The Root

It has now been almost three years since the world lost the musical genius, legend and icon known as Prince, but his estimated $200 million estate remains mired in all kinds of drama, with his heirs yet to see one dime.

In what’s being called a groundbreaking measure, New York City’s City Council has passed a bill banning most companies from testing job applicants for marijuana.Read more...

Don’t come for Chrissy Teigen unless you’re called.

Life has admittedly not been easy for hip-hop media pioneer Dee Barnes, but perhaps things will start to get a little brighter with the help of talk show host Wendy Williams.Read more...

Beyoncé and Michelle Obama have been out in these streets hailing each other’s praises and it’s honestly the kind of content that makes paying my internet/phone bill worthwhile.Read more...

On the eve of the biggest literary release since Superhead’s first book, the Trump administration, being the cauldron of sneaky shit done while America isn’t paying attention, has proposed a new rule to end public housing aid for undocumented immigrants.

Clarese Gainey of Gainesville, Fla., is about that action.Read more...

What goes on in Donald Glover’s mind?

Three years ago, a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in Alabama.Read more...

Beyoncé knows that 2019 has been a shit show, so not only did she bless us with a Beychella documentary on Netflix, she’s also re-releasing the audio from her album Lemonade. A benevolent queen.

My friend Toni and I text a lot and for good reason. We are the same age. We divorced young. We have small children. We work together.

HBO knows that all of us are super-hype about this last season of Game of Thrones, and yes, that includes the Night King and his White Walkers but they don’t want old blue eyes using GOT for his political bullshit.

Welp. The ashen troglodyte known as Kodak Black (born Bill K. Kapri) has been arrested on weapons and gun charges.

Lindsey Harding is used to breaking records. During her time as a guard at Duke, she became only the sixth player in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 250 steals. In 2007, she was named the Naismith College Player of the Year and won the WBCA Defensive…Read more...

I love Baby Boy reruns as much as the next person, but I’ve wondered for years why BET completely abandoned their daily news programming. And with TV One’s decision to can Roland Martin’s News One Now in 2017, those of us eager for network news have had to sift though a deluge of nebulous coverage that far too often…Read more...

Michelle Obama, whose husband never paid hush money to a paramour during either of his winning campaigns, knows a thing or two about poor leaders.Read more...

Last week at the corner of 14 and U, a throng of mostly black people swayed in unison to the beat of a live go-go band. The drums and horns blasted as people walked from near and far to not only hear their indigenous music but also to join the resistance. The band and its audience were protesting in response to a…Read more...

The 72nd Cannes Film Festival (formerly known as Festival International Du Film Cannes or Festival de Cannes) has officially announced its selections for 2019.

The Flint, Mich., water crisis has weighed heavily on the hearts of those of us within the black community. But five years after its onset, it would appear that the city is now one step closer to finally leaving its deadly water infrastructure in the past.

Today was supposed to be a glorious day. Today was supposed to be the day where special counsel Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation confirms everything that those of us who didn’t vote for Trump already knew, that the president of the United States colluded with Russian operatives to steal the 2016 election.

There’s something about the power of euphemism: you call someone a “prisoner” or an “inmate” and, suddenly, all sorts of dehumanizing, terrible, violent things that would be unfathomable to subject a “regular” person to become possible. Become necessary. You call someone a police officer, guard, or a “corrections…Read more...

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André Holland is a gottdamn star.

After making headlines for providing free haircuts for the homeless in his beloved Philadelphia, barber Brennon Jones is demanding answers on why his charitable efforts have now drawn the wrong type of attention.Read more...

It is pretty safe to say that no matter how old you are, you can still stress your mom out. Whether you are 5 and scrape your knee or 30 and getting married, your mom is always going to worry. My mom has always said it is her job to worry about me. If you feel bad for all the grief you’ve given your mom over the…Read more...

It was 2001, and Stephanie “Sparkle” Edwards took the stand to testify against Robert “R.” Kelly, the man who dubbed her his protegé, in connection with an alleged sex tape involving her 14-year-old niece.Read more...

In news of the creeper variety, apparently Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, is looking for love online—and using a fake name to do it.

