Why A League of Voting Rights Group Are Challenging Trump’s Latest Executive Order on Mail-in Ballots
The Easter Speech Is The Original Masterclass of Black Excellence
Dawn Staley’s Dominant Win Brought Out Geno Auriemma’s White Male Privilege
Anti-Affirmative Action Groups are Now Coming for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Scholarships
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'You Don't Have to Know Somebody to Grieve Them': How Black People Can Process Collective Trauma and Grief
“There is a lot of grieving in the air.” — Alice Mills Mai, LMHC text NYC-based licensed mental health counselor Alice Mills Mai believes the collective grief gripping black people in America right now is almost palpable. From the killing of Ahmaud Arbery to the deaths of cultural icons like Little Richard and Betty Wright,…
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3 Black Men Get $18 Million Settlement After Spending Nearly 40 Years in Prison for a Crime They Didn’t Commit
Egregious police corruption and a racist justice system caused three black men to be sent to prison in Cleveland, Ohio, for nearly four decades for a crime they did not commit. Now, the city is paying those men $18 million to settle a lawsuit accusing police officers of coercing witness testimony and falsifying evidence. According…
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Black Choir Director Shot and Killed by Police; Family Demands Video Be Released
Recent weeks have been a series of heartbreaks as awareness grows around the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. Unfortunately, another name has been added to the list of those violently taken from us. In the early hours of Friday morning, Adrian Medearis was shot and killed in an alleged altercation with a police…
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White Man Who Wore KKK Hood to Store Won't Face Charges
For some inexplicable reason, white people have responded to the pandemic by going full-racist. Between the xenophobic rhetoric directed towards Asian-Americans, busting out Confederate flags at anti-lockdown rallies, and trying to make Obamagate a thing, the 2A crowd has really been on one. Last week, The Root reported on a man who wore what was…
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Georgia Attorney General Names a New Prosecutor in the Ahmaud Arbery Case
The investigation into the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery changed hands for the third time in more than two months, with Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr selecting a new prosecutor to head the case on Monday. As NPR reports, Cobb County Judicial Circuit district attorney Joyette Holmes will now be tasked with leading the investigation…
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‘If You Ran for Ahmaud, You Need to Stand for Bre’: Breonna Taylor’s Death Isn’t Getting Enough Attention
It’s been two months since 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, a Louisville, Ky., EMT, was fatally shot by police officers during what has been described as a “botched execution of a warrant.” Now, Taylor’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Police Department and is being represented by the same attorney who has…
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Ahmaud Arbery's Mother Wanda Cooper-Jones Says Oprah Surprised Her With a Phone Call for Her Late Son's Birthday
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper-Jones has undoubtedly received an outpouring of love and support ever since the brutally tragic video of her son’s killing was released. On what would’ve been his 26th birthday (May 8), Cooper-Jones received a surprise phone call of support—from Oprah Winfrey. Cooper-Jones confirmed Winfrey offered her condolences and wished Arbery a…
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Jay-Z and Meek Mill Donate 10 Million Additional Masks to Prisons
The American prison system is, in a word, trash. prisoners are often faced with inhumane conditions and treatment, and the cramped living spaces make it one of the worst places to be in the midst of a pandemic. Luckily, there are folks out there who believe in treating prisoners with the basic dignity and respect…
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Maryland Inmate Who Was Granted Parole Twice but Denied by Governors Has COVID-19
Eraina Pretty, Maryland’s longest-incarcerated woman, has spent 42 years of her 60-year sentence behind bars for a violent crime. Since she’s been in prison, Pretty has acted as a mentor to fellow inmates and has been approved for parole twice by the Maryland Parole Commission only to be denied her freedom by two of the…