As eyewitnesses recounted the horrific moments leading up to Eurie Martin’s death, the only sounds that could be heard in the courtroom were his family’s cries.
The GOAT of gymnastics needs more time to get her groove back—and that’s okay. Simone Biles struck a chord with millions when she withdrew from the Tokyo Olympic Finals to take care of her mental health after developing a case of the “twisties”; a disorienting and extremely dangerous condition for an athlete whose…
Civil rights groups, students and educators filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the state of Oklahoma over a law that limits how race and gender are taught in public schools.
Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in prison for the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman who called 911 to report that she thought she heard a sexual assault happening behind her home.
Jermaine Jones Jr. was riding down Highland Avenue in Augusta, Ga., with his father and uncle on Oct. 11, when Richmond County Sheriff’s deputies pulled them over. Investigator Christopher Brown spotted their black SUV and decided to stop them for a tinted license plate cover. Shortly after, more officers arrived on…
For many in the Black community, Sundays are sacred—and not just because it’s the day those of us raised as Christians traditionally praise and worship. In recent years, Sundays in certain seasons are also the days we can expect new episodes of a series that has become part of the Black entertainment canon: HBO’s…
The Bible talks openly about God “creating man in his own image,” and accordingly to a new report by statistical analysis website FiveThirtyEight, disgraced former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden sought to do the same with the Raiders roster.
Maybe y’all forgot who Condoleezza Rice was, but her comments on The View—you know the comments she made that America needs to move past the insurrection on Jan. 6 because white America loves to ignore the bloody shit they do—have her trending again.
It’s as if God heard our collective cry, but the president of people who wear blackface during Halloween is looking to make his own social media site, which means that prayerfully, all of those who believe like him will leave all other social media sites and join his shitty site.
It’s really disheartening to hear what’s going on at Howard University.
Meghan, the mom of two has entered the chat. The Duchess of Sussex—best known to us commoners as Meghan Markle—took yet another departure from royal protocol this week, penning an open letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), published Wednesday by the advocacy…
On Wednesday, trans, non-binary, LGBTQ+ employees of Netflix and allies walked out in protest of their employer’s mishandling of the backlash following the release of Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special, The Closer.
Here at The Root, we previously questioned whether or not the NFL’s concussion settlement program discriminated against Black players, and now it appears we have our answer.
The more than 20 victims were all Black. They were mostly boys, and they all died in a spree of killings that happened in the city of Atlanta but gripped the entire nation from 1979-1981.
Former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel was supposed to find a job in the private sector making a ton of money on some company’s board, thus fading into the oblivion that is the place where shitty mayors go to live out the rest of their lives.
If we’re honest, we still haven’t found a tremendous amount to celebrate since the advent of the ever-evolving hellscape that began in 2020. But at The Glow Up, we always find time to celebrate women—and most especially Black women—so we admittedly cracked a smile when we saw some of our faves gathered at the Academy…
It appears Nicki Minaj has scored a minor victory in the ongoing legal battle between her and husband Kenneth Petty and Petty’s accuser in his 1994 sexual assault conviction, Jennifer Hough.
Prosecutors refused charges against a group of vigilante activists who allegedly stole a not-so-beloved Confederate monument and held it for ransom under threat of poop.
For decades, activists have sounded the alarm about the school-to-prison pipeline, one of the many insidious systemic issues young Black students face every day. As recent as last year, it was reported that Black children, especially Black girls, are more likely to be criminalized and experience severe punishment over…
When Biggie infamously rapped, “I never thought that hip-hop would take it this far,” today, that same culture we all know and love, has easily surpassed even his wildest hopes and dreams. In the decades since Biggie’s untimely demise, hip-hop has exploded into a full-fledged global phenomenon that has infiltrated…
