The Root

The nerd becomes the teacher. The rapper once known for his Revenge of the Nerds mixtape is now going to be teaching rap at MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Read more...

On the 2020 campaign trail, now President Joe Biden won over the hearts and votes of many by promising to forgive up to $10,000 in student loan debt per person.

A Democratic state legislator from Buffalo, where a white supremacist massacred 10 Black people in a Tops supermarket earlier this month, is accused by three of his former top staffers of firing them rather than taking their advice to go through with a speech condemning racism. The legislator, Pat Burke, serves in the…Read more...

Naomi Osaka’s return to major competition has been a bumpy road. That continued in the first round of Grand Slam clay court tournament, the French Open. The four-time Grand Slam champion was beaten by American Amanda Anisimova 7-5, 6-4, per ESPN.Read more...

After going after math textbooks for what they thought were teachings of critical race theory, the Republican-influenced Florida Department of Education is now looking at social studies. Politico reports that the department recently issued guidance that textbook publishers should avoid CRT and social justice, on top…Read more...

It’s been nine days since 13 people were gunned down—10 of them fatally—at the Buffalo supermarket Tops in the heart of a Black community. The white male terrorist behind it, Payton Gendron, published a manifesto online outlining his hatred of Black people and every step of his plan to kill them just days before the…Read more...

Over a career spanning a partnership in Big Law to the Obama Justice Department, there wasn’t much that left White House Deputy Counsel Danielle Conley unprepared for her current role as the top Black woman lawyer in federal government. Conley leads a team of White House attorneys that, among other things, was…Read more...

Louisiana State University alum and twenty year staff veteran, Sharon Lewis, states that throughout her tenure, she filed “several” reports of racial offenses and sexual misconduct. According to NBC News, she took the protection of female students and coworkers seriously. But then, in what felt like a personal…Read more...

Over the past several years, Wells Fargo has made headlines with scandals ranging from opening up more than 2 million fake accounts, to denying more than half of all refinancing applications from Black homeowners. And if you thought every evil within the institution had been eradicated, just wait until you hear this.…Read more...

Hold your “Nick Cannon looked at me and now I’m pregnant” jokes. Looks like this father of seven (with one on the way) will soon be ready to let the sun set on his baby making days. And it could be happening sooner than you think. This past Tuesday, the Masked Singer host shared with E News that he had already been…Read more...

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While the NFL’s decision as to whether or not they will be suspending Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has come to a standstill, HBO is moving forward with airing an interview featuring several of the women accusing him of sexual misconduct. Watson is currently facing 22 pending civil lawsuits. According to an HBO…Read more...

On this week’s episode of why Black Twitter is losing their minds, folks have been in absolute shambles after Lori Harvey revealed her dietary habits. The 25 year old influencer recently shared on TikTok her very own “weight loss hack,” leaving many with raised eyebrows, strained necks, and in hand over hip formation.…Read more...

If you’re a tennis fan, you know that the French Open is officially upon us. The famed tennis tournament, also known as Roland-Garros kicked off this past week in Paris, and our reigning court queen, Naomi Osaka has made her return to the competition. In 2021, she bravely refused to speak to the press citing personal…Read more...

Ever-popular 90s girl groups SWV and Xscape will be getting the series treatment for a new show on Bravo.Read more...

In case you haven’t been keeping the count, its been 10 years since veteran actor Samuel L. Jackson made his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live and nearly 15 years since he’s hosted. According to Jackson, the reason for that long of a gap has to with a ban he claims has been imposed on him stemming from a skit…Read more...

Ex-president Donald Trump has finally ponied up the $110,000 he owned on a contempt fine for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents in a New York civil investigation of his business practices. But he’s not off the hook on the contempt rap just yet.

As the TV industry goes into full campaign mode, NBC has made early production decisions about the 74th Emmy Awards, airing Monday, Sept. 12.

From Day One, Herschel Walker’s U.S. Senate run has been amateur hour. He’s skipped every televised debate with his GOP primary opponents. He’s been caught in obvious lies about graduating from college, a thing about which no one ever cared. He’s skirted questions about his mental health, past accusations of domestic…Read more...

Summer is right around the corner, making it the perfect time to get your backyard ready to barbecue. But you may not have a lot of time or money to get a designer’s help. Luckily, we did it for you.Read more...

The Root previously reported on Ginni Thomas’ text messages to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, urging him to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. However, damning emails published by The Washington Post Friday reveal that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas went much further in an…Read more...

Georgia is seeing early voter turnout at a higher rate than ever before among voters in minority communities, reported National Review. According to data from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, triple the amount of Black voters have casted their early votes this year in comparison to the primaries in 2018.

As a brother from Atlanta, Michael Vick will always have a special place in my heart, he is one of the most electrifying and exciting athletes in the history of sports, and his play on the field has given me a lot of happy memories. So it’s good to see him coming out of retirement to do what he does best, play…Read more...

Loyal fans and followers of the late Nipsey Hussle will get a special look inside his budding (ha!) cannabis business thanks to a newly-released documentary.Read more...

