The Root

It just got colder in the crib! Congratulations are in order for “The Real” co-host Jeannie Mai and rapper Jeezy, aka Jeezy The Snowman who welcomed their first bundle of joy together this past week. On Tuesday, the tv personality and stylist, Mai Jenkins, posted a pic to Instagram of a bassinet and blanket with a…Read more...

If you got burnout from circulating the same book list on how to be an antiracist to your white colleagues and friends, here’s a story that might just restore your hope in the definition and practice of true allyship. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the remarkably written “The Case for Reparations”…Read more...

Mortgage denial rate for Black applicants is 84 percent higher than for white applicants, according to data from Zillow in 2020, the most year the data was available. This is an increase from 2019 when the denial rate was 74 percent higher.Read more...

If you’ve been keeping up with the trials of Bumpy Johnson on the critically acclaimed EPIX hit Godfather of Harlem, then we have good news for you. The series has been renewed for Season 3 by the cable channel.

It seems The CW isn’t done expanding the Arrowverse. David Ramsey’s John Diggle will return to the franchise full-time for Justice U, which is currently in development at the network, per TVLine.

If you’ve waiting with bated breath for a new project from Kendrick Lamar, then I have good-ish news for you.

The Urban Daily reported Henderson police pulled over 23-year-old Shane Lee Brown on a weapons charge associated with a felon who was initially charged in 1994. This previous felon, who also shared the name Shane Brown, was not only convicted three years before Shane was born but was also an entire white man.

It’s been a bit of a bumpy ride for the Los Angeles Clippers.Read more...

On the latest episode of... “Will We Get Voting Rights Legislation Passed?” Democrats tried a new approach on Thursday. They combined parts of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and Freedom to Vote Act into one single bill. On Thursday, it passed along party lines in a 220-203 vote, according to the New York Times.Read more...

The story of Wall Street’s first Black Millionaire will be coming to a small screen near us soon.Read more...

One of Marvel Studios’ most highly anticipated films, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, is back to filming with star Letitia Wright.

I think it’s safe to assume that Kyrie Irving missed playing basketball.Read more...

Congresswoman Sewell assured CBS News that having grown up in one of the most significant locations of Black history, she knows very well how much voting rights need to be adjusted. Sewell said she wished President Biden’s speech came sooner in his presidency given legislators are actively placing new restrictions on…Read more...

When I was a kid, I remember the first time I learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr–you know, the Disneyland version. There were slight mentions of protests and arrests–however, my teachers gave the most significant amount of time to King’s “I Have A Dream,” the speech he gave in 1963 at Washington D.C. and his…Read more...

If there had been a sixth season of The Wire–and God, we wish there was–it would have been about the Baltimore Police Department’s historically corrupt Gun Trace Task Force. Showrunners wouldn’t need to look far for source material, because a new report about the squad and how it came to be its own criminal enterprise…Read more...

Like wedding venues in the summer, premium dates can be hard to come by in awards season. With the ongoing Covid-19 surge causing film festivals and award shows to postpone in-person ceremonies, things are getting extra crowded.

On January 29, 2021, the Houston Texans were a hot-ass mess.Read more...

Once Baltimore City State’s Attorney went after the cops who killed Freddie Gray, and the Feds decided to start looking into her, it was only a matter of time before they came up with something.

Imagine you’ve waited three years to stream the much anticipated first episode of the second season of Euphoria and your HBO Max says, “Sorry sweetie, try again later.” Not only was social media in a frenzy but even Euphoria star Angus Cloud tweeted, “Did ya break HBO?” Yes, yes indeed.

A funny thing always seems to happen on the rare occasion when justice is served on behalf of unarmed Black folk who get slaughtered. Resentment abounds, usually from the same loud, dark corners that bleat out “law and order” rhetoric any other time.

The Yellowjackets star Jasmin Savoy Brown is rising to fame on the queer Hollywood stage following an intense uproar from the LGBTQ community regarding Dave Chapelle who was accused of including a transphobic and homophobic bit in his comedy special “The Closer.”Read more...

It appears the score is now 2-0 for Team Minaj when it comes to the ongoing legal battle between Nicki, her husband Kenneth Petty and Petty’s accuser in his 1994 sexual assault conviction, Jennifer Hough.

