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Donald Trump built an empire on lies, the labor of unpaid contractors and possibly cooked financials. He was rewarded with a stint in the White House. Some of us are old enough to remember the name Oliver North, who flipped a scandal over illegal weapons sales, Nicaraguan rebels and American hostages into a…

A good salesperson knows just what to say to convert a potential customer into a paying customer. Professors at Xavier University in Louisiana know that fact to be true, and now they are using Artificial Intelligence to help business students become better salespeople. The school has introduced its students to Jenny -…

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“Martin: The Reunion” is airing on BET+ in just 10 days. The 90-minute special, hosted by comedian Affion Crockett, will feature actors Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Carl Anthony Payne II and Tichina Arnold.

As promised, a 24th woman has filed a lawsuit in Harris County, Texas, alleging Deshaun Watson hired her as his massage therapist and then turned a professional session into an opportunity to sexually gratify himself as she worked.

After being sued for ruining her boyfriend’s marriage, you knew NeNe Leakes wasn’t just going to stay quiet and let things work themselves out.

A building preserving a pivotal moment in our history is in the plans to be demolished. The Cathedral House in Newark, NJ was the site of the very first National Conference on Black Power in 1967 following the city’s unrest. The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) plans to demolish the building for extra space…

The mass shooting in Uvalde Texas jumpstarted another national conversation on how to protect children in the classroom (So far, there’s been 27 school shootings in 2022). One of the solutions being pushed around is to increase the presence of law enforcement on campus. In 2018 alone, 58 percent of the nation’s…

Was the fantasy of significant Black ownership in the NFL extinguished this morning? That depends on which reporting is accurate.

Forbes reported early Monday that a sale of the Denver Broncos franchise to billionaire Walmart heir was all but a done deal, at a price tag of $4.5 billion. That would value the team at the…

It’s been 108 days since Brittney Griner was wrongfully detained in Russia. With the eyes of the basketball world on the NBA Finals, Eastern Conference Champions the Boston Celtics are showing their support for the seven-time WNBA All-Star.

A tired part of the 2020 “election was stolen” lie that won’t go away is the claim voting machines were rigged, despite the fact audits and reports have illustrated this wasn’t the case. The irony is that Trump loyalists were found to have breached voting systems searching for evidence. Still, a much more significant…

In a podcast interview, GOP Senate nominee Blake Masters was heard claiming gun violence in America is a Black issue, per The Daily Beast. To expand on the race issue, Masters also pushed that Democrats are not only enabling the violence but also “replacing” white voters with immigrants.

Recipients of the 2022 Peabody Awards are beginning to be revealed, and The Root is proud to exclusively announce one of this year’s winners in the documentary category: Netflix’s High on the Hog!

A jersey Kobe Bryant wore during 1997 NBA Playoffs sold for $2.74 million on Saturday at SCP Auctions, the second-highest bid ever for a game-worn basketball jersey.

As soon as Juneteenth became a federal holiday, businesses couldn’t wait to cash in on harmful Black stereotypes. Last month, it was Walmart that tried their hand at making a quick profit with their now infamous Juneteenth ice cream.

I stopped expecting anything groundbreaking or influential from MTV decades ago. To that point, the MTV TV and Movie Awards have been something of a joke for the last few years. However, Sunday night’s show, where the network decided to add reality programming to the mix, while almost completely ignoring the…

Rapper Trouble, a veteran in the Atlanta rap scene who had released a plethora of albums and mixtapes, was fatally shot early Sunday. He was 34.

We’ve seen fans show their support for rappers Gunna and Young Thug during this RICO investigation. However, some fans have taken things a wee bit far. Quartavius Mender, 18, threatened to kill the Fulton County sheriff and his wife if Young Thug is not released, per CBS 46. Now, he’s facing over 20 counts of …

The “Christmas Queen” a.k.a. Mariah Carey is now facing a new lawsuit stemming from her popular holiday hit, “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”

Metro Boomin’s mother, Leslie Joanne Wayne, was killed by her husband, not Metro’s biological father, in a murder-suicide. Her body was found outside the Atlanta area and the rap producer was notified of her death over the weekend, according to TMZ.

Just a couple of months after making their red carpet debut, actor/director Michael B. Jordan and model/influencer Lori Harvey have reportedly ended their relationship after a year and half together.

A bipartisan group of Senators has gotten together to work on gun reform legislation after the recent outbreaks of shootings, including Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” and stated at this time, an assault weapons ban and comprehensive…