8/31/2014 - At least 6 Ferguson Cops Named in Civil Rights Suits

8/31/2014 - 2nd NYPD Death Ruled Homicide

8/31/2014 - 11 Shot in Chicago as Labor Day Weekend Kicks Off

8/31/2014 - 11 Shot in Chicago as Labor Day Weekend Kicks Off

8/31/2014 - Whites Should Learn Our History to Understand Our Pain

8/31/2014 - Michael Sam: What's Next?

8/30/2014 - Michael Sam Cut By St. Louis Rams

8/30/2014 - St. Louis County Officer in Bigoted Video Rant Retires

8/30/2014 - Watch: Fatal Shooting by Off-Duty Chicago Cop Sparks Calls for Justice

8/30/2014 - Swaziland’s Royal Family Slammed for Opulent Lifestyle

8/30/2014 - $40,000,000 Civil Rights Suit Filed Against Ferguson

8/30/2014 - The Weight of Words: New Course Tackles Writers’ Impact on Black History

8/29/2014 - Black Men: ‘I’m Tired of Feeling Like Someone’s Enemy’

8/29/2014 - Man Arrested For...Waiting While Black? Being Polite While Black? Being Black While Black?

8/29/2014 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 20. A Different World

8/29/2014 - Why Did My Great-Granddad Change His Name?

8/29/2014 - I'm 29 Years Old, And I Just Moved Back Home With My Parents

8/28/2014 - We Want a Future Without Fergusons

8/28/2014 - Black Owners Say Racist Graffiti Was Spray-Painted on Their Chicago Restaurant  

8/28/2014 - Philadelphia Cop Files Police-Brutality Lawsuit

8/28/2014 - The Game, Diddy, DJ Khaled, TGT and More Collaborate on Michael Brown Tribute ‘Don’t Shoot’

8/28/2014 - Watch: Police Defend Arrest of Black Man Reportedly Tased in Front of His Kids

8/28/2014 - Study: Whites Have 1 Black Friend; Blacks Have 8 White Friends

8/28/2014 - Black American Fighting for ISIS in Syria Is Killed 

8/28/2014 - The Growing Movement to Make Attacks Against Homeless People a Hate Crime

8/28/2014 - Watch: Debating ‘Black Female Privilege’

8/28/2014 - Have Faith in Aaron McGruder’s Black Jesus 

8/28/2014 - In Ferguson and the Entire Nation, Institutional Racism Extends Far Beyond Law Enforcement

8/28/2014 - Why 2014 Is The Best Year For Light-Skinned Black Men Ever

8/27/2014 - Attorney: Video Shows John Crawford III Being Shot ‘on Sight’ in Wal-Mart Toy-Gun Case

8/27/2014 - Handcuffed Man Died After Being Tased 13 Times by Police, Attorney Says

8/27/2014 - Thieves Vandalize Rosa Parks’ Alabama Home

8/27/2014 - Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly Argue About White Privilege, And Kelly...Surprises

8/27/2014 - We Don't Get It. But Somehow These Dudes Stay Gettin' It. #D1CKTOOBOMB ALLSTARS?

8/27/2014 - Don’t Talk About Ferguson or Michael Brown, School District Says

8/27/2014 - USC Football Captain Admits Lying About Heroic Story

8/27/2014 - Company Man and Wife: Couple Sells Ad Space to Sponsor Wedding

8/27/2014 - Squatters on the Rise in Cash-Strapped Detroit 

8/27/2014 - Family Calls Assault in Baltimore a Hate Crime 

8/27/2014 - My Friends’ Colorism Is Affecting My Baby’s Facebook Likes!

8/27/2014 - When the World Blows Up, Just Blame Hip-Hop

8/27/2014 - What I've Learned About Myself After Being Married For A Month

8/26/2014 - Picture This: We Don’t All Look Alike

8/26/2014 - Belle: A Film That Defied Expectations

8/26/2014 - Chicago Cop Kills Teen, Sparking Protests 

8/26/2014 - Blue Ivy Woke Up Like 'Dis, So Please Just Stop About Her Hair

8/26/2014 - Mike Epps Lands the Role of Richard Pryor in Lee Daniels-Directed Biopic

8/26/2014 - Rastafarian Teen in Louisiana Turned Away From School Over His Dreadlocks

8/26/2014 - Fits the Description: How Checking a Parking Meter Led to a Charge of Bank Robbery

8/26/2014 - His Royal Purpleness Will Release 2 New Albums in September

8/26/2014 - Joe Budden, The Epitome Of Bitchassness

8/26/2014 - USC Football Captain Jumps From 2nd Floor to Save Drowning Nephew

8/26/2014 - Report: Audio Reveals Pause Between Gunshots When Michael Brown Was Shot 

8/26/2014 - New York Times Calls ‘No Angel’ an Ill-Chosen Phrase

8/26/2014 - Infected American Linked to 4 Cases of Ebola in Nigeria  

8/26/2014 - 17-Year-Old in Georgia Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Sleeping 13-Year-Old

8/26/2014 - Did the Power of the Printed Word Truly Liberate Africa?

