It came as no surprise to any of us at The Root when former First Lady Michelle Obama decisively took the top spot on this year’s Root 100 list. Between the triumphant release of her second book, The Light We Carry, and her proactive efforts before the midterm elections to persuade all of us to exercise our right to…Read more...

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Loni “I Stay With A Check” Love is excited to be the host of this year’s The Root 100 gala, taking place on Thursday, December 8th at the Apollo Theater. As always, the beloved host, comedian, author and actress has had another booked and busy year. From ending an epic run as co-host of Emmy-winning talk show The Real…Read more...

Though the Soul Train Awards may have aired a week ago, the 2022 Lady of Soul award-winning group Xscape still can’t seem to get past their issues. Recently, three members of the foursome, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, Kandi Burress, and Tameka Scott addressed some of the drama they’ve been dealing with during a radio…Read more...

While doing press for her latest Savage X Fenty fashion show, Rihanna was asked about her and partner A$AP Rocky’s plans to share their son’s name with the world. The Fenty-made billionaire recently spoke out about how fans shouldn’t ever expect to know any more about the child than they already do.Read more...

We’re breaking out the bottles of bubbly in honor of America’s zennial sweetheart Keke Palmer! As reported early Sunday morning, the actor and producer confirmed her pregnancy during her opening SNL monologue. And while we’re over the moon for the mother-to-be, we couldn’t help but think, didn’t she try to fake us out…Read more...

Those of you who’ve been hotly anticipating the new ride dedicated to Disney’s first Black princess won’t have much longer to wait. Ever since the new attraction was announced in 2020, Imagineers have been hard at work designing an immersive experience inspired by both the Walt Disney Animation Studios film, “The…Read more...

Adrianna Kiri Taylor, 23, was reported missing Nov. 13. On Thanksgiving Day, she was found dead in the backyard of a home in Wilkinsburg, Pa., according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Though a warrant has been filed in connection to her death, her case poses a question many families ask when their loved ones go…Read more...

T’is the time of the month when we reconsider how much we’re paying for TV content. If you want to get the best bang for your Black dollar with streaming services that highlight, empower, and amplify Black voices and media, keep scrolling. We about to lay it out for you...

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Suddenly all of the fit-and-flare fashion lewks we’ve seen as of late on our 2022 Root 100 honoree finally make sense.Read more...

It looks like the Drake fan base in Harlem will have to wait just a while longer to see his highly-anticipated Apollo Theater performance. According to The News International, the rapper has postponed the concert for a second time.

Now you know we do not care what the paperwork says: the Friday movie franchise belongs to Ice Cube. And this week, the man himself shared that he’s been trying to get that point across to the powers that be for years. During a recent appearance on Mike Tyson’s podcast “Hotboxin’,” Cube calls out the Warner Bros.…Read more...

As the internet chatter continues to grow louder around the GMA love affair between co-hosts T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, an old Facebook post from Holmes has resurfaced, only adding more kindle to the dumpster fire. As if T.J.’s estranged wife, Marilee Fiebig Holmes, couldn’t be any more publicly embarrassed, leave it…Read more...

In part two of our series, we explore Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s treatment of Tracy McCarter, a Black domestic abuse survivor, who was charged with killing her white husband.Read more...

When the weather outside is frightful, it gets harder and harder to get me outside. So I have even more time to hibernate in my apartment with a good book. And this December, we found lots of titles that will be great reads or great gifts during the holiday season.Read more...

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Are we about to see what large-scale, monetary reparations looks like in real time?

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The day is finally here. Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, is the final day of Angela Yee’s stint with the most notorious morning show on radio, The Breakfast Club.Read more...

Nearly a month after the news that beloved rapper Takeoff was fatally shot while in Houston, the person suspected in his murder has been arrested and charged with murder.Read more...

Can you believe “Akeelah and the Bee” came out in theaters sixteen years-ago? Well, its star Keke Palmer is all grown-up now, and reflecting on what she learned from her on-screen mother, actress Angela Basset.Read more...

It happens every year. You think you’re all done with your shopping, and then you get invited to a holiday party or involuntarily forced into an office Secret Santa. But you don’t have to blow your budget to brighten someone’s holiday. Whether you’re looking for stocking stuffers, grab bag goodies or a last-minute…Read more...

A 10-year-old boy is being charged as an adult after shooting and killing his mother in Milwaukee, per TMJ4 News. The boy allegedly took his frustration out on his mother after she refused to buy him a VR headset from Amazon. A family member claims he’s had ongoing anger issues.

As ridiculous as this may sound, an 82-year-old Black woman was arrested in Valley, Alabama, for failure to pay a $77 trash bill, according to CBS 42. When two officers approached the home of Martha Menefield, she was surprised. The officers then informed her they came to arrest her for the trash bill, and initially,…Read more...

