CNN’s Chris Cuomo is being accused of sexually harassing a former co-worker one month after his brother Andrew Cuomo stepped down from his gubernatorial position for the same reason. On Friday, former executive producer Shelley Ross penned a guest essay for The New York Times where she claimed to have been sexually harassed by Cuomo when they […]
A copyright infringement case could cost a YouTuber millions of dollars and hundreds of years in prison. On Tuesday morning, police arrested YouTuber Bill Omar Carrasquillo, who is accused of stealing television shows and using it for his own streaming platform to makes millions. Carrasquillo, who goes by “Omi in a Hellcat” […]
Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking and innovative filmmaker, writer, and musician known as the Godfather of Black Cinema, has died at 89. Van Peebles’ family issued a statement announcing he passed Tuesday evening at his home in Manhattan. ‘This Isn’t About Good People or Bad People’: The Root […]
Photo: María Esme del Río, Illustration: Angelica Alzona “Black Lives Matter” has become a rallying cry for racial justice—as well as a highly organized movement—around the world, but for its co-founder Alicia Garza, its was a childhood spent with a mother who never hesitated to call out injustice […]
On a Tuesday episode of “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin called out the U.S. government’s handling of an influx of Haitian migrants after thousands arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border last week. Last week more than 14,000 migrants, most of them Haitians, arrived at the border town of […]
“Brilliant and Black: A Jewelry Renaissance” at Sotheby’s New York puts a long overdue spotlight on approximately 60 pieces from 21 Black jewelry designers across the United States and Europe. Curated by journalist and author Melanie Grant in partnership with Frank Everett, Sotheby’s director of fine jewelry, the […]