12/31/2013 - 2013: Top 10 Race-Related Stories in the Media Industry 

12/31/2013 - Kid President Needs Our Help

12/31/2013 - President Obama and Hillary Clinton Are the Most Admired Americans 

12/31/2013 - Beyoncé Called ‘Insensitive’ by NASA Community

12/31/2013 - Melissa Harris-Perry Apologizes to the Romneys

12/31/2013 - Man Arrested in Killing of Alabama Rapper

12/31/2013 - Duck Dynasty Couple to Ring in the New Year With Fox News

12/31/2013 - Family of Brain-Dead Teen Given Until Jan. 7

12/31/2013 - Quote of the Day: Frederick Douglass on Biracial Children

12/31/2013 - NY Urban League Supports Common Core Standards

12/31/2013 - Bride’s Story a Cautionary Tale of the Mistakes Some Black Women Make

12/31/2013 - Believe It or Not, There Were Some Political Winners in 2013

12/31/2013 - How a Black Wise Man’s Pious Act Relates to Slavery

12/31/2013 - Black Men Who Won in 2013

12/31/2013 - A Year of Race Advice: Mixed Kids, Miley and ‘My Ghetto Name’

12/30/2013 - Ani DiFranco Cancels Retreat Scheduled at Slave Plantation 

12/30/2013 - Out and Proud: Black Gay Trailblazers

12/30/2013 - Rapper Waka Flocka’s Brother Is Dead

12/30/2013 - Duck Dynasty Star: Marry Girls When They Are 15 or 16

12/30/2013 - First Lady Shouts Out To Robin Roberts and Girlfriend on Twitter

12/30/2013 - Quote of the Day: Lauryn Hill on Change

12/30/2013 - Who Legalized Arming Black Men to Kill Confederates?

12/30/2013 - Political Losers in 2013 Were Truly a Hot Mess

12/30/2013 - Jobless-Benefits Cutoff: Happy New Year From Congress!

12/30/2013 - Forget Duck Dynasty; There Are Important Civil Rights Battles to Fight

12/29/2013 - Oklahoma Woman Receives Good Fortune After Returning $800

12/29/2013 - Obamacare Enrollment Surpasses 1,000,000

12/29/2013 - Jahi McMath’s Family Pins ‘Last Hope’ on New York Hospital

12/29/2013 - Plus-Size Barbie Sparks Debate

12/29/2013 - President Obama Hit by Protests on Hawaiian Vacation 

12/29/2013 - 22-Year-Old Rapper Killed in Alabama Shooting

12/29/2013 - Lupita Nyong’o Bows Out of 12 Years a Slave Italian Premiere

12/29/2013 - Quote of the Day: Andre 3000 on Dance

12/29/2013 - ‘Question Bridge’ Explores Experience of Black Males in America

12/28/2013 - Bill Clinton to Swear in Bill de Blasio

12/28/2013 - Teen Mob Overruns New York City Mall

12/28/2013 - Kanye West Vows to Stop Talking Trash for 6 Months 

12/28/2013 - Hawaii Pushes for Obama Presidential Library

12/28/2013 - 1.3 Million to Lose Unemployment Benefits 

12/28/2013 - Duck Dynasty to Resume Filming With Phil Robertson

12/28/2013 - Quote of the Day: Dave Chappelle on Fame

12/28/2013 - Anti-African-Immigrant Sentiment Rampant in France

12/28/2013 - The Incredible Life and Trying Basketball Times of Kobe Bryant, Part 2

12/28/2013 - Am I Related to Nat Turner?

12/28/2013 - A War on the Poor Erupted in 2013

12/27/2013 - White House Planning First Lady Michelle Obama’s 50th Birthday

12/27/2013 - Questlove Apologizes to Japanese Community for Instagram Posts

12/27/2013 - Trayvon Martin Nativity Scene at California Church Protests Violence 

12/27/2013 - Watch John Kerry Show Snoop Dogg Some Holiday Love

12/27/2013 - Christmas Nightmare: 2 NJ Teens Killed, 1 Critically Injured in Shooting

12/27/2013 - New Video Footage: Clue to Michigan Doctor’s Disappearance?