For years, folks with common sense have questioned the long-established tradition of both political parties kicking off their presidential nominating process with the Iowa Caucuses. It should be obvious why: with Iowa first, candidates know that how they perform there could give them either a leg up in future polls or…Read more...

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is looking into complaints centered around an Atlanta elementary school that allegedly assigned students to classes based on their race, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Black family who filed the complaint also alleges that the school retaliated…Read more...

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If there’s anything the British royals are better at than colonizing and bleeding their country’s taxpayers dry—while offering no political or policy benefit in return—it’s the inability to completely misread a room. Case in point, check out what happened when earlier this week a reporter asked Boston Celtics’…Read more...

In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Kanye West’s Twitter account has been suspended after he posted an image of a swastika inside a Star of David on Thursday. He captioned it with, “YE24 LOVE EVERYONE #LOVESPEECH,” as if writing “love everyone” in all caps makes everything better. The reason this…Read more...

The Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, hits theaters today And while fans will be watching the film with a critical eye, legendary music executive Clive Davis says that unlike previous projects, this film is an honest portrayal of the singer’s life.

As the Democratic House majority wraps up their term before Republicans take over, civil rights groups are calling on representatives to do something about the “Insular Cases,” according to The Hill.Read more...

This year has been one hell of a ride for Ashanti. So many revelations about her life and career have been shared without her voice. But, in her latest interview with the Breakfast Club, the former Murder Inc. singer describes a creepy encounter with a music producer she was working with.Read more...

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Meghan Markle and her hubby Prince Harry have been very candid about their relationship and all of the struggles (read: racism) Markle encountered when she married into the royal family.

‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2022 Word of the Year, but it is the word of a lifetime for Black people. White people are just now consistently using the word. But if we look throughout history, Black people have truly felt the impact of gaslighting for decades.

There’s crime, there’s punishment, and then there’s whatever happened here: after being convicted on fraud charges connected to a scheme to misinform and scare Ohio voters during the 2020 election, two conservative political ops were sentenced to two years of electronic monitoring and 500 hours of community service.…Read more...

If you know anything about Black movies from the 90s, you already know what Nia Long has done for the culture. From Boyz ‘N The Hood, to The Best Man franchise, to my personal favorite, Love Jones, she’s given us so many iconic characters. “I’m just super Black, so anything that we’re doing, if I matter to us, then I…Read more...

Somehow the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 Tuesday to allow its police force to have the ability to deploy “lethal, remote controlled” robots in extreme situations, according to The Associated Press.Read more...

Former NFL player Antonio Brown is finding himself in much more serious trouble than the normal off (and on) the field shenanigans he has normally engaged in.Read more...

Shanteari Weems, the Baltimore woman accused of shooting her husband during an altercation over him allegedly molesting children at her daycare, pleaded guilty to gun and assault charges on Monday.Read more...

There’s one nagging question that’s been asked since Kyrie Irving started a controversy by tweeting a link to a documentary with antisemitic themes: What about Amazon?

Comic book fans were excited when The Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn was named co-CEO of DC Studios. It feels like someone who understands the characters and their importance is finally in charge of the film universe. Now it appears Gunn is reciprocating that excitement by requesting movie ideas from die…Read more...

Radio host loser, Howard Stern, just can’t handle seeing a Black woman, Oprah Winfrey’s, wealth on display. So we thought it would be great to show him and you more ballin’ Black celebs! Enjoy!

I must admit. I did not think I’d be here again. Over the last ten months, I’ve written so much about how idiotic, irresponsible and dangerous Kanye West’s actions have been: everything from his social media rants to his antisemitic comments to his “WHITE LIVES MATTER” t-shirts; The Root has covered it all.Read more...

You’ve got to give it up to the Senate for working together to get something done. On November 29, the Respect for Marriage Act lived to see another day after a 61-36 vote. If you’re counting, that means that 12 Republicans actually reached across the aisle to protect same-sex marriage. The bill now moves on to the…Read more...

A Kentucky judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Lexington Police Officer Jervis Middleton who claimed his termination from the department was a form of retaliation, per the Lexington Herald-Leader. Middleton was accused last year of leaking information about department policies to a group of Black Lives Matter…Read more...

In the post-game press conference after the Los Angeles Lakers 128-109 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, all-star forward Lebron James had some insightful questions for the media. James wondered why he had not been asked about the uncovered photo of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones as an onlooker as six Black…Read more...

What are some of the greatest beefs in the history of rap? 50 Cent vs. JaRule? Drake vs. Pusha T? Pac vs. Biggie? Nas vs. Jay-Z? Jack Harlow vs. Brandy?Read more...

In 2021, 38.4 million people worldwide were living with HIV. 650,000 people died from an HIV-related illness worldwide in 2021. In addition, 15% of all people living with HIV in 2021 did not know their status.Read more...