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Entertainment

The Black List Partners With Google for Black Voices Fellowship

New YouTube Originals fellowship could create more opportunities for Black TV writers.

By

Stephanie Holland

Published

August 23, 2022
Politics

Stacey Abrams States She Will Win Georgia If Black Men Show Up To Vote For Her

The democratic gubernatorial candidate is currently polling at 80% with Black men.

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

August 11, 2022
Culture

Snapchat’s New Program Will Pay Black Content Creators

The Black Creator Accelerator program is designed to support emerging content creators of color

By

Angela Johnson

Published

June 30, 2022
Politics

Sen. Ted Cruz Got a $320,000 Book Advance. His Campaign Spent Almost Half of That on Books

I'm sure all of Cruz's campaign staff just joined Oprah's Book Club and purchased all of the books at full price. Because surely they didn't buy his book.

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

August 20, 2021
News

Students at North Texas School Disciplined After Holding Slave Auction on Snapchat

Students at a school in Northern Texas were disciplined after they set up a slave auction game on social media pretending to sell their Black classmates. The incident took place in the Aledo Independent School District, where students at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus cyberbullied other students based on their race, according to a statement…

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

April 13, 2021
Entertainment, Media

Pioneer Diverse Stock Video Company Storyblocks Launches ‘Re:Stock’ Campaign to Double BIPOC Content by 2021

The Root staff knows all about the struggle that is finding the right stock photo as the main art for a news story. You enter a search term like, “Black man contemplating imploding during a long-term lockdown” and you can’t find shit because the library is congested with white folks contemplating imploding during a long-term…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

October 14, 2020
Beauty + Style

Out of Print: Glamour Is the Next Magazine to Go Strictly Digital

It’s the end of an era—or perhaps, the beginning of one. Following the path of fellow Condé Nast publication Teen Vogue, Glamour will be the next imprint to go exclusively digital, with the New York Times reporting on Tuesday that the 79-year-old publication’s January 2019 issue will be its last in print. Condé Nast has…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

November 20, 2018