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There are things that make no sense–like how living in Pittsburgh, somehow I can drive to Buffalo, Baltimore, D.C., Cleveland or Columbus faster than the PA turnpike will get me to Philly–and then there’s Herschel Walker’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate, which manages to be an outlier even in this era of absurdity as a…Read more...

Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor, 10, was allegedly bullied at Foxboro Elementary school in Farmington, Utah for being autistic and Black, which resulted in her dying by suicide in November, according to a report by KSL News Radio based on an independent investigation commissioned by the Davis School District. The report,…Read more...

“Ghost guns” are weapons that can be assembled from parts that lack traceable serial numbers. ATF notes that 20,000 suspected ghost guns were recovered by law enforcement during criminal investigations last year. In New York City alone, the NYPD has recovered 131 ghost guns from January 1 until now, a stated 351…Read more...

Several progressive organizations are launching a seven-figure ad campaign aimed at Black voters in the wake Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court last week.Read more...

April 11 - 17 is Black Maternal Health Week, a campaign founded by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to create awareness and inspire activism around issues related to maternal health and reproductive justice for Black mothers. These issues are more important than ever as Black women continue to die at disproportionate…Read more...

Over the weekend, actress Jada Pinkett Smith stepped out in her first appearance since the Academy banned her husband Will Smith from the Oscars for the next 10 years stemming from this year’s infamous 2022 Oscars slap incident.Read more...

Since the summer of 2020, when we saw an overwhelming number of police brutality cases, the officers accused of using excessive or deadly force against Black people have rarely been charged. FiveThiryEight found only 110 officers nationwide have been charged with murder in an on-duty shooting yet 1,000 people are shot…Read more...

It appears Trey Songz has been cleared of sexual assault allegations stemming from an alleged encounter in Las Vegas.Read more...

A Proud Boys leader pleaded guilty to two felony charges related to the January 6, 2021 insurrection, reported CNN. Charles Donohoe, 34, is the first out of all Proud Boy leadership to plead guilty and cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation.

I’m a long-time Washington (thankfully known as the Commanders now) fan–a lot of that comes with caveats. From a wins and losses perspective, you can point to the team’s current streak of being a mediocre franchise and the endless amount of scandal and cultural deficiencies from the top. But, I also know tragedy when…Read more...

The personal care and beauty industry is a trillion-dollar business, one that has many of us hooked on products that keep our hair, nails and skin on point. But while we’re spending a lot of money to look and feel our best, some of our favorite products may be doing much more harm than good.Read more...

The Biden Administration has quietly tapped a ‘racial equity czar’ to work in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, charged with carrying out the agenda laid out in one of President Joe Biden’s first executive orders.

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Every now and then, the youth choir of Black Twitter Baptist sings a song we’ve all heard once or twice before. In this week’s edition of not-so-new-news that gets resurfaced every 5-6 years or so, folks on the internet have rediscovered Ice Cube’s controversial race swapping series “Black. White.” and nobody is ok.…Read more...

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A local nonprofit in Athens, GA is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Chess and Community, founded by Lemuel “Life” LeRoche may have just celebrated its tenth anniversary this past March, but was born nearly twenty years ago in the early 2000s.Read more...

On Saturday, 200 rare and never before seen works by the famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat opened to the public at Chelsea’s Starrett-Lehigh building. The “King Pleasure” exhibition, curated by Basquiat’s sisters Jeanine Heriveaux and Lisane Basquiat, along with their stepmother, Nora Fitzpatrick, is an extension of…Read more...

Tiger Woods dropped an F-bomb while playing at the Masters on Thursday, and if you’re a true Tiger fan, you know that in his best performing moments–the cussing comes with it. In what was otherwise a triumphant round of golf during his first tournament since his car crash in early 2021, Tiger got just a wee bit…Read more...

Whether you met him as Childish Gambino the rapper or as Donald Glover the writer and actor, we all know by now that both characters are indeed the same dude. And yet, the “Atlanta” showrunner has recently decided to revel in this duplicity by interviewing himself. In a piece published by Interview Magazine this past…Read more...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed on Saturday morning in an accident on a South Florida highway.

Following the recent incident which should only have to be referred to from this point on as “the slap,” singer August Alsina seems to have thrown his sneaky link handbook right out of the window. In a new song titled “Shake The World,” Alsina seems to be loosening his lips around the previous “entanglement” had with…Read more...

The campaign arm for Senate Democrats is launching an ad campaign in five cities, aiming to remind Black voters that of Republicans’ opposition to the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.Read more...

