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A new article by NPR reveals the fight Black folks in Maryland have undergone to preserve a historically Black cemetery. Currently, Moses Macedonia African Cemetery on River Road in Bethesda is in danger of disappearing.Read more...

Did you know that y’all’s vice president was in a fender bender on Monday morning and nobody said anything?

A Cook County judge has dismissed eight convictions connected to former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts. For years, he has been accused of framing people at the former Bronzeville Ida B. Wells public housing complex.Read more...

The “last name ever, first name greatest” rapper from Toronto, a.k.a. Drake will be taking the stage for the very first time at Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater in November.Read more...

An attorney for a Black man serving a life sentence for a crime he committed at 17 suggested to the Supreme Court that his sentencing was tainted with racial bias, according to The Associated Press. The leniency white juvenile defendants were granted failed to reach Black defendants as well, they said.

Hundreds of thousands of dreamers have been waiting with bated breath to see how the fifth circuit was going to rule on yet another challenge to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. And on Wednesday, we finally got a decision.Read more...

There are gifts that keep giving, and gifts you’d be totally OK with not having. Herschel Walker’s U.S. Senate campaign falls, obviously, in the latter category. Early on it was great from a journalism perspective: a celebrity athlete with a lot of questions to answer jumping into politics provides great fodder. But…Read more...

The mother of Daunte Wright’s son has filed a lawsuit against civil rights attorney Ben Crump, his law firm, and Wright’s parents, according to CBS News. The dispute is said to be over Gofundme proceeds raised after Daunte Wright Sr’s death.Read more...

As WNBA champion Brittney Griner’s Russian appeal looms on Oct. 25, her wife, Cherelle Griner, is still fighting for the basketball star’s freedom. On Thursday, in the wake of the two-time Olympic gold medalist’s nine-year sentence for drug smuggling and possession, Cherelle spoke with CBS Mornings’ Gayle King about…Read more...

As we excitedly wait to figure out who the new Black Panther is in Black Panther: Wakanda Fovever, we decided to look back at some of the badass and bionic Black female superheroes we grew up wanting to be.

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One of the biggest cult movies of the ‘90s was The Usual Suspects, a heist flick that revolves around the legend of arch-criminal Kaiser Sose. Verbal Kint, a disabled thief caught up in a job gone bad has watched his accomplices be exterminated one-by-one when he pitifully tells the cop interrogating him that Sose is…Read more...

The first church service I ever attended must’ve been when I was about 10 or so; I learned the first and only Bible verse I memorized in my childhood that day, Romans 8:11.Read more...

Diddy is tired of the disrespect and jokes that he never pays his artists, specifically addressing one of the rappers who previously was signed with Bad Boy Records, Ma$e.Read more...

Kanye West has faced an unprecedented amount of backlash since pulling the now infamous “White Lives Matter” t-shirt stunt at his Paris fashion show Monday. His critics have ranged from Gigi Hadid to Jaden Smith, but a more important one has emerged.Read more...

Paris Fashion Week had no shortage of slay-worthy moments this season. Some of the best-dressed people in the world headed to the City of Lights to see what designer brands are cooking up for the next season.

We know you’ve already got Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times book tour marked on your calendar. However, the Forever First Lady has announced some of the moderators joining her, and it seems like she’s really looking for people to make things fun.

Contrary to popular belief, and the unfortunate stereotypical demographic of theater-goers, Black people have long had a presence on Broadway. In fact, we have a rich, documented history with theater that goes all the way back to 1821, when a free Black man from the West Indies, William Alexander Brown, opened up the …Read more...

A bombshell new civil class action lawsuit alleges that the NYPD has an illegal policy of sending people with warrants attached to their names to city jails without ever bringing them before a judge.Read more...

From the moment it was confirmed that No Time to Die would be Daniel Craig’s final film as James Bond, the speculation on his successor has been rampant. Names that regularly make the rounds include Tom Hiddleston, Henry Cavill and Idris Elba. The Beast star is one of the only Black actors who always remains in the…Read more...

I don’t want to say it was easy, but maintaining a healthy weight required a lot less effort in my 20s and 30s. A few fries here or a slice of cake there barely made a difference in the grand scheme of things. And I never thought twice about saying yes to a happy hour after a hard day at work. But something happened…Read more...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s investigation into election inference in Georgia is picking up speed. A legal filing from the DA’s office showed that they are trying to obtain and execute a series of search warrants based on unnamed “sensitive information acquired during the investigation,” according to…Read more...

Kendrick Lamar continues to win at life. He was the most awarded artist at the 2022 BET Hip Hop awards. He’s coming off of an amazing performance on Saturday Night Live and, earlier this year, he dropped one of the best albums of 2022, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.Read more...

The Root previously wrote about the efforts Republican legislatures are using to stop President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. However, a conservative legal group is mad about this plan for another reason. On behalf of the Brown County Taxpayers Association, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a…Read more...

