12/31/2014 - A Black Man Says Good Riddance to 2014

12/31/2014 - Report: Baltimore Ravens’ Security Director Charged With Sex Offense

12/31/2014 - Watch: ‘Our Lives Matter’ Is a Powerful PSA About Black Boys Being Racially Profiled

12/31/2014 - Two-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots and Kills His Mother. I Have Questions.

12/31/2014 - Meet The Police Chief Who Gets It. Let's Hope There Are More.

12/31/2014 - Man Shoots and Robs Woman He Met on Online Dating Site 

12/31/2014 - Many Cities to Welcome New Year With Protests

12/31/2014 - Teen Siblings Re-Create Beyoncé’s ‘7-11’ Video in Their Hotel Room

12/31/2014 - NYPD Strategy: Be Strict on Small Crimes to Deter Major Ones; Critics Say Policy Targets Blacks 

12/31/2014 - Iran’s Head of State Tweets Support for #BlackLivesMatter

12/31/2014 - Fox & Friends’ #OverIt2014 Twitter Chat Hilariously Backfires

12/31/2014 - In Memoriam: A Tribute to the Ones We Lost in 2014

12/30/2014 - Texas Teen Arrested in Tweet of Photo Showing Pellet Gun Pointed at Police Car

12/30/2014 - 10 Ways That News Outlets Have Had to Contend With Race and Diversity in 2014

12/30/2014 - LAPD Cops Shot Ezell Ford in the Back, Autopsy Finds

12/30/2014 - Associated Press Names Mo’ne Davis Female Athlete of the Year

12/30/2014 - DNC Slams La. Rep. Steve Scalise’s Explanation for Speaking to White Supremacist Group

12/30/2014 - Caught on Camera: Kid Goes HAM in a Dollar Store

12/30/2014 - Happy Birthday, Damon!

12/30/2014 - Watch: How Ellen DeGeneres’ Dance Dare Got a Black Man Thrown to the Ground by an NYPD Officer

12/30/2014 - Obama’s Golf Game Forces Military Couple to Relocate Hawaii Wedding 

12/30/2014 - Projected 2016 GOP Presidential Hopefuls Are a Diverse Bunch

12/30/2014 - Chicago Boy’s Letter to Santa Asking for ‘Safety’ Goes Viral and Receives Reply From Obama

12/30/2014 - Gunman Opens Fire on 2 Los Angeles Officers Sitting in Patrol Car  

12/30/2014 - Target Customers Create Petition Over Whitewashed Annie Ads That Don’t Feature Quvenzhané Wallis

12/30/2014 - The Story of a Nubian King Etched in Stone

12/30/2014 - The Winners of 2014

12/29/2014 - #Every28Hours Author Answers Fact-Checkers

12/29/2014 - NYC Mayor Jeered at Police Graduation

12/29/2014 - Chicago Activists Push for Reparations for Victims of Police Torture

12/29/2014 - Change Agents of 2014: Black Women on Social Media

12/29/2014 - Calif. High School Basketball Team Banned From Tournament for ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Shirts

12/29/2014 - Comedian Hit by Train Denied Disability Benefits

12/29/2014 - Bill Cosby Hires Investigators to Strike Back Against Accusers 

12/29/2014 - Man Shot Dead While Taking Christmas Gifts to His Family

12/29/2014 - Why "Meet Me In Temecula" Is The Perfect End To This Shitty-Ass Fucking Year

12/29/2014 - Officer Who Called Michael Brown Memorial ‘Trash’ Faces Discipline

12/29/2014 - Relatives Chases Down Stolen Hearse Carrying Man’s Body

12/29/2014 - The Tax Man Cometh for Solange Knowles

12/29/2014 - Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Welcome 2nd Son

12/29/2014 - The Biggest Losers of 2014

12/29/2014 - The Root Names 2014 the Year of the Protester

12/29/2014 - High Cheekbones and Straight Black Hair?