8/26/2014 - Ferguson Opened the Door to a Discussion of Black Equality

8/26/2014 - Why the 50 Cent-Floyd Mayweather Beef Is No Laughing Matter

8/26/2014 - Who Was the Real Dido Elizabeth Belle?

8/26/2014 - 10 Reasons Why You Totally Need To Be Watching The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

8/25/2014 - Ferguson At Fairfax And Wilshire

8/25/2014 - Texas Mom and 4 Children Held at Gunpoint by Police

8/25/2014 - 9-Year-Old Chicago Boy Fatally Shot Blocks From Home

8/25/2014 - Michael Brown’s Funeral Draws Thousands of Mourners

8/25/2014 - Report: Ferguson Police Officer Who Detained Journalists Is Battling Lawsuit for Injuring 12-Year-Old

8/25/2014 - Just So You Know We're Not Making This Shit Up

8/25/2014 - Dave Chappelle Goes Back To Hartford A Year After Heckling Fiasco

8/25/2014 - New York Times Receives Backlash for Calling Michael Brown ‘No Angel’

8/25/2014 - 5 Crucial Moments From MTV’s Video Music Awards

8/25/2014 - A Minute-By-Minute Recap Of The Night The VMAs Reminded Me I'm Old As Fuck

8/25/2014 - Death of Handcuffed Louisiana Man Shot in Chest Ruled a Suicide

8/25/2014 - Man Dumps Bucket of Water on Grandchild for ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’

8/25/2014 - Blue Ivy ‘Flawlessly’ Wins at the VMAs

8/25/2014 - Jackie Robinson West All-Stars Still Celebrated, Even in Defeat

8/25/2014 - Soccer Player Dies After Being Hit With Object Thrown From Crowd

8/25/2014 - Violence Erupts as Suge Knight Is Shot at Chris Brown’s Pre-VMA Party

8/25/2014 - Navy Discharges Black Woman Who Refused to Cut Natural Hair

8/25/2014 - Teens Have Greater Fear of Police After Ferguson Shooting

8/25/2014 - I’m Homeschooling My Son Because My House Is the Only Place Where He’s Not Seen As Dangerous

8/25/2014 - Michael Brown is Laid to Rest

8/25/2014 - Being White and Middle Class, We Had Many Advantages. And We Used Them to Leave North St. Louis

8/25/2014 - On Being A Little Tired Of Being The "Safe Black Friend You Talk To About Race"

8/24/2014 - ‘White People’ Magazine Targeted in Bombshell Suit

8/24/2014 - Big Win by Chicago’s Black Little League Inspires Hope

8/24/2014 - Nearly 2,500 Peaceful Protesters Rally in NYC for Eric Garner

8/24/2014 - Darren Wilson’s 1st Police Force Shut Down by Racial Tension

8/24/2014 - Can We Talk About How Black Women Are Treated as Threats, Too?

8/24/2014 - How an NFL Referee Took a Stance Against a Team’s Racist Name 

8/23/2014 - Before Holder Could Be Attorney General Holder, Obama Had to Be President Obama

8/23/2014 - Rapper Joe Budden Wanted on Domestic Abuse Charge

8/23/2014 - Okla. Cop Accused of Sexually Assaulting Black Women

8/23/2014 - St. Louis County Officer Suspended After Bigoted Video Rant

8/23/2014 - Calm Prevails in Ferguson for 3rd Night

8/23/2014 - Brutal Treatment of Black and Brown Youths Reflects Disregard for Their Lives

8/23/2014 - Savion Glover: Tapping Into African-American History Through Dance

8/22/2014 - Hey, White College Kids: Can the Ferguson Police Get Some of That Kony 2012 Outrage?

8/22/2014 - Watch: Michael Brown Graduated From High School Days Before Shooting 

8/22/2014 - Watch: David Letterman and Serena Williams Break a Deli Window

8/22/2014 - Journalist’s Illustrations Document the Last Words of Unarmed Black Men

8/22/2014 - For Bougie Black Girls Who Appreciate 'Anaconda'

8/22/2014 - CNN Source Claims Ferguson Cop Did Not Have Fractured Eye Socket

8/22/2014 - Macy’s Settles Racial Profiling Probe With New York State for $650,000

8/22/2014 - Parents of Michael Brown to Attend Eric Garner Rally

8/22/2014 - Peaceful Night of Protest as National Guard Ordered Out of Ferguson

8/22/2014 - Talib Kweli to Don Lemon: ‘You Have No Respect for Who I Am’

8/22/2014 - 5 Lessons in Dealing With a Crazy Ex

8/22/2014 - My Sis Is Famous and I Need Genealogy Help

8/22/2014 - 5 Ratchet Songs That Also Build Your Self-Esteem

8/21/2014 - Is the Press Agitating Things in Ferguson for a Good Story?

