Everyone knows you have to be extra careful about body language and words when you’re in a bank. Apparently, if you’re a rich and famous Black person you have to be even more careful how you withdraw your money. According to TMZ, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler found this out first hand back in January, when the…Read more...

During an intense championship game Saturday between the Buchanan High School of Clovis and Oak Ridge High School of El Dorado Hills girls soccer teams, one individual decided to heckle Black and Latino soccer players from the stands, according to NBC News. They were reported to have barked and made monkey noises at…Read more...

The global men’s skincare market is expected to reach nearly $20 billion by 2027. But when it comes to hair and skincare products, black men are often an afterthought. Let’s face it, we don’t always think of self-care as something black men either want or need. And with unique issues like ingrown hairs and…Read more...

If you’ve been missing your weekly dosage of Nicki Minaj’s Queen Radio, then boy do I have some news for you!Read more...

The NFL news cycle has been insanity for the last 24 hours. Yesterday, the NFL announced that Atlanta Falcons Wide Receiver Calvin Ridley will be suspended for the entire 2022 season for betting on games. Earlier today, Aaron Rodgers decided to stop keeping sports fans in the dark and announced that he is signing back…Read more...

Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, officially called the Parents Education Rights bill is headed to Gov. Ron Desantis’s desk to become law. It will ban teachers discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms for young students. There have been many opponents to this legislation, including Sen. Shevrin…Read more...

The Texas primary election was destined to be a mess, given the number of restrictions Senate Bill 1 signed back in September 2021 would bring. First, there were reports of a high amount of mail-in ballots being rejected in January. Then, the state placed limits on paper voter registration forms with no system to…Read more...

In many areas of the medical field, Black people go underrepresented as professionals but overrepresented as patients and often need an advocate. In maternity care, for example, Black women have gone to midwives and doulas to make sure they are taken care of during pregnancy to postpartum. Fortunately, cancer patients…Read more...

On Monday, comedic icons and actors Chris Rock and Kevin Hart announced they’ll be hitting the road for a joint comedy tour, “Rock Hart: Only Headliners Allowed,” this summer.Read more...

In a statement released by the NFL, it was announced that Calvin Ridley, the Falcon’s number one receiver, gambled on games over a five-day stretch in November 2021. Ridley was on the non-football injury list after Halloween for the rest of the season to address his mental health.Read more...

If you were as surprised as the rest of us were about Will Smith announcing that he was returning for an I Am Legend sequel, the Oscar-nominated star has an explanation for you. Entertainment Tonight reports, while attending the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Monday, March 7, Smith revealed his…Read more...

In what has been one of many excessive force cases in the last couple of months, an officer in San Francisco was cleared of the three felony charges in what is believed to be the first excessive force trial for an off-duty officer in the history of the city, according to the Los Angeles Times.Read more...

Have you dreamt of exploring the lush rainforests of Costa Rica or experiencing a thrilling safari adventure in The Serengeti but keep ending up at The Grand Canyon instead? Well, you’re probably not alone. A study from the Pew Research Center revealed that Black Americans (49 %) are much less likely to have ever…Read more...

It took until 2022, but the United States finally has recognized lynching as a hate crime. There have been 200 bills attempting to make such designation, the first introduced by Rep. George Henry White of North Carolina in 1900. Congress most recently took up the task in 2020, but the Senate measure was blocked by…Read more...

HBO Max has finally released the long-awaited trailer for its limited series DMZ. Rosario Dawson teams up with Ava DuVernay for the action drama based on a DC graphic novel. According to a press release provided to The Root, all four episodes will premiere Thursday, March 17.Read more...

A flood of students protested the passing of House bill 1557, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, outside the Florida state Capitol while the Senate debated pushing the bill forward. Sen. Shevrin Jones, Florida’s first openly gay senator, broke down in tears during the debate as he made his remarks on the bill, reported…Read more...

In Denver, a lawsuit accusing police of using excessive force against people protesting the killing of George Floyd went to trial on Monday in federal court, according to the Associated Press.Read more...

Former Staten Island teacher Elizabeth Meaders, 90, has collected 20,000 artifacts documenting the African American experience and is finally ready to auction them, reported CBS News. Meaders told CBS she has 14 museums in her house, dedicating each room to a different era.

Prolific TV producer Shonda Rhimes is returning to the drama of Washington D.C. with her latest Netflix series, The Residence. Jumping off from Kate Andersen Brower’s best-selling book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, the eight episode drama is a murder mystery set in the White House,…Read more...

Just ahead of International Women’s Day, everyone’s favorite auntie, Mary J. Blige, announced her upcoming inaugural “Strength of a Woman Tour.” (I know that’s right. Go, Mary!)Read more...

Batman fans had to wait an extra nine months to get a glimpse of Zoe Kravitz playing Selina Kyle, AKA Catwoman, on the big screen in the new DC film, The Batman. In the film, Kravitz stars as the sexy supervillain alongside Robert Pattinson, who plays a grungy version of Bruce Wayne. And she’s getting rave reviews…Read more...

The journey to adulthood is far from over for Zoey Johnson and her friends, as Freeform has renewed Grown-ish for Season 5, per a press release provided to The Root. Black-ish star Marcus Scribner is set to join the series, with Zoey’s younger brother Andre Johnson Jr. finally heading off to college.

