The Root

This weekend, we’ll trade in long, warm summer nights for endless depressing winter darkness as Daylight Saving Time ends. At 2:00am on Sunday, November 6, we’ll literally turn back time as we set our clocks back one hour for reasons I still don’t completely understand.

When a 16-year-old girl called 911 to report an armed robbery, she discovered the dispatcher was the perfect one to take the call: her mother. According to a report from CNN the girl was held at gunpoint at a McDonald’s in New Orleans. Her mother was supposed to be off work already. But luckily, she stayed late just…Read more...

You may have gone without putting on a full face during the pandemic. But now that we’re back outside, you’re probably wearing more makeup. And that means, you need to pay attention to the expiration dates to know when that foundation and primer are past their prime.Read more...

“Power” producer Randell Emmett is being sued by a former personal assistant. The allegations consist of unlawful termination, harassment, racism and a hostile work environment. The 24-page claim complaint was filed by Martin G’Blae against the Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films co-founder, George Furla and the company.Read more...

After spending 2022 reigning over WWE’s women’s division, Bianca Belair is set to take over reality TV.

Lupita Nyong’o is opening up about her role in the highly anticipated film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and what she thinks her late costar, Chadwick Boseman, would think about the movie.Read more...

Over the years, I’ve been among the numerous sportswriters to advocate for Daniel Snyder’s exit from the NFL oligarchy, most recently in 2020 when I wrote this sentence:Read more...

In less than a week people across the United States will head to the polls and cast their ballots in the November midterm elections. But behind the hallowed walls of the Supreme Court another battle will be brewing over the future of Medicaid.Read more...

Considering how crazy the last month has been for Kanye West and his image, his latest circumstances seem light. But, they still aren’t a good look for the man who was once considered a” genius” in the entertainment industry.Read more...

Hollywood loves sports movies. Nothing moves an audience like that slow motion scene where the underdog player or team quiets all the noise in the stadium, then as the music swells they have a triumphant game-winning moment. In recent years, these inspiring films have finally begun telling the stories of history’s…Read more...

Elon Musk wants to charge $8 for blue checks on Twitter but for Kyrie Irving, tweeting is looking a lot more expensive.Read more...

With this election cycle, there’s been a lot of concern about voter intimidation tactics and the overall safety of election workers. However, there is also cause for alarm about people working these elections and to whom they are affiliated. Three former Proud Boys were hired to work for the Miami-Dade County polls,…Read more...

Black consumers have money to spend. Black buying power in the U.S. is estimated to grow to $1.98 trillion by 2025. But when it comes to reaching us with effective advertising, most brands are missing the mark. We don’t even need to revisit the hot mess that was Juneteenth, with Walmart’s ice cream, Dollar Tree’s head…Read more...

Fans are up in arms over a major mistake made by E! News regarding their coverage of Takeoff’s death. The Migos rapper, born Kirshnik Khari Ball, was fatally shot Tuesday at 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston. It was reported that someone fired shots after an altercation stemming from a dice game.Read more...

It’s been some time since beloved rapper Nipsey Hussle was taken away from the hip-hop world. Now three years later, the man convicted of killing the cherished MC will be handed down his consequences.Read more...

Tyler James Williams, how we (a.k.a. the Internet) love thee. Let us count the ways. No, seriously, I did not have the Abbott Elementary star freestyling to Glorilla’s “F.N.F.” song on my 2022 Bingo card but chiiiiiiiiiile, I’m glad I was a witness. Because what a treat it was!Read more...

A jury decided Tuesday to award the family of a man shot and killed by a Euclid, Ohio police officer $4.4 million, according to a report by Cleveland.com. The jury trial decision comes after a wrongful death suit filed after the 2017 incident.Read more...

The relationship between Hov and Bacardi continues to get messier and messier. Weeks ago, court documents showed that the Brooklyn rap mogul was looking to sell his stake in D’Ussé to Bacardi, which are both currently 50-50 co-owners of the cognac brand, according to TMZ.Read more...

With the midterm elections on the horizon, talks of mass layoffs, and the uptick of hate speech on the platform, everybody is rightfully worried about Twitter’s direction. New Twitter CEO Elon Musk had a Zoom call with a collection of civil rights groups on Tuesday to assure them that hate speech and election…Read more...

It looks like Mariah Carey’s reign as the “Queen of Christmas” will continue as it’s recently been revealed that the $20 million lawsuit against the singer has been officially dropped.Read more...

No one knows how to constantly reinvent themselves like Rick Ross. He’s a rapper, producer, actor and yes, Wingstop mogul. Now, you can add professional wrestling hype man to that list.

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are kind of a big deal.

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Parents held a rally Tuesday demanding Thornhill Elementary School take action for a threatening message written inside the girls bathroom: “Black lives don’t matter - kill them all,” according to NBC Bay Area. The district responded saying the offensive graffiti had been removed and they are in contact with the…Read more...