12/28/2014 - Idris Elba’s Modest Reaction to James Bond Rumors

12/28/2014 - GOP Lawmakers Warm to Loretta Lynch for US Attorney General

12/28/2014 - Key Ferguson Protester Arrested on Arson Charge

12/28/2014 - How to Stop Cuffing Season From Becoming September’s Baby Bonanza

12/28/2014 - Over 20,000 Mourn Slain NYPD Officer; Cops Turn Backs on Mayor

12/27/2014 - 5 Black Students Named Rhodes Scholars

12/27/2014 - Chef Sam Kass Is Leaving the White House

12/27/2014 - Bar Owner Apologizes for Michael Brown Shot Special

12/27/2014 - North Korea Compares Obama to Monkey in Hacking Battle

12/27/2014 - The Top 20 Most Searched African Americans in 2014

12/26/2014 - Don Lemon Among the Worst Journalists of 2014: Report

12/26/2014 - 2 Philadelphia Transit Officers Help Deliver Baby on Subway Train Christmas Day 

12/26/2014 - Howard University Running Back Fatally Shot in Robbery Attempt

12/26/2014 - 6 New Yorkers Arrested in Threats on Cops Since Fatal Police Shooting

12/26/2014 - Missing NY Boy’s Body Found in Pond Near Grandparent’s SC Home 

12/26/2014 - Poll: Did We Miss Your Favorite Denzel Washington Movie?

12/26/2014 - Denzel at 60: Our 10 Favorite Movies

12/26/2014 - How Do I Trace My Cape Verdean Ancestry?

12/25/2014 - Kwanzaa Celebrations Begin Friday

12/25/2014 - What South Africa Can Learn From Black America

12/25/2014 - The Top 15 Videos of 2014

12/25/2014 - The Heroes of Selma and the Stars Who Play Them in the Movie

12/24/2014 - JetBlue Offering Free Flights for Police Officers Attending Slain NYPD Cops’ Funerals

12/24/2014 - ‘Simply Scrumptious’ Apartheid Cocktail Prompts Apology 

12/24/2014 - Charity-Event Song Mocking Michael Brown Under Investigation by LAPD

12/24/2014 - No Indictment for Houston Cop Who Shot Unarmed Jordan Baker

12/24/2014 - A Completely Arbitrary Ranking Of Christmas Standards

12/24/2014 - Cop Shoots, Kills Black Teen in Berkeley, Mo.

12/24/2014 - Justice Department to Review Fatal Shooting of Dontre Hamilton 

12/24/2014 - Selma Powerfully Tells the Story of a Critical Moment in the Civil Rights Movement  

12/23/2014 - Put Stocks on Your Christmas List: Start Retirement Plans Early

12/23/2014 - Cosby: CNN’s Upcoming Special About Beverly Johnson’s Accusations Is Not Balanced

12/23/2014 - No, Mayor de Blasio, There Is Never a Wrong Time to Say That Black Lives Matter

12/23/2014 - Logic, Kendrick Lamar, and the Frustration of Derivative Artistry

12/23/2014 - Cop Killer’s Mom Publicly Apologizes

12/23/2014 - Leaked Sony Emails Allege That Kevin Hart Was Paid $2,000,000 for Movie Tweets

12/23/2014 - Cuba Won’t Hand Over Assata Shakur 

12/23/2014 - Baltimore Protester Confronts Local Fox Affiliate That Edited ‘Kill a Cop’ Chant 

12/23/2014 - Shaneka Thompson Isn’t Just ‘a Woman in Baltimore’—Her Life Matters and You Should Know Her Name, Too

12/23/2014 - Eric Garner’s Daughter Lays Wreath on Memorial for Slain NY Officers

12/23/2014 - Bill Duke’s Light Girls Documentary Trailer and Air Date Released  

12/23/2014 - North Korea Allegedly Hacked Sony Pictures—Did Obama Respond in Kind?

12/23/2014 - NYC Mayor Encourages #BlackLivesMatter Protesters to Suspend Demonstrations

12/23/2014 - Black Dynamite Tackles Police Brutality With Erykah Badu and Tyler, the Creator  

12/23/2014 - In Goya’s Adoration of the Magi, a Black King Plays an Exalted Role

12/23/2014 - 11 Signs Your Hood Is Being Gentrified

12/23/2014 - Assata Shakur’s Journey in Her Own Words

12/22/2014 - Love & Hip Hop New York Ep. 502 Recap: "I Withheld Some Information But I NEVER Lied!"

