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Lovers of the recent AAFCA TV Honors award recipient and workplace comedy Abbott Elementary will be pleased to learn that we’ll be getting a whole lot more of the beloved show once it returns this fall.Read more...

A New York corrections officer has been charged for shooting and killing a Bronx teen who was playing with a water gun, according to the New York Daily News. Dion Middleton, 45, was charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. At the moment, there’s no evidence to suggest the teen fired the water gun…Read more...

I’m a big fan of absolutely anything related to Trevor Noah. So you can imagine my excitement at the launch of The Daily Show Presents: Hold Up, a hilarious new podcast series hosted by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah correspondent Dulcé Sloan and writer Josh Johnson, produced in partnership with iHeartMedia.

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On Wednesday, white Mississippi police chief Sam Dobbins was fired after a recording leaked where he boasted about killing 13 people as a law enforcement official. He constantly used the n-word on the tape. He also used the epithet to describe a Black person who he claimed to have shot at least 119 times.Read more...

There are an array of natural hair categories, from protective styles, color-treated hair, grey hair, locs, and the list goes on. If you’re looking for a variety of natural hairfluencers, follow these accounts!Read more...

The Jan. 6th House Select committee’s primetime hearings have taken a summer break. Now, all eyes are on Attorney General Merrick Garland and if the Department of Justice will move on formal charges against former President Donald Trump. Garland has stated that Trump is not above the law but indicated that an…Read more...

Y’all have friends and family who say they were given “white” names at birth? That’s because it’s assumed that your name plus a checked off “Black/African American” box on a job application may get you turned down. Naturi Greene, from Charlotte, Nc. tested this theory with a Target application and was proven right.

A two-year-long federal investigation found that the city of Chicago violated the civil rights of its residents in the proposed relocation of a scrap metal facility with a history of pollution complaints. It would move the business, General Iron, from a mostly white neighborhood in the North Side to a mostly Black and…Read more...

As The Root previously reported, 50 Cent is set to star and produce a horror movie about social media and influencer culture. It’s a far cry from the crime dramas he normally is great in.Read more...

Even Donald Trump’s lawyers can’t avoid being dragged into court.Read more...

Rap Sh!t, the newest HBO Max comedy from Issa Rae, made it’s splashy debut on Thursday night and let me just tell you right now: we’re in for a fun AF ride.Read more...

Activists are calling for the release of Tupac Shakur’s stepfather, Mutulu Shakur, from a prison sentence since he is battling a rare form of blood cancer that doctors say is incurable. Shakur has been incarcerated for more than 35 years. He is now 71 and suffering from stage-3 multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that…Read more...

First, he was arrested during a traffic stop on drug charges. Then his attorney claimed the drugs found were prescribed. Now Kodak Black is being placed on house arrest for violating the terms of his supervised release.Read more...

On Thursday, CNN reported the Supreme Court ruled to place a hold on a Biden Immigration policy that sought to set guidelines deciding which illegal immigrants should be arrested and deported. Although there was no apparent reason for the block, the justices have agreed to hear arguments on the case’s merits next term…Read more...

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All month long, we’ve been sharing personal stories about fibroids, a condition that impacts the lives of nearly 80 percent of Black women in this country by age 50. As someone currently living with fibroids, this story is deeply personal to me. That’s why I was beyond excited to talk to comedian, writer and talk show…Read more...

Kyler Murray ain’t going nowhere, and the Arizona Cardinals backed up a Brinks truck to make it so.Read more...

The oft-glamourized world of rap music stardom takes center stage in the upcoming HBO Max series Rap Sh!t, created and executive produced by Issa Rae and Insecure alum Syreeta Singleton.Read more...

The United States first nation-wide mental health crisis hotline (988) has gone live, as previously reported by The Associated Press. The intent is to replace responding police and paramedics with psychiatric counselors. Given the number of Black people who needed mental help and ended up being arrested, this seems…Read more...

While the Jan. 6th House Select Committee continues to get to the bottom of the totality of the first Capitol riot, a bipartisan group of Senators is trying to prevent a future one from happening. The group led by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) has introduced two bills aimed at strengthening the…Read more...

I thought just R. Kelly was the one on trial? Now it seems the disgraced R&B singer’s manager is taking a crack at this court thing.Read more...

On Thursday, the Right to Contraception Act — which codifies the right to birth control and other contraceptives—was passed by the House. The bill comes on the heels of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade’s protection of abortion access last month.Read more...