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The fact that Chicago Public Schools announced masks will now be optional for staff and students at schools and on buses starting March 14, you can bet there will be another face-off with the schools and the Chicago Teachers Union over Covid-safety protocols.Read more...

As the country continues to move back toward a sense of “normalcy” following the pandemic shutdown, people returning to work and finding work has been a priority for the economy. Black women were one of the groups hit the hardest by unemployment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, February had been a great…Read more...

When it comes to the books our children read, the toys they play with and the shows they watch, representation matters. Diverse characters help children of color feel more confident about their identity and can promote understanding and tolerance among white children. But according to research from Common Sense Media,…Read more...

The Anti-Critical Race theory movement and book banning attached in certain states threaten to change the way we see history in the United States. There are some people out there who do not want to be reminded of the harrowing plights Black people have had to go through. In other words, some folk just don’t want to…Read more...

In response to the frustration Black content creators have expressed for not getting the credit they deserve for their viral social media trends or being part of the groups profiting from them, Instagram has introduced a special tag for influencers and business accounts that secures they will get credit for their…Read more...

Drake, aka the world’s most Certified Lover Boy, is taking steps to ensure his family’s safety from his alleged stalker.Read more...

Brittney Griner shouldn’t be locked up in Russia right now, because she shouldn’t be playing there in the first place.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act passed in 1196 provides social media sites and other internet providers immunity from lawsuits that arise from something posted by a user. It’s been a point of contention ever since the Trump administration asked Congress to strike down the law, even going as far as to…Read more...

Florida Atlantic University has made an effort to decrease the number of students dropping out due to financial issues, found the Hechinger Report. The students who have dropped out from the school between freshman and sophomore year has decreased from 25 percent to 18 percent found the report. The administration has…Read more...

Before Fenty Beauty and The Lip Bar, there was Fashion Fair. And if you grew up obsessed with the contents of your mother’s makeup table, you know all about the pink lipstick tubes and compacts that were proudly displayed on practically every black woman’s vanity in the 1970s and 80s.Read more...

COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward in the United States after the Omicron variant spike, but unfortunately, the daily death rate is still around 1,510 a day. With many cases around the country, some communities are hit harder than others. This is either due to lack of access and resources or structural racism.…Read more...

Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Larry Scirotto has been fired for prioritizing minority candidates during the hiring process, reported CNN. Scirotto had been accused of overlooking white candidates, but he claimed his intentions were to create a department that was a reflection of the diverse community he served. With…Read more...

A former Kansas City police officer was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday for the 2019 killing of a Black man while he was on his property, according to CNN.Read more...

Supermodel Winnie Harlow has always advocated for inclusive representation in the beauty industry. The Jamaican-Canadian model burst onto the scene in 2014 as a 19-year-old contestant on Season 21 of Tyra Banks’ competition show, America’s Next Top Model. Since then, Harlow has walked for many of the industry’s major…Read more...

It looks like the highest court in the land, a.k.a The Supreme Court, has made its decision when it comes to its potential involvement in the Bill Cosby sexual assault.Read more...

Yet another big award show returned to mostly normal with the Film Independent Spirit Awards back in Santa Monica on Sunday. Deadline reports that Taylour Paige and Ruth Negga were among the film winners for Zola and Passing respectively, while Thuso Mbedu was recognized in TV for her work in The Underground Railroad.

When the original Law & Order premiered in September 1990, no one thought it would become one of TV’s longest running and most successful franchises. However, here we are seven series later and it’s a television staple. Yes, the shows have their detractors as some episodes have not aged well, but if you tell me you’ve…Read more...

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Black entrepreneurship (led by Black women) has increased in the United States. As a result of the increase in Black entrepreneurs and the continued surge in social awareness among Black consumers, there has been an increase in supporting Black-owned businesses in every…Read more...

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Nothing warms my heart more than seeing a beautiful Black family. And after spending hours on Instagram and YouTube checking out Beleaf in Fatherhood, I have all the feels. Glen Henry, also known as Beleaf, is a California-based husband and father of four documenting his adventures in parenting on social media for…Read more...

House Education Committee Chairman Bob Behning, who is a top Republican legislator in Indiana, apologized for his comments which suggested that Black students do not perform better academically because they lack respect for learning, according to the Associated Press.Read more...

Andrew Walls, who is the vice president of a chapter of the Proud Boys in Akron, Ohio, was charged with assault after he was caught on video yelling racial slurs at a Black woman and punching her in the face, according to the Huffington Post.Read more...

It won’t mean a check in every Black person’s mailbox anytime soon, but there might actually be progress on a legislative conversation around reparations in Washington.

The average cost of college tuition is $35,331 per student, and Black and African students owe an average of $25,000 of student loan debt. With the free community college proposal being taken out of the Build Back Better Act and borrowers awaiting some form of loan forgiveness, students can use all the help they can…Read more...

It looks like Boward Woward Bow Wow, born Shad Moss, wants that old thing back—and by “old thing,” I mean his old label. I’ll explain.Read more...

Brett Netzer, a minor league player for the Boston Red Sox has been released from the team after a flood of racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic and other offensive tweets. The 25-year-old minor leaguer who has not played a game in three years requested his release over the weekend and the team gave him his wish,…Read more...

It’s no secret that the publishing industry hasn’t always been welcoming to people of color. The number of books published by and for black people has been historically low. But it’s not for a lack of talented writers. The publishing industry just isn’t that diverse. According to a 2015 study by indie children’s book…Read more...