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Vernon Winfrey, father to television icon Oprah Winfrey, died over the weekend after a long battle with cancer. The news was confirmed via an Instagram post from Oprah herself on Sunday. He was 88 years old.

Olympian volleyball player and model Kim Glass has shared disturbing injuries that she suffered at the hands of a homeless man who threw a metal pipe at her in Los Angeles on Saturday.Read more...

On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that the four agents who confronted Haitian migrants on horseback will face discipline personnel. Last September, photos of Border Patrol agents using their patrol horses to force the migrants back to the Rio Grande went viral.Read more...

Richard “Randy” Cox, a Black man who was paralyzed while in police transit, asked federal authorities to file a civil rights lawsuit against the officers who caused his injuries, per The Associated Press. The incident prompted civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump to join Cox’s legal team as well as the New Haven Mayor…Read more...

Team Wilson may have defeated Team Stewart 134-112 in the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game, but the score was secondary to the event’s celebration of two eras. We got teary goodbyes to retiring legends Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles, while the next generation showed out, letting us know the league is in really good hands.

Charles Barkley is donating $1 million to Spelman College, the basketball hall of famer’s latest in a string of charitable contributions to historically black colleges.Read more...

The murder of George Floyd showed how powerful phone recordings could be when showing the extent of police brutality. Since then, certain political representatives like New York Gov. Eric Adams have complained about the distance under which citizens can record their interactions with officers. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey …Read more...

In today’s world where there are more calls than ever to see more Black women casted in roles for sci fi and superhero projects, the on screen representation might be up, but so is the racism on the set. In the case of Candice Patton who plays the lead female character in CW’s The Flash, the experience behind the…Read more...

Can you imagine Kanye West dodging bill collectors with an estimated net worth of over $2 billion dollars? Yeah, I can’t either but apparently, that’s precisely what’s going down these days, as the David Casavant Archive, a high end fashion rental service is suing the rapper over failing to return items and pay…Read more...

If you’re Black and into both tennis and tech, you’re bound to salivate over this news nugget. The queen of the court herself, Serena Williams has been named as the Keynote speaker for the upcoming Black Tech Week Conference. The annual event which is scheduled to take place July 18 through the 22 in Cincinnati, Ohio…Read more...

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We all know we enjoy a home-cooked meal, but that’s become even more important as we try to trim our expenses and stretch our dollars. But you gotta have the right cooking equipment to make it work.Read more...

This week, R&B um, legend(?) Ray J revealed his new ink of his sister Brandy, and if this kind of sibling love is right, then I’ll surely take being wrong. The tattoo which is placed on his right leg features Brandy’s face with some interesting adornments including bloodshot eyes, tribal markings, and a few face…Read more...

On this week’s episode of Black women getting to the bag, Stacey Abrams has left Republican Brian Kemp in her fundraising dust as she closes in on $50 million dollars raised since announcing her campaign for governor last December. That’s right, in just seven months, Abrams has amassed enough to place a wide gap…Read more...

Two London police officers are hitting the unemployment line this week after racist remarks surfaced between them against Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle. In the group chat, the behavior displayed by the cops was deemed “abhorrent and discriminatory,” according to British media, and included a racist slur.Read more...

In these economically-challenging times, we can all use a good deal. Well, it just so happens there will be a bunch of them coming next week.Read more...

Dawn Heels is a lawyer by day. But the 39-year-old U.K. resident also creates online content around women’s health, finance and property on her Instagram and YouTube platforms. And she is currently on a mission to raise awareness about fibroids, noncancerous tumors in and around the uterus that impact 80 percent of…Read more...

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There’s never quite an end to legal maneuvering in Trumpworld, and the latest issue involves the ex-president’s social media company.Read more...

Philadelphia city officials are building a Harriet Tubman monument, but the project is under fire for a selection process that allegedly excluded Black artists.Read more...

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Willie Lee Morrow, a trailblazer in Black hair care, passed away in his San Diego home at 82 on June 22. Morrow, a firm believer in hair as a form of self-expression, is credited as the first person to manufacture plastic Afro picks in the United States and developing the chemical curl process we all know as the…Read more...

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The conversation on how crime suspects are treated based on race doesn’t stop at Jayland Walker, a Black man killed while fleeing from police, or Highland Park shooter Robert E. Crimo. We’ve seen consistent acts of police brutality from beatings to shootings before Trayvon Martin. Since 2020, it’s become even more…Read more...

It’s a big weekend for WNBA fans. The best players in the league are all headed to Chicago for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2022.Read more...

On Monday, singer Macy Gray appeared on Piers Morgan’s Uncensored and immediately found herself in the crossfire of controversy. During the interview, the host asked her if trans women should able to compete in sports in which Gray replied:

With fans and supporters still reeling from Brittney Griner’s guilty plea, there’s new speculation about the possibility of a prisoner exchange.Read more...