12/22/2014 - As Conservatives Gear Up for a Crackdown, Some Advice for the Movement

12/22/2014 - NYPD Cop Killer’s Girlfriend Pleaded for Life

12/22/2014 - Grizzlies Intern Who Had Car Stolen Gets a Special Gift From the NBA Team 

12/22/2014 - "Anti-Police Brutality" Does Not Mean "Anti-Police"

12/22/2014 - Former Milwaukee Cop Won’t Be Indicted for Fatal Shooting of Dontre Hamilton

12/22/2014 - Q-Tip Gave Iggy Azalea a Much-Needed Hip-Hop History Lesson, but He Forgot About T.I.

12/22/2014 - Raiders’ Menelik Watson Donates Paycheck to 4-Year-Old Fan With Heart Condition

12/22/2014 - Volunteer Cop Resigns After Racist YouTube Comments Are Exposed

12/22/2014 - NYPD Officer Caught on Video Punching Teen Is Suspended

12/22/2014 - Queen Latifah Pays Laid-Off Talk Show Staff Out of Her Own Pockets

12/22/2014 - Luke James and Dru Hill Take on Samuel L. Jackson’s Challenge to Speak Out Against Police Brutality

12/22/2014 - Selma Documents Black History That Still Lives Today

12/22/2014 - Don’t Let Them Make a Cop Killer the Face of the Movement

12/22/2014 - The 1st Black Man to See the Baby Jesus

12/21/2014 - Civil Rights Leaders Confront Sony Over Racially Insensitive Emails

12/21/2014 - Justine Sacco ‘Really Suffered’ After Insensitive AIDS Tweet

12/21/2014 - Report: Muhammad Ali Hospitalized With Pneumonia

12/21/2014 - Watch: New Video Shows Ray Rice and Janay Palmer Kissing After Infamous Elevator Punch

12/21/2014 - Watch: Latest on NYPD Police Shootings

12/21/2014 - Gunman ‘Assassinates’ 2 NYPD Cops, Leaves Social Media Messages About Revenge on Cops

12/20/2014 - Something’s Got to Give When Grand Juries Aren’t Working in Police-Violence Cases

12/20/2014 - Tuskegee Airman Lowell Steward Dies at 95

12/20/2014 - President Obama’s Best 2014 Moments

12/20/2014 - North Korea Seeks Joint Probe in Sony Hacking

12/20/2014 - Prosecutor ‘Manipulated’ Ferguson Grand Jury, Lawmaker Alleges

12/20/2014 - Sony Hires Scandal Crisis Expert

12/20/2014 - Medicaid Fight: Why So Many Black Folks Are Stlll Uninsured

12/20/2014 - Stop Hating: 3 Reasons Why Standing in Line for Jordans Makes Sense 

12/19/2014 - Whoopi Goldberg Doesn’t Think It’s Racist to Mistake Obama for a Valet

12/19/2014 - Azealia Banks Is Right On Iggy But Wrong On Just About Everything Else

12/19/2014 - 32-Year-Old Woman Involved With Hanged NC Teen Believes He Was Murdered

12/19/2014 - Illinois Woman Wants to Trademark ‘I Can’t Breathe’ for Clothing 

12/19/2014 - Diversity Is Taking a Hit at the NY Times Amid Buyouts, Layoffs 

12/19/2014 - 106 & Park Alums Free and A.J. to Host Final Episode

12/19/2014 - Obama: LeBron Did the Right Thing Wearing ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Shirt

12/19/2014 - A Ranking Of The Most Awkward Things That Happen In Strip Clubs

12/19/2014 - Brandon Tate-Brown’s Mother Says ‘There Was No Excuse’ for Philly Police to Shoot Her Son in the Back of His Head

12/19/2014 - Watch: High School Drum Major Shmoney-Danced Her Way Into Viralness

12/19/2014 - ‘After Everything That’s Happened’: NYPD Plainclothes Officer Punches Boy, 12 

12/19/2014 - US Reinterprets Law to Prohibit Workplace Discrimination Against Transgender Workers  

12/19/2014 - Treasury Department Wants More Contract Bids from Black and Hispanic Business Owners

12/19/2014 - Rapper Bobby Shmurda Arrested on Gang Conspiracy Charges, Pleads Not Guilty

12/19/2014 - My Boyfriend Hates How Much Time I Spend Doing a Job That I Love

12/19/2014 - How Do I Research My Guyanese Heritage?

