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Melissa Butler was tired of paying way too much for beauty products that were made with dangerous products and didn’t consider people of color. While working on Wall Street, she used her down time to develop vegan lip shades in her Brooklyn kitchen. And in 2012, The Lip Bar was born.Read more...

We have been battling Covid for a few years now and there are some people who have never been diagnosed with the disease. Are they an anomaly? A special kind of person? How are people dodging this disease?

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The Halloween party invites are out and it’s time to find a costume! There have been a ton of Black celebrities and characters that stood out since last Halloween that are guaranteed to make you the star of the party! Here are some ideas.Read more...

If you’ve ever been out on Halloween night, you already know you’re going to see all sorts of cat eyes and blood red lips. But this year, you’ll probably also see a lot of another makeup trend: #VampireSkin.

White folks around the world are devastated by Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen announcing Friday that they are divorcing after 13 years of marriage. Rumors have surrounded the couple for months regarding a potential split. However, Brady finally took to his Instagram Story to address the rumors:Read more...

Arizona has recently been a hotbed for voter suppression and intimidation activity. However, a new tactic by a right-winged “vigilante” group might have upped the stakes. A group that dubbed themselves “Ben Sent Us,” after Benjamin Franklin, have been sending letters to various Arizona Democrat chairpersons…Read more...

A new report from Catalyst California and ACLU SoCal found the state’s sheriff’s department engages in patrol activities tainted with racial bias and that “undermine community safety.” Their behaviors include profiling and harassing communities of color in a way reflective of Black codes and Jim Crow laws.

Fans waited a long time for Rihanna’s return, six years to be exact. We waited through Fenty beauty releases, A$AP Rocky, a new baby, Super Bowl announcements and teases that new music could possibly be coming one day.Read more...

Saturday Night Live alum Chris Redd was reportedly attacked in New York City on Wednesday by an unknown assailant.Read more...

WNBA star Brittney Griner’s Russian legal case may have come to an end on Tuesday when her appeal was denied, but the basketball champion’s supporters are letting the world know they still have her back.

Tyler Perry is responding after an online article falsely claimed that the Hollywood mogul called out his Why Did I Get Married franchise costars Janet Jackson and Jill Scott for “holding up the next installation” of the film.Read more...

“Saying the quiet part out loud,” is one of the more overused clichés these days but sometimes even banality can perfectly capture the moment.Read more...

Last week, Angelina Jolie was back at her daughter’s college to celebrate homecoming. Zahara, who is a 17-year-old freshman, walked around campus with her mom as the pair engaged in different tailgate activities. The actress even stopped to take selfies with students.Read more...

A week and a half before the 2022 midterm elections, there has been a lot of anxiety and uncertainty around the electoral process. Not only have there been a rash of voter intimidation tactics that early voters have experienced in states like Arizona, but there has also been extreme misinformation around the voter…Read more...

It’s Frank Ocean’s birthday! And to celebrate, the Blonde singer launched a new weekly radio show called Homer Radio.Read more...

On Thursday, Elon Musk acquired Twitter in a $44 billion dollar deal. He wasted no time making changes by firing some of the social media platform’s top executives. The Washington Post reported:Read more...

When I accepted the role of Artistic Director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in 2019, I did so knowing about its reputation for being at the forefront of equity and inclusion. This effort to evolve, to progress, and to reflect humanity began in 1935 when Angus L. Bowmer founded what is now the Tony Award-winning…Read more...

Although there has been a rush for things to return “normal,” the truth is that living with Covid is our new reality. The Root talked to the esteemed Dr. Melissa Clarke about ways we can build immunity as the virus continues to affect vulnerable communities.Read more...

Hold up, wait a minute—y’all thought Ye was finished? Quite the contrary, actually, as it appears new fallout from Kanye West’s anti-Semitic comments keep rolling in.Read more...

Ten years ago, Whitney Houston’s tragic death stunned us all. And since she left us, her estate has been working overtime on projects intended to keep her memory alive.

The star-studded cast of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quatumania just got even more interesting.

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I don’t imagine the writing of a 44-page legal brief on the history of U.S. election law tracing it all the way back to the founding of the country would make riveting television. Still, I’d love to have been in the room, or watching a live stream, when U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote this one line in …Read more...

Updated 10/28/22 at 10:00 a.m. ET

Penn State University has scrapped plans for a proposed Center for Racial Justice, electing to go another route, according to the Washington Post. The school first announced plans after the George Floyd protests of 2020. Two Black professors had also released a report chronicling the slowness of Black hiring, and…Read more...

