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Michigan Man Sues Detroit Police Department After Wrongful Arrest Aided by Facial Recognition Software
A 43-year-old Black man is suing the Detroit Police Department after he was wrongfully arrested and identified as a shoplifting suspect by the department’s facial recognition software, according to the Washington Post.
Jayson Tatum Reveals He's Still Battling COVID-19 Complications, Now Uses Inhaler
Dismissing the severity of COVID-19 is a dangerous game.
Ex-Officer Kim Potter Charged With 2nd-Degree Manslaughter in the Death of Daunte Wright
Kim Potter, the now-former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop Sunday, was charged with second-degree manslaughter Wednesday. For activists and community members who have been demanding justice for Wright since the day of the shooting—and are likely already on…Read more...
The Funk Boutique: Celebrating Successful Black Women, Sustainability, and Sneakers
Everything’s coming up American fashion! The first Monday in May has always been known as “Met Gala Day,” when the most elite of the elite come out dressed to impress and preview the exquisite annual costume exhibit hosted by Anna Wintour and Andrew Bolton, curator of the Costume Institute of Metropolitan Museum of…Read more...
Award-Winning Author Topé Folarin Joins Pass The Peas to Talk About His Life, His Time at Morehouse College, His Debut Novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man and Res' How I Do
One of the coolest parts of this entire journey with Very Smart Brothas is the sheer amount of cool people I’ve had the opportunity to meet. If there’s one reason I’d tell anybody to start up that thing you want to do it’s easily because, if you do something right, the world opens up and it’s full of tremendous folks.…Read more...
The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Maestros of Hair
The category is: Hair. They tease. They twist. They tame, tint, trim and artfully tangle our tresses. They are our TGU 50 Hair honorees, ten innovators who have elevated textured hair to new heights.Read more...
Atlanta School Board Distances Itself from Confederate Past, Renames School in Honor of Hank Aaron
At first glance, Forrest Hill Academy might look like just about every other high school in Atlanta. That is, until you realize that it’s named after Nathan Bedford Forrest; a Confederate general who also just so happened to be a whole-ass Ku Klux Klan grand wizard.Read more...
Marvin Scott III Died in a Texas Jail. His Family Is Still Waiting for the Officers to Be Charged
In March, Marvin Scott III was arrested in Allen, Texas, for possessing less than two ounces of marijuana—a misdemeanor. Scott, 26, suffered from schizophrenia and sometimes used the drug to self-medicate, according to the family’s lawyer, S. Lee Merritt, the Texas Tribune reports.
Mortal Kombat: Mehcad Brooks Speaks on Portraying Jax and 'Transmuting Anger Into Purpose'
Mortal Kombat raised me.
Black Former Cop Who Stopped White Police Officer From Choking Black Man to Get Her Pension After Winning Lawsuit
A Black former police officer in the Buffalo Police Department who was fired in 2008 after she stopped a white cop from choking a Black man two years earlier will get her pension after winning her lawsuit Tuesday, according to the New York Times.
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'I Wouldn’t Call It a Wardrobe Malfunction': Stylist Alleges What Happened at 2004 Super Bowl Performance Was Intentional
The stylist in charge of Janet Jackson’s looks during that infamous performance at the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show with Justin Timberlake is apparently shedding more insight into the events that led up to that day after years of silence.Read more...
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Game, Set, Match: Serena Williams Signs First-Look TV Deal With Amazon Studios, Docuseries Announced
Amazon Studios has served a first-look TV deal contract to tennis champ and overall icon Serena Williams and it looks like it’s all “love” on her end!Read more...
Daunte and the Debt Collectors: How the Cops Became Robbers
On Sunday, April 11, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was driving with his girlfriend in Brooklyn Center, Minn., when an armed posse, under the color and authority of the law, recognized the fact that he hadn’t paid for a sticker on his license plate.Read more...
‘Police Officers Don’t Have to Fight Fair’: Defense Attempts to Frame Derek Chauvin’s Actions as ‘Reasonable’ During Day 12 of Trial
The twelfth day of the trial of Derek Chauvin saw the defense begin to argue its case that the former Minneapolis Police officer was not responsible for the death of George Floyd.
The Denver Nuggets Lost More Than Jamal Murray, They Just Lost Their Only Shot At an NBA Title
Athletes love to tell you that they don’t fear anything but God and taxes, but there are two words that strike fear into even the most courageous heart: non-contact injury.Read more...