8/21/2014 - Don Lemon Definitely Will Never Invite Talib Kweli To Sunday Brunch

8/21/2014 - Columbus Short Arrested; Another Warrant Issued

8/21/2014 - The Root Hosts Reception to Release List of 2014 Top Influencers

8/21/2014 - T.I. Releases "New National Anthem" With Skylar Grey

8/21/2014 - Eric Holder Visits Michael Brown’s Parents in Ferguson

8/21/2014 - Officer Who Threatened Ferguson Protesters Suspended

8/21/2014 - Explaining White People, Part 2: Waiting For A “More Informed” Opinion About Race Issues

8/21/2014 - Black Former Editor at People Mag Says She Was Told to Change Her Speech: ‘You’re Not at Essence Anymore’

8/21/2014 - Ala. Teacher on Leave After Having Students Re-Enact Michael Brown Shooting

8/21/2014 - US Ebola Patients Released From Emory University Hospital

8/21/2014 - Lauryn Hill Dedicates ‘Black Rage (Sketch)’ to Ferguson

8/21/2014 - Step Aside, Iggy Azalea, It’s Time for Nicki Minaj to Appropriate ... Herself

8/21/2014 - Report Claim: Darren Wilson Was Beaten Up and Got a Fractured Eye Socket Before Shooting 

8/21/2014 - ‘Affluenza’ Teen’s Father Arrested

8/21/2014 - Calif. Highway Patrol Officer Suspended in Beating of Homeless Woman

8/21/2014 - 6 Arrested in Quiet Night of Peaceful Protests in Ferguson

8/21/2014 - Actor Orlando Jones Creates a ‘Bullet Bucket Challenge’

8/21/2014 - Am I Yelling About Ferguson—or Are You Just Not Listening?  

8/21/2014 - 5 Ways Police Should Rethink Their Training

8/21/2014 - He Wasn’t ‘Big Mike’ to Us, Says Cousin

8/21/2014 - John Crawford Case: It’s Open Carry for Whites and Open Season on Blacks

8/21/2014 - True Confession: I'm Just Now Watching 'The Wire' For The First Time

8/20/2014 - Columbus Short Misses Another Court Appearance; Warrant Raised

8/20/2014 - Why Nick Offerman Is My Favorite White Man

8/20/2014 - And They Wonder Why We Say "F*ck The Police"

8/20/2014 - Photos: The Root 100 Release Party at Martha’s Vineyard

8/20/2014 - A Definitive List Of Every Bougie Black Girl Celebrity Crush Of The Last 20 Years

8/20/2014 - Don Lemon: National Guard Member in Ferguson Called Protesters the N-Word

8/20/2014 - Records Show Ferguson Arrests Are Double What Police Reported 

8/20/2014 - People Thought Mo. Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson Was a Gang Member

8/20/2014 - WSJ Editor: Holder Should Tell Ferguson to ‘Stay Out of Trouble, Pull Up Their Pants and Take Care of Their Kids’

8/20/2014 - NBC Returns The Grio to Original Owners and Will Launch Its Own Black-News ‘Vertical’

8/20/2014 - Holder: DOJ Investigation in Ferguson Will Be Full, Fair and Independent

8/20/2014 - Ray J Reduced To "Kardashian Sex Tape Partner". Probably Doesn't Like That Sh*t.

8/20/2014 - Mo’Ne Davis Becomes 1st Little Leaguer to Snag Cover of Sports Illustrated

8/20/2014 - 5 Questions the Ferguson Grand Jury Will Have to Answer

8/20/2014 - 47 People Arrested in Ferguson as Quiet Protest Turns Tense

8/20/2014 - T.I. on Ferguson: ‘America Has Created a Monster’

8/20/2014 - Black and Blue: Officer Sees Both Sides in the Michael Brown Shooting

8/20/2014 - Why Don’t Cops Give Our Kids the Same Break They Gave the Ray Allen Intruders?

8/20/2014 - Michael Brown’s Death Reopened My Eyes to My Privileges as a Black Woman 

8/20/2014 - How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson

8/19/2014 - St. Louis Police Fatally Shoot Knife-Wielding Man 3 Miles From Ferguson 

8/19/2014 - Mo'Ne Davis Is Better At What She Does Than You Are At What You Do, Part 2

8/19/2014 - The Type Of Funny Anecdote Michael Brown Will Never Be Able To Tell

8/19/2014 - Darren Wilson’s Friend: Cop Is a Good Person ‘Struggling’ With Shooting

8/19/2014 - Facebook Testing "Satire" Tag, And It's All Because Of Your Cousins

8/19/2014 - Attorney: Ferguson Police Officer Should Have Been Arrested

8/19/2014 - Eric Garner Choke Hold Case to Go Before Grand Jury

8/19/2014 - What They Saw: 5 Eyewitnesses to the Michael Brown Shooting

8/19/2014 - CNN Anchor Suggests the Use of ‘Water Cannons’ in Ferguson; Twitter Responds

8/19/2014 - Campus Police Officers in Compton, Calif., to Be Armed With AR-15 Rifles

8/19/2014 - Donations Are Pouring in for Officer Darren Wilson as His ‘Fans’ Look for ‘Justice’

8/19/2014 - Michael Brown’s Grandfather: It’s 1,000 Percent Wrong That Officer Hasn’t Been Arrested

8/19/2014 - Missouri KKK Chapter to Raise Funds for Ferguson Cop Who Killed Michael Brown

8/19/2014 - Protesters Demand Answers in LAPD Shooting Death of Ezell Ford

8/19/2014 - The Woman Behind an Iconic Protest Photo Tells Her Story

8/19/2014 - 31 Arrested, 2 Shot as Ferguson Unrest Continues

8/19/2014 - Sybrina Fulton and Ron Davis Discuss Policing and Race at UN Review in Switzerland

8/19/2014 - 12 Ways to Be a White Ally to Black People

8/19/2014 - In Ancient Egypt, Were Africans the Oppressors or the Oppressed?

