artist to grace his OVO Sound label. Even though he went to social media to champion singer Naomi Sharon, the world is still eagerly waiting for him to apologize to another woman music artist who goes by the name Megan Thee Stallion.

The United States just hit its debt limit, and while that might sound super technical and uninteresting, it could spell real trouble for everyday Americans.Read more...

Lisa Snowden-McCray wanted Baltimore’s Black residents to have a newspaper they could call their own. It was to be a free paper with Black editors and writers who shared the news that matters most to the community.

When you’re one of the greatest U.S. Olympic athletes of all-time, the honors are endless. When you’re Allyson Felix, you accept these honors with a class and grace that few elite level athletes possess. The seven-time Olympic gold medalist’s latest award comes from her alma mater, the University of Southern…Read more...

In addition to hidden evidence, falsified statements and more nonsense, prosecutors seem to have found another way of jeopardizing a case: provoking a jury’s racial bias. According to the Seattle Times, Whitman County, Wa. prosecutors were found guilty of just that by repeatedly asking witnesses to identify a Black…Read more...

On Wednesday, Wes Moore made history as he was sworn in as the first Black governor of Maryland. This makes him the third Black person to be elected governor in the history of the United States.Read more...

Everyone who’s on any kind of social media knows that Black people push the needle on what is and is not trending, especially on Twitter. Black Twitter is the ecosystem in which Black people on the internet interact, argue, and joke. Which is why it only makes sense that someone chronicles Black people’s importance to…Read more...

The results are in! The Supreme Court has finally concluded its investigation into who leaked the draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.Read more...

At a McDonald’s in Butler Township, Ohio, a woman was seen on video being punched in the face repeatedly by an officer attempting to arrest her. The offense was unclear but WHIO 7 reported an employee got into an altercation with the customer over an extra slice of cheese.

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A letter written on behalf of the family of a 6-year-old accused of shooting and seriously injuring his teacher has been released to the public, via 10 On Your Side News. The letter stated the student suffers from an acute disability and was usually accompanied by a parent in class.

It looks like Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ anti-critical race theory crusade continues. Most recently, his Florida administration made the decision to veto a new Advanced Placement course for high school students on African American studies.Read more...

Instead of Chance the Rapper basking in the glow of the recent success of the music event he founded with fellow rapper Vic Mensa—namely, the Black Star Line Festival—the Coloring Book artist is on the defense about the involvement of one person arguably controversial comedian: Dave Chappelle.Read more...

A Black Massachusetts man is suing the Worcester Police Department for racial profiling after allegedly pulling him over more than 70 times in just the past eight years, per GBH News. He’s still fighting charges from one of his previous police interactions.

The entire tennis world has descended on Melbourne, Australia as the first Grand Slam of the year gets into full swing. While world No. 1 ranked Iga Świątek is still the favorite, young American phenom Coco Gauff has everyone talking about the roll she’s on right now.

The 2023 Golden Globes may be over, but it’s not stopping folks from reflecting on the highs and arguable lows of the ceremony—namely how host Jerrod Carmichael’s dry jokes landed amongst audiences and more specifically, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. I’ll explain.Read more...

The film “M3GAN” is on its way to grossing $100 million at the box office and it has screenwriter Akela Cooper to thank. In a new interview with The Wrap, she discusses what her successful horror movie can mean for other writers of color.Read more...

Antonio Brown has done it again. Less than a week after the former NFL All-Pro was accused of sending explicit photos to his son, he’s been suspended from Snapchat after a sexually explicit photo of his ex-fiancé showed up on his Snapchat story.

The Department of Justice and FBI announced a civil rights inquiry into the traffic stop that occurred before the death of Tyre Nichols, per NBC News. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Memphis Police Department have already launched internal investigations into the incident.

Well-known sports media personality Stephen A. Smith reaches millions daily who apparently enjoy watching him yell his ass off about numerous sports topics. Still, now and then, Smith has a hot take that manages to piss people off.Read more...

It’s one thing when you don’t have money in your account because you hit the mall or the club a little too hard. But it’s an entirely different feeling when you don’t have money, and it’s the bank’s fault. On Wednesday, January 18, Bank of America customers woke up shook when they found strange Zelle transactions and…Read more...