Barack Obama Calls for Full and Transparent Investigation Into Daunte Wright Shooting, While Biden Talks Tough to Looters
Black America’s president for life, Barack Obama, took to Twitter to call for a “a full and transparent investigation” into the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright and for America to “reimagine policing,” which in layman terms means to stop shooting unarmed Black people.
Students at North Texas School Disciplined After Holding Slave Auction on Snapchat
Students at a school in Northern Texas were disciplined after they set up a slave auction game on social media pretending to sell their Black classmates. The incident took place in the Aledo Independent School District, where students at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus cyberbullied other students based on their race,…Read more...
Red Table Talk Exclusive Clip: Bobby Brown Is Emotionally Honest With His 11-Year-Old About Bobby Jr.'s Death
It’s been five months since the unexpected death of Bobby Brown’s 28-year-old son, Bobby Brown Jr. With yet another heartbreaking bout of news in his immediate family, many fans were concerned about the traumatic toll it must take on Bobby Sr.Read more...
Kim Potter, the Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright, and the Brooklyn Center Police Chief Have Both Resigned
The fatal shooting of Daunte Wright on Sunday by a Minnesota police officer immediately prompted calls for the officer to be both identified and fired. The officer has been identified as Kim Potter and she, along with the Brooklyn Center police chief, submitted their resignations on Tuesday.
The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Phenoms of Fashion
The category is: Fashion. They are influencers, editors, creators and decision-makers—and they always do it in style. This year’s 10 TGU 50 Fashion honorees are designing a more equitable, colorful fashion industry for us all to see ourselves reflected in.Read more...
I Think I've Started to Use Avoidance As Self-Care
“...so how you feel, frustrated, irritated, sometimes I don’t know myself, I be too numb, to feel something sometimes...” - Goodie Mob, “Thought Process,” Soul Food (1995)
Steph Curry Moonwalks Past Wilt Chamberlain to Become Golden State Warriors' All-Time Scorer
It’s been a long-ass season for Steph Curry.Read more...
White America’s Favorite Honey Baked Ham Is in Twitter Jail After Coming for BLM Co-Founder for Buying House in White Neighborhood
Sports pariah and white America’s favorite lapdog Jason Whitlock is unfortunately a Black man. As such, Whitlock has found a niche in life in which his whole modus operandi is to denounce, bash, and destroy the Movement for Black Lives. Whitlock hates Black people. He hates progressive Black people even more. He…Read more...
CDC, FDA to Stop Using Johnson & Johnson Vaccine at Federal Sites After 6 People Suffer Blood Clots
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will stop using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at federal sites and are encouraging states to do the same amid news that six people experienced a rare blood disorder within two weeks of vaccination, with one of them dying…Read more...
The Talk’s Sheryl Underwood and Elaine Welteroth Reflect on Exchange With Sharon Osbourne After Monthlong Hiatus
On Monday, The Talk resumed its regularly scheduled programming after a monthlong hiatus following the internal investigation into the heated exchange that took place live on TV between Sharon Osbourne and her co-host Sheryl Underwood.Read more...
'How Many Black Kids Have to Be Killed for No Freaking Reason?': Sports World Reacts to Daunte Wright Shooting
In the immediate aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake last August, the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court for their Game 5 playoff matchup against the Orlando Magic. Other teams and organizations throughout the world soon followed suit, not only setting a precedent for unruly police behavior moving…Read more...
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Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley's Crazy Fundraising Proves That Idiots Love Giving Their Money to Idiots
In the first quarter of 2021, Missouri Sen. and resident Republican fuckboi Josh Hawley raised some $3 million, a number that proves that crazy folks who loved some Donald Trump are still a unified pack of money spending idiots.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Granted Authority Over Police Department; Cop Who Killed Daunte Wright Once Served as Police Union President
After two days of protests over the police killing of Daunte Wright, the city manager of Brooklyn Center has been fired, and it has been revealed that the officer who killed Daunte Wright once served as the union president of the police department, according to the Washington Post.Read more...
PBS NOVA's Picture a Scientist Exclusive Clip: Being a Black Woman in STEM Sometimes Means Being Mistaken As a Janitor
As many Black folks have learned climbing the figurative ladder of success, “Black excellence” does not provide immunity from racism. In fact, the various micro-aggressions become quite acute when cloaked with the veil of excellence.Read more...