8/19/2014 - Yep, Guys Really Are Just As Messy As We Claim Women Are

8/18/2014 - Stress Is a Growing Way of Life in Ferguson

8/18/2014 - Obama: Attorney General Eric Holder Will Be in Ferguson on Wednesday 

8/18/2014 - 5 Things Weed Makes You Do (Hint: "Attack A Police Officer" Is Not On The List)

8/18/2014 - Video: John Oliver's Take On What's Happening in Ferguson, MO

8/18/2014 - The President’s Critics Are Wrong About His Response to Ferguson

8/18/2014 - Ga. High Schoolers Develop Police-Accountability App

8/18/2014 - Trayvon Martin’s Father Has Sympathetic Advice for Michael Brown’s Family

8/18/2014 - Lessons (Thus Far) from Ferguson: How Not To Handle Any Situation Ever

8/18/2014 - Supporters: Officer Who Killed Michael Brown Is ‘Being Victimized’  

8/18/2014 - Ferguson’s White City Leadership Must Change

8/18/2014 - President Obama Interrupts Vacation, Returns to White House

8/18/2014 - Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon: Releasing Video an Attempt to ‘Besmirch’ Victim

8/18/2014 - Autopsy Shows Michael Brown Was Shot 6 Times; Mo. Gov. Orders National Guard to Ferguson

8/18/2014 - 8 of the Youngest Black College Graduates You Should Know

8/18/2014 - Being an Atheist Is Not a ‘White Thing’ and It’s Not a Bad Thing. I’m Proof of That

8/18/2014 - How Ferguson Has Exposed a Civil Rights Generational Divide

8/17/2014 - An Uneasy Weekend in Ferguson

8/17/2014 - Joe Morton and Uzo Aduba Win Emmys

8/17/2014 - Eric Holder Orders 2nd Autopsy in Ferguson Case

8/17/2014 - One Last Summer Road Trip? Apps to Keep the Kids Happy

8/17/2014 - Did School Integration Fail Black Children?

8/16/2014 - Does Ferguson Story Resonate Among Asian-American Journalists?

8/16/2014 - Fla. Mom Arrested After Leaving Kids at Park While at Food Bank

8/16/2014 - Is Malia Obama Headed to Stanford University?

8/16/2014 - Sharpton Rallies for Slain Unarmed Black Men

8/16/2014 - Can’t Find the Words to Talk About Ferguson? Read These

8/16/2014 - If You’re a Black Woman Considering Fibroid Surgery, You Must Read This

8/15/2014 - Black Little League Players Dominate at the Start of the World Series

8/15/2014 - Unsettling Sunscreen PSA Puts People In Ultraviolet Light

8/15/2014 - Police Assassinate Michael Brown's Character. Then Say They're Not Assassinating His Character.

8/15/2014 - 7 Things to Know About the New Guy Running Things in Ferguson

8/15/2014 - Don’t Be a Bystander to Depression and Suicide

8/15/2014 - Rapper J. Cole Releases Michael Brown Tribute ‘Be Free’

8/15/2014 - On J. Cole's "Be Free" and Hip-Hop In Times of Protest

8/15/2014 - Cop Shooter Didn’t Know Michael Brown Was Robbery Suspect; Family Furious Over Report Release

8/15/2014 - Readers React to T.J. Holmes Article

8/15/2014 - Ballet Dancer Misty Copeland Is Getting the Biopic Treatment

8/15/2014 - Negro Supercriminal Michael Brown Apparently Deserved To Die

8/15/2014 - R. Kelly, World's Weirdest, Most Disgusting Human, Releases Bump N Grind Remix Video/Cologne

8/15/2014 - Get Out of Your Own Way, Hillary Clinton

8/15/2014 - Ferguson Police Chief Identifies Officer Who Fatally Shot Michael Brown

8/15/2014 - Chicago Teen Accused of Murdering Mom in Indonesia

8/15/2014 - US Military Relaxes Hairstyle Policy 

8/15/2014 - #NMOS14: A Night in Photos

8/15/2014 - Who Was My Enslaved Ancestor’s Owner?

