The Root

Continuing what a tragic year for former football athletes, yet another NFL alumnus has died.Read more...

The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a murder conviction of a Portland man after finding out the prosecutors dismissed two Black jurors from the jury pool because of their race, according to OregonLive. The district attorney’s decision to strike both jurors was for “race-neutral” reasons.

Lawyers for Marilyn Mosby, the progressive Baltimore prosecutor who faces several legal battles of her own, are fighting to get federal perjury charges against her dropped.Read more...

Get Out and Judas and the Black Messiah star Daniel Kaluuya will, unfortunately, not be reprising his role as W’Kabi in the upcoming Black Panther sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Read more...

On Wednesday, it was revealed that Khloe Kardashian is expecting her second child via surrogate with Tristan Thompson. Kardashian, 38, and the Chicago Bulls player, 31, are are already parents to 4-year-old daughter True Thompson.Read more...

If you just copped a brand new video doorbell in a Prime Day sale, but you’re concerned about the ever-expanding police/surveillance state we live in, you may want to consider the purchase after reading this.Read more...

Two weeks after R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering charges, the disgraced R&B singer returned on Tuesday to a federal jail in his hometown of Chicago before his trial on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges, according to the Chicago Tribune.Read more...

The city of Detroit has agreed to pay $7.5 million in a settlement to Desmond Ricks, a Black man who claims the police framed him for a murder he did not commit, according to The Associated Press. Ricks spent 25 years in prison on a wrongful conviction.

If you want to learn more about the University of Central Florida’s stance on racism, you won’t find the information on the website. In fact, the Orlando public research university is taking steps to remove anti-racist statements from its departments’ websites. You’re probably thinking that this is a huge step in the…Read more...

Despite how Will Smith may be viewed by folks both inside and outside of Hollywood right now, thanks to the now infamous Oscars slap, his Bad Boys costar Martin Lawrence isn’t going to let that get in the way of the two reuniting for one more film.Read more...

Clarence Thomas’ messy ass is yet again being called out. This time it comes in the form of a petition demanding his impeachment. Devised by the public policy advocacy group MoveOn, the document has received 1.2 million signatures and calls for Thomas to be impeached or resign, which is possible under the U.S.…Read more...

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The U.S. Capitol, a building constructed by Black slaves and which was overrun on Jan. 6, 2021 by overwhelmingly white rioters in support of a racist president, is home to a new statue of one of the nation’s most important Black educators.Read more...

A Manhattan bar, Sweet and Vicious, agreed to pay $500,000 to current and former employees who claimed managers were sexually inappropriate with them as well as racist, according to ABC 7 News. The Attorney General’s Office called the bar a “hostile and discriminatory workplace” that subjected employees to sexual…Read more...

Back in 1995, a group of Boston cops jumped a Black man dressed in street clothes in an alley in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood, a diverse corner of the city that was rife with gang violence back then, and beat him until he passed out.Read more...

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Not only is Styles P a celebrated rapper with The Lox, but it turns out he’s also a hero.Read more...

During the seventh Jan. 6th select House committee’s public hearing on the Jan. 6th Capitol riot yesterday, the public learned additional details on the planning. We learned the context of former President Trump’s Dec. 19th tweet about the “wild protest,” who coordinated around it, and that Trump himself reached out…Read more...

Though it’s been nearly one month since The Wendy Williams Show said goodbye to its fans and loyal followers for good, the eponymous host is finally speaking out and sharing her thoughts on the series finale, which astonishingly went forward without her.Read more...

Colombia now has its first Black Ambassador to the United States. In a July 12 tweet, Colombia’s president-elect, Gustavo Petro, announced that Luis Gilberto Murillo would become the country’s newest ambassador to the United States when he takes office in August.

Last week, I told you about the initial experience our gang of four grown-ups had upon boarding the Disney Wish. In part two of my recap, I want to dive deeper into the experiences we had at Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island in the Bahamas, and on our following day at sea.Read more...

Less than two weeks before Jordan Peele’s NOPE, the creepy AF UFO-centric film starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer, is set to hit theaters, its leading man has teamed up with designer Jide Osifeso for some limited-edition merch to coincide with it.Read more...

The Austin American-Statesman and ABC affiliate KVUE have obtained surveillance footage of the Uvalde shooting and released it to the public, per their reports. The footage only intensified the belief that the officers were delayed in their response but also enraged the families who hadn’t gotten a chance to view the …Read more...

A man identified as Semoen Tesfamariam was charged on Tuesday with assaulting former Olympic volleyball player Kim Glass, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.Read more...

America has seen what a 6-3 Republican-favored Supreme Court can do regarding upending standards around climate change, reproductive rights, and gun safety. With important decisions around affirmative action and voting rights coming in the fall, a solution that’s been floated is expanding the number of judges on the…Read more...