In newly-released body camera footage, five Detroit police officers shot and killed 20-year-old Porter Burks, according to the Detroit Free Press. Burks was reportedly experiencing a mental health crisis as he wielded a knife toward the officers. His family believe the shooting was more like an execution.

Last week, white conservatives were pissed that Lizzo played James Madison’s crystal flute at one of her concerts in Washington D.C. The 200-year-old instrument was loaned to her by the Library of Congress and commentary surrounding the performance set the internet ablaze.Read more...

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Everyone has something to say about the relationship troubles between Nia Long and longtime partner Ime Udoka. Even Long’s ex and the father of her first son, Massai Z. Dorsey, told The Daily Mail his thoughts on Udoka’s alleged cheating scandal.Read more...

Following a seven-year battle with breast cancer, WNBA veteran and college star Tiffany Jackson passed away on Monday at the age of 37. Her alma mater, the University of Texas, announced the sad news on Tuesday.

Bennet Omalu, the doctor famous for connecting the debilitating disease known as CTE to playing football has a message for Miami Dolphins’ QB Tua Tagovailoa: quit football, now.

She’s a singer, fashion icon, makeup maven and Forbes-certified billionaire. And pretty soon, she’ll be a mom. I mean, is there anything this girl can’t do? Pretty much everything this beauty from Barbados touches turns to gold. But how did it all start? Let’s look back at the evolution of Rihanna.Read more...

After being in the rap game for nearly 30 years, Fat Joe is finally addressing the question that Black hip-hop fans have been wondering for years: can he use the N-word?Read more...

Throughout history, Black people have been able to make a way out of no way. And now, a new PBS series from Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a closer look at our incredible resolve. Written, produced and hosted by Gates, Making Black America: Through the Grapevine is a four-part series that honors the resilience…Read more...

To the surprise of nobody, former President Donald Trump does not want the Department of Justice to be able to look into the full scope of classified documents seized during an FBI search at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Trump has filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court to get an independent arbiter for…Read more...

R&B singer Miguel and his wife, Nazanin Mandi, are unfortunately the latest couple to go their separate ways as it was recently revealed that Nazanin filed for divorce on Tuesday.

After facing enormous amounts of backlash following her “White Lives Matter” t-shirt debacle alongside Kanye West on Monday, Candace Owens finally addressed the controversy. She took to her Daily Wire podcast to defend the incredibly offensive stunt that went down during Paris Fashion Week.

It’s been a long time since Rihanna was seriously involved in the music world, but that’s all set to change on Sunday, Feb. 12 when the Fenty creator performs during the halftime show of Super Bowl LVII.

Patrick Lynch—yes that’s his actual last name—the head of New York City’s largest police union, is pissed. Seems some meddling kids decided it was a good idea for the public to have instant access to a database of information on accusations of misconduct against the NYPD. And, like meddling kids do, they kept pushing…Read more...

Back in 2020, Eleaqia McCrae was shot in the eye and chest with rubber bullets fired by an officer sent to “de-escalate” a Black Lives Matter protest in Salem, Oregon. After filing a federal suit following the incident, a jury has awarded her over $1 million, according to The Associated Press.

Jamie Foxx had a proud papa moment on Monday as he gushed about his daughter Corinne executive producing a documentary that hopes to increase awareness about endometriosis.Read more...

We may finally know the identity of the mysterious “Perla” who, Venezuelan asylum seekers told news outlets, lured them in with promises of opportunities, only to trick them into flying to Martha’s Vineyard.Read more...

Charles Fuller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright behind some of the most important Black stories in theater, passed away on Monday at the age of 83, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Spoiler Warning: If you’re not caught up on House of the Dragon through Episode 7, “Driftmark,” stop reading now!

On Tuesday, a Michigan judge threw out charges against seven people who were involved in the Flint water crisis. Three months after the Michigan Supreme Court declared that a one-judge grand jury had no authority to issue indictments, Judge Elizabeth Kelly made her ruling.Read more...

A white woman in Olympia, Washington is facing a fine for a Black Lives Matter sign hanging up inside her house, according to KIRO 7 News. The sign used to be posted in front of the woman’s home. But now it seems someone’s been peeping through her window after she moved it into her living room.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot about life, including how we work. As we’ve had to keep our distance, companies have had to find creative ways to handle their businesses (aka endless Zoom meetings). And as employees realized how the absence of a commute and the comforts of home left them with money and energy to…Read more...

If you ask the United Nations Human Rights Council, Switzerland has a huge, unchecked problem concerning systemic racism in their country. A new 55-page report by the council published on Monday claims the racism problem directed towards people of African descent still needs improvement, according to the Independent.…Read more...

Everyone knows somebody who has the absolute worst timing imaginable; rapper YG falls into that category.Read more...

An asthmatic Black man died in the custody of London police after the officers dismissed his cries for help due to chest pains, according to a document obtained by Insider. In a coroner’s prevention of future deaths report, the incident was detailed including the circumstance of death and what should’ve been done.

In honor of Spooky SZN, and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s Thriller this November, Sony and the MJ Estate have announced a forthcoming untitled documentary set to center around the seminal body of work.