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Iowa Hawkeyes football coach Kirk Ferentz isn’t the most popular guy at the moment. And if your nosey ass is wondering why, it might have something to do with the fact that the dude is a whole ass racist—allegedly.Read more...

The widely beloved Tracee Ellis Ross has many identities: award-winning actress, director and producer, activist, beauty entrepreneur, and the middle daughter of stage and screen icon Diana Ross. Lesser known is that well before she was delighting us on Girlfriends or Black-ish (which returns this Wednesday), Ross was…Read more...

Former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton, brother of Michael and Ramsey, claims that the orange walrus in the White House won’t leave quietly if he loses the upcoming presidential election.

Each year, The Root 100 list celebrates Black achievement by honoring the top pioneers, leaders, activists, and public figures in the African American community. During this unprecedented year, The Root 100 was honored to recognize those on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the list, including…Read more...

Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins has unveiled a teaser trailer of his highly-anticipated limited TV series, The Underground Railroad.Read more...

President Trumprona Virus opened his anus-shaped mouth to bash the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, claiming that he and the rest of the scientists working to stop the spread of the coronavirus are all “idiots.”

You hear that? That’s the pitter-patter of Ivy Park-loving feet rushing to line up for the next drop of merch from Beyoncé’s covetable collab with Adidas, which the brand announced today via a technicolor mountainscape on social media, simply captioned: “DRIP 2 October 30.”Read more...

A federal judge scored one for people who don’t hate poor people on Sunday by striking down a ruling by the Trump administration that could have stripped food stamps from nearly 700,000 people during an ongoing global pandemic that has caused an enormous surge in unemployment in America.Read more...

Baseball isn’t my ministry, but you’re reading this because it’s yours.

Fashion may be fueled by trends, but Naomi Campbell has never gone out of style. The supermodel shifted the paradigm for beauty when she entered the industry in the mid-’80s, cementing her place in the firmament among fashion’s most famous faces by the early ‘90s. Three decades, countless covers and catwalks, and a…Read more...

The search for the victims of the 1921 Tulsa massacre, one of the worst episodes of racist violence in the country’s history, will enter its second phase on Monday, as archaeologists and forensic scientists begin excavating other sites believed to house remains of Black people killed by a racist mob nearly 100 years…Read more...

Boyyyyyyyyyy was there some ugly football this weekend. Shall we start there? Yes. Let’s.Read more...

Yamiche Alcindor holds the late civil rights titan John Lewis in high regard.Read more...

Michael K. Williams is a standout actor in any role he portrays, and most recently, he has been receiving much acclaim for his turn as Montrose Freeman in Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country.Read more...

There aren’t many times where I can say that President Trump and I share anything in common. In fact, there aren’t any. Not one. Then, President Trump went to the International Church of Las Vegas on Sunday, and he looked just as uncomfortable as most men do when they walk into the strip club sober.

“If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem.”— Kwame TureRead more...

A Republican state senator running for reelection drew criticism this past week over bizarre comments he gave to a local TV station, claiming that high obesity rates in the “inner city” were due to eating fried chicken.Read more...

Steve McQueen is pretty damn passionate when it comes to Black creators. In a recent interview with Esquire UK, McQueen discussed the impact of Black British people on the totality of British culture and the creative freedom of Black talent, while promoting his film anthology series Small Axe.Read more...

In Utah, 21 alleged members and associates of white supremacist gangs face federal charges of distributing methamphetamines and firearms throughout the state,.Read more...

If for some reason you ever need to see a picture-perfect example of the weaponization of white fragility, look no further than law enforcement in rural Wisconsin, where a local nonprofit organization that provides safety and shelter for victims of domestic and sexual violence has drawn the scorn and rebuke of…Read more...

It must be hard out here for a Republican these days. Imagine having to choose between being a decent human being and appealing to your deplorable base. We learned all through the Obama years how a foreign-sounding name on a brown person gives racist ass xenophobes conservative voters the heebee jeebees. So I bet when…Read more...

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That’s it: America officially produces the weirdest terrorists.Read more...