12/27/2013 - KKK Fliers Found in Chicago Neighborhood

12/27/2013 - LAPD Off-Duty Officer Saves Man From Burning Car

12/27/2013 - Stop Making Jokes About Kwanzaa—Seriously

12/27/2013 - Happy Kwanzaa From the GOP

12/27/2013 - Family Moving Brain-Dead Teen to Nursing Home

12/27/2013 - President Obama Signs Bill to Crack Down on Sexual Assault in the Military

12/27/2013 - Father Charged With DUI After 4-Year-Old Son Is Ejected From Car

12/27/2013 - Quote of the Day: Dambisa Moyo on Aid to Africa

12/27/2013 - African Journalists Could Face Prison Over Investigative Reports

12/27/2013 - The Incredible Life and Trying Basketball Times of Kobe Bryant, Part 1

12/27/2013 - For Condi Rice and Colin Powell, They Were ‘Days of Fire,’ Too

12/27/2013 - Biracial Girls Will Be Fine If Their Dolls Don’t Look Like Them

12/26/2013 - Kwanzaa Greetings From the Obamas

12/26/2013 - McDonald’s Shuts Down Website After Workers Told to Avoid Fast Food

12/26/2013 - White Texas Man Suspected in ‘Knockout’ Attack Against Black Man

12/26/2013 - White Teacher to Black Student: We Don’t Need Another Black President

12/26/2013 - The Most Clueless Racists of 2013

12/26/2013 - Jesse Jackson Goes Duck Wild 

12/26/2013 - President Urges Americans to Volunteer This Holiday Season

12/26/2013 - Family Spends Christmas With Brain-Dead Teen 

12/26/2013 - Quote of the Day: Jay Z on the School of Hard Knocks

12/26/2013 - Why He Gets a Pass for Cheating and She Doesn’t

12/26/2013 - Black Girls Who Won in 2013

12/26/2013 - Steve McQueen and Henry Louis Gates Jr. Talk 12 Years a Slave, Part 3

12/26/2013 - Remembering the Ones We Lost in 2013

12/25/2013 - Idris Elba Walks in Nelson Mandela’s Footsteps

12/25/2013 - Quote of the Day: Dr. Seuss on Christmas

12/25/2013 - Merry Christmas From The Root

12/25/2013 - Broke at Christmas? Maybe the Digital Divide Isn’t So Bad

12/25/2013 - Steve McQueen and Henry Louis Gates Jr. Talk 12 Years a Slave, Part 2

12/25/2013 - 3 Tips for Finding Great Clients for Your Small Business

12/24/2013 - It’s Tough Being Black Santa

12/24/2013 - What Would Jesus Do?

12/24/2013 - A Mother’s Fight for a Christmas Miracle for Her Brain-Dead Teen

12/24/2013 - De Blasio Daughter Shares Story of Depression and Substance Abuse

12/24/2013 - Obama Enrolls in Obamacare

12/24/2013 - Cory Booker Challenges Rand Paul to ‘Feats of Strength’

12/24/2013 - 25-Year-Old DJ to Become 1st Black South African in Space

12/24/2013 - Quote of the Day: Malcolm X on Revolution

12/24/2013 - Steve McQueen and Henry Louis Gates Jr. Talk 12 Years a Slave

12/24/2013 - R. Kelly Fans, Please Stop Blaming the Victims

12/24/2013 - Listen Up, Fellas: 5 Rules for the Perfect Gift

12/24/2013 - Why One of the Wise Men Is Black

12/24/2013 - 10 Books About Black Firsts

12/24/2013 - 2013 Pretty Much Sucked for Black People

12/23/2013 - Y’All Know George Zimmerman Is Back on Twitter, Right?

12/23/2013 - Lawsuit Filed Against Memphis Because of 12,000 Untested Rape Kits

12/23/2013 - Steve Martin Apologizes for Racist Tweet

12/23/2013 - The Holiday Lesson From a Sweet Toddler With Alopecia

12/23/2013 - Carlos Santana Reunites With Homeless Bandmate

12/23/2013 - Cleveland Hero Gets Book Deal

12/23/2013 - Democratic Rep. Calls Arizona a ‘Desert Racist Wasteland’

12/23/2013 - President Obama Puts South Sudan on Notice

12/23/2013 - Phil Robertson Isn’t Ducking Controversy 

12/23/2013 - Quote of the Day: Cornel West on Blues and Jazz

12/23/2013 - Did a Black Man Discover the Fountain of Youth?

