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The two most powerful Black women in Chicago are beefing and it’s not pretty.

Ladies and gentlemen, freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.Read more...

On Tuesday night, the 2021 BET Hip-Hop Awards aired on BET from Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Center.

Travis McMichael, a craka accused of joining his daddy in a chase that ended in a Black man’s death, wants the court to ban a photo of his license plate, which included a Confederate Flag emblem, ahead of his upcoming trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery.Read more...

I believe it’s the congressional bylaws that state: When Congress is fighting over money, it’s always the Black initiatives that get the short end of the stick.

The state of Missouri executed Ernest Lee Johnson on Tuesday after calls for his death sentence to be halted went unanswered. Members of Congress and even Pope Francis lobbied to save Johnson’s life, but he was executed by lethal injection at 6:11 p.m. central time, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections.Read more...

The Johnston County school board in North Carolina unanimously approved a policy on Friday to prevent what conservatives are calling “Critical Race Theory,” but is really just American history, from being taught in its classrooms. The school board updated language concerning how race and history are taught after city…Read more...

If you are neutral in situations of racial injustice, you have chosen the side of the racist.Read more...

If you consider yourself to be one of those people who enjoy being Yeezy’d down to the socks, then boy, have I got some good news for you!

A Justice Department official revealed Tuesday that the DOJ is reviewing the decision not to charge FBI agents accused of improperly investigating sex abuse allegations involving the United States gymnastics team.

No one knows how much the former president is worth. First off, he’s a liar, and secondly, as a liar, he lies about his money to make him seem cool with the ladies.

Right on the heels of the recently released Savage X Fenty Vol. 3 show, it’s just been announced that Rihanna’s luxury, lingerie and loungewear brand will be getting the brick-and-mortar treatment very soon. And by soon, we mean next year!Read more...

Ladies and gentlemen, the latest Verzuz battle has been officially announced. And in what should probably come as a surprise to absolutely none of us at this point, it will feature—cue shock and awe—two legends from New York City yet again.Read more...

If you don’t know anything about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (and I don’t blame you), just know this: She’s batshit crazy. And that’s not me doing the writer thing where I conflate the missteps of an elected official to make them seem worse than they actually are. Marjorie Taylor Greene is certifiably seven crayons…Read more...

David Merryman, a 56-year-old owner of rental properties in Virginia, is being sued by Virginia’s attorney general in an $8 million housing discrimination lawsuit over his alleged racist and sexist treatment of tenants.

What is it about a noose that makes a white person say: “Hey, this is a great idea!!”Read more...

In a past life, when I was still wading through puberty while testing the boundaries of my blossoming independence, my Mom used to look at me like I was fucking stupid and offer some brusque words of encouragement: “You can’t be wrong and strong.”Read more...

In this multipart series, HBCU alums share their favorite moments from their alma mater as a testament to what these institutions have meant to them.Read more...

When former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes last year, racists used their bad faith arguments and deflections to focus on Floyd’s previous 2004 drug conviction.Read more...

It’s been a long wait—58 years to be exact—but NASCAR finally has its second Black Cup Series race winner, per ESPN.Read more...

Owen Diaz, a former Black employee who accused Tesla of ignoring racial abuse he experienced while working at the company, is in for a payday. A jury ordered the electric car firm to pay him $137 million for the abuse he endured.Read more...

Dave Chappelle’s newest comedy special has made its grand debut on Netflix!Read more...

On Monday, Henrietta Lacks’ estate sued a biotechnology company over allegations that it is selling cells that physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.

Last week, a federal judge dismissed the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of Eric Logan after considering the city of South Bend, Ind.’s, motion to dismiss the case for nearly a year. Logan was a 54-year-old Black man fatally shot by a white South Bend police officer in June 2019.Read more...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. A year after the country’s recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down, America’s economic recovery continues to be unequal in regard to race and ethnicity.

Due to “a pattern of egregious violations of principles of academic governance and persistent structural racism,” the American Association of University Professors is investigating University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Only a few days after a teacher in a Kansas City high school used the n-word during class, the Raytown school district is now investigating a second racial incident that took place last week, according to the Associated Press.