12/18/2014 - I Tried To Get Mad About VH1's Sorority Sisters. (And I Failed.)

12/18/2014 - Nonviolent Drug Inmates May Be Eligible for Obama’s Clemency Program

12/18/2014 - DOJ to Sue NYC Over Alleged Civil Rights Violations on Rikers Island 

12/18/2014 - Police: Fla. Man Faked Heart Attack While Friend Stole Toys

12/18/2014 - Actually, Some Men Do Trust Women

12/18/2014 - George Zimmerman Regrets Not Getting Self-Defense Insurance 

12/18/2014 - NJ Authorities Want Assata Shakur Back From Cuba to Finish Life Sentence

12/18/2014 - Oh, and President Obama’s Request for Police Body Cameras? It Wasn’t in the Budget Congress Just Passed

12/18/2014 - UN: Nearly 1 Million in West Africa at Risk of Going Hungry as Ebola Restrictions Cause Food Shortages

12/18/2014 - LAPD Buying 7,000 Body Cameras for Police Force

12/18/2014 - Ala. Man Arrested After Allegedly Putting Heroin in Toddler’s Diaper 

12/18/2014 - Advertisers Pull Out Over Backlash Against Sorority Sisters

12/18/2014 - Sony Execs Were Warned Not to Cast Denzel Washington Because Black Leads Flop Overseas

12/18/2014 - UPenn Fraternity Suspended After Beyoncé Sex-Doll Photo Goes Viral

12/18/2014 - The Best of The Grapevine 2014

12/18/2014 - We Need Black Programming That Reflects Our True Diversity 

12/18/2014 - 50 Gift Ideas From 50 Black-Owned Businesses

12/17/2014 - 5 Things You Should Know About the US-Cuba Breakthrough

12/17/2014 - SC Teen George Stinney Jr. Exonerated 70 Years After Execution

12/17/2014 - Hillary Clinton: ‘Black Lives Matter’

12/17/2014 - US to Restore Relations With Cuba After 50-Year Embargo

12/17/2014 - President Obama Is Officially Trolling The Fuck Out Of Conservatives, And I Love It

12/17/2014 - Arrest Made in #IAmJada Rape Case of Texas Teen Whose Photos Went Viral

12/17/2014 - New PBS DVD From Henry Louis Gates Jr. Explores African Influence on the Caribbean

12/17/2014 - The Obamas Reveal Their Struggles With America’s Racial Prejudices 

12/17/2014 - 4-Year-Old Va. Boy Calls 911, Unlocks Door for Paramedics to Help Grandmother

12/17/2014 - Black Twitter Flooded By Thirsty Women Springing Leaks For Black Plumbers (See What I Did There?)

12/17/2014 - Viola Davis Reportedly Cast as Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad

12/17/2014 - Obama Signs US Spending Bill, Avoids Government Shutdown

12/17/2014 - John Crawford’s Family Files Suit Against Wal-Mart, the City and the Police

12/17/2014 - CNN Will Probably Never Use #AskACop Again

12/17/2014 - Manage Your Child’s Expectations: Avoid Overspending on Holiday Gifts

12/17/2014 - ‘Superman Drawls’ Ring-Bearer Video Goes Viral

12/17/2014 - The Year of Cops Caught on Camera

12/16/2014 - Bill Cosby: Black Freelancer Misled Me

12/16/2014 - D’Angelo Has His Second Coming With Black Messiah

12/16/2014 - Indiana Cop Designs ‘Breathe Easy, Don’t Break the Law’ Shirts

12/16/2014 - Report: Key Witness in Darren Wilson Case Caught in Web of Lies 

12/16/2014 - Love & Hip Hop New York Ep. 501 Recap: Bride and Prejudice

12/16/2014 - Twin Plays in Honor of Brother Who Died to Save Him: ‘Issy Would Want Me to Play Ball’ 

