The Root

“People kept saying that I [came out]...I didn’t do that,” actress-activist Rosario Dawson recently told Bustle magazine, referencing a 2018 Pride Month post on Instagram in which she seemed to identify and align herself with the LGBTQ+ community—her “fellow LGBTQ+ homies,” to be exact. In the video accompanying the…Read more...

No one can say we didn’t give Toni Morrison her flowers while she was with us; prior to her death on August 5, 2019, the Beloved author had amassed a Nobel Prize in Literature, a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and countless other accolades. And today, Feb. 18, on what would’ve been…Read more...

Express 40% Off Sale | Express

Tiffany Boone is reclaiming her narrative.Read more...

Editor’s Note: This week, The Root commemorates Black History Month with a series on little-known or forgotten rebels, celebrating black America’s legacy of defiance.Read more...

Another day, another Trump Twitter rant aimed at trying to pump himself up and make his record look better than it really is. His latest target? Former President Barack Obama.Read more...

The 2007 Battle of the Billionaires winner currently masquerading as President really wants you to know he’s a white nationalist. If it’s not the continued employment of Stephen Miller despite being outed as a white nationalist, it’s shit like this.Read more...

Y’all, I simply love reporting on the failures of white supremacists. It’s probably a top 3 favorite thing for me besides food and talking to anyone who will listen about why Def Jam: Fight For NY is easily a top 5 fighting game of all time.Read more...

While we’ve seen a rise in blatant white nationalism since the start of this presidency, Black History Month always has a particular way of bringing out the worst in racists.Read more...

There’s a reason I am, like many people, against the death penalty.Read more...

Nikita Pearl Waligwa was a young newcomer to the acting world from Uganda. She was bright, gifted and adored by her co-stars in the 2016 Disney film Queen of Katwe, based on the true story of a chess champion’s coming of age. So it truly saddens me, as I’m sure it does many, that the young, budding actress has died of…Read more...

Many are calling Sunday night’s 69th NBA All-Star game the best in recent memory. Maybe it’s because of the game’s new format change or maybe it was because the spirit of Kobe Bryant was most certainly in that arena all night, but the game is being hailed as the most dramatic, entertaining and competitive the world…Read more...

A 2-port Anker USB-C charger that powers two MacBooks at once, a $37 Dutch Oven, a Sonic the Hedgehog Monopoly board game, and an extensive list of Presidents Day Sales kick off Monday’s top bargains.Read more...

The trashion fashion world is still about that bullshit!Read more...

Forever President Barack Hussein Obama blew into The Windy City this week to take part in the All-Star Weekend festivities.Read more...

Dwayne Wade is letting it all hang out in an upcoming documentary about his life on and off the court.Read more...

We’ve all seen or heard of stories about black children being pulled out of class and black employees having their jobs placed in jeopardy over their hairstyles. Last month, for example, Texas high school student Deandre Arnold made headlines after he was suspended over his locks and told he needed to cut them before…Read more...

The Godfather of Soul is back — or at least investigations into his death may be.Read more...

In today’s Water is Wet News we find, once again that when police are sent to target civilians at random, black and Latino people will overwhelmingly represent the victimized. The nation saw a prime example of this in the form of New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy which was first overseen by then-mayor and now U.S.…Read more...

Portable Air Compressor | $35 | Amazon | Promo code P9VT8WVQ and coupon

Fans and people grieving the loss of late basketball icon Kobe Bryant are reportedly clamoring to pay their final respects to him during a memorial in the same arena he became legend.

After being torched on Thursday following a tangent she went on — telling men to stop wearing dresses — Wendy Williams is apologizing for her homophobic rhetoric and transphobic transgressions.

On Valentine’s Day night, three people were shot and injured at Kandi Burruss’ Old Lady Gang restaurant in East Point, about 8 miles south of downtown Atlanta.Read more...

In today’s episode of Shit Black People Can’t Do Without Being Harassed and Brutalized we’ll be adding to the list: rest.Read more...

Listen, just in case any of you out there are still not ready to cancel R Kelly, it’s looking more and more like the American justice system will get something right for a change and do it for you.Read more...

Lodge 8-Inch Cast Iron Skillet | $10 | AmazonRead more...

You know... maybe we should all just go back to celebrating Black History Month by — oh, I don’t know — teaching black history.Read more...