Brian Brainard Wedgeworth isn’t a doctor, but he played one online. Now victims of the “Casanova Scammer” are finally getting a little justice. Wedgeworth, 46, pleaded guilty on May 19 in a Florida federal court to stealing over $1 Million from more than 30 people he met on online dating sites.

A federal judge heard a motion Tuesday to dismiss the lawsuit against biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific, which is being accused of reproducing and selling Henrietta Lacks’ tissue, per CBS Baltimore. The family, represented by civil rights attorney Ben Crump, allege the cells were taken without her permission.

On Wednesday night at Phillips Auction House in New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 Untitled painting sold for a record-breaking $85 million. It was estimated to be worth around $70 million. The seller of Untitled, billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, originally purchased the painting at Christie’s in New York back in 2016…Read more...

New BET+ series Kingdom Business explores the very un-Christian world behind gospel music. Superstar Yolanda Adams stars as “Queen of Gospel” Denita Jordan. Despite the fact that Kingdom Records is struggling financially, Denita is determined to keep her crown away from up and comer/former stripper Rbel, played by…Read more...

The Justice Department is utilizing a variety of steps, such as releasing $5 million for states to establish hotlines to report hate crimes, NPR reports. This initiative will provide additional funding to states that report hate crime data. Local law enforcement agencies are not required to submit their data to the…Read more...

Earlier this month, we crossed the grim milestone of over one million people lost to COVID-19 in the United States. Whether we want to believe it or not, this fatal virus is still affecting hundreds of thousands of people on a daily basis and has taken many lives in the last two years.Read more...

During the past two years, the last thing a person would’ve considered doing is saying something racially trivial on social media. People were getting fired from companies and universities left and right, including Dr. Charles Negy. The University of Central Florida fired him for making a racially insensitive tweet,…Read more...

In the days following the tragic mass shooting in Buffalo, President Biden referred to white supremacy as poison. An investigation is also being launched to examine the social media platforms the alleged shooter used before and during the attack. Now, the NAACP is preparing to propose a plan in other to protect Black…Read more...

The man who allegedly tackled Dave Chappelle on stage at the Netflix Is A Joke Festival faces criminal charges for an attack—but this time it has nothing to do with the controversial comedian. On Thursday, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that Isaiah Lee, 23, has been charged with…Read more...

During a conversation at the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival, Oscar, Emmy and Tony-award winning actress Viola Davis opened up about the time she was miscalled by a director during the early days of her career.Read more...

In this crazy, weird modern world we live in, everyone knows the first signs of an impending breakup is the social media unfollow. ESPN goes into a frenzy anytime a high-profile athlete unfollows their team or teammates. Now the hip-hop world is experiencing the same madness, as fears of a possible Migos breakup have…Read more...

Vice President Kamala Harris is not here for the restrictive abortion laws several states around the country are trying to put in place. And she recently voiced her concern for one of the newest and most restrictive pieces of legislation coming out of Oklahoma, calling it “outrageous.”

The three last living survivors of the racist Tulsa Massacre of 1921 have gotten a $1 million donation from an unlikely place: a wealthy, white New York philanthropist who’s half their age, has no ties to Tulsa and only recently became aware that the tragedy even occurred.

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Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump vowed on Thursday to hold everyone who was an accomplice to the Buffalo supermarket shooting accountable, per National Review. Crump stood alongside Rev. Al Sharpton and the families of the victims in front of Antioch Baptist Church to condemn the hate-fueled incident and announce…Read more...

Earlier this month, Florida rapper Rod Wave, who just scored his first number 1 album on the Billboard 200 a year ago, was arrested and faced charges of battery by strangulation for allegedly choking his ex-girlfriend in front of his children.Read more...

The 18-year-old white male accused of killing ten people at Tops supermarket in a predominately Black neighborhood in Buffalo has been indicted by a grand jury on charges connected to the shooting after he appeared in court on Thursday, CBS News reports.Read more...

Ava DuVernay never stops. Queen Sugar may be wrapping up its run, but the always busy writer/director has already set up her next TV series at Starz.

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An appeals court reinstated a New York City law prohibiting officers from using excessive restraint during an arrest. It reversed the lower court ruling which labeled the measure as unconstitutionally vague, per The Associated Press.

Multi-hyphenate star and Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx will be starring in an upcoming action film set to begin production this month.Read more...

Coach Prime ain’t having it.Read more...

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has expressed interest in a run for Congress. Seats have opened in Brooklyn and Manhattan as a result of a redistricting plan, prompting the politician to possibly seize the opportunity.Read more...

As the country waits for the Supreme Court’s decision on whether or not to overturn Roe V. Wade, the Department of Homeland Security is warning that the decision could lead to widespread violence around the country.

While the Biden administration and Democratic representatives work together to find the proper amount and method to cancel student loan debt for 43 million Americans, Republicans have decided to try to block it. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), along with four other Republican senators, have introduced a bill to stop any…Read more...

Lil Nas X is going to need an extension on his trophy case. In the past year the “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” singer has won Grammys, Billboard awards, iHeart Radio awards and GLAAD Media honors. Now he’s being recognized for his songwriting talent.