You may not need research to convince you that racism exists in the housing market, but those who weren’t sold may now have the proof they’ve been waiting for. The Biden administration recently asked the Federal Housing Finance Agency to release 47 million appraisal reports to the public for the first time. And the…Read more...

In a new piece of evidence in the murder case against Courtney Clenney, an OnlyFans model accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, she is heard screaming at Christian Obumseli, per the Miami Herald. There is no video along with the recording but the sound of Clenney spitting racial slurs at Obumseli is disturbing…Read more...

I know it seems like we’ve been watching Jordan Peele movies forever, but they’ve only been an essential part of our lives since he made his feature film directorial debut with 2017’s Get Out. The horror film achieved the shocking feat of being scary as hell while also providing brilliant commentary on race in…Read more...

A trove of emails between Donald Trump’s campaign lawyers shows that while his wife was actively coordinating with the White House to keep Trump in power after his 2020 election loss, the Trump campaign believed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was the key to keeping Trump in power.

Danai Gurira is opening up about her favorite, “fulfilling” parts of filming the long-awaited sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Read more...

Earlier this week, we told you about how Twitter’s new HBIC (that’s head boss in charge, for the sake of this post), Elon Musk, revealed plans to charge users $19.99 a month to sport the coveted blue check mark by their names via a Twitter Blue subscription—much to the disdain of, well, everyone. While Musk later…Read more...

Since 2018, voter turnout for young people in Texas has increased from 8.2 percent in 2014 to 25.8. Given that statistic, college voters are finding it increasingly difficult to participate in this upcoming midterm election cycle, the Texas Tribute notes. This is due to several factors, such as the lack of college…Read more...

With Robert Sarver announcing that he’s selling the Phoenix Suns and Mercury, Dan Snyder is officially the worst owner in professional sports.Read more...

Imagine requesting a totally legal mail-in ballot, filling it out and heading to a drop box to cast your vote, only to be met by armed goons in paramilitary gear who claim to be guarding against election fraud.Read more...

A new study from Nature Communications found that people in minority communities are breathing in higher levels of dangerous toxins, said a report from ABC News. Though air pollution is a nationwide issue, communities of color are subjected to higher concentrations of chemicals from metals.

It’s been a busy last few months for Georgia State University Sophomore James Wilson. While most of his classmates were stressing about their public policy midterms, Wilson and his friends at the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition have been hitting the pavements and phone banks, working to get out the vote ahead of the…Read more...

I know we just finished with Halloween, but the holiday sales are already starting. Amazon’s Holiday Beauty Haul is going on now, and it’s filled with deep discounts on products that will help you look and feel your best. And the best part is there are plenty of Black-owned beauty brands to choose from. These are some…Read more...

Since Mariah Carey said it’s time to transition to the holiday season, it’s time to cue the Christmas playlists! These are the albums we are ready to press play on this holiday season.

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With a new cookbook, a Target clothing line and her own McCormick Sunshine seasoning, popular social media influencer Tabitha Brown has had an amazing 2022, and now it’s ending with a bang: Her adorable YouTube children’s series, Tab Time, has been nominated for two Children’s & Family Emmys.

In May, legendary hip-hop artist and music executive Master P shared the news of the untimely death of his daughter, Tytana Miller at the young age of 29. At the time, the cause of her death was not made public. But, Master P did share that his daughter did struggle with mental illness and substance abuse.Read more...

During the midterm elections next week, voters in Alabama can choose to ratify a new state constitution that completely strips away its racist rhetoric from the past, according to the Associated Press.Read more...

On Tuesday, two student-loan borrowers went to the Supreme Court in hopes of having the highest court in the nation block Biden’s relief plan. Noel Johnson and Frank Garrison—who are both from Indiana—want to stop the program altogether. The pair say it’s unlawful since they’ll be forced to pay more in taxes because…Read more...

Some NBA fans are wondering if the Brooklyn Nets or the league itself are going to take any disciplinary action concerning guard Kyrie Irving for posting anti-Semitic materials. In a press conference yesterday, GM Sean Marks stated the team was seeking counsel from all different sources to figure out a course of…Read more...

Scrolling through TikTok could send you through several different emotions in a very short span of time. You can go from laughing at a funny cat video to crying at someone’s inspiring life story to angrily shaking your head at another racist group of kids. Well, the latter was me last night. A TikTok went viral of a…Read more...

Us star Lupita Nyong’o will be taking her talents from the wonderful world of Wakanda to an eerily silent space for the upcoming prequel film, A Quiet Place: Day One.Read more...

If you’re like me and have been watching holiday movies since mid-October, you don’t need the warning. But for everyone else, it’s Mariah season! Just in case you live in a cave or move to Mars during November and December, this is the period where Mariah Carey becomes our queen and we worship at the altar of “All I…Read more...

Everyone in hip-hop is still shocked and mourning the death of one of the genre’s most beloved rappers, Takeoff.Read more...

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Did anyone know Al B. Sure! was in such critical condition?Read more...