12/23/2013 - ’Tis the Season for Black Nonprofits to Suffer

12/23/2013 - Why Can’t Fox News Leave Christmas Alone? Christmas Is Doing Just Fine

12/23/2013 - Michelle Obama’s Best Moments of 2013

12/22/2013 - Alabama Town Decries Cross-Dressing Holiday Dance Troupe

12/22/2013 - Relaxed Obama Arrives in Hawaii 

12/22/2013 - Duck Dynasty Courted by Other Networks

12/22/2013 - Heartbreaking: 94-Year-Old Widow Receives Remains of POW Husband 

12/22/2013 - Justine Sacco Apologizes for Africa AIDS Tweet

12/22/2013 - Chicago Boy Killed en Route to Get Christmas Haircut

12/22/2013 - Quote of the Day: Bill T. Jones on Theater

12/22/2013 - Holder Determined to Challenge Voter-Suppression Laws

12/21/2013 - Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union Are Getting Married

12/21/2013 - Obama Dishes on Dating Talks With Daughters

12/21/2013 - Brain-Dead Teen to Remain on Life Support 

12/21/2013 - Setback for Black-TV Station Ownership

12/21/2013 - PR Exec Lands in Africa, Greeted by Twitterstorm 

12/21/2013 - Suit: California Teachers Promoted Racial Bullying 

12/21/2013 - President Obama Optimistic About 2014 

12/21/2013 - Quote of the Day: Tupac Shakur on Women

12/21/2013 - Diplomat’s Strip Search Was Overboard, but So Was India’s Reaction

12/21/2013 - Looking for a Great Gift? How About Buying Black!

12/20/2013 - Did My Jamaican Kin Descend From British Loyalists in America?

12/20/2013 - Black Directors Are Answering All Your Questions on Twitter

12/20/2013 - Sharpton Town Hall: Jobs Key to Curbing Chicago Violence

12/20/2013 - Michigan Doctor Missing, No Clues to Whereabouts

12/20/2013 - All Diddy’s Children

12/20/2013 - PR Exec Tweets, ‘Going to Africa. Hope I Don’t Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I’m White!’

12/20/2013 - Woman Slapped With $5,000 Bill After Border-Patrol Agents Subject Her to Multiple Invasive Searches

12/20/2013 - Uganda Passes Law Mandating Life in Prison for ‘Aggravated Homosexuality’

12/20/2013 - George Zimmerman Gets Back 5 Guns Confiscated During Domestic-Assault Case 

12/20/2013 - Billboard in India Mistakes Morgan Freeman for Nelson Mandela

12/20/2013 - Brain-Dead Teen’s Family Hoping for a Holiday Miracle

12/20/2013 - Renisha McBride’s Killer to Stand Trial    

12/20/2013 - Poor Kids Should Sweep Floors, Says GOP Scrooge

12/20/2013 - Quote of the Day: Queen Latifah on Black Women

12/20/2013 - You’re 25 and Think You’re Immune From Racism? You’re Not Alone

12/20/2013 - How to Survive a Winter Without Flowers  

12/20/2013 - A Crack in ‘Affluenza’ Justice

12/20/2013 - Jazz Vocalist Connects Christmas Album to Loss of Her Family

12/19/2013 - Sorry, Duck Dynasty, That’s How Capitalism Works

12/19/2013 - R. Kelly, the Media and the Status of Black Women

12/19/2013 - The Twitter TV Show Is on Its Way. Who’s Watching?

12/19/2013 - What's Wrong With Twitter Feminism?

12/19/2013 - Black Christmas: What the Budget Deal Means for African Americans

12/19/2013 - Obama to Set 8 Crack-Cocaine Offenders Free

12/19/2013 - Al Sharpton in Chicago: Some Hope Among the Skepticism

12/19/2013 - Obama’s Brother Is Self-Publishing an Autobiography to Set the Record Straight

12/19/2013 - Black Art Student ‘Lynches’ 2 White Men in Art Project

12/19/2013 - Dennis Rodman Back in North Korea to Plan Kim Jong Un’s Birthday Exhibition Game

12/19/2013 - In Virginia, Black Males Twice as Likely to Be Suspended From School

12/19/2013 - Blind Man Gets to Keep Heroic Guide Dog

12/19/2013 - Texas Judge Being Pressured to Give ‘Affluenza’ Kid Jail Time

12/19/2013 - Black Woman Wins $648,000,000 Jackpot

12/19/2013 - Quote of the Day: Lydia R. Diamond on People

12/19/2013 - Oh, No, He Didn’t: A Groupon on a First Date?

12/19/2013 - Black Power Activists Accused Government of Spying, but They Weren’t Called Heroes

12/19/2013 - How to Plan a Wedding When Your White Fiance’s Twin Hates You

12/19/2013 - Black Legislators Want Your Voting Rights Back

12/19/2013 - How Michelle Obama Pleased the Fashion Gods in 2013

12/18/2013 - Tired of All the Beyoncé Analysis?