8/15/2014 - 4 Dead Unarmed Men and the Police: What You Need to Know

8/15/2014 - He Did What to Your Phone?! Aw, Girl, It’s Over

8/15/2014 - Stay Alive, Black Men, Stay Alive

8/14/2014 - 2 Reporters Covering Ferguson Protests Describe Detainment

8/14/2014 - Like Dred Scott, Michael Brown Was Denied His Right to Live—and to Live as an American

8/14/2014 - #DontShoot: A Sign of Solidarity for #Ferguson and #MikeBrown Captured by Photos

8/14/2014 - New Witness Gives Her Account of Michael Brown Shooting

8/14/2014 - Obama Calls for Calm, Says There Is No Excuse for Violence in Ferguson

8/14/2014 - White Guy Acts A Fool, Black Guy Gets Maced For Being In The Vicinity

8/14/2014 - President Obama Speaks On Ferguson...And Words Come Out Of His Mouth

8/14/2014 - McDonald’s Mom Who Left Child in Park Has Personal Info Leaked by Local News

8/14/2014 - 24 Hours in Ferguson

8/14/2014 - Recap: The Naturalista Hair Show "Men's Perspective Panel"

8/14/2014 - #NMOS14: Tonight, Nationwide Vigils Will Honor Victims of Police Brutality

8/14/2014 - That Time We Were Reminded That "Black American" Is An Oxymoron

8/14/2014 - Ferguson, Mo., Unrest Continues as Protesters and Police Clash 

8/14/2014 - Black Teacher Who Was Fired for Calling Students ‘Lazy N--gers’ May Get Her Job Back

8/14/2014 - Nicki Minaj Sued for Short Performance at NBA Event

8/14/2014 - Study: Black Children Have 50 Percent Chance of Developing Diabetes

8/14/2014 - Without Obama, Clinton Could End Up Like Gore

8/14/2014 - Beverly Johnson: 40 Years Later, Her Vogue Cover Is Still Groundbreaking

8/14/2014 - A Black Woman’s Search for Her Chinese Roots

8/13/2014 - Spirit Airlines Responds to a Passenger’s Claim of Racism

8/13/2014 - Rage Is the Right Response to What Happened in Ferguson

8/13/2014 - Why Diapers Matter When It Comes to Personal Responsibility and Poverty

8/13/2014 - What Are Black Politicians Doing—or Willing to Do—About Police Killing Black Folks?

8/13/2014 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 19. Business Cards

8/13/2014 - Family: Michael Brown Dreamed That the World Would Know His Name

8/13/2014 - Teen Convicted in Steubenville Rape Case Is Back on High School Football Team

8/13/2014 - No Future In Ciara's Future (Except The Baby She Named Future Jr, Of Course)

8/13/2014 - Mom Arrested for Allegedly Helping Son With ‘Fire Challenge’ Video

8/13/2014 - Pregnant Woman Claims Ferguson, Mo., Police Assaulted Her

8/13/2014 - Unarmed Black Man, Ezell Ford, Shot by Police in Los Angeles  

8/13/2014 - N.W.A Movie Cast Gets Caught Up in a Drive-By During Filming

8/13/2014 - After Michael Brown’s Killing, Echoes of the ’65 Watts Rebellion

8/13/2014 - Miss Black USA: More Than Just a Beauty Pageant

8/13/2014 - Stepping Up: Kids Learn the Importance of Arts and College Through Dance  

8/13/2014 - What Exactly Can a White Man Safely Say About a Black Woman’s Hair?

8/13/2014 - How Not To Be An Asshole On The Internet When Everyone's Upset

8/12/2014 - The Miss Black USA 2014 Pageant: Photos

8/12/2014 - Kids Dance Through Summer Steps Camp

8/12/2014 - Could More Newsroom Diversity Help Coverage of the Michael Brown Killing?

8/12/2014 - Watch This Missouri Police Officer Have a Dance-Off With Neighborhood Kids

8/12/2014 - Throw Like a Girl: 13-Year-Old Mo’Ne Davis Takes Team to Little League World Series

8/12/2014 - 13-Year-Old Md. Boy Drowns in a Lake on Birthday 

8/12/2014 - Friend Who Witnessed Michael Brown Shooting Speaks

8/12/2014 - Leaked New Kanye Track ('All Day') Sounds Like Old Kanye

8/12/2014 - If There Are Good Cops Out There, Prove It

8/12/2014 - President Obama Calls Michael Brown’s Death ‘Heartbreaking’  

8/12/2014 - My Name Is Tonja. And I Think About Committing Suicide

8/12/2014 - Report: Cowboys Cornerback Orlando Scandrick Popped a Molly; Now He’s Suspended ... Woo

8/12/2014 - Robin Williams, Who Battled Drugs and Depression, Dies at 63

8/12/2014 - Georgia Teacher Fired Over Nude Selfies

8/12/2014 - Openly Gay Richmond, Calif., Council Member Called ‘Filth’ and ‘Dirt’

8/12/2014 - Patti LaBelle Joins American Horror Story: Freak Show

8/12/2014 - Black Kids Don’t Have to Be College-Bound for Their Deaths to Be Tragic

8/12/2014 - Painting Shows How All Men Are Equal in the Eyes of God

8/12/2014 - Black Female Candidates Face Different Challenges—Some of Them From Black Voters

