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When they’re not debating critical race theory in schools, they are fighting about you guessed it: flags. Or maybe you didn’t guess because I sure didn’t.Read more...

Actress. Choreographer. Director. Producer. Kennedy Center Honoree. Icon.Read more...

“Dear Jordan, just take one look at your mother—that will tell you what I think beautiful is.”Read more...

As Black women in America (hell, the world), demanding respect is quite an exhausting, yet necessary journey. In the case of the late Aretha Franklin, her demand for respect was as beautifully loud as her billowing voice.Read more...

While most of us spend our lives being painstakingly risk-averse, being an NBA player requires you to be a bit of a gambler.

White lives matter.

Comedian Sinbad may have been a genie in some alternate universe within your minds, but it looks like his children are reminding y’all this actually did not happen and they have only one wish—“get over it.”Read more...

Bill Cosby is out of prison. As been stated before, this doesn’t mean he’s entirely off the hook—whether that means in the court of public opinion or in the court of law.Read more...

A Michigan police department stands by its officers who pulled their guns on a Black real estate agent, a potential home buyer and his 15-year-old son.Read more...

As local governments consider vaccine requirements to slow the spread of COVID, Black people could be disproportionately shut out of businesses across the country.Read more...

It’s been just shy of a year since we launched our literary podcast, The Root Presents: It’s Lit!. A vehicle borne out of both the deep need for escapism amid an ongoing pandemic and The Root staff’s great affinity for books (in addition to being the natural outgrowth of our years-old vertical of the same name), our…Read more...

Forget Tales from The Hood, it seems this year has been all about tales from T-Pain.Read more...

A white man in Florida was arrested Sunday after he allegedly attacked a Black man, threw up a Nazi salute and threatened a mass shooting during a road rage attack.

Hot Girl Summer 2021 may have fizzled in contrast to our expectations, but it looks like a Hot Girl September may not be entirely out of reach, Delta variant be damned. Megan Thee Stallion is the latest celeb to score a September issue cover—actually, make that the September/October cover of Essence, hitting stands on…Read more...

Remember back in the dark ages of 2020 when the sky was black and the president was orange? There was a drug called Remdesivir, which Trump took after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The then-president was so enamored by the drug that he boasted about it and even bought up all of the stock for Americans. The drug was…Read more...

You know, if I had someone teaching me Ratchetdemics in middle and high school, I might have paid a bit more attention. Honestly, if any of these authors had released books like the ones dropped this week while I was still in school, I might have left a tad more—excuse my language—woke. But alas, learning never ends…Read more...

Former NBA star J.R. Smith, who last we saw baptizing white boys in beatdowns during the George Floyd protests, is a man of many talents.Read more...

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is paved with plenty of success.Read more...

I recently had a heated argument with a friend who described Jordan Peele’s award-winning documentary Get Out as a horror movie about a white family trying to kill a Black man.Read more...

Two high school basketball coaches have been indicted by a grand jury in the 2019 heatstroke death of a Georgia teen.Read more...

The family that slays together gets in Formation together...or something like that. So, it was to be expected that after slyly dropping the news that her next Ivy Park would for the first time include kids sizes, Beyoncé would include her own kids in the campaign trailer.Read more...

The family of Alvin Motley, a Black man who was killed by a security guard reportedly during an argument over loud music at a Kroger gas station in Memphis, Tenn. is demanding justice and accountability for their loved one, who they say was nearly blind, unarmed and didn’t pose a threat to anyone.Read more...

When you’re confident and feeling yourself, it’s written plainly across your face—like Allure’s September cover star, Normani. The pop and R&B ingenue and self-proclaimed introvert quietly hopped back onto Instagram in February 2021 but it wasn’t until almost five months later that she finally began posting again,…Read more...

If you’re a Knicks fan, there’s plenty to be excited about.Read more...

