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The National Unity 2022 Black Voting and Power Building Campaign, including over 50 organizations, are coming together to launch a massive engagement effort to increase Black voter turnout ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, CBS News reports. November will be highly crucial for the direction of the country. 34…Read more...

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We’ve all been not-so-patiently waiting for the first footage from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, so when it dropped at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, it’s no surprise the world went crazy.Read more...

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The Georgia prosecutor who’s kept the heat on ex-president Donald Trump since last year won’t be allowed to investigate at least one of the fake electors in her state who tried to help install Trump for a second term.Read more...

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was an unethical medical experiment the United States government performed on Black men that would have terrible consequences and leave a deep distrust in Black community of the healthcare system that still exists today. Forty years after the study began, a young Associated Press reporter…Read more...

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A sixth teenager was arrested in the infamous Central Park jogger case in 1989. Steven Lopez was only 15 years old when he was arrested and indicted along with other teens for the rape and attempted murder of Trisha Meili. Monday, Lopez’s conviction will be overturned, allowing him to join the exonerated five in…Read more...

Who keeps asking rappers questions about politics? I share the same sentiment that Dave Chappelle does, “Who gives a fuck what Ja Rule thinks at a time like this?!”Read more...

An editor at the New Yorker, one of the country’s most influential magazines, accuses the magazine of firing her after she pointed out longstanding racial and gender inequities at the publication, and she says she’s not taking it lying down.Read more...

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If you were at Madison Square Garden this weekend, then I’m sure you’re the envy of all of your friends—thanks in large part to a sold-out comedy show that took place on Saturday night. The event featured some names you might recognize, like Kevin Hart and Chris Rock, who were co-headlining their “Rock Hart: Only…Read more...

While President Biden waits out the rest of his COVID-19 isolation period, Vice President Kamala Harris has been hitting the road to discuss abortion and what’s at stake in the upcoming midterm elections.Read more...

It was announced on Thursday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigations that it is investigating the death of 28-year-old Brianna Marie Grier, who died on July 21 after an “in-custody incident with Hancock County Sheriff’s Office deputies” that happened just six days earlier.Read more...

On Friday, ex-New Orleans cop Robert Hoobler—who Lil Wayne says saved his life in 1994—was found dead in his Jefferson Parish, Louisiana home. No cause of death has been revealed, but someone who knew Hoobler told NOLA.com that he had serious health issues after his legs were amputated stemming from a car wreck.Read more...

Over the weekend, at the San Diego Comic-Con, Kevin Feige a.k.a. the HMMIC (that’s Head Marvel Man-In-Charge) revealed Marvel’s robust TV and film slate for the upcoming phases of the Marvel Cimenatic Universe, which included long-awaited titles like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, season 2 of Loki, The Marvels and…Read more...

Professor emeritus of constitutional law at Harvard University Lawrence Tribe stated last week that a Trump indictment would be more likely in the ongoing Georgia investigation rather than the Department of Justice. As Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis continues to widen her scope, Governor Brian…Read more...

Two police officers, one Black and one white, sued their police chief for racial discrimination because they were disciplined differently for using the same slur, according to The Enquirer. The jury ended up deadlocked after deliberating for eight hours. This case is interesting on its own but what’s more interesting…Read more...

KeKe Palmer has been everywhere lately as one of the stars of Jordan Peele’s latest film, Nope. But while some are making a big deal about the talented young actress and signer’s recent breakout moment, Palmer has a different take.

On Saturday, notable activists and celebrities discussed everything from wellness to the importance of criminal justice reform at the inaugural United Justice Coalition’s social justice summit in New York City. The event happened in Midtown Manhattan at Center415 and was hosted by Jay Z’s Roc Nation.Read more...

After a weekend of thinking about the Kid Cudi incident that occurred at Rolling Loud Miami, I have concluded that some fans are assholes. That’s something I already knew, but now I feel even more sure about it than ever.Read more...

Despite all the revelations provided to the public during the primetime Jan. 6th select committee hearings, one prominent person was missing. Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, first stated she was looking forward to talking to the committee and then suddenly pulled back. As…Read more...

A Seattle man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to murder Black people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo. This happened just days after a different Tops location — the one where the racially-motivated May massacre occurred — opened back up to the public.Read more...

The Root previously reported that there were calls for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to recuse herself in an upcoming affirmative action case involving Harvard University. Jackson was a Harvard’s Board of Overseers, who advised policy matters from 2016 until the Spring. Although Jackson said she would recuse herself,…Read more...

After flambéing middle-class, white liberals in 2017’s Get Out, only to take classism and “ignoring the ramifications of privilege” to task in 2019’s Us, Jordan Peele—whose tether became the first Black writer-director to crack $100 million with his cinematic debut—has returned to torment and bewilder us all with his…Read more...