8/11/2014 - Fear, Love, And Robin Williams

8/11/2014 - Fox News Didn’t Deserve Award From Hispanic Journalists, Says Group’s Co-Founder

8/11/2014 - Mo'Ne Davis Is Better At What She Does Than You Are At What You Do

8/11/2014 - #ThingsITellMyBlackSon Make You Realize Raising Black Boys Isn’t an Easy Thing to Do

8/11/2014 - Carnival and Culture in the U.S. Virgin Islands

8/11/2014 - Seriously, If Shaneen Allen Goes To Prison, F*ck Everybody

8/11/2014 - Maryland Teacher Called ‘White Trash’ Wins $350,000 Discrimination Lawsuit

8/11/2014 - Aunt Jemima’s Family Wants Her Dough

8/11/2014 - Dear Lifetime: How Does One Cast a Light-Skinned, Skinny Missy Elliott and Timbaland?

8/11/2014 - Barneys Shells Out $525,000 to Settle ‘Shopping While Black’ Probe

8/11/2014 - How Safe Do You Feel In America?

8/11/2014 - Obama Should Take More Vacation, Not Less

8/11/2014 - Protest Over Unarmed Missouri Teen’s Death Turns to Looting and Vandalism

8/11/2014 - #IfTheyGunnedMeDown Shows How Black People Are Portrayed in Mainstream Media

8/11/2014 - Grandmother Speaks About Cop Beating: ‘I Felt Like He Was Trying to Kill Me’ 

8/11/2014 - The Dark Funk of Theo Croker

8/11/2014 - My Hobby’s Practically Unheard of for a Black Woman, but I’m Over Being Ashamed of It

8/10/2014 - Trying And Failing To Make Sense Of The Murder Of Mike Brown

8/10/2014 - Nigeria Appeals for Help in Ebola Fight

8/10/2014 - Fired Miami Cop Reinstated After Shooting Unarmed Man

8/10/2014 - Report: St. Louis Cop Shot Unarmed Teen After Alleged Gun Struggle

8/10/2014 - Beyoncé’s 20-Step Guide to Networking for the Socially Awkward

8/10/2014 - The Secret Fight of the Black-Girl Nerds

8/10/2014 - Rappers Are Saying What Kids Are Feeling About Educational Inequality

8/10/2014 - 5 Lessons on Art vs. Commerce That Kanye West and Damon Dash Should Keep in Mind Before Turning Up

8/9/2014 - MSNBC Chief Pledges Change for Latinos

8/9/2014 - SC Mom Dials 911 After Son Watches Porn

8/9/2014 - Where Is Missing DC-Area 8-Year-Old Relisha Rudd?

8/9/2014 - Jeremy Meeks Is No Doll

8/9/2014 - Music Videos Slammed for Negative Portrayal of Black Women

8/9/2014 - Hip-Hop Is Changing Whether You Like It or Not

8/9/2014 - Why Carefree Black Girls Are Here to Stay

8/9/2014 - These 31 Up-and-Coming Artists Are Defining a New Era of Music

8/9/2014 - 4 Pieces of Life Advice From a Wildly Successful 15-Year-Old Entrepreneur

8/8/2014 - Journalists Attend the White House US-Africa Leaders Summit Dinner as Guests

8/8/2014 - Army Set to Dismiss More Black Officers Than White

8/8/2014 - Okla. Cop Charged in Her Daughter’s Boyfriend’s Death Released From Jail

8/8/2014 - Calif. Senate Wants to Make Sure Students Learn About the 1st Black President

8/8/2014 - 30 Viral Voices Under 30

8/8/2014 - Twitter Drags News Agency for Offensive Renisha McBride Tweet

8/8/2014 - Waiting For 'Black Jesus' To Rise

8/8/2014 - Fla. Church Canceled ‘Blasphemous’ Funeral for Gay Man

8/8/2014 - Wis. the Last State Where a Healthy Black Person Should Want to Live: Report

8/8/2014 - Philly Mom Who Carried Licensed Gun Into NJ Faces 11 Years in Prison

8/8/2014 - Want to Avoid ‘Sketchy’ Neighborhoods? There’s an App for That—Created by White People

8/8/2014 - Angela Bassett Proves ‘Black Doesn’t Crack’ in New Photo Shoot

8/8/2014 - Family Claims Ohio Father Was Shot Dead by Police in Wal-Mart Over Toy Gun

8/8/2014 - Study: White People Support Harsh Laws Against Blacks

8/8/2014 - Dating Without Race on Your Mind? There’s No App for That

8/8/2014 - 10 Things the Media Won’t Tell You About Black Millennials

8/8/2014 - Did My Slave Ancestor Really Trek Across the South?

