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As expected, a police union has entered from stage right to defend the actions of their officers this month. The Los Angeles Police Department became the center of controversy following the viral arrest of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors’ cousin Keenan Anderson, who died following the traffic stop.Read more...

Religion and abortion are two dinner table topics you’ve probably been taught to avoid. But ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic Roe v. Wade decision, these religious leaders and faith-based organizers are refusing to keep quiet about it any longer.Read more...

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Tarte Cosmetics is catching heat this week for hosting beauty influencers from the U.S. and Europe on an over-the-top trip to Dubai. A collab with Sephora Middle East, the lavish jaunt included an Emirates business class flight and a private villa at the Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Hamra Beach, for invitees and…Read more...

The new year is the best time to give your home a makeover. And there’s no better place to start than the bedroom. The place where you spend at least eight hours a day (if you’re lucky) should be comfortable and inviting at the end of a hard day’s work.Read more...

Thursday, Loudoun County, Va. residents saw something quite disturbing on their day off: a flyer with white supremacist propaganda. According to Fox 5 DC, authorities are looking for tips on who distributed the flyers but have an idea that the culprits are related to the Ku Klux Klan.

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In a Florida court on Friday, Donald Trump withdrew his pending lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James. On Thursday, District Court Judge Donald Middlebrooks ordered the former president and his legal team to pay over $937,000 in sanctions. In addition, he also remarked that Trump has a “continuing…Read more...

Who the hell is leaking all of this music? In 2022, Kendrick Lamar released one of the best albums of the year, regardless of genre, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. It was beloved by music fans and ended the year as one of the most listened-to albums.Read more...

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It’s not a stretch to say that without Black Americans, Joe Biden might not be sitting in the White House today. Now that we’re half-way through his first-term, it’s worth checking in to see how Biden has delivered for the community that helped put him into power.Read more...

ATL Uncensored Twitter recently shared a viral video of a Black FedEx worker who was subjected to racist threats by a white man during a stop in an Atlanta suburb. Somehow, the employee managed to keep his composure. The video, which was posted on Twitter, has now been seen almost six million times and is half a…Read more...

It seems former GMA3 hosts Amy Robach and TJ Holmes have been fodder for news sites since the photo evidence of their alleged romance hit the internet in December. While they were both on air in the days following the release of those pictures, ABC decided to pull them off in order to “weigh the effect their recent…Read more...

1993: It was an interesting year in hip-hop. The genre was starting to explode in popularity and a new generation of MCs were staking their claim as some of the best rappers around. As a result, a lot of dope and classic records were made.Read more...

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...