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On Thursday, the Right to Contraception Act — which codifies the right to birth control and other contraceptives—was passed by the House. The bill comes on the heels of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade’s protection of abortion access last month.Read more...

I don’t know about you, but I know exactly what I’ll be doing on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. I’m going to be curled up on my couch with a glass of wine and a copy of “THE LIGHT WE CARRY: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” the highly-anticipated literary follow-up by our forever First Lady, Michelle Obama.

OWN’s hit drama Queen Sugar has just wrapped up filming its final season. To recognize the series’ contributions during its time in the city, the mayor of New Orleans honored creator/executive producer Ava DuVernay with the key to the city.

As New York City is currently experiencing a surge in homelessness, New York City mayor Eric Adams claims asylum seekers are being bused to New York, Politico reports. The Root has previously reported on the ongoing struggle concerning New York’s homeless population. Adams launched an initiative to eliminate…Read more...

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to two and 1/2 years in prison Thursday for his role in the killing of George Floyd, according to The Associated Press. Though he had a physical hand in helping Derek Chauvin suffocate Floyd, Lane’s attorneys insist he was the least culpable out of all the…Read more...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams teamed up with Black mayors across the country to hold gun manufacturers accountable for the circulation of illegal firearms, according to the NY Daily News. Adams previously launched a revised plainclothes unit to recover illegal firearms. However, gun violence continues to spiral, becoming one…Read more...

The fall of Roe v. Wade has been as chaotic and disastrous as doctors and advocates on the ground predicted.Read more...

Twitter is full of controversial opinions. It’s fueled by crazy comments. However, filmmaker Jordan Peele took offense at a recent post about his place in horror movie history.

It looks like Dave Chappelle’s show at Minneapolis’ First Avenue venue on Wednesday night did not go on, thanks to social media backlash over the comedian’s booking.Read more...

We got it from Here… Thank you 4 Your Service was the perfect last album to send off A Tribe Called Quest and legendary MC Phife Dawg, who died months before the album was released.Read more...

Body cameras shared by police on Sunday caught the arrest of four purported gang members who are suspects in a string of more than a dozen home invasions in Sandy Springs.Read more...

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last several weeks, Beyoncé is coming!Read more...

After 2020-21 sports were dominated by bubbles, cancellations and shortened seasons, the 2021-22 year in sports bounced back strong with some of the best competition we’ve ever seen. Those amazing moments were highlighted on Wednesday night at the 2022 ESPYS.

President Joe Biden was diagnosed with Covid-19 this morning, the White House said. He is the second successive president to contract the virus which over the past two-and-a-half years has upended global economies and ushered in a new era of health precautions.

Y’all haven’t forgotten about Gunna, right? After being indicted in a RICO case in May, he has only seen the bars of a jail. But now in a new petition, his attorneys are making an attempt to have him released.Read more...

As the trend of rappers being killed continues in 2022, rapper French Montana asserts that record labels are doing the most to cash in. In an interview with Akademiks’ Off The Record podcast, Montana believes that the labels receive a large sum of cash if one of their artists get murdered.Read more...

The superintendent of the Uvalde, Texas, school district now says that the embattled chief of his police department should be fired, almost two months after one of the worst school shootings in the nation’s history happened on his watch.

Rihanna may not be giving fans a whole lot of new music these days, but she is definitely coming through with products to make us look and feel our best. She’s already got us losing our minds for her Fenty Beauty cosmetics line (The Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick is a makeup bag must-have, by the way). And now, the…Read more...

SoFaygo’s rise has been meteoric. The latest rapper to emerge out of the SoundCloud underground scene, the Atlanta rapper has not slowed down since the release of his 2019 mixtape War.Read more...

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Archaeologists in Virginia have begun excavating three suspected graves at the site of the country’s oldest Black church Monday, according to The Associated Press. Williamsburg, Va. is a prominent location for colonial history, however, most historic sites neglect to share the stories of the Black people who lived…Read more...

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If the 2020 census didn’t have enough uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration also wanted to include a citizenship question to further skew districts for Republicans. As a new report from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform shows, a secret memo was uncovered showing that the Trump…Read more...

Grammy award-winning musician H.E.R. will be starring in a tale as old as time, as it’s been revealed that she’ll be taking on the role of Belle in ABC’s Beauty and The Beast 30th anniversary special.Read more...

On Tuesday, the House passed the Respect For Marriage Act Tuesday to codify same-sex marriage being legal nationwide. It’s a very real possibility that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court could overturn it the same way they overturned Roe v. Wade last month.

