“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his new podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. No one wants to be seen as a liar. Liars are considered untrustworthy …

Will Sen. Tim Scott run for president in 2024? The U.S. Senate’s only Black Republican has raised an impressive amount of campaign cash for his Senate reelection bid. It has many people wondering if the South Carolina lawmaker has his eyes on the White House. Fox News reports that Scott …

The city of Orangeburg, South Carolina, is paying Clarence Gailyard $650,000 after a now-terminated police officer stomped him out. ABC News reports that the 58-year-old was walking with a stick wrapped in shiny tape on July 26 when someone mistook it for a gun. Upon arrival at the scene, Orangeburg …

Photo: Quintin and Ron, Illustration: Angelica Alzona “A southern belle doesn’t give you insults like just ole anybody. She gives it like a southern belle,” says Keke Palmer, actress, singer, host, producer, and author of the new Amazon Original Stories Southern Belle Insults on this week’s episode of The Root …

It’s the tenth and final round, and Patrick Day is fading. He’s still circling the ring in search of an opening, but his punches have lost the switchblade quickness they had in the early rounds. If he doesn’t do something dramatic, he is going to lose this fight. From our …

If you were born after say, 1995 and are not particularly keen on 20th century U.S. history, Gen. Colin Powell might be something of a floating question mark to you – a name that dominated headlines at the beginning of your week but seems a touch unfamiliar. You know you’ve …

After finding a lost satchel with $50,000 tucked inside, this Liberian teen did what some would not—he returned the funds. His honest gesture caught the attention of an HBCU in North Carolina and now he’s been offered a scholarship to attend the college.  Emmanuel Tuloe, 18,  was working as a …

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 13 : Kim Kardashian speaks with President Donald J. Trump at an event on promoting second chance hiring to ensure Americans have opportunities to succeed after leaving prison in the East Room at the White House on Thursday, June 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Jabin …

The protagonist of Reinaldo Marcus Green’s new film, King Richard, is, to put it mildly, an unconventional networker. Driving around Los Angeles in a ramshackle VW bus, Richard Williams (played by Will Smith) is focused on finding a coach for his daughters, whom he is hell-bent on molding into tennis …

Kim Kardashian has decided to keep her home in Hidden Hills, California, while the divorce with her husband Kanye West is still ongoing. According to legal documents filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct. 12, the reality tv star has acquired the estranged couple’s family home, PEOPLE reports.  …