I don’t know about you, but I know exactly what I’ll be doing on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. I’m going to be curled up on my couch with a glass of wine and a copy of “THE LIGHT WE CARRY: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” the highly-anticipated literary follow-up by our forever First Lady, Michelle Obama.

OWN’s hit drama Queen Sugar has just wrapped up filming its final season. To recognize the series’ contributions during its time in the city, the mayor of New Orleans honored creator/executive producer Ava DuVernay with the key to the city.

As New York City is currently experiencing a surge in homelessness, New York City mayor Eric Adams claims asylum seekers are being bused to New York, Politico reports. The Root has previously reported on the ongoing struggle concerning New York’s homeless population. Adams launched an initiative to eliminate…Read more...

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to two and 1/2 years in prison Thursday for his role in the killing of George Floyd, according to The Associated Press. Though he had a physical hand in helping Derek Chauvin suffocate Floyd, Lane’s attorneys insist he was the least culpable out of all the…Read more...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams teamed up with Black mayors across the country to hold gun manufacturers accountable for the circulation of illegal firearms, according to the NY Daily News. Adams previously launched a revised plainclothes unit to recover illegal firearms. However, gun violence continues to spiral, becoming one…Read more...

The fall of Roe v. Wade has been as chaotic and disastrous as doctors and advocates on the ground predicted.Read more...

Twitter is full of controversial opinions. It’s fueled by crazy comments. However, filmmaker Jordan Peele took offense at a recent post about his place in horror movie history.

It looks like Dave Chappelle’s show at Minneapolis’ First Avenue venue on Wednesday night did not go on, thanks to social media backlash over the comedian’s booking.Read more...

We got it from Here… Thank you 4 Your Service was the perfect last album to send off A Tribe Called Quest and legendary MC Phife Dawg, who died months before the album was released.Read more...

Body cameras shared by police on Sunday caught the arrest of four purported gang members who are suspects in a string of more than a dozen home invasions in Sandy Springs.Read more...

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last several weeks, Beyoncé is coming!Read more...

After 2020-21 sports were dominated by bubbles, cancellations and shortened seasons, the 2021-22 year in sports bounced back strong with some of the best competition we’ve ever seen. Those amazing moments were highlighted on Wednesday night at the 2022 ESPYS.

President Joe Biden was diagnosed with Covid-19 this morning, the White House said. He is the second successive president to contract the virus which over the past two-and-a-half years has upended global economies and ushered in a new era of health precautions.

Y’all haven’t forgotten about Gunna, right? After being indicted in a RICO case in May, he has only seen the bars of a jail. But now in a new petition, his attorneys are making an attempt to have him released.Read more...

As the trend of rappers being killed continues in 2022, rapper French Montana asserts that record labels are doing the most to cash in. In an interview with Akademiks’ Off The Record podcast, Montana believes that the labels receive a large sum of cash if one of their artists get murdered.Read more...

The superintendent of the Uvalde, Texas, school district now says that the embattled chief of his police department should be fired, almost two months after one of the worst school shootings in the nation’s history happened on his watch.

Rihanna may not be giving fans a whole lot of new music these days, but she is definitely coming through with products to make us look and feel our best. She’s already got us losing our minds for her Fenty Beauty cosmetics line (The Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick is a makeup bag must-have, by the way). And now, the…Read more...

SoFaygo’s rise has been meteoric. The latest rapper to emerge out of the SoundCloud underground scene, the Atlanta rapper has not slowed down since the release of his 2019 mixtape War.Read more...

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Archaeologists in Virginia have begun excavating three suspected graves at the site of the country’s oldest Black church Monday, according to The Associated Press. Williamsburg, Va. is a prominent location for colonial history, however, most historic sites neglect to share the stories of the Black people who lived…Read more...

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If the 2020 census didn’t have enough uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration also wanted to include a citizenship question to further skew districts for Republicans. As a new report from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform shows, a secret memo was uncovered showing that the Trump…Read more...

Grammy award-winning musician H.E.R. will be starring in a tale as old as time, as it’s been revealed that she’ll be taking on the role of Belle in ABC’s Beauty and The Beast 30th anniversary special.Read more...

On Tuesday, the House passed the Respect For Marriage Act Tuesday to codify same-sex marriage being legal nationwide. It’s a very real possibility that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court could overturn it the same way they overturned Roe v. Wade last month.