Stacey Abrams is making it clear: she didn’t skip President Joe Biden’s big voting rights speech in Georgia this week because she wasn’t invited to speak.

Mr. West is back in the news like he always is, but this time it’s for something a little more severe.Read more...

Andre Bernard Mathis is a bad brotha. He was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He is a lawyer who got his bachelor’s degree from the University of Memphis in 2003 and graduated cum laude from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2007. Mathis has served on the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the…Read more...

Heads up, music festival-lovers!

For what feels like an eternity now, three-time NBA All-Star Ben Simmons has been stuck in a bizarre game of musical chairs with the Philadelphia 76ers, where they take turns glaring at each other while walking in circles instead of somebody taking a damn seat in order to be crowned the victor.Read more...

After taking a year off, the Library of Congress has announced Lionel Richie will receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, per Variety.

All eyes have been on Chicago as teachers and the mayor battled over the in-person versus remote learning, but now it looks like it has finally been settled.Read more...

One of the fastest growing and most interesting entertainment trends is scripted podcasts. Actress/director/producer Kerry Washington has now entered the space with her Simpson Street Productions bringing three originals to Audible.

Three-time Olympian Deon Lendore, who represented Trinidad & Tobago and began his track and field career while attending Texas A&M, has died. He was 29.Read more...

Andrea Jenkins first made history in 2017 after she became the first out Black transgender woman to be elected to public office in the United States. Almost 5 years later, Jenkins has done it again and is now the first openly transgender city council president in the U.S., as she was appointed to lead the Minneapolis…Read more...

Lord, say it ain’t so!Read more...

HBO Max has dropped its next limited series we will likely become way too invested in.

In 1987, Kool G. Rap spit this bar about the infamous New York jail where he spent time as a youth: You might be illin, you might be wildin, but you won’t be smilin on Rikers Island.

For the past seven months, over 200 million Nigerians were banned from the chaotic but informative social media hub known as Twitter. According to ABC News, the government has just lifted its ban after coming to an agreement with Twitter about meeting a few conditions.Read more...

It’s been a rough season for the Portland Trailblazers.Read more...

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris went to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, to urge Congress to amend the filibuster and pass voting rights protections. There was one part of the speech which caught the ears and ire of some of his Congressional contemporaries:Read more...

Looks like the Senate is doing something right.Read more...

All celebrities have internet trolls but there’s always one to take it a little too far. Latasha Kebe, known as unWinewithTashaK on YouTube is being accused of creating a “malicious campaign” against rapper Cardi B according to Insider.Read more...

A Black woman and a woman of South Asian descent are suing one of the Internet’s most popular foodie websites, alleging the company paid them less than white employees and tolerated casual racism and other abuse in the workplace.

Ida B. Wells, the legendary investigative journalist who exposed the true horrors of lynching in the south, will be honored with a Barbie doll. As a part of Barbie’s ‘Inspiring Women Series’, the doll will feature Wells dressed in a classic 1800s black, high-neck gown, short-heeled black boots and a Memphis Free…Read more...

* Deep, heavy Negro spiritual sigh*

Earlier this week, Rachael Rollins, the former Suffolk County district attorney, was sworn in as the next United States Attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Black woman to hold that position in the state. Since then, she has faced racist and violent threats after her confirmation process was questioned by…Read more...

Hollywood has found its next major book franchise. After a fierce bidding war, Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights to Tomi Adeyemi’s “Children of Blood and Bone,” YA trilogy.

The always busy Samuel L. Jackson is set to return to television in March. His highly anticipated AppleTV+ limited series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey will premiere its first two episodes Friday, March 11, then debut new outings every week, per TVLine.

On Wednesday, nominees for the 28th annual SAG Awards were announced.

Critical Race Theory has become the latest scare tactic in the toolbox of the Republican Party. States like Florida, Texas, and Mississippi have drawn up or passed legislation to ban it from being taught in schools. Taking a step further, Florida may even allow parents to sue schools that teach it. After all, we can’t…Read more...

While Omarion Omicron, Delta, and whatever other COVID-19 variants continue their sold-out, stadium tour across Trump’s America, our Canadian neighbors up north want no parts of this global pandemic. So in their extreme efforts to protect Drake at all costs, in December, they prohibited unvaccinated NBA players from…Read more...