DMX's Family Makes Statement on Late Artist's Memorial Service, Masters and Funeral Fundraising
On Friday, it was announced that DMX, who had been in a coma on life support following a heart attack, had died at the age of 50.Read more...
Oscars 2021: Don Cheadle, Angela Bassett, Regina King, Halle Berry Among Award Presenters
With nearly two weeks before the 93rd annual Academy Awards are set to take place, producers for the ceremony are finally letting us in on just how exactly they plan to pull off this whole “no host” thing (again).Read more...
Mic Drop: Welcome to the Party
Where the party at?Read more...
‘He Showed Us How to Treat Our Mom’: George Floyd’s Brother Gives Heartfelt Testimony During Day 11 of Chauvin Trial
Day 11 of Derek Chauvin’s trial saw a cardiologist push back against the idea a heart attack caused George Floyd’s death; George Floyd’s brother gave a moving “spark-of-life” testimony, and another use of force expert explained how the force used on Floyd was not within reason.
Home of Retired Correctional Officer Raided in No-Knock Warrant by NYPD
You would think Breonna Taylor’s death would have seen no-knock warrants quickly banned nationwide and cops being more proactive about making sure they’re actually targeting the right places when using one. Yeah, nah. A retired corrections officer had her home raided last month by narcotics officers in the New York…Read more...
Dennis Rodman's Daughter Trinity Is Out Here Just Casually Making Soccer History Like It's Nothing
Aside from being the daughter of one of the greatest defensive players the NBA has ever seen—sorry, Draymond—Trinity Rodman is really fucking good at soccer. How good are we talking here? Like...historic.Read more...
Maybe America Is Racist
A few years ago, while covering a story on Republican New Hampshire legislator Werner Horn, I summoned the best and brightest scholars that America had to offer. Horn, who represents his 95.9 percent white hometown in his state’s House of Representatives, confounded people who actually know things by stating that…Read more...
During Heated Press Conference, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Says Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Meant to Use Her Taser
In what feels like a horrific sense of déjà vu, there has been growing unrest in Minnesota after an unarmed Black man was shot and killed by police over the weekend. During a heated press conference, the chief of the Brooklyn Center Police Department released body camera footage of the incident.
Black Woman Arrested After Charles Schwab Deposited $1.2 Million in Her Account and She Refused to Give It Back
Quavo took the Bentley back.
2 Black Women Made History at Wrestlemania 37, But Only Bianca Belair Could Emerge Victorious
On Saturday, frenemies Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks made history as the first Black women to go head-to-head in a Wrestlemania title match, and while they put on a performance for the ages in what many have deemed an instant classic, it was 32-year-old Belair that would emerge victorious and become a WWE champion for…Read more...
‘We Cannot in Good Conscience Provide Economic Support:’ Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua Pull Film Production Out of Georgia
Emancipation, the upcoming “runaway slave thriller” from Apple, Warner Bros., director Antoine Fuqua and starring Will Smith will no longer be filmed in Georgia, The Root has learned.
If Matt Gaetz Read Books, He'd Know the History of Racism In Transportation
So, we already know that Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is a Trump-thirst trapping, alleged child sex trafficking, I-need-my-rich-daddy-to-finance-my-failure-up-in-life-because-I-ain’t-shit fuckboi, and I was gonna write about that, but my boss told me we already know that Gaetz is a bird. Instead, she asked me to…Read more...
The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Visionaries of Beauty
The category is: Beauty. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the influence of Black aesthetics upon the beauty industry is unquestionable. Also indisputable is the impact of this year’s TGU 50 Beauty honorees, ten incredible artists, entrepreneurs, advocates and activists (or all of the above) who have…Read more...
Things Get Bloody in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Strongest Episode Yet
Full spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier below.Read more...
Nationwide White Lives Matter Rallies Fail to Draw Sizable White Supporters
White supremacists tried and failed miserably to rally masses of racists around the country in the name of White Lives Matter, according to Newsweek.Read more...
Why the Virginia Cop Who Pepper-Sprayed the Black Lieutenant Is Just Now Losing His Job
White America is exhausting. Their racism is maddening. Their reasonings, their faux outrage, their hatred for Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling, their complacency for Derek Chauvin’s knee to the neck of a Black man. And I keep getting caught up in it. We all do.
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Kyrie Is Not Your Negro
As Kyrie Irving made abundantly clear this weekend, the n-word isn’t for everybody.
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