A Southern California police department faces criticism after two of its officers shot a Black man in the back as he ran away from them.

Born and raised in the Bronx, the twin DJ duo of Angel + Dren do it all. Not only are they known for their back and forth, high-energy DJ sets, but they are some of the most stylish people working a turntable. Releasing their debut R&B EP Dark Summer last year, the duo is just committed to being creative.Read more...

Comedy legend and actor Eddie Murphy will be back on a small screen near us soon, as it was recently revealed that he’ll be starring in an upcoming holiday film for Prime Video.Read more...

Black folks generally (looking at you Ms. Owens) don’t need to be told we have a rising white supremacy problem in this country.Read more...

Last weekend, rapper Kodak Black was arrested during a traffic stop in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. on drug charges. Patrol stopped him because his car tints were darker than the legal limit, but what they found was $75,000 cash and a bag containing 31 tablets of oxycodone.Read more...

With the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game taking place in Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, there was no way the event could happen without a tribute to the most influential Dodger ever: Jackie Robinson. And there’s no one better to deliver that moment than Denzel Washington.Read more...

Throughout the ongoing investigation concerning the Jan. 6th riots, a question remains about former President Trump’s activities and whereabouts as his supporters stormed the Capitol building. CNN reports one single text exchange was provided to DHS inspector general Joseph Cuffari despite requesting a month’s worth…Read more...

Deshaun Watson’s intention to sue the National Football League if hands him a long-term suspension could be irrelevant if one well-regarded football talking head is right.

Will Eric Adams, the New York mayor with a never-ending nostalgia for his glory days in the NYPD, keep the same energy the next time one of his officers beats or hurts someone?

Karena S. McClerkin was 18 years old when she went missing Oct. 11, 2016. A man connected to her disappearance has been arrested and charged with murder. The Kokomo Police Department now believe from a 2021 tip they know what happened leading to her vanishing, according to IndyStar. Even so, it’s been five years and…Read more...

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks obtained the winning bid for the Black News Channel. The station shut down in March just 2 years after its launch. The deadline for the $11 million in assets was set by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida was July 11. The court had no qualifying…Read more...

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The over 75-day detainment of WNBA Star Brittney Griner in Russia has awoken much of the American public to the complex nature of prisoner exchanges with other countries. Griner’s legal team is working on her case until court resumes on July 26. In the meantime, many ask what the Biden administration can do in the…Read more...

The transcript of the 911 call which led to the sniper-shooting of 20-year-old Andrew “Tekle” Sundberg has been released to the public. The call reveals what was going on from the viewpoint of Tekle’s neighbor, Arabella Yarabrough and also offers some insight to why she counter-protested the demonstration led by…Read more...

There’s strength in vulnerability, and part of being strong is exposing your faults and admitting when you need help. That being said, my name is Jay Connor and I’m infatuated with in an entanglement with completely and utterly addicted to Steve Lacy’s latest offering, Gemini Rights.

If Deshaun Watson is hit with a lengthy suspension from the NFL over the allegations of sexual assault and harassment against him, he literally won’t take it sitting down.Read more...

First, you have people acting like Drake, and now you have people claiming to be the 6God’s son.Read more...

A GoFundMe page has gone up to raise money for funeral expenses for Andrew “Tekle” Sundberg, a Black man shot down by two Minneapolis snipers after reportedly shooting inside an apartment building. Within the initial reports of his killing, his fundraiser surpassed its goal of $20,000.

Payton Gendron, the white gunman who is being charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo Tops supermarket in May, pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges on Monday. He may be facing the death penalty. Gendron was indicted last week on hate crimes and weapons counts.Read more...

One would believe that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott would go above and beyond in showing up for the grieving families left after the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting. However, as ABC News obtained his schedule, Abbott did not attend a single funeral for the 19 children and two teachers who died in the tragedy.

Though Ne-Yo may have once been onboard to #MuteRKelly following the disgusting revelations presented in the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries and his New York trial last year—which resulted in a prison sentence of 30 years—it now appears as if he’s singing a different tune.Read more...

Kanye West’s decision to pull out of his Rolling Loud Miami headlining set has caused more controversy than anyone expected.

In a move that caused outrage, Twitter didn’t remove transphobic tweets from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in which she makes hateful remarks about Adm. Rachel Levine, a transgender Biden administration official. Instead, the social media platform included disclaimers and turned off comments and retweets for…Read more...