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Sometimes the hardest conversations to have also prove to be the most necessary ones to engage in. Such appears to be the case with W. Kamau Bell’s newly released docuseries, We Need to Talk About Cosby, which explores the “complex story of Cosby’s life and work,” chronicling his “descent from “America’s Dad” to…Read more...

Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight political action committee spent almost $1.4 million on private security in 2021 for the group, according to Insider. These security payments stood out because not many political committees or candidates spend such a large sum of money on private security, reported Insider.Read more...

Recently, the Chicago School System has been in the news concerning the teacher strikes, and student walkouts regarding COVID-19 and safe conditions. While that debate is ongoing, a new report from Kids First Chicago shows the school system is losing its diversity.Read more...

Law & Order: Organized Crime is adding another fan favorite to its ranks, as Jennifer Beals joins the cast in the recurring role of the wife of Preston Webb (Mykelti Williamson), a drug kingpin who runs the Marcy Corporation, per Deadline.

While the rest of y’all spend your lives going to extraordinary lengths to disguise your true intentions, I wear my deep disdain for Tom Brady like a badge of honor.

The NFL is finally bringing some representation to its biggest event. Variety reports, the league has announced a lineup of talented Black women as the performers for the Super Bowl LVI pre-game festivities.

Whoopi Goldberg is apologizing after her “insensitive” comments about the Holocaust caused an uproar online following Monday morning’s episode.Read more...

In an interview with NPR, Jessica Watkins shared she will be the first Black woman to spend an extended amount of time in space. The six-month mission will take off in April hosted by NASA and SpaceX sending a crew to the International Space Station.

Actor Moses J. Moseley died at 31 years old, according to a representative that confirmed the news on Monday.Read more...

With shows like the polarizing Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That..., the spunky iCarly, and fan-favorite Dexter seeking new blood over at Showtime, it’s abundantly clear that we live in a day and age in which nostalgia is all the rage.Read more...

Hulu’s Black History Month series Your Attention Please is returning for Season 3, and The Root has an exclusive look at the premiere.

It’s often said that freedom isn’t free; to that end, the concept of free agency was kind of a big deal when it was first introduced in professional sports leagues like the NFL (in 1993) and the NBA (in 1988). And now, decades later, it’s the National Women’s Soccer League’s turn to get a taste of liberation, with…Read more...

After the dust settled from Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement, reminding all that President Biden pledged to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court , I figured there would be some pushback. In the Supreme Court’s 231 year history, only three Supreme Court judges have been Black or…Read more...

Donald Trump spent his weekend making veiled threats against the Black women prosecutors investigating him and his businesses, and at least one of them is calling for the FBI’s help.

The state of Florida has proposed things like an “election task force” and a redistricting plan that would favor Gov. Ron Desantis and his re-election bid for the 2022 midterms. Senate Bill 90, a law passed by the Florida legislature among party lines last year, might be the one to keep an eye on.Read more...

Although they play in America’s worst city for Black people, the Pittsburgh Steelers could soon stand out for being the NFL’s only franchise with both a Black head coach and general manager.

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While Black women are more likely to have a late-stage diagnosis of cervical cancer and one and a half times more likely to die of the disease than white women, the five-year survival rate for the survival rate is over 90%, according to a study from the Human Rights Watch and the Southern Rural Black Women’s…Read more...

The mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., has ordered the suspension of two detectives working the cases of Black women who mysteriously died on the same day under similar circumstances in December.

Much like Anthony Hamilton, sometimes “I cry.” But on days like today, I’m shouting with joy from the mountaintops over this latest Verzuz announcement.

The unsolved case of Keith Warren, a 19-year-old young Black man who was found hanging from a tree in 1986, will be at the center of a new docuseries and podcast, The Root has exclusively learned.Read more...

Though Biden is committed to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court in replacement of retired Justice Stephen Breyer, Black women still struggle to be nominated in majority of public office positions. No Black woman has been elected as governor, president, nor are there any Black women serving in the Senate…Read more...

Melanie Willingham-Jaggers has been appointed as the first Black nonbinary executive director of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLSEN. The organization aims to make schools safer for LGTBQ+ students in grades K-12. NBC News reported they joined right when LGBTQ+ students were advocating for safe spaces in their school board…Read more...

From the reinstatement of solitary confinement, shortages of staff, and COVID-19 outbreaks, the conditions of Rikers Island have been a point of ongoing debate in New York. Earlier this month, about 200 male inmates went on a hunger strike to protest the poor conditions of the jail.Read more...

Following its win at the Sundance Film Festival for U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision, the worldwide rights to Descendant have been acquired by Netflix.

A federal judge has dismissed a plea agreement that would have prevented a federal hate crime trial for Travis McMichael, the man who was caught on camera and eventually convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, according to the Associated Press.Read more...