12/16/2014 - Men Just Don't Trust Women. And This Is A Problem

12/16/2014 - Outpouring of Kindness Continues for Grandma Caught Shoplifting to Feed Family

12/16/2014 - Camille Cosby Defends Bill Cosby, Says He’s ‘Kind, Generous, Funny’

12/16/2014 - Mike Epps Took a Deserving Atlanta Woman on a Coat-Shopping Spree

12/16/2014 - 6 Dead in Philly-Area Killing Spree

12/16/2014 - Families in Sandy Hook School Shooting Sue Gun-Maker

12/16/2014 - First Family Was Picture-Perfect for the Annual Christmas in Washington Concert

12/16/2014 - A Black King Faces Death as an Equal Among the European Elite

12/16/2014 - Color-Blind Casting: Black Actors in Traditionally White Roles

12/16/2014 - Let’s Get Rid of the Myth That Success Conquers Depression

12/15/2014 - Report: NC Teen’s Relationship With White, Crack-Addict Girlfriend May Have Led to Hanging

12/15/2014 - Chicago Family Mourns Loss of Twin Who Died Protecting Brother From Armed Robbers

12/15/2014 - 76-Year-Old Texas Man Reportedly Tasered by Officer During Traffic Stop 

12/15/2014 - The 10 Most Wrong Things About Bill Cosby Asking The Black Media To Stay Neutral

12/15/2014 - Sharpton Responds to Criticism That His Movement Excludes Younger Activists

12/15/2014 - David Oyelowo to Star With Lupita Nyong’o in Americanah

12/15/2014 - NC Teen Lennon Lacy Was Lynched, Mom Believes

12/15/2014 - 10 Thoughts I Had While Listening To D'Angelo and The Vanguard's "Black Messiah"

12/15/2014 - John Crawford’s Girlfriend Questioned for Over an Hour Before Cops Tell Her He Is Dead 

12/15/2014 - Ohio Police Union President: Browns’ Andrew Hawkins ‘Pathetic’ for ‘Justice for Tamir Rice, John Crawford’ Shirt 

12/15/2014 - 1st Deadline for Affordable Health Care Insurance Coverage Is Monday

12/15/2014 - Selma Cast and Director Wore ‘I Can’t Breathe’ T-Shirts at NYC Premiere 

12/15/2014 - D’Angelo Is Back After 14 Years With Black Messiah

12/15/2014 - Miss Jessie’s Co-Founder Titi Branch Dead at 45

12/15/2014 - Selma’s David Oyelowo Wants the Films He’s in to Make a Difference

12/15/2014 - The Least Celebrated, but Most Successful, Colleges for Graduating Low-Income Black Students

12/14/2014 - Award-Winning Photographer Michel du Cille Dies Suddenly in Liberia

12/14/2014 - 3 Black Churches in Florida Vandalized With KKK Graffiti

12/14/2014 - Black Figures Hanged in Effigy at UC Berkeley

12/14/2014 - Cosby Breaks Silence, Only Expects Black Media to Remain ‘Neutral’

12/14/2014 - Prosecutor Quietly Releases New Ferguson Documents

12/14/2014 - The Root TV: I’m Black, Undocumented and Torn About Obama’s New Immigration Order

12/14/2014 - The Signs of Protest From the Justice for All March

12/14/2014 - The Fierce Urgency of Now: Why Young Protesters Bum-Rushed the Mic

12/14/2014 - Photos: Images From the Justice for All March

12/13/2014 - ‘A Movement, Not Just a Moment’: Thousands March to Call for an End to Police Violence 

12/13/2014 - Live Tweets, Photos From Day of Resistance Rallies Around the Country

12/13/2014 - Adrian Peterson’s Appeal of Suspension Denied

12/13/2014 - Teen Fatally Shoots Self on FaceTime With Friend

12/13/2014 - Baby of Slain Texas Woman Is Found in Mexico

12/13/2014 - Sharpton and Families of Men Slain by Police March on Washington

12/13/2014 - University Student Marks Birthday With N-Word Slur Cake

12/12/2014 - Join The Root’s March on Washington Twitter Chat on Saturday

12/12/2014 - San Diego City Staffer Allegedly ‘Wanted to Shoot’ Protesters

12/12/2014 - Watch: Baltimore Police Reportedly Curse at and Taser Woman for Recording Video 

