Photo: Andy Lyons (Getty Images) Close to three months after the NBA suspended its 2020 season amid a global pandemic, the organization announced that 22 of the league’s 30 teams will be making a glorious return, resuming the season at Walt Disney World Resort at the end of July. But …

Queen Latifah, in partnership with Procter & Gamble and Tribeca Studios, is aiming to promote gender and racial equality among filmmakers through the Queen Collective, a short film development program which is in its second year. The rapper-turned-actress became the first woman to receive a Grammy for Best Rap Solo …

The evening, Surender Malik recalls, was a blur. Exhausted, he had just sat down to watch television as his wife prepared dinner when Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on-screen. It was March 24, and the coronavirus outbreak had been declared a pandemic about two weeks prior. Thus far India appeared …

Written by Demetria Irwin Empowering women has been a major focus of Queen Latifah’s career, from “Ladies First” to “U.N.I.T.Y,” to the acting roles she selects in movies like Bessie and Hollywood. Now, Queen Latifah is taking that feminist mindset to women of color filmmakers.  For the second year in …

Teyana Taylor And Iman Shumpert are expanding their family. Taylor announced the news in a beautiful music video for her song “Wake Up Love,” which featured Iman and their 4-year-old daughter Junie.  In the final seconds of the video, the 29-year-old reveals her baby bump. See below: Taylor told PEOPLE, …

Illustration: Oscar Bustamante (The Root/G-O) Clapback MailbagEach Friday, we select the best (or worst) emails, tweets, DMs and comments from our readers and respond to them in the The Root’s Clapback Mailbag. Nigga, I ain’t shitI just know how to rhyme a lil’ bitI’m just trying to squeeze fit my …

Around 4 a.m. on Wednesday (June 10), the body of a Black man in his 20s was discovered hanging from a tree in Palmdale, CA. According to authorities, the man, who has now been identified as Robert Fuller, committed suicide by hanging himself from the tree. “Words can’t describe …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. (TIMOTHY MULCARE “Americans are pretending that the pandemic is over,” Yascha Mounk writes. “It certainly is …

The Minneapolis City Council on Friday (Jun. 12) unanimously passed a resolution to pursue a community-led public safety system to replace the police department following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the city’s police. The move comes days after a veto-proof majority of the council voted …

Jahmel Leach is only 16-years old and ended up bloodied in the hospital with a serious gash on his face after a disturbing interaction with the New York Police Department (NYPD.) The teenager was reportedly protesting police brutality and instead became a victim of violence from the NYPD. According to …