12/18/2013 - A Procter & Gamble for People of Color

12/18/2013 - When Jim Brown Slams Kobe Bryant, Black Men Lose

12/18/2013 - R. Kelly Responds to Details of Child Pornography Charges

12/18/2013 - Case Dismissed for NJ Man Jailed Almost 20 Years for Murder

12/18/2013 - Obama Includes LGBT Athletes in Olympic Delegation

12/18/2013 - NWA, LL Cool J and Chic Didn’t Make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Seriously?

12/18/2013 - NYC Mayor Blames God for Homeless Girl’s Plight Instead of His Policies

12/18/2013 - Guide Dog Risks Life to Save Owner

12/18/2013 - Tulane Student Youngest Member of Mississippi House of Representatives

12/18/2013 - George Zimmerman, the Next Picasso?

12/18/2013 - Everyone Knew His Name. Now Hear His Story

12/18/2013 - Looking for a Job? Congress Doesn’t Seem to Care

12/18/2013 - Quote of the Day: Bob Marley on Freedom

12/18/2013 - 8 Ways to Build Loyal Followers on Twitter

12/18/2013 - Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom Was Also South Africa’s

12/17/2013 - Idris’ New Boo: Her Name Is Avalon

12/17/2013 - Criticism for the New York Times’ Coverage of Homeless Family

12/17/2013 - NAACP Report: Limited Opportunities for Minorities in Energy Industry

12/17/2013 - Watching 12 Years a Slave Could Save Your Life

12/17/2013 - For Black Cubans, That Handshake Was Hope

12/17/2013 - Investing in African-American Women Could Jump-Start Economy

12/17/2013 - Black Archer Eyes an Unseen Enemy

12/17/2013 - Quote of the Day: Johnnetta B. Cole on Soul

12/17/2013 - 6 Things We Care About More Than Beyoncé’s Feminism

12/17/2013 - Senate Confirms Jeh Johnson to Head Homeland Security

12/17/2013 - TMZ Poll: ‘African American’ or ‘N--ga’?

12/17/2013 - No One Wants Michael Jordan’s Old House

12/16/2013 - Shocking: Tea Party Group Posts Racist Photo to Facebook

12/16/2013 - Charges Against NY Duo Dropped After ‘Cocaine’ Is Found to Be Soap

12/16/2013 - Phony Interpreter Allegedly Part of Group That Burned Men to Death

12/16/2013 - Bob Woodward: Budget Deal Happened Because Obama Wasn’t Involved

12/16/2013 - Melissa Harris-Perry Has Some Tough Questions for Santa

12/16/2013 - Quote of the Day: Dick Gregory on the N-Word

12/16/2013 - 6 Reasons the US Needs to Keep the Focus on South Africa

12/16/2013 - Was John Brown’s 1st Victim Black?

12/15/2013 - New Mexico Teacher Disciplined for Racist Santa Remarks

12/15/2013 - SNL Spoofs ‘Fake’ Interpreter at Nelson Mandela Memorial 

12/15/2013 - Yes, Megyn, There Is a Black Santa Claus

12/15/2013 - NFL Player Jovan Belcher’s Body Exhumed for Brain Exam

12/15/2013 - Jameis Winston Scores Heisman Trophy

12/15/2013 - Nelson Mandela Laid to Rest 

12/15/2013 - Nominate the 2014 Young Futurists!

12/15/2013 - Quote of the Day: Malcolm X on Anger

12/14/2013 - Police: Pastor Raped Girl to ‘Take the Demons Out’

12/14/2013 - Obama Administration Fends Off Complaints About Press Access

12/14/2013 - Trayvon Martin’s Parents to Pen a Book

12/14/2013 - Donald Trump, Birthers Exploit Loretta Fuddy’s Death

12/14/2013 - Why Dennis Rodman's North Korea Trip Is Still On

12/14/2013 - Desmond Tutu Will Attend Mandela’s Funeral

12/14/2013 - Megyn Kelly Slams Race Baiters, White Santa Remarks Were Tongue-in-Cheek

12/14/2013 - Did Jay Z Give Up Cheddar to Stack Bread?

12/14/2013 - If Mandela Were Here: The Battles He Would Wage

12/13/2013 - Quote of the Day: Harriet Ann Jacobs on Slavery

12/13/2013 - How to Stop the Killing of All Our Children

12/13/2013 - Here’s Megyn Kelly’s Kwanzaa Reading Assignment

12/13/2013 - Rich Teen’s Lenient Sentence Raises Questions About How to Handle Convicted Juveniles

12/13/2013 - Sheriff’s Deputy Convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter in Virginia Shooting

12/13/2013 - ‘Fake’ Interpreter Has Faced Murder and Rape Charges

12/13/2013 - Why Was My Black Ancestor Listed as a Slave Owner?