12/12/2014 - The CIA Torture Report: Tell Us Something We Didn’t Already Know

12/12/2014 - FBI Investigating Death of Black NC Teen Who Was Hanged in a Trailer Park

12/12/2014 - VH1 Announces the Premiere of Sorority Sisters

12/12/2014 - Tamir Rice’s Death Ruled a Homicide by Ohio Medical Examiner

12/12/2014 - Officer Pantaleo: I ‘Never Used a Choke Hold’ on Eric Garner

12/12/2014 - On Really Wanting To Like J. Cole More Than I Actually Do

12/12/2014 - Does the Movement Need Another March on Washington?

12/12/2014 - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Michel du Cille Dies at 58

12/12/2014 - Watch: Daddy vs. Daughter Old-School Dance Battle

12/12/2014 - Cuba Gooding Jr. Will Play O.J. Simpson in a New TV Series About the Murder Trial 

12/12/2014 - This 11-Year-Old Is Detroit’s Youngest Entrepreneur 

12/12/2014 - Congressional Staffers Stage Walkout to Protest Police Killings

12/12/2014 - Kevin Hart Says He’s His Own Brand After Sony Executives Call Him a Whore

12/12/2014 - 2014’s Most Popular Twitter Hashtags 

12/12/2014 - Was My Ancestor a Free Person of Color?  

12/12/2014 - If You’re Withholding Sex to Make Your Man Stay Faithful, You Need to Let Him Go 

12/12/2014 - Exodus: Gods and Kings: Flooded With Race Problems (and White People)

12/11/2014 - Senate Report: CIA Leaked Classified Material to Cultivate Pro-Torture Opinions

12/11/2014 - Why The Georgetown Hoyas Need To Be Your Favorite College Basketball Team

12/11/2014 - Sony Exec Issues Apology for Obama Race Jokes in Leaked Email

12/11/2014 - Study: Black Girls With Darker Skin More Likely Than Their Light-Skinned Counterparts to Be Suspended

12/11/2014 - Model Beverly Johnson: ‘Cosby Drugged Me’

12/11/2014 - Beverly Johnson Just Killed Any Bullshit Defense You Have Of Bill Cosby

12/11/2014 - Toronto Man Arrested While Depositing Money Into His own Bank Account

12/11/2014 - Georgetown’s Basketball Team Dons ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Shirts for Warm-ups

12/11/2014 - Ava DuVernay Becomes 1st Black Woman to Be Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Director

12/11/2014 - Allergic Reaction Causes Calif. Mother to Burn From Inside Out

12/11/2014 - Watch: Auntie Fee and Sherri Shepherd Hilariously Make Pork Chops

12/11/2014 - Medical School Students Across the Nation Stage Die-In's to Denounce Racial Biases in Healthcare 

12/11/2014 - Medical-School Students Stage Die-Ins to Denounce Racial Biases in Health Care 

12/11/2014 - Census Projection: White Americans Will Be Minorities in 2045

12/11/2014 - What Today’s Movement Can Learn From the NRA

12/11/2014 - 11 Gift Ideas for Fashionable, Fabulous Women

12/11/2014 - How to Survive the Scandal Winter Hiatus

12/11/2014 - Leaked Emails Show That a Sony Executive Called Kevin Hart a ‘Whore’

12/11/2014 - Columbus Short Blames Scandal Firing on Cocaine Abuse

12/11/2014 - Md. Pastor Tells His Congregation to Nae Nae the Hell Out

12/11/2014 - Jay Z and NY Gov. Met to Discuss Justice-System Reform

12/11/2014 - No, Seriously. What The Fuck Happens On A $700 Date?

12/10/2014 - In the Next Congress, Will Obamacare Really Be in Danger? 

