Photo: Courtesy of Facebook Watch Peace of Mind With Taraji, the Facebook Watch series dedicated to destigmatizing mental health in the Black community and beyond, premiered its second season on Monday. Per a press release sent to The Root, this season will see host Taraji P. Henson and her best …

Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend, blaming the woes on air traffic control issues and weather. The airline canceled more than 1,000 flights in total, or 29% of its schedule, as of 7 p.m. ET Sunday, according to flight tracker FlightAware. That was the highest rate by …

By fleeing to the political extremes, a co-equal House of Congress is abdicating its lawmaking power. Chip Somodevilla / Getty; The Atlantic About the author: Daniel Lipinski is a former U.S. representative from Illinois. In the fight over if and when a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill would take …

HBO’s OZ star Granville Adams, 58, has died. The actor who played the character Zahir Arif on the hit series was battling cancer. “Goodnight, sweet prince/and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest,” OZ showrunner and executive producer Tom Fontana wrote on Instagram in Adams’ honor. Fontana and OZ …

Meet Penny Clarke, founder of Millie’s International Creations, an online fashion boutique that sells high-end, handcrafted African-themed jewelry, handbags, and home fashion. She started the company six years ago when she become a furloughed government employee working in Washington, DC. Since then, after partnering with local female artisans in Ghana, she …

Kim Kardashian made her debut (Oct. 9) as host of Saturday Night Live, and the jokes were in full effect. Dressed from head to toe in pink, Kardashian, 40, hit the stage and took aim at everyone from OJ Simpson to her estranged husband Kanye West (who was in New …

Photo: kavram (Shutterstock) A woman is facing a civil rights violation after allegedly threatening a 9-year-old Black boy who was playing in a park with her son in Dover, N.H. The state attorney general’s office filed the complaint in Strafford County Superior Court alleging that Kristina Graper, 51, threatened the …

Following two injuries to his right middle finger in a game on Thursday (Oct. 7), NFL quarterback Russell Wilson had hand surgery and received love and support from his wife, Ciara.  “You’re the toughest Man I know,” Ciara, 35, tweeted, showing a picture of the two after Wilson’s surgery. “Always …

Boxer Adrien Broner was arrested in the early hours of Sunday (Oct. 10) morning in Kentucky for an outstanding warrant in Ohio, TMZ Sports reports. Officers arrested the boxer and booked him into the Kenton County Jail about 1 a.m., but other details about how and where he was taken …

HBO’s OZ star Granville Adams, 58, has died. The actor who played the character Zahir Arif on the hit series was battling cancer. “Goodnight, sweet prince/and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest,” OZ showrunner and executive producer Tom Fontana wrote on Instagram in Adams’ honor. Fontana and OZ …