12/13/2013 - Jon Stewart and Jessica Williams Go In on Megyn Kelly 

12/13/2013 - Scandal Recap: The Book of Eli

12/13/2013 - Prosecutors Won’t Retry Illinois Man Imprisoned 30 Years for Rape

12/13/2013 - 1850s Prison Memoir of African American Is First of Its Kind

12/13/2013 - Best Reactions to Beyoncé’s Late-Night Album Drop

12/13/2013 - Prime Ministers Show Support for Presidential Selfie 

12/13/2013 - Michael Jordan ‘Flu Game’ Sneakers Go for Record Price

12/13/2013 - Beyoncé Drops Surprise Album

12/13/2013 - 10 Things The Root Would Like to See More of in 2014

12/13/2013 - In the Shadow of Newtown, a Father Grieves and Fights

12/13/2013 - An Exploration of What It Means to Be Black

12/13/2013 - More Fans Should Be Outraged by R. Kelly’s New Album Cover

12/13/2013 - Why Oprah Would Make a Better Parent Than Most People

12/13/2013 - Don’t Bet Against a Right-Wing Third Party in 2016

12/12/2013 - US Coverage ‘the Worst’ for Describing Mandela as a Man of Peace

12/12/2013 - SNL May Have a New Black Female Comedian by January

12/12/2013 - Hawaii Health Director Who Signed Off on Obama’s Birth Certificate Dies in Plane Crash

12/12/2013 - If This Rich Kid Has ‘Affluenza,’ Then We’ve All Got ‘Negrobetes’

12/12/2013 - Michigan’s ‘Rape Insurance’ Bill Is Now Law

12/12/2013 - Instagram Page Lands Man With 142 Felony Counts 

12/12/2013 - 12 Years a Slave Dominates Golden Globe Nominees

12/12/2013 - How Black Women Are Saving Planned Parenthood

12/12/2013 - Fox News Anchor: Santa Is White and Jesus Was, Too

12/12/2013 - Aaron Hernandez Is ‘Way Less Stressed’ in Jail

12/12/2013 - De Blasios to Move Into Gracie Mansion

12/12/2013 - Interpreter Claims Schizophrenic Episode at Mandela Memorial  

12/12/2013 - Zimmerman Avoids Charges

12/12/2013 - Tutu’s Home Robbed While He Mourned Mandela

12/12/2013 - Guilt Over Sleeping With Best Friend’s Man Is the Least of Your Problems

12/12/2013 - Quote of the Day: Bruce M. Wright on Voting

12/12/2013 - Whisk: The Eatery Where Ex-Offenders Are Starting Over

12/12/2013 - 10 New Foods We Loved in 2013

12/12/2013 - Scandal’s Torture Porn: Easy to Turn Away, Hard to Ignore

12/11/2013 - Meet the Best Beyoncé Impersonator Ever

12/11/2013 - Rush Limbaugh: Obama Photo ‘Biggest Selfie Boo-Boo’ Since Weiner 

12/11/2013 - Twitter Is on the Case of the ‘Fake’ Sign Language Interpreter at Mandela’s Memorial

12/11/2013 - Man Set Free After 30 Years in Prison 

12/11/2013 - White House Releases Candid Photos of Presidential Trip to South Africa

12/11/2013 - Jon Stewart Pokes Fun at McCain’s Obama-Hitler Comparison 

12/11/2013 - NAACP Petitions Department of Justice to Investigate Alleged Miami Gardens Police Abuse 

12/11/2013 - ‘Fake’ Sign Language Interpreter at Mandela Memorial Causes Outrage

12/11/2013 - Photographer: Obama Selfie Not What It Seems

12/11/2013 - Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Sending Ricin to President Obama

12/11/2013 - Senate Confirms Rep. Mel Watt to Head FHFA

12/11/2013 - McCain Likens Obama-Castro Handshake to Hitler Moment 

12/11/2013 - Racism Linked to Infant Mortality and Learning Disabilities

12/11/2013 - Small Biz Lady Brings Business Expertise to The Root

12/11/2013 - Quote of the Day: Diana Ross on the Future

12/11/2013 - Mandela’s Challenge for South Africa’s Black Intellectuals

12/11/2013 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner Tackles a Classic Sidney Poitier Role

12/11/2013 - Why Black Folks Should Be Wary of Bill de Blasio

12/10/2013 - Mandela Was a Revolutionary, Not a ‘Lovable Cardboard Character’