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On the latest episode of Meghan Markle’s Archetypes podcast, guests Issa Rae and Ziwe opened up about the harmful nature of the “angry Black woman” stereotype that has affected their careers. Markle explained that as a biracial Black woman, she was always expected to deliver attitude in order to land Hollywood roles.Read more...

Maybe the saddest story told during the televised Jan. 6 Committee hearings was that of Ruby Freeman, a Georgia grandmother who was the target of a false rumor about vote stealing promoted by Donald Trump. Freeman, who for years had worked the polls in her native Atlanta, was harassed so badly that she had to move out…Read more...

A Black motorist claims he was falsely arrested and assaulted by Rockford police during a traffic stop, per MLive. Beyond the default implication of police brutality, a judge says the officer’s quota requirement may be tainted with racial bias as well.

Over four years ago, Brian Collins marched alongside thousands of protesters demanding an end to gun violence at the March for Our Lives. The protest, sparked by teenagers who’d survived the deadly Parkland shooting, was supposed to be a wake-up call.Read more...

When it comes to luxury chocolates, Phillip Ashley Rix has the game on lock. His Phillip Ashley Chocolates have earned him celebrity fans including Stevie Wonder as well as a place on Oprah’s coveted Favorite Things list.

As we get closer to the midterm elections, there’s been an uptick of anxiety around the safety of poll workers and various groups who intend to watch voters cast their ballots. The New York Police Department will require “elevated vigilance” as we get closer to November 8th, CNN reports.Read more...

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Just hours after parents, teachers, and children were abruptly notified that the doors of Donda Academy, (the pre-K-12 school founded by Kanye “It’s Actually Just Ye Now” West) would be closed until September 2023, it appears school is back in session according to a new email sent out around midnight on Thursday.Read more...

On Wednesday, the world premiere for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever took place.

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Darrell Brooks, the man who intentionally crashed his car into a crowd of people at a Wisconsin Christmas parade last year, was found guilty today of killing six people.Read more...

I never thought that I’d be defending Chingy from slander in 2022, yet here we are. Twitter users took it upon themselves to create a “50 Worst Rappers of All Time” list. We’re not sure who picked the emcees selected or even how the item came about. But we do know that Chingy was on it and neither he—nor The Root—will…Read more...

A sheriff’s deputy in Grand County, Michigan was caught on body camera twirling a lasso as she looked for a Black shoplifting suspect, per KSL TV News. In the audio, she insists there was no problem with it. However, Black residents and activists said watching the video took them back to the days fugitive slaves were…Read more...

Black Hollywood was out in full force for the world premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on Wednesday at the El Capitan theater in Los Angeles. Director Ryan Coogler and the cast were joined by stars from across the MCU, as well as some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names. And as you would expect, the…Read more...

Hip-hop pioneers Salt-N-Pepa are the latest MCs to be honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Hame. The groundbreaking all-girl group will receive the 2,738th star at a November 4 ceremony. Fellow female MCs Roxanne Shanté and MC Lyte will be on hand to speak at the ceremony.Read more...

Arizona Republicans are running to the defense of a State House nominee Mary Ann Mendoza who has been accused of wearing blackface and brownface in two different pictures, according to The Copper Courier. Mendoza has not commented on the authenticity of the photos.Read more...

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Updated 10/27/2022 at 11:48 a.m. ET:

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Just when you thought DaBaby understood the importance of not running his mouth, the rapper continues to defend the disparaging remarks he made about Megan Thee Stallion. During an appearance on Hot 97’s Ebro In The Morning, he reiterated claims that he slept with the “Body” rapper on his song “Boogeyman.”Read more...

The curious case (read: anti-Semitic rhetoric fallout) of Ye, a.ka. the artist formerly known as Kanye West, continues and boy, oh boy, have we got a lot to tell you. Though a plethora of people and companies have already severed ties with the Yeezus artist, you can now add Skechers, TJ Maxx, Peloton, Apple Music, and…Read more...

Your subway ride in the city can be disrupted by a few things: an argument between strangers, a homeless person asking for money and becoming angry when no one gives or, in this case, an unhinged racist tirade. In a viral video circulating on Twitter, an Asian woman is seen spewing a word salad of racial epithets on…Read more...

Residents of Miami Beach can now feel free to rock their afros, braids and locs without fear of discrimination. Or at least they now have the law on their side.