America’s No. 1 protest artist? Forget Banksy—meet Hank Willis Thomas. The African-American conceptual artist…

Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018, 11:14 a.m. EDT: Plot twist—turns out, none other than Sean “Diddy” Combs was the…

A group of teens began a 50-mile march in Mississippi on March 31 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and to mark the…

The Root 100 honoree and NFL star Michael Bennett posted bail after turning himself in Monday in Houston. He was…

Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, has became a major player in the ancillary cannabis industry after co-founding Casa…

In 2005 the United States became the last country to end the death penalty for offenders under 18 years old.…

The self-proclaimed “film geek” Ava DuVernay spoke to The Root about her transition from film publicist to director…

Issa Rae spoke at the LinkedIn panel discussion held at the Art of Elysium Center on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The In…

Who could forget this guy’s performance in Black Panther? Sterling K. Brown is killing everything he touches. He now…

Baltimore was named “the most dangerous city in the U.S.” in 2017. But earlier this month, the city went for a…

All right, listen up, gamers. Gerald Lawson is the pioneer of games you almost never hear about.

Evan Narcisse is the writer of the hit comic series Rise of the Black Panther. It tells the early story of Black…

Jordan Peele’s Get Out took home major awards at this year’s African-American Film Critics Association Awards,…

In a panel discussion moderated by Ava DuVernay at the Makers Conference on Monday, women in Hollywood discussed the…

Matthew Charles was released in 2016 after being incarcerated for more than 20 years. But now the Justice Department…

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen may have thought she was ready ... but she wasn’t. She appeared in…

The Cleveland Cavaliers-vs.-Golden State Warriors basketball game on Martin Luther King Jr. Day was aight (spoiler…

In November, President Donald Trump’s administration released declassified FBI documents on President John F.…

On Monday, at the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, supporters, activists and celebrities gathered to mourn…

The Root 100 honoree Michael Bennett is not only an NFL star as a Seattle Seahawks defensive end but also an…