12/10/2013 - He Asked for It: R. Kelly Gets Dragged on Twitter

12/10/2013 - A Homeless Girl’s Story Highlights Family Planning and Poverty

12/10/2013 - Conservative Lobbying Group Loses Support, Switches Tactics

12/10/2013 - Michelle Obama Side-Eyes President Obama’s Selfie

12/10/2013 - Why They Booed at Nelson Mandela’s Memorial

12/10/2013 - Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Cross-Burning With Former KKK Leader 

12/10/2013 - Documentary About Mitt Romney Heads to Netflix

12/10/2013 - Stores Agree to Anti-Profiling Policy

12/10/2013 - Black Fashion Student Claims Hasidic Men Attacked Him

12/10/2013 - Why Did Obama Shake Castro’s Hand? Home Training

12/10/2013 - Mormon Church Confronts Racist Past

12/10/2013 - Lamar Odom Sentenced to Probation, Alcohol-Abuse Treatment

12/10/2013 - George Zimmerman’s Girlfriend Wants to Drop Charges

12/10/2013 - New Mexico Cop Who Shot at Minivan Full of Kids Fired

12/10/2013 - World Leaders Join South Africa to Say Goodbye to Nelson Mandela

12/10/2013 - Quote of the Day: Henry Parks on Pursuing Your Dreams

12/10/2013 - I’ve Finally Come to My Senses About R. Kelly

12/10/2013 - 8 of Our Favorite Photos of Nelson Mandela

12/10/2013 - Image Recalls Christianity’s Arrival in Ethiopia

12/10/2013 - Great R&B Albums You Missed While Grooving to ‘Blurred Lines’

12/9/2013 - The Best Black Web Series of All Time Is Back

12/9/2013 - Happy HipHopKwanzaa!

12/9/2013 - ‘Bill of Rights’ to Fight ‘Shopping While Black’ Outrages

12/9/2013 - Children’s Coloring Book Features Ted Cruz, Says ‘Obamacare Is Worse Than Any War’

12/9/2013 - GOP Event for African-American Outreach Featured Largely White Audience

12/9/2013 - Obamas, Royalty Slated to Attend Mandela Memorial on Tuesday

12/9/2013 - Sonic Drive-in Apologizes for Controversial Signboard

12/9/2013 - MC Hammer Owes $800,000 in Back Taxes

12/9/2013 - 6 in 10 Uninsured Blacks Could Qualify for Financial Aid Under Obamacare

12/9/2013 - Who Profits From Mandela’s Brand? 

12/9/2013 - Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Martina Arroyo Receive Kennedy Center Honors

12/9/2013 - Jesse Owens’ Gold Medal Fetches Record Price

12/9/2013 - A Basketball Wife and Baby Daddy: Don’t Follow Their Example

12/9/2013 - Detroit’s City Workers Facing Poverty and Debt

12/9/2013 - Exclusive: Black Girls Rock! Founder Hits Back at Insulting #whitegirlsrock

12/9/2013 - Was the Lone Ranger Black?

12/9/2013 - Quote of the Day: Barbara Jordan on Race Consciousness

12/8/2013 - Victim Calls Knockout Game a Myth

12/8/2013 - South Africans Hold Day of Prayer for Mandela

12/8/2013 - Obamas, Royalty Slated to Attend Mandela Memorial on Tuesday

12/8/2013 - Why Westboro Baptist Church Plans to Protest Mandela’s Funeral

12/8/2013 - College Student Goes Online to Rent a Family for the Holidays

12/8/2013 - Fired BP Exec Told to Save Braids and Dashiki for Black History Month

12/8/2013 - South Africans and African Americans Bound by Struggle

12/8/2013 - Quote of the Day: Marvin Gaye on Artists

12/8/2013 - Day of Action Unites Students, Teachers in Protest

12/7/2013 - SC Sheriff Won’t Lower Flag to Honor Mandela

12/7/2013 - St. Louis Woman Lied About ‘Knockout Game’ Attack

12/7/2013 - Give Obama Credit for Jobs Turnaround

12/7/2013 - Biracial Teen’s White Mom Suspected in Racist Graffiti Probe 

12/7/2013 - Scandal to Air 4 Fewer Episodes This Season

12/7/2013 - Limbaugh Accuses Media of Making Nelson Mandela’s Death About Obama

12/7/2013 - Jay Z Scores 9 Grammy Nominations

12/7/2013 - President Obama Jokes About Post-White House Dream Gig

12/7/2013 - Black Officer Alleges Racial Profiling in Arrest

12/7/2013 - Quote of the Day: Nelson Mandela on African Children

12/6/2013 - My Ancestral Town Disappeared From the Map!

