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I sure as hell ain’t the only Black person who works at The Root, but I’ve definitely had more of my fair share of being the only one in the room throughout the course of my life. So I can only imagine what MLB superstar Mookie Betts goes through every single day while playing baseball—one of the most conservative…Read more...

President Joe Biden is old.

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Kim Wilson, Ph.D., is the living embodiment of “I’m not new to this, I’m true to this.” The co-host and producer of the Beyond Prisons podcast’s commitment to prison abolition goes well beyond her academic and media work.Read more...

Attorneys for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin are requesting that a jury be allowed to see evidence from a 2019 arrest of George Floyd, and they’re pretending they want this for any other reason outside of hopes that racism and hatred for those suffering from drug addiction will set their client free.Read more...

Racism in America just keeps trucking on in ways big and small.

The headline for this story is really the gotdamn point. Always.Read more...

NBA superstar Steph Curry, whose back was already sore from carrying the Golden State Warriors all season, suffered one of the worst injuries known to man Wednesday night against the Houston Rockets.

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A county attorney in Georgia who represented a majority Black county was removed from his post after protesters called for his firing. What did he do, you ask? Well, he tried to suppress the vote of his constituents.Read more...

Given the prolonged fuckery that defined the 1,460 days Trump was in office, it’s not surprising that things that shouldn’t have been a problem, became a problem. After a government shutdown derailed its renewal on 2019, the House is set to vote on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.

Yo, believe me when I tell you: WHITE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING AMAZING.Read more...

California is one of only four states that doesn’t have a process to decertify cops. New legislation introduced by state lawmakers would allow the state to finally have an avenue to weed out cops who commit misconduct.Read more...

According to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League, white supremacist propaganda surged across America last year. The report did not include any updates as to whether or not water is still wet, if the sky still turns less blue when the weather is bad or whether today is, in fact, Wednesday.

It’s already been a heartbreaking and devastatingly unrelenting year of blatant, dehumanizing and violent acts of racism. It’s echoed four years of ever-escalating incidents in the same vein, not to mention centuries of a state of rotten affairs that is as American as apple pie.Read more...

Here’s my take: books that are about history—fiction or nonfiction—guide us in the decisions we make about setting and breaking boundaries. Reading fictional works that feature an inspiring hero or heroine doing something extreme or overcoming a major obstacle can be very influential when it comes to making difficult…Read more...

The Movement for Black Lives—a coalition of 150 organizations from across the nation that was formed in 2014 and has been instrumental in organizing anti-racism protests since the Black Lives Matter movement began—has let it be known that it opposes the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (pdf). Of course, the…Read more...

Look, bruh. I get it.

A speech made by Until Freedom founder Tamika Mallory during a performance at the Grammys on Sunday has set off yet another wave of public dissension from people who’ve lost loved ones in high-profile cases of police brutality.Read more...

This Sunday, National Geographic will premiere a limited series called Genius: Aretha, starring Cynthia Erivo. The four-night broadcast event will culminate on March 25, which will mark the late Aretha Franklin’s 79th birthday.Read more...

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I don’t have much to add here today that hasn’t already been said.

During an exclusive interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday, President Biden stated that if an investigation confirms the seven claims of sexual harassment against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that he should step down.

The sanctimonious obsession with a popular song about moistened muffs continues! Thanks to this past weekend’s Grammys telecast, conservatives can continue to not care about the domestic terrorism displayed at a whole national monument and divert that energy to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP!” What a life!Read more...

A Woodstock, Georgia, man is suspected of embarking on arguably one of the most horrific shooting sprees America has seen in recent years. Robert Aaron Long, 21, is accused of fatally shooting eight people—six of whom were Asian women—after firing shots at two Atlanta massage parlors and a third in Acworth, Ga. Long…Read more...

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You may have seen #FreeHaiti making the rounds on Twitter, and though the hashtag has been shared by celebrities like Cardi B and influencers like Karen Civil, it originated from people in the Caribbean republic in response to the fatal outcome of a SWAT operation last weekend to seize gang members in the Village de…Read more...

Way back in 2018, when the country was under orange rule, the FBI was tasked with doing a background check on Brett Kavanaugh, who had been nominated for the Supreme Court. If you unlock that part of your brain that swore it would never go back there, remember that there were claims of sexual assault against Kavanaugh…Read more...

Since entering the NBA in 2003 as an 18-year-old phenom, LeBron James has completely transformed what it means to be a professional athlete. Aside from being dominant on the court, he frequently uses his platform to combat social injustice and has evolved into a savvy businessman whose interests extend to music, the…Read more...

Do you remember during school lunch, there was always this one kid begging you to share your snacks with them, and after their relentless efforts, you just threw a few chips (let’s say they were Flamin’ Hot Cheetos for the full visual) onto an errant sheet of notebook paper and flung them toward the soliciting…Read more...

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The mother of a 1-year-old boy who was shot after Houston police opened fire on a robber earlier this month has spoken out about the incident.

Hot take: Racists are the absolute worst. Yeah, I said it! The latest instance of racists being the absolute worst takes us to California, where racist graffiti was found at a middle school.

Legendary comedian and actor Eddie Murphy is set to be honored at the 52nd annual NAACP Image Awards this year.Read more...

A judge in Washington state is facing condemnation and calls for his resignation following disparaging comments about a Black man who was shot and killed by the police, once more proving that white men just need to shut the fuck up.Read more...

While many lawmakers in the South are introducing laws aimed at ensuring fewer people can vote in future elections, at least one state is trying to restore the franchise to more people.

A Slim Aarons-inspired photoshoot had us swooning over Zendaya, John David Washington and reimagined 1950s glamour this week. The bold colors, the smizing, the effortlessly sexy ways in which these two actors work together? You can’t tear your eyes away.

If you grew up a Black girl in America in the last half-century, there’s a good chance you grew up in tandem with Essence magazine, the pioneering publication for Black women which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020. For over 40 0f those years, Mikki Taylor has been part of that storied legacy, helping to craft…Read more...

20 Questions after watching The Bachelor finale last night while the Nets and Knicks game was on commercial breaks:

It looks like the pressure is on with this latest update between the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Hollywood’s top publicists.

I cannot say that I’m a fan of The Bachelor. I’ve never watched a full season. I couldn’t tell you who my favorite contestants are. And unless Bachelor Nation is anywhere near Wakanda or Zamunda, I can’t tell you how to get there.

The Talk has some explaining to do. The daytime ensemble talk show announced on Monday that it would be on hiatus until Wednesday while it conducted an “internal review” into the heated exchange that took place last Wednesday between Sharon Osbourne and, well, herself (since co-host Sheryl Underwood demonstrated…Read more...

Last summer, in a never-ending attempt to find things for our kids to do that were as safe as possible and also as avoidant of other people as possible, my wife happened upon a petting zoo in Reston, Va., called Roer’s Zoofari. It is about 45 minutes to an hour from my house depending on traffic, so one day last June,…Read more...

Though President Biden signed a landmark $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law last Thursday, many Americans are still waiting to receive their portion of the COVID-19 relief funds.

The Department of Agriculture is supposed to help farmers.

I don’t consider myself a religious person, but as much as I despise the New England Patriots, head coach Bill Bellicheat is really out here turning water into bottles of Luc Belaire.Read more...

He may be a former “Sexiest Man Alive,” but never forget that Idris Elba is for the children. HarperCollins certainly hasn’t missed the memo, announcing on Monday that the Golden Globe and SAG Award-winning actor, musician, filmmaker, activist, and father of two has signed a global multi-book deal with the publisher…Read more...

We know little to nothing about Them, but we don’t trust ‘em.Read more...