8/8/2014 - Exclusivity While Dating Is a Waste of Time

8/7/2014 - The Gospel of P*ssy Prosperity, Explained

8/7/2014 - That Millennial Moment When 20-Somethings Take Over The Root

8/7/2014 - We Need a New Voting-Rights Movement

8/7/2014 - Renisha McBride Porch Shooter Found Guilty

8/7/2014 - The Basketball Player Formerly Known as Ron Artest and Metta World Peace Is Now ‘the Pandas Friend’

8/7/2014 - Both Sides of the Aisle Back Bob Johnson’s ‘Rooney Rule’—and That’s a Good Thing

8/7/2014 - Married Police Officers Charged With Killing Daughter’s Black Boyfriend

8/7/2014 - Obama Praises US-Africa Leaders Summit

8/7/2014 - Calif. High School Cheerleaders Pose as Gangsters for Team Photo 

8/7/2014 - Professor in Arizona Arrested for Jaywalking Given 9 Months of Probation

8/7/2014 - NBA Player Greg Oden Arrested for Allegedly Punching Ex-Girlfriend

8/7/2014 - On Returning To America After Life In Panama

8/7/2014 - Russians Project Laser Image of Obama Eating Banana on US Embassy in Moscow

8/7/2014 - Kanye West Compares Fight Against Paparazzi to Civil Rights Movement

8/7/2014 - Watch: Barack Obama Sings Iggy Azalea’s ‘Fancy’

8/7/2014 - This Is Unbe-Weave-able: Houston Thieves Snatch More Weaves

8/7/2014 - Tisha Campbell-Martin: ‘When I Was 3, I Was Raped’

8/7/2014 - Renisha McBride Porch Shooting Goes to Jury 

8/7/2014 - Lee Daniels to Direct The Brian Banks Story

8/7/2014 - Who Decides Who Lives and Who Dies When an Ebola Outbreak Creates Hysteria?

8/7/2014 - Meet the Miss Black USA 2014 Contestants

8/7/2014 - Social Conservatism Is the Way the GOP Can Win With Black Voters

8/7/2014 - In Eric Garner’s Last Words Was a Demand for Dignity

8/7/2014 - Why Gospel Rap Struggles for Acceptance

8/6/2014 - Maya Francis Featured On The Root's "Young, Black and Viral" Tonight At 8PM

8/6/2014 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 18. Being Upset About Kanye West

8/6/2014 - We Must Restore the Promise of the Voting Rights Act

8/6/2014 - Eric Garner Videographer’s Wife Is Arrested  

8/6/2014 - Okla. Teen Charged With Rape of Kenyan Orphans Claims He Was Possessed by Demon

8/6/2014 - PHOTOS: Obamas Host African Leaders at a Dinner Soiree 

8/6/2014 - Explaining White People, Part 1: Why Whites Take Pics Of Other People’s Kids

8/6/2014 - 12-Year-Old Boy Allegedly Stabs 9-Year-Old in Michigan Playground

8/6/2014 - Beyonce Inspires Two Very Strange Women To Make Shitty Music

8/6/2014 - 4 NYPD Officers Beat Emotionally Disturbed Man: Report

8/6/2014 - Exodus: Gods and Kings’ Whitewashed Characters Spark Backlash Online

8/6/2014 - Donald Trump Hit for Ebola Rant on Twitter; Calls for Flight Ban

8/6/2014 - Just What the World Needs: WorldStarHipHop Is Coming to the Big Screen

8/6/2014 - Why Am I Stepping Off the Sidewalk for White People in 2014?

8/6/2014 - Jay Z and Beyoncé’s Response to Rumors: Flawless

8/6/2014 - Why Nigeria Is Africa’s Too-Big-to-Fail Nation

8/6/2014 - Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall Was the Perfect Pop Record

8/5/2014 - Grio Writer Accuses Howard University Radio Station of Plagiarism

8/5/2014 - Honoring Excellence and Diversity on K Street

8/5/2014 - Olivia Wilde Breastfeeds Son For Glamour Magazine. She Also Has Son Named "Otis"

8/5/2014 - Lil' Kim Adds Nicki Minaj Jab To Flawless Remix

8/5/2014 - Since My Biological Didn't Bother

8/5/2014 - Kevin Costner on the Challenges of Getting New Film Black and White Made

8/5/2014 - Ala. GOP Leader Slams Dem ‘War on Whites’

8/5/2014 - Watch: Woman Who Claims Jay Z Hit on Her Says, ‘Sorry, Mrs. Carter’

8/5/2014 - Sherri Shepherd to Join Keke Palmer in Broadway’s Cinderella

8/5/2014 - 3 Takeaways From Day 1 of the US-Africa Leaders Summit

8/5/2014 - Lil’ Kim Attempts to Shade Nicki Minaj’s Appearance on ‘Flawless’ Remix

8/5/2014 - Eric Garner Videographer Claims NYPD Harassment

8/5/2014 - University President Takes $90,000 Pay Cut for Good Cause

8/5/2014 - Watch: Auntie Fee Will Show You How to Feed 7 People for Only $3

8/5/2014 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 17. Pretending To Be "Ratchet"

8/5/2014 - Al Sharpton: The Next NYPD Police Commissioner?

