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Model Anok Yai is making it clear she's not here for any false stories about her and she's speaking out about a recent one making headlines. Let's get into it!

For the 13th year in a row, all seniors at one Chicago-area high school will graduate with a 100 percent college acceptance rate and millions in scholarships.

Fifty years after Ronald Reagan stood on a 1976 campaign stage and turned a Chicago woman into a ghost story and we’re still excavating the wreckage of the " welfare Queen" myth five decades later.

Following a sentencing hearing for the Julio Foolio murder trial, Black Americans online express concerns over forced labor and chattel slavery.

Kevin Hart's celebrity roast continues to garner more backlash and now, activist and Pastor Jamal Bryant is calling out the foul jokes!

We're looking at the hottest fashions spotted in and around the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

Tennessee state Sen. Raumesh Akbari tells The Root about her biggest concerns in light of the Republican-led redistricting effort.

Black Excellence, Personified: 2026 HBCU Grads Who Just Changed the Game

Wait, You're Shocked? Jamie Foxx's penchant for dating white women is once again back in the spotlight. But is it really worth dragging him over at this point?

The Root spoke exclusively with TN State Rep. Justin J. Pearson about his confrontation with highway patrol troopers during a protest over the state's redistricting plans that he says will diminish Black voting power.