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Cynthia Bailey announced on Instagram on Monday (September 27) that  she is leaving Real Housewives of Atlanta. “After much thought and consideration, I have made the very difficult and heartfelt decision not to return for the next season of Real Housewives of Atlanta,” captioned Bailey under a picture of herself. “Thank …

After a trial that lasted over a month, R&B singer R. Kelly has been found guilty on nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking charges, facing at least 20 years in prison. Reactions to the news have started pouring in with many people celebrating the verdict in the name of …

A Black business owner is picking up the pieces one year after a fake Facebook rumor attempted to end his business for good. TC Cuthbertson was the victim of a defamatory claim against him and his business on Facebook last June, The Bucks County Courier Times reports. The heightened racial …

Cynthia Bailey announced on Instagram on Monday (September 27) that  she is leaving Real Housewives of Atlanta. “After much thought and consideration, I have made the very difficult and heartfelt decision not to return for the next season of Real Housewives of Atlanta,” captioned Bailey under a picture of herself. “Thank …

Screenshot: Twitter/GQ Will Smith is opening up and sharing his truth in his most revealing interview to date. The longtime actor recently sat down with Pulitzer Prize winner and The Root 100 honoree Wesley Lowery for GQ, where he discussed, among many things, his forthcoming films King Richard and Emancipation …

In a now-viral tweet shared earlier this week, a Black associate product manager at Google said he was stopped by company security because someone didn’t believe he belonged there.  Angel Onuoha, a graduate of Harvard University and co-founder of Black-run hedge fund, BLK Capital Management, tweeted on Monday (September 30), “Riding …

Georgia and the U.S. in general has experienced a huge spike in the number of enrollments of Obamacare coverage during a special enrollment period this year. The Biden Administration opened a special signup period for the Affordable Care Act when he took office arguing the COVID-19 pandemic made it necessary. …

Photo: Sundry Photography (Shutterstock) Imagine you are a teenager applying for a job, and you end up getting arrested for trespassing before your resume is even considered. That’s what happened in the case of an unnamed Black 16-year-old in Minnesota. On Friday, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights determined that …

What may have been intended as a moment of nostalgia turned out to be one of the most memorable moments of the 74th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday (September 26). Jennifer Holliday performed her iconic song “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls, which first opened in …

On Monday, R. Kelly was found guilty on all nine counts in his sex trafficking and racketeering trial, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York announced. R. Kelly found guilty on ALL COUNTS — US Attorney EDNY (@EDNYnews) September 27, 2021 Kelly now faces more than …