Grammy-award-winning rapper Young Thug aka Jeffrey Williams, who was arrested on RICO charges back in May, will have his life and current legal struggles chronicled in an audio podcast and documentary series, Variety reports. Williams, along with labelmate and fellow YSL labelmate Gunna, were recently denied bond…Read more...

Despite over 40% of voters utilizing drop box ballots during the 2020 election and baseless accounts of voter fraud, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to make absentee boxes illegal, according to the Hill. President Joe Biden had defeated former President Trump in the state by a thin 21,000 vote margin.

Whether you noticed or not, on Thursday, Netflix quietly dropped a brand new special from Dave Chappelle titled What’s In A Name?Read more...

The jurors of a King County coroner’s inquest found the police shooting of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant Black woman, was justified, according to The Associated Press. The findings were unsettling to Lyle’s family who beliece Charleena was executed. However, the final decision to move forward and press charges will…Read more...

Since May, we’ve been on top of the YSL RICO case, which has garnered national attention. Now, after a July 7 virtual appearance in a Fulton County court hearing, Gunna was denied bond by a judge, forcing him to stay in jail until his January 2023 trial.

If you don’t have enough Bridgerton in your life right now, I understand. But rest easy, because you’ll soon have more romantic stories from the universe to obsess over.Read more...

We’ve been writing for months about the absurdities of Herschel Walker’s U.S. Senate campaign, despite which, he’s still hanging neck & neck with incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock in the latest polls, because: Georgia.Read more...

Here at The Root, we have a question. What era are we in? The past, the future? Every day the world seems scarier, no ... it’s our leaders who are scary. Case in point: to force the public schools of such a historically significant place like Tulsa, Ok. to abandon discussions of race and racism isn’t surprising but…Read more...

On Thursday, soccer player Megan Rapinoe received the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the most prestigious civilian honor in the U.S. — and simultaneously paid tribute to detained WNBA star Brittney Griner. Rapinoe wore a cream blazer with the initials ‘BG’ and flowers embroidered onto the lapel.Read more...

The #UnbotheredKing of R&B, a.k.a. Omarion, is gearing up to let all the facts be known as it relates to how things went down with his former B2K bandmates during the popular Millenium Tour in 2019—and he’s doing so courtesy of a new docuseries titled Omega: The Gift and the Curse.Read more...

Jordan Peele’s films are known for their fascinating characters, unpredictable stories, and fully-realized worlds. Now fans will be able to immerse themselves in his new movie Nope, as they get a detailed look at one of its big set pieces.Read more...

What’s the purpose of an artist? To grow? To evolve?Read more...

Since the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration has been facing criticism for its lack of a response in protecting reproductive rights. Today, President Biden will sign an executive order to assist with the legal powers he has to push back against the multitude of laws …Read more...

My family is no stranger to Disney. We’ve visited the parks in Orlando more times than I can count, and even made a stop at Disneyland a few years back during a California road trip. And ages ago, I took my young son and goddaughter on a Disney cruise for the very first time and they absolutely loved it. But on these…Read more...

The Las Vegas Raiders, a team with one of the NFL’s most storied histories of breaking racial barriers, on Thursday named attorney Sandra Douglass Morgan to the position of team president. She is the first Black woman in NFL history to be named to the position.

Denzel Washington has a list of awards any actor would be proud of, including Oscars, Golden Globes, Tonys and a Cecil B. DeMille Award for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.” The New York-native was all set to add the Presidential Medal of Freedom to his impressive list of accomplishments. But…Read more...

On June 27, Jayland Walker was pursued by police in a chase before dying by 60 bullet wounds to his body. This happened before the young man had the chance to plea his case. A week later on July 4th, Highland Park shooter Robert E. Crimo opened fire on a parade of people from a rooftop, killing some of them, wounding…Read more...

Usually in Hollywood (and out, to be honest), when someone tells you that you’re their “muse,” that can go one of two ways: either astonishingly well or tragically wrong. In the case of Jordan Peele and Daniel Kaluuya, however, that sentiment just might ring true in a positive way after all.Read more...

Since she was 17 years old, Chrystul Kizer has been awaiting trial on a homicide charge for the killing of her sex trafficker, Randall Volar III. The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling allowing her to argue self-defense to justify the killing, according to NBC News. Before this moment, she was facing…Read more...

The latest protest for Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of gunfire, turned violent in Akron, Ohio. As police pushed into the crowd to “deescalate” things, demonstrators were harmed and arrested, two of them being Jacob Blake’s father and Breonna Taylor’s aunt, per FOX 8 News.

The nominees for the 74th Primetime Emmys are set to be announced on Tuesday, July 13 at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT, so we at The Root thought it would be a good time to discuss a few of the favorites we hope to see recognized.

Who says protests don’t work? Residents of a small Pennsylvania town proved today that they could get results while their elected representatives were asleep at the wheel, raising their voices to force the cop who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice run out of town after he had been hired to join the local police force.Read more...