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The View cohost Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended following her inaccurate comments about the Holocaust on Monday morning’s episode.Read more...

According to NBC News, Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk is now offering $500,000 of his own money as reward for any information someone can offer to lead to an arrest. Paulk had just recently closed the investigation into the death of Kendrick Johnson, a teenager who was found dead inside a gym mat. Paulk said the…Read more...

In the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee 175-year history, the entity has not had an African American lead its operations. According to AP News, that void is changing with Pastor Willie McLaurin being named interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee. Before…Read more...

In honor of Black History Month, ABC News is bringing back its docuseries Soul of a Nation for two special editions.

Who thought Tom Brady’s retirement would be the second-biggest NFL story of the day?

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On the first day of a month that is meant to celebrate the history of Black excellence, unknown entities are threatening to destroy it.Read more...

Grammy-award winning songstress India Arie is the latest celeb to join Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in protest of Spotify’s relationship with Joe Rogan.

Inmates from Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility have reached out to the public through staff members and prison reform activists to expose the abuse and inhumane conditions they have been suffering. The facility is heavily populated with Black women. Fox 2 Detroit reported two staff members were fired from the…Read more...

The new film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Color Purple has found its Shug Avery. Variety reports, Taraji P. Henson will play the jazz singer in the upcoming movie.

Questioning was supposed to begin Tuesday for potential jurors in the criminal trial of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison. He was charged with three counts of felony wanton endangerment for firing shots during the raid at Breonna Taylor’s apartment in March 2020.Read more...

Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, was shot to death by Cleveland police in 2014 while playing with a pellet gun. One officer was fired and another was suspended, no criminal charges were made against either of the officers. Eight years later, the U.S. Department of Justice has declined to reopen the federal probe…Read more...

The City of Pittsburgh has determined it needs to fire seven cops who were involved in the death of a Black man last October, but it can’t because of a personnel move made by the new mayoral administration.

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.