As big as Art Basel Miami Beach 2013 (Dec. 5-8) is for black artists, even bigger news out of Miami is the opening…

(The Root) — Before there was Tracy Morgan, Dave Chappelle or Eddie Murphy, there was Richard Pryor, one of the…

(The Root) — Forty-five years ago — on April 4, 1968 — the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while…

(The Root) — Could this be one of the great comeback stories? Former NBA player Jayson Williams spent 18 months in…

(The Root) — What happens when you put the Rev. Al Sharpton and New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in the…

(The Root) — For Trayvon Martin's parents, the one-year anniversary of his shooting death was a day spent reflecting…

(The Root) — On the one-year anniversary of the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, his parents, Tracy Martin and…

(The Root) — There is nothing like basking in the glow of the Sundance Film Festival, especially if you are a…

(The Root) — Isaiah Washington wants everyone to know he's back — not just as a "hired hand," as he made clear to The…

(The Root) — George Tillman Jr. has shown he's got range. He's helmed a romantic comedy (Soul Food), touching…

The Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday in Park City, Utah, with a respectable slate of movies that either…

(The Root) — Fiscal cliff or not, collectors at this year's Art Basel Miami Beach — which concluded on Dec. 9 —…

(The Root) — Hank Willis Thomas tackles aspects of race, identity, history and pop culture in his conceptual visual…

(The Root) — Despite published reports that tennis's famously private sisters Venus and Serena Williams were unhappy…

Let the art viewing and the party hopping begin. Art Basel Miami Beach, which runs from Dec. 6 to 9 and is now in…

(The Root) — In one of New York City's highest-profile criminal cases, a group of five black and Latino teenagers…

(The Root) — Walking off the job on Black Friday is not something Wal-Mart associate Colby Harris takes lightly, but…

(The Root) — Akon and Wyclef Jean are hoping that the upcoming film they're in, Black November, does for the Niger…

(The Root) — Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has a vision for her country: to be off foreign aid in 10…