In unfortunate news, before he was ever able to take a step on a professional football field, Houston Texans rookie wide receiver John Metchie III’s career has been delayed. On Sunday, he announced that he has been diagnosed with leukemia and will probably not be able to play this entire season.Read more...

I don’t know about you, but at 13-years-old, all I could think about was jumping Double Dutch and the latest New Edition song. But Alena Analeigh Wicker is a 13-year-old who is getting ready to do big things.

Why not call this the year of the Blackfamous blowup? With Monique and Sheryl Lee Ralph on the rise again, some of our beloved stars will no longer be our treasured secrets. Sheryl Lee Ralph proudly told the Hollywood Reporter that she was Blackfamous ( which is someone mostly known and cherished by Black people)…Read more...

The tiny town of Sunrise, Florida, is under a cloud after one of its cops was criminally charged with assaulting officer who tried to stop him from assaulting a man who was in their custody.Read more...

If you’ve ever seriously considered Black American English to be its own language, you aren’t the only one. And while words like “finna” or “bae” might get you thrown off of the scrabble board now, it may not remain the case in three years time, as an Oxford Dictionary for African American English hits book shelves…Read more...

A once segregated school in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan is one step closer to landmark status, all due to the efforts of a local Black historian. For years, Eric K. Washington has been fighting to preserve the building once known simply as Colored School No. 4, one of the few left standing from the slavery…Read more...

Marvel fans, rejoice! The trailer for the highly anticipated Black Panther sequel, “Wakanda Forever” just debuted at San Diego’s Comic Con, and the tears are already flowing. Following the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman in 2020 after a private battle with cancer, movie goers have had mixed emotions about the…Read more...

Former Vice President Mike Pence visited a South Carolina church Wednesday to make remarks on the “Post-Roe World,” according to ABC 15 News. Most reports catch the pro-birth statements he made but in one TikTok video of his speech he actually said something not completely out of left field.

The Department of Justice has opened up a formal environmental investigation looking into illegal dumping complaints in Houston’s predominately Black and Latino neighborhoods, Politico reports. The complaints outlined dead bodies, animals, medical waste, mattresses, and other trash have been dumped in the Northeast…Read more...

In news that might shock the “build that wall” types, it turns out that people from the United States are now fleeing to Mexico to get adequate health care.Read more...

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While around here we don’t like to make it a habit to speak ill of the dead, what we are indeed obligated to do is to tell the truth, and the truth is that Elvis Pressley was a racist thief of a musician. However, according to his ex wife Priscilla, we should all reconsider our stance on the matter due to the fact…Read more...

If you’re still reeling, dazed and confused about the European adventures that transpired in season three of FX’s Atlanta, then you’ll be pleased to know that the fourth and final season will see our favorite friend group back in the ATL come this fall. Or at least, that appears to be the case in a brand new teaser…Read more...

Billy Porter is just one letter away from EGOT status, and with the rollout of his latest project, he’s one step closer to catching them all. In his directorial debut, Porter tells the story of a trans teen girl who falls in love with a Muslim-American boy in their senior year of high school. Written by Ximena García…Read more...

Just days after news broke about the brutal beating of 25 year old Brandon Calloway, members of his fraternity have released a public statement. According to the official website of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the organization’s General President, Dr. Willis L. Lonzer reached out to Calloway within 24 hours of…Read more...

Florida is a state that limits the way teachers can talk about race and gender in the classroom, which some believe contributed to the teaching shortage the state is experiencing now.Read more...

Bryant Strong, a police officer in Prince George’s County, was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail as well as three years of probation. In 2019, a traffic stop for Demonte Ward-Blake–a Black man–conducted by Strong left Ward-Blake paralyzed from the neck down. He died last year at just 26 years of age in an unrelated…Read more...

As a first generation Haitian-American, I grew up surrounded by proud reminders of the country from which I descended: paintings of Jacmel beaches, kompa music from bands like T-Vice and Tabou Combo, cuisine like diri kole (red beans and rice), griot (fried pork), akra (taro fritter), bannann peze (fried plantains)…Read more...

When Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham told LeBron James and other Black athletes to “shut up and dribble,” back in 2018 she never thought she was tossing him a dime.

Wanda Durant is a mom of two successful sons: Anthony and Kevin (the latter just happens to be an NBA all-star), an entrepreneur and a philanthropist. She’s also a woman on a mission to educate people about Graves’ Disease, an immune system disorder that results in the production of excess thyroid hormones, and …Read more...

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It’s an unfortunate reality that violence against trans and gender non-conforming people in this country appears to be rising. Last year was the deadliest year on record for transgender and non-binary folk in the United States.Read more...

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Although it’s been 30 years since Sister Act 2, and a couple years since chatter about a potential Sister Act 3 began to arise, Whoopi Goldberg has just given us a little bit more hope for the long-awaited sequel film.Read more...