Finding decent, affordable housing for yourself and your family can be tough, especially if you’re working-class or low-income and living in any one of the rapidly gentrifying big cities in the nation.

For some 100 years, Arkansas was perfectly happy having the statues of two Confederate-era stalwarts—attorney Uriah Milton Rose and statesman James Paul Clarke—represent it to the nation in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.

Saying there is a need for a “new Voting Rights Act,” U.S. Sen. Cory Booker promised a number of voting reforms if he became president in 2020, including making Election Day a national holiday and restoring the voting rights of ex-felons.

The mother of a student who attends an Arizona charter school alleges that a third-grade teacher had the class reenact an important moment in the history of Jim Crow because, of course, the only way kids can learn about racism is through lynch mob role-playing exercises.

In what can only be considered a continuous effort by the Donald Trump administration to undo former president (and best president to ever do it) Barack Obama’s legacy, National Security Adviser John Bolton has declared that Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are the three wheels on the tricycle of socialism while…Read more...

It was tough enough watching New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft dancing on stage with Cardi B, and now prosecutors are set to release pixelated video footage of the owner—who looks like a soft potato wearing a white human hair wig—receiving sexual services at a Florida day spa.

Police gun down so many black men, I can’t even recall which one is the impetus for this story. But a few years ago, after yet another one of us was mowed down in the street in cold blood, I arrived to my TV writers room in a less than pleasant mood.Read more...

Shortly after Kim Foxx agreed to an independent investigation of her involvement in the Jussie Smollett case, texts between herself and communications team staff members leaked. The texts reportedly occurred after the Cook County State’s Attorney recused herself from working on the case.Read more...

One of the favorite assertions of Candace Owens, Kanye West and black people who will happily let white people touch their hair, is that negroes have been bamboozled by the Democratic Party. They often ask why the Democratic Party tends to get the black vote by default.Read more...

President Donald Trump doesn’t like that his favorite news drama network, Fox News, decided to have Killer Mike’s best friend, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), on for a televised town hall that included Sanders’ supporters.

Ivanka Trump isn’t the first lady. In fact, she’s merely the daughter of the president, and though he makes really weird and inappropriate comments about her, she’s not the first lady. Ivanka has an office in the West Wing. She also accompanies her father to very important meetings with world leaders. Sh…Read more...

Now that Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty sale is over, you probably haven’t been scouring for deals on their website. But just because that sale is finished, that does not mean that the discounts from Ulta have vanished. Right now, if you’re looking to up your skincare regimen, you’re going to want to check out the sale on…Read more...

It’s not quite summer yet, but in her latest cover for Harper’s Bazaar, Rihanna brings us the heat.Read more...

While the results of the 2016 presidential election ushered in the apocalypse, the 2018 midterms saw increased political awareness throughout the country, as hyper-vigilant voters committed to bringing order to chaos and record numbers at the polls.Read more...

I have made an amazing discovery over the course of 2019 that has never occurred to me despite voting in elections for years. I am the most powerful person in the American electorate. Me, only me. Or at least I think so. I come to this conclusion after months and months on Twitter and other social media where I am…Read more...

Last night, Beyoncé did what Beyoncé does and dropped a whole ass 40-track album, Homecoming: The Live Album, out of nowhere that we didn’t know was coming but we’re all better off for having. Beyoncé, ever since that first secret drop back in 2013, just comes through whenever she wants and takes over the entire ass…Read more...

The historic New York neighborhood known as Tribeca is gearing up for the 18th edition of its annual popular film festival. In addition to showcasing their hard-earned work to eager audiences, filmmakers are also excited about competing for coveted awards and honors.Read more...

It’s not exactly a secret that black folks are disproportionately affected by marijuana convictions. But Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx has big plans to right an egregious wrong.Read more...

There are surprises, and then there’s a Beyoncé album drop.

If you are outraged by the maternal health crisis—and you should be—where black women are dying disproportionately from preventable childbirth-related causes and mistreatment, here’s what you can do: Get Involved.

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Beyoncé. First of her name. King of Music. Snatcher of edges. Creator of Stamina. The untouched.Read more...

It’s funny how the “construction” of the U.S. Constitution only really seems to matter to conservatives when said construct conforms to a belief near and dear to their hearts.Read more...