As a mom of two, I go into every new school year with good intentions. I tell myself that I’ll be at every PTA meeting and get an early jump on those awful class projects. And I’m going to drill my kids with math facts and spelling words on weekends. But then life gets in the way, and I forget that I have a job,…Read more...

Speaking through tears and punctuated by emotional sighs, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson invoked ancestors who overcame slavery and segregation in her first public comments about her confirmation as the first Black woman Supreme Court justice in the country’s history on Friday.

While it’s been nearly two weeks since the infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock slap incident occurred at the 2022 Oscars, the Academy has finally handed down its reprimands for the King Richard star.Read more...

On Friday, it was announced that the popular daytime talk show, The Real, had been canceled after eight seasons.

If you’re looking for the smartest, freshest, funniest comedy on TV, look no further than HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. As great as Seasons 1 and 2 were, Season 3 is actually even better.Read more...

Updated as of 4/7/2022 at 8:00 a.m. ET

Is the New York criminal investigation into ex-president Donald Trump over or ongoing? The Manhattan district attorney yesterday made a rare public statement about the status of the probe which has been in doubt since the lead prosecutors on the case quit back in February.

Back in Feb., we told you about the unidentified woman who was suing new Death Row Records owner Snoop Dogg and one of his associates, Bishop Don “Magic” Juan for sexual battery and sexual assault. Now, it looks like that same woman has had a change in heart.Read more...

According to a study from the University of Chicago, doctors are more likely to describe their Black patients in a negative light when writing medical notes, especially compared to other racial groups.Read more...

In recent years—and of course, inspired by the officer-related murder of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic—we’ve seen organizations like NASCAR and Formula One commit to building a far more diverse and inclusive sport that’s reflective of the “the world in which they race.” And while the results thus far have…Read more...

Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson and his wife Christina Evangeline have split after being together for nearly 15 years, and married for 11, per TMZ. They have been separated for over a year, but continue to stay friendly as they co-parent their two daughters.

You may not hear country music booming out of the speakers of many cars in the inner cities of New York, Chicago or Detroit. But a new generation of country artists like Kane Brown, Mickey Guyton and Jimmie Allen are here to show the world that the genre isn’t just music by and for white people who wear cowboy hats.…Read more...

Oprah Winfrey and Viola Davis will be joining together once again for a new special coming to Netflix this month.Read more...

Nathanial Glover, better recognized as The Kidd Creole from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter for the stabbing of a homeless man, reported NBC News. He’s been held without trial for four years.

The Los Angeles district attorney’s office will not be filing charges against the Inglewood police officers who shot and killed a Black couple inside their car in 2016, reported The Los Angeles Times. Prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to justify charges.

A Maine judge could become the first African American to serve on the state’s highest court. First, a confirmation hearing will be held before a committee of the Maine Legislature, according to the Associated Press.Read more...

It hasn’t been a great week for the actual Lakers, but the fictional ones just picked up a big win.

In elementary school, the closest thing to Black literature offered to me was To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In high school, the only Black book I read was A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. The majority of literature on the syllabi revolved around white men or white women. Marley Dias, a 17-year-old …Read more...

Two more Black NFL coaches are joining Brian Flores’ class-action racial discrimination lawsuit against the league adding more fuel to a controversy that has hovered over the league all offseason.

It’s hard to believe that we had to wait until 2022 to see a Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. But as we celebrate the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, we thought it was the perfect time to give some shine to some of the other amazing Black women who have battled discrimination and broken barriers to…Read more...

By the grace of a million prayers, it is done. Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. (Thank you, Georgia.) Black parents around the country will tell their Black boys and girls of this moment–providing another example of how even the wildest dreams can be realized even…Read more...

Whoopi Goldberg, a legend of stage and screen, continues to choose interesting projects. According to a press release provided to The Root, the award-winning actress has been cast as the Bird Woman in Prime Video’s Anansi Boys. The View co-host joins previously announced stars Delroy Lindo, Malachi Kirby, L. Scott…Read more...

André Holland and Don Cheadle will be teaming up for a new project coming to Apple soon.Read more...

The shadow docket is another term, coined by Chicago law professor Will Baude, to describe emergency actions taken by the Supreme Court that don’t go through the full briefing and hearing process of a formal opinion. Justices don’t have to explain their ruling, give no explanations as to why each justice voted the way…Read more...

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is planning to roll out advertisements to gain Black Virginia voters this week, reported CNN. The initiative is making an effort toward building a stronger relationship with communities of color amidst the growing concern Black voters have about the Democratic Party.

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Just ahead of Black Maternal Health Week, Serena Williams is opening up about the struggles she endured on the day of, and days after, giving birth to her four-year-old daughter, Olympia.Read more...