If you’re like me, you can never have too many podcasts on your playlist. Well, make room for one more because journalist LZ Granderson is returning with the third season of his ABC Audio podcast Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson. Per a press release provided to The Root, the six-episode season premieres Jan. 19 with a…Read more...

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While the Ex-University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has been labeled as the one who fatally shot 23-year-old mother Jamea Jonae Harris, he’s claiming he’s not the one who pulled the trigger.Read more...

We live in an age where prescription drugs are constantly marketed to us. It’s hard to watch television without seeing a commercial for some medication with a weird-ass name that promises to make your life better. Those ads featuring smiling actors showing off their bodies in bathing suits after their eczema clears up…Read more...

Vice President Kamala Harris will be taking center stage on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.Read more...

The Daily Show officially started its post-Trevor Noah era on Tuesday and things got started with a bang, as former SNL cast member Leslie Jones took over hosting duties. The outspoken comedian wasted no time getting into what everyone wanted to talk about: that wild MLK statue. After noting that it looked like Dr.…Read more...

On Tuesday night, friends and family of a missing New Jersey couple were handing out flyers in Newark hoping it could lead to the women being found. Imani Glover, 25, and her girlfriend Destiny Owens, 29, have been missing for over two weeks.Read more...

The next time you’re picking up eggs at Aldi, you might want to check out the clothing aisle. A $13 sparkly cocktail dress on sale at ALDI had folks going crazy this holiday season. The dress caught the attention of Good Morning America, after shoppers raved about how it flatters all body types.Read more...

On Tuesday, Fidelity Investments announced the Invest in My Education program as part of its plan to help students from marginalized backgrounds achieve success. The firm pledged $250 million to serve 50,000 students with mentorship and scholarship programs over the next five years.Read more...

I thought most snarky comments about Black holidays were about Juneteenth but apparently Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a topic of conversation too. A secretary at a Louisiana high school made a wack joke referring to the holiday as N****r Day in a text that got exposed and ended up costing her her job, according to a …Read more...

With Republicans repeatedly introducing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, the GLAAD Media Awards have never been more important. The biggest cultural changes often happen through art, so it’s essential to honor the films, TV and music that highlight and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. It’s spectacular news to see so many…Read more...

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The designer collections of beloved fashion icon and former Vogue Magazine creative director André Leon Talley are set to be auctioned off beginning on Wednesday.Read more...

New Hampshire authorities have filed a civil complaint against the leader of the neo-Nazi group NSC-131, per the Boston Globe. The offense at hand is the draping of a banner with white nationalist language over a bridge above a main highway. The punishment is as disappointing as the action itself.Read more...

During his now infamous appearance at a National Action Network event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President Biden took aim at Republicans for not passing a Democratic policing reform bill.Read more...

While rapper Cardi B accepted responsibility and a plea deal for her actions stemming from a 2018 fight at a New York strip club last September, it seems she hasn’t fully completed her end of the bargain.Read more...

Everyone knows that the most interesting part of social media is dominated by Black people. Now, we’re finally getting our due for how much we bring to the party. According to Deadline, Insecure executive producer Prentice Penny is directing Black Twitter, a three-part docuseries for Hulu. Based on Jason Parham’s…Read more...

Anika Noni Rose shared with Brides the intimate details of her wedding to fellow actor Jason Dirden last year. The pair met in 2014 when they were part of the Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun. “We were friends for a couple of years, actually,” the actress told Brides. “We both went off and did our own things…Read more...

The family of Larry Eugene Price Jr., an Arkansas man who died of malnutrition while held in jail, has filed a lawsuit alleging the jail staff intentionally starved him to death, per an AP News report. Price’s death was the end of a year-long wait for a trial following a mental crisis in 2020.

As Marvel Studios ramps up its awards campaign for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the company released a new behind-the-scenes video for its potential Best Original Song nominee “Lift Me Up.” The song was written by writer/director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson, Tems and Rihanna. It was composed as a…Read more...

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Columbia College Science Professor Natalie Gosnell is making headlines for an interview she did which addresses how racism plays a strong role in her field. Gosnell, who received her doctorate in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, gave an interview with Colorado College’s student newspaper in which…Read more...

It’s no secret that the Gina Prince-Bythewood-directed, Viola Davis-led film, The Woman King, is a powerhouse project with an immensely talented cast and crew in tow. But what’s been puzzling for the start of awards season is the fact that this undeniably moving story has been getting paid little attention when it…Read more...