12/6/2013 - Mandela: The Media’s Prince Charming 

12/6/2013 - 10 Films and Songs of the Anti-Apartheid Movement

12/6/2013 - Scandal Recap: Who’s the Bad Guy, Again?

12/6/2013 - It’s Settled. Scandal Is a Soap Opera

12/6/2013 - Let’s Remember—Mandela Was a Revolutionary

12/6/2013 - Unemployment Rate Drops to a 5-Year Low

12/6/2013 - Unarmed Man Charged With Wounding Bystanders Who Were Shot by Police

12/6/2013 - Ben Carson Will ‘Listen’ to Those Pushing Him to Run for President 

12/6/2013 - Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Harvard Address to Nelson Mandela

12/6/2013 - President Obama and the First Lady Will Attend Mandela’s Funeral

12/6/2013 - Mandela’s Legacy: Tributes From Around the World

12/6/2013 - Rick Santorum Compares Obamacare to Apartheid

12/6/2013 - GOP Opens Outpost in Detroit, Hoping to Woo African-American Voters

12/6/2013 - White House Admits Obama Lived With Uncle

12/6/2013 - Achievement Gap Persists for Black College Students in California

12/6/2013 - Black Policewoman Allegedly Subjected to Racial Profiling by Colleagues

12/6/2013 - Poor Black and Hispanic Men, the Face of HIV

12/6/2013 - Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013: South Africa Prepares Its Goodbye 

12/6/2013 - How Mandela Changed African Politics

12/6/2013 - 5 Important Lessons From Nelson Mandela

12/6/2013 - Warm, Intimate Photos of Nelson Mandela Through the Years

12/6/2013 - Minimum Wage: Feed a Cash Register, Not a Family

12/6/2013 - Haitians Are Dying at Sea Trying to Reach the US

12/6/2013 - How Obama Has Changed Black Journalists

12/5/2013 - New York Post Beats ‘Racially Hostile Workplace’ Lawsuit

12/5/2013 - Schooling Those Who Say Stupid Things About Rape Accusations

12/5/2013 - Quote of the Day: Nelson Mandela on Democracy

12/5/2013 - The Most Moving Tributes to Nelson Mandela

12/5/2013 - Nelson Mandela’s Most Memorable Quotes

12/5/2013 - Nelson Mandela Dead at 95

12/5/2013 - Madiba’s Famous Friends

12/5/2013 - How Mandela Kept His Enemies Close

12/5/2013 - Mourning an Icon: The Life of Nelson Mandela

12/5/2013 - New NYC Police Commissioner William Bratton Innovated Stop-and-Frisk Policy

12/5/2013 - FSU Quarterback Jameis Winston Will Not Be Charged With Rape

12/5/2013 - Black Republican: ‘What Exactly Has the President Done for the Black Community?’

12/5/2013 - Cartoon Portrays President Obama With Apelike Features

12/5/2013 - Sen. Ted Cruz Compares Obama to Fidel Castro

12/5/2013 - NY Councilwoman: Racial Tension Between Blacks and Jews Behind ‘Knockout Game’

12/5/2013 - Is Kanye West Losing It? 

12/5/2013 - Obama Calls Economic Inequality the ‘Defining Challenge of Our Time’

12/5/2013 - 2 Men May Face Death Penalty in Beating Death of Black Teen

12/5/2013 - Black Artists Have Moment in the Sun at Art Basel Miami Beach

12/5/2013 - Quote of the Day: Lerone Bennett Jr. on Education

12/5/2013 - The Day Alice Walker Said ‘It’s Me or the KKK’

12/5/2013 - If You Stand Up Your Man, Don’t Be Surprised When He Replaces You 

12/5/2013 - Black Mom Says Catholic Hospital’s Abortion Policy Almost Killed Her

12/4/2013 - Happy Founders Day, Alpha Phi Alpha

12/4/2013 - Jay Z Posts a Ranking of His Own Albums

12/4/2013 - The GOP’s Rosa Parks Tweet Was Lazy Politics

12/4/2013 - Michelle Obama Quotes From Will Ferrell Comedy Sketch

12/4/2013 - Some Anonymous Person Is Leaving Thousand-Dollar Tips for Servers

12/4/2013 - Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC

12/4/2013 - Credit Card Debt Is Worse for African Americans

12/4/2013 - Texas Middle School Principal on Leave After Forbidding Students to Speak Spanish