8/5/2014 - Jay Z Advocates for Prison Reform During California Concert

8/5/2014 - Renisha McBride Shooter: I Wasn’t Going to Cower 

8/5/2014 - Michael Strahan ‘Blindsided’ by Timing of Nicole Murphy Split

8/5/2014 - Keke Palmer Set to Be Broadway’s 1st Black Cinderella

8/5/2014 - Black Mothers Under Siege

8/5/2014 - The Queen of Sheba and the Rise of Christianity

8/5/2014 - 50 Years After Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner Were Found, We Work To Honor Their Legacy

8/5/2014 - Swagger Wagon: Here's How I Like My Cultural Appropriation

8/4/2014 - NABJ Gives ‘Thumbs Down’ Award to NPR and Salutes Al Jazeera for ‘Best Practices’

8/4/2014 - TIME Magazine Continues Series Of Odd Culture-Shocked Explications

8/4/2014 - "Bougie Black Girl"...And "I Love Bougie Black Girls" Tees Available Today

8/4/2014 - Pregnant Daughter and Boyfriend Charged in Death of Veteran Flight Attendant

8/4/2014 - Man Shot After Reported Beef Over Who Shines in Rap Video

8/4/2014 - Ebola Crisis Looms Over US-Africa Leaders Summit

8/4/2014 - Man Bites Off Man’s Finger at Beyoncé-Jay Z Concert

8/4/2014 - Ebola Patients Cured By New Serum...Which Means We're All Going To Die

8/4/2014 - Nigerian Doctor Contracts Ebola After Treating Victim

8/4/2014 - Someone Needs to Give This Homeless Guy in South Carolina a Record Deal

8/4/2014 - Malia Obama Was Just Chillin’ at Lollapalooza This Weekend

8/4/2014 - On Being A Grown-Ass Man...With A Pair Of Jordans

8/4/2014 - 'Wire' Actor Anwan Glover Stabbed At D.C. Nightclub

8/4/2014 - Happy Birthday, Mr. President! Obama Celebrates 53rd Birthday

8/4/2014 - The Wire Actor and Backyard Band Founding Member Anwan Glover Stabbed at DC Nightclub

8/4/2014 - Houston, Weave Have a Problem: Robbers Steal Pricey Fake Hair 

8/4/2014 - Beyoncé Raps About Elevator Incident in ‘Flawless’ Remix Featuring Nicki Minaj

8/4/2014 - 1st Ebola Patient Treated in US Shows Signs of Improvement, CDC Says

8/4/2014 - My Daughter Wants Me to Find Her a New Mom

8/4/2014 - Psst! Here's a Cheat Sheet for the US-Africa Leaders Summit

8/4/2014 - Meet 3 of the Internet’s Young Black Stars

8/4/2014 - 10 Thoughts About Beyoncé's Remix of "Flawless"

8/3/2014 - Man Who Filmed Eric Garner Video Arrested on Weapons Charge

8/3/2014 - Blood Orange Says Racism Behind Lollapalooza Security Assault 

8/3/2014 - Doctor With Ebola Arrives in Atlanta for Treatment

8/3/2014 - Houston Funeral Home Apologizes to Family After Burying Wrong Woman 

8/2/2014 - Watch: NYPD Cops Probed in Alleged Dragging of Half-Naked Mom Into Hall 

8/2/2014 - Sharpton Plans March in Response to Homicide Ruling in Death of Eric Garner

8/2/2014 - Why Whites Are Wanted to Play at a Chicago Park

8/2/2014 - NAACP Slams Double-Digit Black Unemployment Rate

8/2/2014 - Inside James Brown’s Fatherly Relationship With Al Sharpton

8/1/2014 - Eric Garner’s Death Ruled a Homicide by NYC Medical Examiner

8/1/2014 - Sharpton, NYC Mayor and NYPD Commissioner Lead Roundtable on Police-Community Relations

8/1/2014 - BART Workers Say They Received Racist Death Threats Drawn on Lockers

8/1/2014 - Fla. Man Convicted of Murder After Throwing 3-Month-Old Out of Moving Car

8/1/2014 - Chicago Dad Killed Less Than a Week After Teen Son Was Fatally Shot

8/1/2014 - Journalists at NABJ Convention Discuss the State of Black Media

8/1/2014 - Why I Love Natural Hair

8/1/2014 - Facebook Goes Down, Eduardo Saverin Does Shmoney Dance In Celebration

8/1/2014 - Ebola-Stricken US Aid Worker to Be Flown to US for Treatment 

8/1/2014 - Is the Gaza Conflict Making Black Folks Uncomfortable?

8/1/2014 - The ‘Woman in Black’ Is No Longer a Mystery 

8/1/2014 - Author Zane to Pen Script for Aaliyah Feature Film Approved by Family

8/1/2014 - Sierra Leone in State of Public Health Emergency 

8/1/2014 - Black Woman Alleges That Popular NY Club Is Racist 

8/1/2014 - Shaq, Waka Flocka and Utah Jazz’s Trey Burke Sued for Mocking Man on Social Media

8/1/2014 - I’m Devastated by the News That My Son Isn’t Mine. What Do I Do?

8/1/2014 - Dancing Through the Pain and Joy of Comedy

8/1/2014 - Obama’s US-Africa Leaders Summit Aims to Strengthen Ties