Recruitment startup OneTen has joined forces with 37 major companies to employ 1 million Black people over the…
Award-winning producer and fashion icon Pharrell Williams has announced the launch of his new nonprofit initiative,…
Alright, LLC Twitter, this one’s for you: Nasdaq has announced plans to push for corporations to do the absolute…
It’s International Coffee Day—does your favorite grind make an impact? No, we’re not talking about that anticipatory…
The coronavirus pandemic has placed an extraordinary toll on the Black community. The virus has become the third-leadin…
Soulja Boy (born DeAndre Way) has always been ahead of the game.
The instant Akon joined me at The Root’s office in a skyscraper overlooking Times Square, he seemed at ease. With…
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Just in time for summer’s end, “Hot Girl” Megan Thee Stallion got her wish and was awarded a trademark for the song…
Rohan Marley, the entrepreneur and son of reggae great Bob Marley, has made moves to go into the medical marijuana…
To all you toys out there, who don’t want to be under a parent company where the CEO...all up in your playpen, all…
Seven decades’ worth of historic Ebony magazine photos documenting black life, both the everyday and the extraordinar…
The last few months have been a whirlwind for four young black businessmen who are quickly becoming superstars in…
Republicans have been big mad since Nike decided to pull its Betsy Ross-inspired Air Max 1 USA sneakers. But it…
“Sipping rosé” has new meaning now that Donae Burston owns the brand La Fête du Rosé. Loosely translated as “Rosé…
Meek Mill just got that “Bag of Money,” or as they say: When life imitates art.
Since his retirement from the NBA in 2011, NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has been just as dominant as he was on…
Headlines have been heralding the nation having the lowest unemployment rate in almost 50 years, but the jobless…
Financier Mellody Hobson and her husband, Star Wars movie mogul George Lucas, are taking steps to take control of…
Just in time for National Weed Day, aka 420, aka tomorrow, April 20, the Carl’s Jr. burger chain is bringing out a…
It what may be cold comfort as fans, friends and family continue to mourn Nipsey Hussle, sales of the independent…