Screenshot: WAFB-9 State lawmakers in Louisiana have moved to make it easier for students to appeal expulsions after a Black child was suspended last month for having a BB gun in his room. According to WAFB, a committee in the state House has introduced a bill to make it easier …

3. A journalist became a poker champion in just one year. Maria Konnikova was a psychologist and writer who knew almost nothing about the card game. Then she trained with one of the world’s best players. 4. Why are we afraid of bats? Rebecca Giggs explores how we know—and how …

Federal prosecutors and police in Madison, Wisconsin are reportedly closing a months-long investigation into the claims of a Black woman who says she was set on fire by white men. The case has been closed due to lack of evidence. Althea Bernstein, 18, told police in June that four white …

Earlier this month, a Black Versace executive said he was stopped and searched by police officers while walking in Beverly Hills just for being Black, according to CNN. The Beverly Hills Police Department said it stopped Salehe Bembury, the vice president of sneakers and men’s footwear for Versace, for jaywalking …

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) My family will soon welcome a new baby into our household so it only makes sense to dedicate a playlist to songs about kids and/or songs with “baby” in the title. The Root’s weekly playlist is going to be taking a hiatus. Thanks for sleepwalking with us …

These incidents, coming faster than anyone can absorb, are all expressions of raw, undemocratic power—of might making right. They signify that Trump and his enablers will trample on any rules, and finally majority rule. Senator Lee made a constitutional case on Twitter for what President Trump will try to do …

Whoopi Goldberg might have a big surprise for Sister Act fans! Speaking on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Tuesday (Oct. 6), the 64-year-old actress and talk show host mentioned that there might be a slight chance that her popular character Deloris Van Cartier from the Sister Act …

Los Angeles prosecutors have charged rapper Tory Lanez with shooting Megan Thee Stallion during an argument that occurred while they were both driving in the same vehicle earlier this year, the Associated Press reports. Lanez, 27, faces two felony charges — assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, …

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey is ready to marry Fox sportscaster Mike Hill on October 10, but her on-again-off-again bestie NeNe Leakes may not be in attendance.  Bailey told Page Six that Leakes’ falling out with Bravo could mean she’ll be a no-show, “Honestly, with everything going on …

One accomplishment that has eluded Los Angeles Lakers basketball player LeBron James is no longer a hindrance. The superstar athlete has never been on the front of a Wheaties cereal box — until now! Wheaties has just announced that LeBron James, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, …