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Dominique Fishback Talks Swarm, Donald Glover & Sings Eminem Verse On That's So Random

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Donald Trump, A Victim of "Reverse Racism"? You Gotta Be Kidding Me

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Tracy McMillan's Key To Forgiveness, A Central Theme of Hulu's Unprisoned

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Tracy McMillan, Creator of Hulu's Unprisoned, Talks New Show, Incarceration And Family

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Check out the best deals of the day for Saturday, March 25, 2023.

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Covid in Black America

New Campaign Encourages Black Americans to Get Updated COVID Vaccines

The Department of Health and Human Services aims to increase the number of updated COVID vaccinations in our communities.

Can The Black Church Return After Covid?

Kristal Brent Zook

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The Return of the Black Church?

Kristal Brent Zook, Adriano Contreras, and Ernest Crosby

Biden Is Ending The Covid-19 Emergency In May. What Does That Mean?

Entertainment

Music

New Edition, Keith Sweat, Guy And Tank On The Legacy Tour

See what the Root observed at the Legacy tour, which started this month

Candace McDuffie

Movies

The Most Badass Black Women in Movie History

Stephanie Holland

Music

More Blue-Eyed Soul: 18 Tracks Sung by White People That Could Have Been Sung by Black People

Dominique Fishback Talks Swarm, Donald Glover & Sings Eminem Verse On That's So Random

Adriano Contreras

Race Matters

Small Town Horror Story: The Framing of the Scottsboro Boys

Harper Lee's novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird," was inspired by the arrest of these nine Black boys in Alabama.

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Race Matters

Very Smart Brothas

Ja Morant and the Burden of Respectability Politics

Why do so many people believe we see "thug life" as a symbol of Black manhood?

Anthony Conwright

Is DeSantis Using Racism to Win the Presidency?

Bakari Sellers

Democrats: Why in the Hell Are Black People Moving to Red States?

Derrick Z. Jackson

T.D. Jakes' Success Hack: Change Your Thinking

T.D. Jakes

Small Business Spotlight

These Black Entrepreneurs Took Their Sweet Treat to Shark Tank and This Happened

Sweetkiwi is a frozen whipped Greek yogurt created to support heart and gut health

This is What Happened When a Black Orthodontist Took Her Toothbrush Into the Shark Tank

Meet Two Black Men Changing the Flavor of the Whiskey Game

D.C. Entrepreneur Buys Strip Mall for Black-Owned Businesses

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

"Hotel Rwanda" Hero Will Be Released From Rwandan Prison

Paul Rusesabagina, whose story of heroism during the Rwandan genocide inspired "Hotel Rwanda," is expected to be released on Saturday.

Reproductive Justice

Black Women Dying During Pregnancy or Childbirth Have Increased and It's Getting Worse!

Crime

Plot Twist! Foul Play Isn't Off the Table in Mississippi's Man's Death, Sheriff Says

Criminal Justice

Shanquella Robinson's Family Demands Action in Letter to President Biden

News

News

SVB's Collapse Wasn't Black People's Fault, But It Did Hurt Black Founders

We're tackling everything from whether "wokeness" killed SVB to how this impacts Black Americans

Small Town Horror Story: The Framing of the Scottsboro Boys

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News

Black And Latino Children Are Being Diagnosed With Autism At Higher Rates Than White Children

Candace McDuffie

Law Enforcement

Four Cops In Tyre Nichols Case Barred From Policing, It's About Time

National Politics

Politics

Rep. Cori Bush: From Ferguson to the Halls of Congress

In Part 1 of our series on the next generation of Black Congresswomen, Representative Cori Bush lays out her vision for leadership.