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Closing arguments wrapped up Monday in the trial of Amber Guyger, the former Dallas Police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor after walking into his apartment last year. But on the trial’s final day, Judge Tammy Kemp made two key decisions that could determine whether the jury ultimately finds Guyger guilty…Read more...

We laugh a lot. A lot. And we’re very good friends. And one of us wrote a book (psst ... it’s called The Baddest Bitch in the Room and it’s available on Audible right now). But probably the most fascinating thing about being The Root’s editor-in-chief, Danielle Belton, and former music industry veteran-turned-author…Read more...

Clearly, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gets her humanitarianism from her mama. It’s a fact the royal pointed out in her now-defunct blog The Tig, where she credited her mom, clinical therapist Doria Ragland, with raising her to be “a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.”Read more...

Speaking to reporters last week, a 12-year-old black girl appeared terrified and distraught as she recounted how she was attacked by three white sixth grade classmates. They held her down, cutting her dreadlocked hair and called it “ugly” and “nappy,” she said.Read more...

Of all the candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for president, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey may be the best-educated. He has three solid debate performances under his belt with no real slip-ups. His past is relatively scandal-free, and sources say that Cory Booker’s drug dealer friend would kick Joe…Read more...

Jesus works in mysterious ways…and in divine order.Read more...

On the 43rd anniversary of the passage of the Hyde Amendment, a key piece of legislation that restricts abortion rights for Medicaid recipients, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) have announced the law’s days are numbered.

I’m not the target market.

It was an amazingly candid conversation, punctuated with lots of laughter, black-ass intonations, and responses from the crowd.Read more...

Summer is over, but vacations are forever. If you have a trip coming up, you’ll be happy to know that TRTL—the folks behind one of our favorite travel pillows—just unveiled its innovative new Pack Pods.Read more...

A discounted Eufy Smart Doorbell, Philosophy deals, and a sale on Samsung 8K TVs lead off Monday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

Mississippi police should have never been at Ismael Lopez’s door. But in executing a warrant for a man wanted for domestic assault in July 2017, police went to the wrong address, arriving at Lopez’s home instead of the suspect’s.Read more...

“Cardi don’t need more press,” Cardi B rapped in her last solo single, aptly named “Press.” But where Cardi goes, the press inevitably follows; so for an impromptu on-the-street appearance in Paris this past weekend, the fashion-loving rapper once again gave them something to talk about.Read more...

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Donald Trump is shook.Read more...

Pee-wee Herman (born Paul Reubens) had a big adventure in 1985, but his blackest adventure happened in 1988.Read more...

A potential movie titled The Hate White Hope may be apropos for Poor POTUS after all.Read more...

And baby makes five.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is keeping the same energy she has always had.Read more...

A coffee Gold Box, a deal on the Thermapen Mk4, and a discounted Dell gaming monitor lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.

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It can’t be curtains already for Lil Nas X.Read more...

Some wild shit is forever going down in Florida; this time it’s Broward County.

Finally, something we can look up to—literally.Read more...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has settled a sexual harassment claim brought by an employee against the man who once headed the agency, former North Carolina congressman Mel Watt.Read more...

A task force comprised of federal, state and local law enforcement is on the hunt for the killer of Irene Pressley, a U.S. mail carrier who was found shot to death along the route she worked in rural South Carolina.

Snoop Dogg and his family are mourning the death of his infant grandson.Read more...

Editor’s note: No matter how fresh, fly, or uncracked our black, occasionally everyone needs a makeover—or a “refresh,” as it were. For instance, The Glow Up’s weekly “Big Beauty Tuesday” feature, while a fantastic showcase for black-owned and helmed brands, proved more a restrictive format than anticipated—namely, it…Read more...

Amber Guyger took the stand in her own defense Friday morning, occasionally breaking down in tears as she recalled what happened the night she walked into her neighbor Botham Jean’s apartment and shot him dead in his living room. Her testimony marks the first public comments the 31-year-old former Dallas Police…Read more...

Today’s mailbag is all about white allies.

Fairfax County Police are investigating a harrowing incident at a Northern Virginia private school in which three sixth-grade boys are accused of pinning down a black classmate on the playground and cutting off her hair.Read more...

As Fashion Week traveled from New York City to London to Milan to Paris, we’ve been waiting patiently to see what the fashion industry’s top two black designers would be offering for Spring/Summer 2020. And while they presented very different aesthetics, Off-White’s Virgil Abloh and Balmain Creative Director Olivier…Read more...

In a world full of turmoil, we can never have enough Black Girl Magic—and it appears Gabrielle Union will be bringing some over to NBC.Read more...

Buy Committee, Tyrone’s mom (a.ka. Ana) needs your help. She and a friend won a trip to Disney World and will be heading to Orlando in a few weeks, But, she’s looking for some recommendations, especially considering that her last trip wrecked her feet.

The Root 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings take a one-week snapshot of the campaign season and imagine, using just that week, which candidate running for president would be best for black America. Most weeks, we (me, Dr. Jason Johnson, politics editor of The Root; Marcus Ferrell, former African-American outreach…Read more...

On Tuesday, CVS shoppers in Los Angeles were in for a special treat when a crazy white lady decided to do her best Mel Gibson impression and go on a racist rant.Read more...

It started out as a way to troll the so-called liberal media, borne out of alt-right posts on message board 4chan. Now, according to Jewish civil rights organization the Anti-Defamation League, the “OK” hand symbol has gone from prank to a hate symbol associated with white supremacy.

A Land’s End sale, Seavees sneakers, Buffy comforters, and a Pumpkin waffle maker lead off Friday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

In what could be the final chapter in the tragic #EbonyOwes saga, The Root has learned that seven former employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against Ebony Magazine and its parent company, private equity firm Clear View Group.Read more...

Dry shampoo. Your girlfriend goes through a bottle every two weeks, but have you ever wondered if you could benefit from this magic grooming pick-me-up? The answer? Probably! Dry shampoo hoovers up oil, sweat, and even dirt from greasy hair, and can leave hair looking more full of volume.

Editor’s note: While we try to stay on top of everything at all times, sometimes a post gets lost on the way to publishing—which is what happened when we wrote the following coverage of the first New York Fashion Week appearance of Serena Williams’ S by Serena line on Sept. 10. So, in honor of the GOAT—who celebrated…Read more...

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The two Sacramento, Calif., cops who shot and killed an unarmed Stephon Clark as he stood in his grandparents’ backyard last year not only will face no charges—but they have been cleared to return to duty.

It’s all about the Benjamins, baby—even for Wall Street bigwigs who call themselves Democrats and say they’ll sit out the election, or even wholesale back Donald Trump, if Elizabeth Warren, the big-banks-bashing senator from Massachusetts, is their party’s presidential nominee.

Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s ever-vociferous mouthpiece, is apparently feeling most unappreciated for all he did on behalf of his boss to put him in danger of being impeached dig up dirt on one of his rivals for the Oval Office, and says history will prove him right, damnit!

The Dallas County medical examiner who performed Botham Jean’s autopsy told jurors on Wednesday that the bullet that killed him entered in a “downward motion,” indicating that Jean’s body was positioned below former Dallas Police officer’s gun when she fatally shot him.Read more...

So...how do you get away with murder? By playing a harmless hypothetical game about it, of course!

We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.Read more...

Six decades after a white woman’s murderous lie incited the white supremacist lynching that pushed the civil rights movement into second gear, Department of Justice officials told Congress they were still looking into it.

Latin America been black and indigenous.Read more...