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The family of Dwayne Haskins Jr., the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback who died in a tragic accident on a Florida highway last weekend, made their first public comments on his passing and announced two memorial services in his honor.

Kerrion Franklin, estranged son of gospel superstar Kirk Franklin, has reportedly been arrested and held without bond after he was stopped while allegedly driving a car belonging to a woman who is reported missing and presumed dead.Read more...

Marlon Wayans is looking to launch the next big names in comedy with a new stand-up special at HBO Max. Per a press release provided to The Root, Marlon Wayans Presents: The Headliners premieres Thursday, April 21 on HBO Max and features “actor D.C. Ervin, social media star Tony Baker, niece and stand-up comic Chaunté…Read more...

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Voting restrictions, medical treatment, and housing inequality are just a few issues adversely hurting Black Americans. According to Axios, the 46th edition of the National Urban League’s “State of Black America” report strives to show voter suppression, and growing income inequality will “precipitate the collapse of…Read more...

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Makeup is my guilty pleasure. Just a little bit of bronzer, lip gloss and mascara is sometimes all I need to put a little extra swagger in my step. But my love for lip gloss can easily turn into an expensive obsession, if I’m not careful. That’s why I’m always looking for products that won’t break the bank. I’ve…Read more...

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who is still under federal indictment on fraud charges, launched her re-election campaign in a dramatic, three-minute video that dropped on YouTube this afternoon.

If you were looking for more proof of Rihanna’s impeccable fashion sense, then look no further than to her latest magazine cover.Read more...

In order to assist students during the pandemic, Hampton University will erase all outstanding balances for the 2022 spring semester, according to Wavy TV 10. Last year, the school used the Federal Relief Act funds to pay off outstanding balances owed by undergraduate students from the spring semester.Read more...

About 23 million Americans hold some medical debt. According to a Consumer Financial Protection report, U.S. consumers held $88 billion in debt as of June 2021. Most of that burden falls on the shoulders of Black families (27.9 percent of Black households carrying medical debt compared to 17.2 percent of white…Read more...

The 2022 Billboard Music Awards are just around the corner, and as such, this year’s list of nominees has finally been revealed.Read more...

Stacey Abrams is hitting Georgia’s airwaves with a new ad campaign designed to highlight her experience as a business executive, and to take advantage of possible weaknesses in her potential Republican opponents.Read more...

Etsy is one of my favorite online shops for unique handmade gifts that you can’t get anywhere else. From candles to clothing, skincare products to Yaki wigs, housewares, you can spend hours searching through items created by independent Black sellers from every corner of the globe who showcase their creations on the…Read more...

Do y’all remember Miya Ponsetto, or the woman better known as “Soho Karen?” She’s the woman who in December 2020 was caught on video falsely accusing a 14-year-old Black teenager of stealing her cell phone at an Arlo Hotel in New York City. When in reality, she left it in an Uber.Read more...

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For many women, that time of the month can be downright miserable. And if you experience painful cramps, heavy bleeding and awful mood swings, that visit from Aunt Flo can completely take over your life. But Necole Kane of the popular lifestyle site xoNecole.com is here to tell you that those awful period symptoms are…Read more...

Idris Elba, a.k.a. People’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2018, is just one of those guys who’s effortlessly cool.Read more...

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...