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Tennis star Naomi Osaka has had a successful year in sports and this week she received the honor of being named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press. Beyond winning her third Grand Slam title at the U.S.Open, Osaka has also used her platform for social activism, speaking …

Michael B. Jordan speaks during Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations at PlayStation Theater on February 05, 2019 in New York City.Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images) A few months back, we reported here at The Root that there were talks of Michael B. Jordan potentially directing the third installment of the Creed movie …

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris visited Georgia on Monday (Dec. 21) to campaign for Democratic candidates as the state gets closer to the Jan. 5 runoff elections that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. “You did what no one thought could be done,” Harris told a crowd of supporters …

This time last year, many Black Americans found their way to Ghana for the Year of The Return — a tourism initiative to bring more African Americans to the country to boost the economy and make Ghana the new travel hotspot for Black travelers. While the COVID-19 pandemic has canceled …

A sign reminds motorists of the Los Angeles County stay-at-home regulation in place for the next three weeks on December 1, 2020. Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN (Getty Images) As cases and deaths from COVID-19 surge throughout the state, California’s most densely populated counties are set to remain under a strict …

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A Washington D.C., hotel located blocks from the White House that has been used by members of the Proud Boys will be closed next week. The Hotel Harrington released a statement Monday saying it will be closed from Jan. 4 through Jan. 6. On the sixth, Congress will certify President-elect …

Photo: Jose Luis Magana (AP) The year is ending on a less than hopeful note in terms of justice for Black lives taken by police. The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it has closed the investigation into the November 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by police officers in …

Illustrations by Nicole Rifkin It was September 2019, and I’d been slow-roasting in a small Southern Oregon town for a couple of weeks, waiting on a big one. A wildfire. An opportunity. A chance to prove myself useful and, preferably, profitable. This was the pre-coronavirus era, a simpler time. From …

A Black man who was handcuffed by police in Virginia Beach, Va., was mistaken by police for a credit card fraud suspect and is now speaking out about his ordeal, which happened in front of his fiancée and their two children. “Basically we’re just sitting down enjoying the holidays trying …