A $69 (nice) Chromebook, a discounted mug warmer that serves also as a wireless charger, and 25% off Dr. Scholl’s kicks are some of Saturday’s most enticing deals on the web.

As we’ve seen over the past few months, one of the benefits of marijuana legalization has been states allowing those previously convicted to have their charges dismissed. Los Angeles County has become the next city to do just that.Read more...

Unfortunately, it’s no secret that black students are disciplined much harsher than their white counterparts. Even knowing that the case of 6-year-old Nadia King is still unusually disturbing.

White nationalists are dumb. I don’t think that’s a particularly controversial statement. If you’re going to lie about being a white nationalist on an application to work for the federal government, perhaps don’t post pictures on Facebook proving that you’re a white nationalist.Read more...

Each year, millions of people forgo Cupid and his machinations to descend upon the NBA’s host city of choice in favor of something we all know and love: NBA All-Star Weekend. Sadly, I won’t be in attendance, but here’s a preview of what’s in store.Read more...

Two grown-ass adult racist billionaires, without one Gucci belt between them, took to Twitter to shoot the dozens (D.C. call it joaning) or white old guy battle rap, which is basically throwing punchlines without rhyming, because they are both racist and petty AF.

On the heels of Snoop’s mama making him apologize to Gayle King for trash-talking her, calling her names, issuing a veiled threat against her and thereby opening her up to harassment from his legion of loyal fans, the veteran journalist says she accepts his apology and apologized herself for any pain she may have…Read more...

The committee loves Valentine’s Day, not just because it’s an excuse to eat lots of candy and make reservations at places that you never cared about going to so that you actually look like you’ve made an effort because last Valentine’s Day we were waiting in line for hours because you refuse to use NexTable...sorry, I…Read more...

Ever wondered what it’d be like to listen in on one of Oprah and Michelle Obama’s conversations? Well, thousands at Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Barclays Center had the chance, as the “forever first lady” recently sat down with the “queen of all media” for Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus tour, sponsored by Weight Watchers.Read more...

Every Friday, we clap back at hateful emails, tweets, DMs and comments from our readers. But, since today is the day when we celebrate romance, I thought we should respond to some of our emails that were about love.

Just like a picture, Black Love is worth a thousand words. So, we decided to ask the cast and crew of The Photograph to play our audience favorite, Black Ass Game: Black Love Edition.

The 1990s and early aughts were a good time for black movies. From Boyz n The Hood to Menace II Society to What’s Love Got To Do With It to sleeper classics like The Wood, almost every year we got several dope black movies that showed us some version of blackness that existed in our communities. In 1997, during my…Read more...

The duo Black Violin—comprised of members Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste— merge hip-hop, classical and rock elements to create dynamic music with a message. And on the two-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting, they’re making a statement with the world premiere of their music video “One Step.”Read more...

Chloe Hilliard is hilarious. No, really; the veteran journalist-turned-standup comedian was a semifinalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, has since appeared on Comedy Central and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and even hosts her own podcast, Social Misfit with Chloé Hilliard. And when you see her perform live,…Read more...

Alameda County prosecutors dropped charges against the group Moms 4 Housing and its supporters on Thursday, nearly a month after they were forcefully evicted and briefly jailed from the vacant West Oakland home they were squatting in.Read more...

While Sallie Mae has never put me in a headlock—I love you too, Air Force!—I’ve heard plenty of horror stories about her wreaking havoc on the bank accounts and mental stability of my peers. But hopefully, students at I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, won’t suffer a similar fate after LeBron James gifted them with four…Read more...

Thank you for your continued support of The Inventory. Buy this horny incense holder and you will be so cool.Read more...

If you, like me, were raised in the American educational system, your education on black history was that Martin Luther King had one speech and George Washington Carver was this close to making a lightsaber out of peanuts. There are so many great stories in black history that have gone unwritten. Stories that,…Read more...

Serious question: Has anyone checked on Wendy Williams? Is she OK?Read more...

Trump is out here like a black father who just got his tax returns: You really can’t tell him shit now!

Outerwear Clearance | Starting at $32 | Jachs | Promo code WNTOUT

On Thursday, Attorney General William Barr, aka Evil Fred Flintstone, went on a tirade about his lover/homie/friend President Donald Trump.

There’s nothing quite as powerful as feeling acknowledged, valued and loved.Read more...