Hulu has just given a limited-series order to an upcoming adventure series, Washington Black, based on the international best-selling novel from Esi Edugyan, The Root has learned.Read more...

Since trading in their YouTube exploits for boxing gloves, serial idiots Jake and Logan Paul have brought plenty of attention (and embarrassment) to the sport of boxing while being surprisingly effective at either taking down or standing up to a respectable list of accomplished fighters.Read more...

The life and work of the late Chadwick Boseman continues to create a lasting impact as it relates to his alma mater, Howard University.Read more...

Omarosa Manigault Newman Ferguson Johnson Jr. is back in the news doing her whole Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost thing in which she can speak to the competence of despicable white people.

A Black female therapist in Alabama found a noose hanging from a tree at her home after going to her employer with allegations of racism on the job, according to a lawsuit.Read more...

In 1995, Ernest Lee Johnson was convicted in the horrific killing of three Missouri convenience store employees—46-year-old Mary Bratcher, 57-year-old Mable Scruggs, and 58-year-old Fred Jones—with a claw hammer. Johnson’s lawyers have argued that in 2008 an operation on a brain tumor left him with a fifth of his…Read more...

Two white television reporters in Little Rock, Ark., were suspended after they wore Afro wigs during an on-air broadcast in September. KATV’s news director, Nick Genty was also fired.Read more...

On Sunday morning, a statue of George Floyd, whose death sparked a summer of protests last year, was vandalized in New York City. In a surveillance video released on Monday by the New York Police Department, an unidentified man approached the statue in Union Square Park while riding a skateboard before throwing gray…Read more...

In a hopeful turn of events, Syesha Mercado posted an Instagram Live video on Friday to announce that her son, Amen’Ra, was finally back home. In the video captioned “AMEN’RA IS OFFICIALLY HOME!!!”, Mercado’s partner, Tyron Deener, said the family has to undergo six months of supervision by the Department of Children…Read more...

As has been widely reported, cities like New York City and San Francisco have imposed local coronavirus guidelines that require anyone over the age of 12 to provide proof of vaccination prior to entering arenas, gyms, restaurants, and other indoor venues. This also applies to professional athletes, which means that…Read more...

As Haitian families began landing on the lily white sands of Texas–all of them seeking a better life away from a country ravished by earthquakes and political strife–some dozens hoped to be resettled across America, but unfortunately for the U.S., Florida has not defected and that means Florida, the Karen of states,…Read more...

Last week, we told you about Ellen Pompeo’s unnecessary tea spilling in reference to a “tense” exchange between her and Denzel Washington on the set of Grey’s Anatomy years ago.Read more...

In case you didn’t hear, one of the most anticipated games in NFL history took place this weekend. Shall we get into that and the rest of Week 4 of the NFL?Read more...

Nine New York City firefighters have been suspended after an investigation found they were sharing several racist messages and memes on their phones.

An Oregon grand jury has indicted a 27-year-old man who prosecutors said shot and killed a Black man after he spoke to his girlfriend.Read more...

A 24-year-old Texas man admitted in federal court that he traveled to Minneapolis solely to create mayhem during social unrest that followed former police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd.

I’ve seen some fairly extra homecoming proposals in my day. Like messages on billboards, performances of “Call Me Maybe” in the hallway and various others.

Remember when we told you about the lawsuit filed over a Confederate monument that has stood in the mostly Black Tuskegee, Ala. for over a century?

Not too long after signing a bill that would downgrade the act of illegal voting from a second-degree felony to a misdemeanor, Gov. Greg Abbott said “Sike!” and is now pushing to reverse that decision.

In January 2020, Rep. Ayanna Pressley came to a The Root video studio and opened up about a part of herself that she’d kept close despite being an extremely popular progressive Congresswoman and member of “the Squad” who stayed in the public eye. Pressley revealed that she was living with alopecia.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Skils’kin for allegedly retaliating against a Black employee who complained about racism in the workplace.Read more...

At this point, it’s not exactly a secret that Ben Simmons, who holds the dubious distinction of being one of the best defenders in the NBA while also being its most reluctant shooter, wants no parts of the Philadelphia 76ers.Read more...