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Record-breaking Olympian Allyson Felix, who famously walked away from a contract with a major sponsor while standing up for maternity and post-partum rights, is now teaming up with Pure Leaf Iced Tea to support women saying “no” in the workplace. The partnership was announced in honor of Women’s History Month, …

Photo: Roibu (Shutterstock) An email from Barbara Goldberg Goldman, a longtime Democratic party donor, questioned whether Black candidates can run for office and win. Her comments have received backlash from other Democrats but also trigger a larger conversation around bringing more Black people into office, per an Axios report. The …

For male Santa Marta harlequin toads, sex is an exercise in patience. The ping-pong-ball-size frogs, which are native to a mountainous strip in northern Colombia, spend most of their days milling about the region’s burbling brooks, hoping to chance upon a mate. They don’t often get lucky: Only rarely, for …

After the New York Police Department wrongfully smeared the photo of a Queens woman on a “wanted” poster, labeling her as a thieving hooker, she is now suing for $30 million. According to the New York Post, Eva Lopez, 31, first discovered she was wanted by police after a friend …

Jurnee Smollett, left; Taraji P. Henson,Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP; Emma McIntyre (Getty Images) Over the weekend, family and friends of Empire star Jussie Smollett spoke out in support of their loved one, demanding his freedom from jail and maintaining his innocence. As previously reported by The Root, on March 10, Smollett …

The black-to-white racial wealth gap currently stands at $11 trillion and increases by $300 billion annually. To close the vast financial divide, a new era of Black entrepreneurs should evolve by entering various industries and sectors to sell multiple products and services in domestic and international markets. One example of …

Photo: Heather Hollingsworth (AP) The family of Donnie Sanders, a Black man who was shot and killed by a Kansas City police officer in 2020, is suing the Board of Police Commissioners and the officer for $10 million, according to the Associated Press. This is the second high-profile case involving …

Of all of the places to feel safe, there’s nothing that should fit the bill more than one’s home. Homes contain some of people’s most sacred possessions, no more sacred, than the people who dwell within them. While possessions can be replaced, there’s a certain sense of security knowing that …

Former Suffolk County, Mass., DA Rachel Rollins speaks to the media after an incident with a barricaded suspect on Ferndale St on November 9, 2021 in Boston. Rollins, considered part of a wave of diverse, progressive local prosecutors was nominated and confirmed as the first Black woman U.S. attorney in …

Bronx residents are left in shock after a 27-year-old woman was assaulted and raped in broad daylight inside her apartment building. Surveillance cameras inside the apartment, located near Davidson Avenue and West 190th Street, caught the harrowing incident and the suspect on video.  The footage showed a Black man in …