Saweetie and McDonald’s are boo’d up! Well, they’re specifically in a business partnership! They have a hot date and they’re enjoying The Saweetie Meal, which consists of a Big Mac, 4-piece Chicken McNuggets (with one pack each of Tangy BBQ sauce and ‘Saweetie ‘N Sour’ sauce), medium World Famous Fries and medium…Read more...

If you are Rudy Giuliani, one minute, you are the man next to the man, and the next, you are now offering folks an opportunity to see you naked on OnlyFans get a personalized message from you.

Glasses of Pinot (Noir or Gris) and Chardonnay splashing/Champagne, Cabernet and Shiraz are smashing/Prosecco, Lambrusco and Rosé for spring/These are a few of my favorite things...Read more...

The latest census numbers are about to drop and boooy, are racists white people going to be mad.Read more...

Wow.Read more...

While the general public may be ready to definitively throw DaBaby out with da bathwater, Wild’N Out host Nick Cannon is advising the opposite approach.Read more...

Atlanta parent Kila Posey has filed a federal complaint against her child’s elementary school claiming that it segregated children by race.

MTV announced its list of nominees for the 2021 Video Music Awards (VMAs) Wednesday.Read more...

Steph Curry might be a household name now, but before he single-handedly revolutionized the game of basketball he was a three-star recruit out of high school who was ignored by almost every powerhouse school in the NCAA. He would eventually find a home at Davidson—a school with a student body of only 1,700 at the…Read more...

In her hit song “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B said she’s a “certified freak, seven days a week.” Unlike some of these (WHITE WHITE WHITE) celebs as of late, it’s pretty safe to say being a freak isn’t the only part of her daily routine throughout the week—she’s also a clean freak, so to speak. BARS.Read more...

Former NCAA track champion Cameron Burrell, the son of Olympic gold medalists Leroy Burrell and Michelle Finn-Burrell, died Monday at 26 years old.Read more...

Texas is like Florida but with less meth and bigger hats.

Halle Berrrrrrehhhh, Halle Berreh...is a badass.Read more...

Herschel Walker is one of Donald Trump’s top henchmen of voter disinformation.Read more...

Can someone come get their mans Frank, because he decided to drop a luxury fashion brand and not another album.

International advocacy group Global Citizen just announced part of their lineup for this year’s Global Citizen Live, The Root has learned.Read more...

NBA legend George Karl might be the sixth winningest coach in history of the league, but his turbulent tenure with Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets didn’t exactly bear fruit.Read more...

On Tuesday, Summerfest revealed the complete lineup for its 2021 festival.Read more...

For those unfamiliar with HBO’s Hard Knocks, the 3rd greatest reality show in the history of television—VH1’s Flavor of Love and MTV’s The Challenge are dueling for the crown—the popular docuseries provides a behind-the-scenes look at some of our favorite NFL franchises, courtesy of the coaches, players, and front…Read more...

A white man who shot into a car full of Black teenage girls after a Trump rally in Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced up to 10 years in prison.Read more...

The booming thunder of Jennifer Hudson’s singing voice has the power and ability to enter a room before she does. When she sat down with The Root to talk about her upcoming portrayal of the late Aretha Franklin in Respect, though, it wasn’t just her singing voice we discussed—it was the overall showcasing of who she…Read more...

This question best describes the ongoing process to announce the new permanent Jeopardy! host: “What is ‘a hot mess?’”

Gwen Jimmere isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty—and wants you to know you shouldn’t be, either. The Detroit-based CEO and founder of Naturalicious has built a successful and growing empire on bringing beauty lovers back down to Earth—literally. Basing her signature formulas on the ancient beautifying and healing…Read more...

Before we begin, we should acknowledge that Candace Owens doesn’t know things.Read more...

If a half-eaten watermelon and Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis are engaged in a single-digit math battle for America’s safety, bet on the watermelon.

In what can only be called “I surely didn’t see this coming,” usually smug New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo solemnly announced that he would be resigning from office after a scathing report from the state’s attorney general concluded that the Democrat sexually harassed 11 women.