For people who have the hissiest of fits anytime anyone even suggests that they might be racist, Republicans sure do appear to have a rough time not demonstrating clear bigotry, especially when they get around their constituents. Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) spoke at a Trump rally in Macon, Ga., Friday and decided to put…Read more...

Theater, film and television actor Anthony Chisholm has died at age 77, The Katz Company, his talent management, announced Friday.Read more...

Robin Givens remains deeply traumatized by ex-husband Mike Tyson, telling People magazine that she felt “like the world was crumbling again” when she heard about the upcoming biopic of the heavyweight boxer.Read more...

It’s October, which means two things in my household: Blade II on repeat and scary-ass games. I figure I should probably take a break from Blade II to put you on some spooky-ass games at some good-ass prices, because, you know, it’s kind of my job.

Turns out that America isn’t the only country that’s aware of how fucking stupid Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is.

Nothing says “I’m not racist,” like signing an executive order that threatens to cut federal funding for universities unless they stop diversity training, and y’all already know that’s exactly what the president did.Read more...

This week, two presidential candidates put on a show via two competing networks—no, it wasn’t primetime fictional television, this was real life! This means, we have even more reason to escape once again. Let’s get into these trailers...Read more...

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After years of stability, the Houston Rockets are in flux.Read more...

Remember last year when billionaire Robert Smith told students graduating from Morehouse College he was going to pay their student loans? Remember how good that felt to see? Well, you might want to hold on to that feeling because it turns out dude committed tax fraud.

A video of a Black man being beaten by Louisiana police, kept away from the public for more than a year, was finally shown to his family this week.Read more...

Former New Jersey governor and the Cake Boss’ before photo, Chris Christie, revealed that he went from feeling perfectly healthy to being admitted to the intensive care unit in less than a day after contracting the coronavirus. Now that he’s on the mend, he’s admitting to being a complete asshole and warning Americans…Read more...

It looks like Nicki Minaj’s baby is channeling his mama’s “Bedrock” verse opener with, “Let me think, I guess it’s my turn!”Read more...

The fatal shooting of beloved actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd shocked fans and peers alike when it was announced earlier this month.Read more...

The Nigerian military has issued a warning to the public amid weeks of anti-police brutality protests, calling on “subversive elements and troublemakers to desist.” While protesters have actually been the target of violence this week as they continue demonstrations against the country’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad…Read more...

Do you remember this guy? If you’re my age (41) or older, you probably do. I’m sure Ice Cube does, because he’s old as fuck! If you don’t, his name is Ellis and he’s from a movie called Die Hard.Read more...

There is the multiverse, and then, there are the multi-versed; award-winning poet, playwright, author, editor, and artist Claudia Rankine, is undoubtedly one of the latter. With seven books, several plays, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, United States…Read more...

President Trump knows how to make good TV.

Despite President COVID-45's insistence that the coronavirus is “disappearing,” this pandemic is still very much alive—as evidenced by the fact that 21 states have just set record weekly averages for new cases this week.Read more...

Donald Trump has made one thing clear: he doesn’t care about democracy or protecting your right to vote.

After one of the biggest implosions in NBA history, in which the Los Angeles Temecula Clippers (the franchise has since relocated to Temecula after the team was ran out of town by rioters bearing torches and pitchforks) somehow blew a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference Semifinals with one of the most loaded…Read more...

President Trump is taking down everyone on his way (hopefully) out of the White House. Those aligned with him or noticeably silent (looking at you, Republican Party) have proven themselves complicit in all of the fuckery coming out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Ava DuVernay is back in the director’s chair once again, this time for a feature film adaptation based on Isabel Wilkerson’s New York Times bestseller, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.Read more...

I’ve always believed that the single Drakiest Drake song is “Shot For Me.” It’s petty, it’s passive-aggressive, and it’s actually pretty damn mean and nasty, but its meanness and nastiness are obscured by Drake’s falsetto-ey intonation.

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council took a notable step towards police reform by advancing a proposal that would create a crisis response team for non-violent 911 calls.Read more...

All of these Black celebrities would do well to understand how unlikely it is that a sitting president is going to meet with entertainers on major policy decisions. Now, our current president and his administration will meet with you. He’s so desperate for Black friends that he won’t pass on the opportunity to use you…Read more...