As anyone could have predicted—and as The Root did just a day ago—President Trump has used the power of his office…

A little Black girl was kicked out of a daycare in Russellville, Arkansas because its operators said she was…

An election commissioner in Mississippi claims her intent wasn’t to be racist despite posting on Facebook that she…

Kanye West is apparently going to make good on a promise he made five years ago when he won MTV’s Michael Jackson…

Four Aurora Police Department officers are now out of a job following an investigation into photos they took of…

“I am pleased to report that yesterday, federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue…

While Frederick Douglass would probably be disappointed (but not surprised) that the so-called land of the free…

Former long-shot presidential candidate and Tea Party darling Herman Cain is now in the hospital being treated for…

The performative gestures from brands now trying to show that they care about Black lives—all of a sudden in…

In this moment in time when white people are losing their minds and pointing weapons at Black people willy-nilly (as…

The judge presiding over the trial of the four Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd has…

Mark McCloskey, one half of the husband-and-wife pair recently captured on video looking ridiculous while…

Putting Black faces in high places will not be the solution to structural racism in the United States. And while…

Mahershala Ali has been tapped to play Jack Johnson, the world’s first Black heavyweight champion, for an upcoming…

If you were still skeptical that much of America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic—namely, people posturing…

Virgil Abloh keeps racking up Ls in 2020. First, his name became synonymous with “fifty” after he screenshot…

Lawmakers in Mississippi responded to increased pressure over the state’s distasteful flag—which boasts the battle…

Two transgender women, one of them a Black Army veteran and lung cancer survivor, have filed suit against the Trump…

Protestors who gathered in Jackson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky to continue their calls for justice in the…

We’ve already established that white people are really concerned about Chicago, and no one pretends to be more…