As we all know, LeBron James is not afraid to let his feelings be known on a particular topic, whether it’s dealing with sports or politics. In this case, it’s dealing with both.Read more...

Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan passed a resolution declaring the day of Jayland Walker’s funeral as a citywide day of mourning, according to ABC News. After days of unrest and violent protests, tensions rose between the Akron police department and city residents. The city may expect more demonstrations following Jayland’s…Read more...

The stabbing death of a man in a Harlem bodega that’s getting national media attention may not end up as a murder case at all, at least according to a group supporting the man charged in the incident.Read more...

The cast of the ABC hit comedy series Abbott Elementary has a lot to be grateful for. On Tuesday, nominees for the 2022 Emmys were revealed, and almost every last person pictured above received recognition.Read more...

Two months after a deadly racially-motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, NY supermarket took the lives of 10 people and injured three, the community is taking an important step towards healing. This week, the Tops Friendly Markets location in Buffalo is preparing to reopen to the public.

Even as President Biden signed an executive order last week to shore up some reproductive rights protections, his administration has been echoing the message that it’s up to Congress to codify the right to abortion into law. Despite its dire chances in the Senate, the House is set to pass a bill that will restore the…Read more...

“I Can’t Feel My Face” isn’t just one of the biggest hits in The Weeknd’s catalogue but also the name of a newly-founded record label. Juelz Santana, the artist formerly known as “Chewelz,” has officially launched his own label.

It’s wild, but Tiger Woods is still the biggest attraction golf has to offer, years past his prime and his last win in a major tournament. It’s not hard to understand why: Woods was not only the most dominant player on the biggest stage in golf for two decades, but he also wasn’t boring. He had affairs, car wrecks, a…Read more...

Rep. Bennie Thompson, 74, is the longest serving Black elected official in the state of Mississippi. While the House’s Jan 6. Committee continues its hearing on the pro-Trump insurrection, Thompson has seen history unfold as well as repeat itself. He shared his reaction in his latest statement to the committee,…Read more...

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After a New York bodega owner was charged with murder for stabbing a man who attacked him in his store, some are calling for a so-called Stand Your Ground law in the Empire State similar to those enacted across the South and Midwest in the last decade.Read more...

Nominees for the 2022 Emmys were released on Tuesday and much to the chagrin of some folks online, some very, very, VERY good shows were surprisingly left off of the list.

Mo Farah is a British long-distance runner who is a four-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the most celebrated and beloved athletes in Great Britain. But, throughout his time in the public spotlight, there’s two things he hasn’t made known to the public, until now.Read more...

Most people know Ludacris for his rhymes or his role as Tej Parker in the Fast & Furious franchise. But the rapper and actor is also the creator of Karma’s World, an animated series for kids streaming on Netflix since 2021.

The multitalented 50 Cent is starring in yet another movie, but this time in a genre that he may not be familiar with.Read more...

As children and families passed the bubble blowers, hermit crabs and miscellaneous toy stands in Sunset Mall, they also grazed their eyes upon a toy train stand featuring the display of a lynching. Protestors gathered outside the mall in Galleria, Las Vegas to express their disgust with the display, according to WHIO…Read more...

In their Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh told Senators that they considered Roe V. Wade settled precedent, adding that they wouldn’t be involved in any Republican-led efforts to overturn it. Now, as the country is preparing to live in a world where federal protection of a…Read more...

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The committee in charge of investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection will hold its seventh hearing. They will now examine how former President Donald Trump and his supporters encouraged far right groups to go to Washington before the attack on the Capitol.Read more...

Nominees for the 2022 Primetime Emmys were released on Tuesday.

We all remember that one kid from high school who was allowed to sit with the most popular clique, but only so long as they stayed quiet and laughed when everybody did. That kid was socially acceptable enough—smart, maybe even charismatic or athletic—but also just weird enough that if they talked too much, the…Read more...

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is supposedly planning a trip to Russia to help secure the freedom of detained WNBA star Brittney Griner. A source told ABC News—who requested to remain anonymous because of the delicate nature of the matter—that Richardson will head to the country within the next couple of…Read more...

One of R. Kelly’s alleged victims is claiming to be engaged to the disgraced R&B singer, according to TMZ.Read more...

Detroit’s 36th District Court and local advocates have settled a federal class-action lawsuit over cash bail practices, according to The Associated Press. The advocates The Bail Project said the city’s criminal legal system jails poor people of color at a disproportionate rate - many of which can rarely afford to…Read more...

Historically Black Colleges and Universities in nine states will receive $9.7 million from the National Park Service (NPS) to preserve campus historic sites.Read more...