Lena Waithe is once again using her Hillman Grad Productions to create opportunities for aspiring creators from marginalized communities. The company has announced the return of its mentorship program, per Deadline.

A Chicago Black man who spent nearly 20 years in prison for a fatal shooting in 2003 has been released after his identical twin brother confessed to the murder years earlier, according to NBC News.Read more...

Democrats in Florida’s state senate said, “Aiight, Imma head out,” on Thursday rather than listen to the state’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, avoid giving direct answers about his beliefs on Covid-19 vaccines.Read more...

Rihanna may have told us years ago that she was a savage and a bad gal, but it looks like she’ll now be adding a new title to her roster: MOTHER.

Despite evidence that low-income families receiving cash helps the brains of infants and parents being able to do things like pay down debt, be food secure, and have clothing, the expanded child tax credit came to an end on January 15. Around the country, families are figuring out how to bridge the financial gap…Read more...

Just before the Los Angeles Rams would go on to win the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Grammy-award winning artist and Queens star Brandy graced the crowd with her vocals to sing the National Anthem.

In 2020, legislation from former Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office was drafted to transfer ownership of a police department building to Black Lives Matter, reported The Seattle Times. That summer, protestors were met with tear gas as they surrounded the barricaded East Precinct demanding for the police to be…Read more...

There’s a war going on outside no man is safe from—unless you’re Jeff Garcia’s Twitter mentions the Cincinnati Bengals or the Los Angeles Rams.

Just this morning, six historically Black colleges have received bomb threats, according to CNN. Southern University and A&M, Howard University, Bethune-Cookman University, Albany State University, Bowie State University, and Delaware State University continue to investigate the threat and remain on lockdown or have…Read more...

CBS News has undergone big changes lately, but one of its most prominent personalities is staying put. Variety reports, CBS Mornings anchor Gayle King has signed a multi-year deal to remain with the network.

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst passed away this weekend. Police believe she committed suicide by jumping from the window of her 19th-floor Manhattan apartment to the pavement below. She was 30.

Is it me, or is somebody cutting onions this Sunday morning? This weekend, the internet has been abuzz with a video circulating of Lizzo. The singer’s virality is often due to her dancing, trying TikTok food trends, or telling her haters exactly where they can go. But this time, Lizzo showed her softer side by sharing…Read more...

Ghuan Featherstone grew up in South Central, Los Angeles in the 70’s and rode his first horse in Griffith Park where his parents took him for the experience. And although he didn’t continue riding throughout his youth, he forever remembered how free and powerful he felt that day.Read more...

Affirmative action has been under attack since its inception in the 1960s. On Monday, January 24, 2022, the Supreme Court stated that it would hear two cases opposing race-conscious admissions at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. However, experts say that Black and Latino students would be…Read more...

New York City is rejoicing! After major pandemic related setbacks, Broadway is back. And with strong attempts made to diversify its full time casts, there is additional reason to celebrate. Broadway’s longest running musical, ‘Phantom of The Opera’ has debuted its first Black actress to play the lead role of Christine…Read more...

On this week’s episode of ‘What Grinds Candace Owens’ Gears’, we focus our lens on a well known character, loved by children of all ages for decades, Minnie Mouse. Ah, yes, Minnie Mouse. The fictional rodent recognizable by her big bow, polka-dotted dress, and court day pumps. That is of course, up until now.Read more...

Black women are disrupting the tech industry across the globe, and Timnit Gebru is leading the charge. As a computer scientist and well known advocate for diversity in artificial intelligence, Gebru ruffled feathers at her former employer Google when she co-authored a paper on how AI can underpin racism, sexism,…Read more...

Over the course of the 15-month conflict in the region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia, its residents have been directly effected as violence keeps organizations from bringing supplies and food, reported The Guardian. At the beginning of the war between rebels and government forces, The World Food Programme found 37…Read more...

A judge in Wisconsin has approved an agreement by attorneys to destroy the firearm Kyle Rittenhouse used to fatally shoot two men and wound another during protests in Kenosha back in 2020, according to the Associated Press.Read more...

ABC News’ critically acclaimed series Soul of a Nation returns for Black History Month with two new editions.

Superstar Lizzo is adding another occupation to her multi-hyphenate list: pitch woman. The singer and her latest single “Special” are the stars of a new campaign for tech company Logitech, per Forbes.

USA Today reported the rental market has been hurting low-income earning people of color since the pandemic. As the demand for housing skyrocketed, so did the price of rental units, according to a Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Higher quality buildings saw a 14 percent increase in rent.Read more...

A second family in, Bridgeport, Conn., says the city’s police department badly mishandled the death of a Black woman on the same day as another suspicious case.

Long-time civil rights activist and radio show host Joe Madison is no stranger to America’s continued fight for equal rights. At age 24, he became the youngest executive director of the NAACP’s Detroit branch and the NAACP national political director in 1978. Madison began his radio career in 1980 at Detroit’s WXYZ-AM…Read more...