12/4/2013 - Morgan State Fraternity on Probation for Rejecting Gay Student

12/4/2013 - Charges Against NY Teens Waiting for School Bus to Be Dropped

12/4/2013 - Memphis Officials Propose an African-American Trail

12/4/2013 - City of Miami Gardens Slapped With Lawsuit for Police Abuse and Racial Profiling

12/4/2013 - Nigerian Tugboat Cook Survives 3 Days at the Bottom of the Atlantic Ocean 

12/4/2013 - Lee Daniels: ‘I Became Very Angry at White People’

12/4/2013 - Don Lemon Plays ‘Knockout Game’ With ‘Black-Belt Rabbi’

12/4/2013 - Detroit Is Officially Bankrupt

12/4/2013 - White Teen, Black Guardians: Something Must Be Wrong

12/4/2013 - ’Tis the Season to Be Food-Insecure

12/4/2013 - Quote of the Day: Mary McLeod Bethune on Black Wealth

12/4/2013 - What to Expect From NYC’s New First Lady, Chirlane McCray

12/4/2013 - Black Friend Paranoid About Racism? No, You Shouldn’t Tell Him

12/3/2013 - Growing Doubts About Whether the ‘Knockout Game’ Is a Real Trend

12/3/2013 - Lupe Fiasco Pens New Novel on Twitter

12/3/2013 - Woman Killed After Posting Eerie Facebook Message

12/3/2013 - Woman Charged With Killing Mother of 3 After Iron Bowl Watch Party

12/3/2013 - Man Arrested in Deaths of Kansas Mom and Kids Still Not Charged

12/3/2013 - De Blasio Family Still Undecided About Move to Gracie Mansion 

12/3/2013 - White College Students File Racial-Discrimination Complaint

12/3/2013 - Elle France Beauty Editor Apologizes for Blackface

12/3/2013 - Obama Pledges 100,000,000 for HIV/AIDS Cure

12/3/2013 - George Zimmerman’s Money Troubles Continue

12/3/2013 - The Root Exclusive: Shot, Paralyzed by Cops, Leon Ford Tells His Story

12/3/2013 - Texas Cops Take White Teen From Black Guardians

12/3/2013 - ‘Sharkeisha’ Video: The Real Tragedy Is How Many Enjoyed Watching

12/3/2013 - An Early Glimpse of Philadelphia’s Black Entrepreneurs

12/3/2013 - Perfect Gifts for the Gardener in Your Life

12/3/2013 - Quote of the Day: Malcolm X on Ghettos

12/3/2013 - Watch The Root 100 on Aspire TV: ‘The Progressives’

12/3/2013 - Kanye’s Antics Make Him Look Worse Than Ever

12/2/2013 - 3 Black Teens Arrested for Disorderly Conduct While Waiting for School Bus

12/2/2013 - Ad Links President Obama and Crack-Smoking Toronto Mayor

12/2/2013 - White, Wealthy South Baton Rouge Wants to Secede From Poor, Black Northern Areas

12/2/2013 - Man Killed for His Beats by Dre Headphones

12/2/2013 - Good News! Racism Ended 58 Years Ago

12/2/2013 - Track Star Jesse Owens’ Olympic Medal to Be Auctioned

12/2/2013 - Cory Booker Avoids Spotlight in 1st Month as Senator

12/2/2013 - Hasidic Man Latest Victim of ‘Knockout Game’

12/2/2013 - Shoppers Flock to Malls Over Holiday Weekend, Don’t Buy Much

12/2/2013 - NBA Rookie Can’t Touch Salary in Trust Fund

12/2/2013 - The Pitfalls of Parenting

12/2/2013 - Was a Black Man on the Titanic?

12/2/2013 - Quote of the Day: Howard Thurman on Family

12/2/2013 - Hey, Media: White People Are Poor, Too

12/2/2013 - Michelle Obama and My Feminist Nightmare

12/1/2013 - White House Declares HealthCare.gov a Success

12/1/2013 - Bob Dylan Charged With Racism

12/1/2013 - President Obama Celebrates Small Business

12/1/2013 - Jonathan Martin Out for the Season

12/1/2013 - Tyrese, Ludacris and Others Mourn Paul Walker

12/1/2013 - Michael Jordan to Become a Dad Again at 50 

12/1/2013 - Clintons Rebuild Bonds With Black Voters

12/1/2013 - Fast & Furious Star Paul Walker Mourned

12/1/2013 - 6 Ways Obamacare Can Help End America’s HIV/AIDS Epidemic

12/1/2013 - Quote of the Day: Shirley Chisholm on Gender

12/1/2013 - National Museum of African Art Receives $1,800,000 From Sultanate of Oman