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Kanye West’s latest album named after his late mother Donda, is the rapper’s homage to keeping her legacy alive. It’s being reported that the billionaire businessman’ school Donda Academy, named in her honor, is underway. And the education facility has also recruited some of the top high school basketball players …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey signed an executive order on Wednesday afternoon to observe Indigenous Peoples Day in lieu of Columbus Day. The executive order will begin on Monday, October 11. Community members watched as the city’s first Black mayor said goodbye to Columbus Day. “As mayor of Boston, I …

In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. The R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” was convicted Monday in a sex trafficking trial after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of …

Well, it looks like Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband Eddie have finally been able to put the cheating rumors to rest. Speaking with Page Six, the Real Housewives of Potomac star shared how she and her husband have been able to ignore the persistent rumors of infidelity in their …