12/10/2014 - Kendrick Lamar and Reebok Join Forces to Design Sneakers and Keep Kids Off the Streets

12/10/2014 - Female Firefighter Dies in Line of Duty in Philadelphia

12/10/2014 - Ohio Man Cleared of 1975 Murder He Did Not Commit

12/10/2014 - Ala. Police Officer Buys Eggs for Grandmother Who Stole Them to Feed Hungry Kids

12/10/2014 - Dennis Rodman: Russia’s President Is ‘Actually Cool’

12/10/2014 - Police Want to Interview Floyd Mayweather After Rapper’s Murder-Suicide

12/10/2014 - Obama Tells BET Viewers That Race Relations Will Improve Gradually

12/10/2014 - Rikers Island Guard Charged With Lying After Inmate ‘Baked to Death’ in Hot Cell

12/10/2014 - Obama Gets Coding Lesson From Middle School Student

12/10/2014 - UN: Prosecute Bush Officials Who OK’d Torture at CIA Detention Camps

12/10/2014 - Get on Up, Selma and Dear White People Receive NAACP Image Award Nominations

12/10/2014 - Charitable Giving in the Black Community

12/10/2014 - Exploring the City of the Mind Through African Art

12/10/2014 - The 15 Best Works of Fiction by Black Authors in 2014

12/10/2014 - Boston—With Its Turbulent Racial History—Has Awakened With the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

12/9/2014 - Dear Black People: Blackness Is Not A Disease

12/9/2014 - 2 Storied Black Sororities—AKA and Delta—Won’t Let Their Members Protest While Wearing Greek Letters

12/9/2014 - Houston Woman Found Dead; Amber Alert Issued for 11-Month-Old Son

12/9/2014 - Guidance Counselor Said to Warn: If My Child Can’t Make Eagles Game, I Will Shoot Protesters!  

12/9/2014 - Strange Fruit PR Firm Is Now Perennial Public Relations

12/9/2014 - Fla. Deputy Shoots and Seriously Injures Unarmed Black Man

12/9/2014 - Perfectly Normal Things Black Men Just Know Not To Do Because America Is Racist As Fuck

12/9/2014 - Survey: Michael Brown and Eric Garner Cases Show Deep Racial Divide

12/9/2014 - Frat Suspended and Members Resign After ‘Clemson Cripmas’ Party

12/9/2014 - 10 Possible Reasons Why Diddy May Have Hit Drake With a 3-Piece

12/9/2014 - Netflix Set to Debut Nina Simone Documentary Next Year 

12/9/2014 - NY Attorney General Wants Permission to Go After Officers Who Kill Unarmed Civilians

12/9/2014 - Rapper and Dancer Dead in Reported Murder-Suicide

12/9/2014 - Chicago Boy, 6, Killed in Accidental Shooting

12/9/2014 - After a $41,000,000 Settlement From NYC, the Central Park Five Want $52,000,000 From the State

12/9/2014 - NBA Players Wore ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Shirts Before Nets-Cavaliers Game

12/9/2014 - Kate Middleton and Prince William Meet Beyoncé and Jay Z at Brooklyn Nets Game

12/9/2014 - The Vibrancy of the Black Church on Display in Colonial America

12/9/2014 - 9 Gift Ideas for the Men in Your Life

12/9/2014 - Top Five Might Be Chris Rock’s Best Film Ever

12/9/2014 - As Black Men Keep Getting Killed, We’re Seeing the Limits of ‘Respectability’ as a Shield Against Violence

12/9/2014 - On Rolling Stone, Sexual Assault, The Facts, And The Bigger Picture

12/8/2014 - Sure, Let’s Pardon Mark Wahlberg for His Violent, Racist Past

12/8/2014 - California Sees 2nd Night of Unrest as Protesters and Cops Clash

12/8/2014 - Tamir Rice’s Mom Wants a Conviction in Her Son’s Death

12/8/2014 - No Criminal Charges for Seattle Cop Who Punched Handcuffed Woman in the Eye

12/8/2014 - Parents: Special-Needs 6-Year-Old Handcuffed for Misbehaving 

12/8/2014 - Strange Fruit PR Firm Vanishes After Getting a History Lesson From Twitter

12/8/2014 - 5 Tips for Handling a Bad Breakup Better Than Chris Brown

12/8/2014 - Kerry Washington to Star in Amma Asante-Directed Thriller Unforgettable

12/8/2014 - LeBron James Wants an ‘I Can’t Breathe’ T-Shirt to Honor Eric Garner  

12/8/2014 - NYC Mayor Details Talk With Biracial Son on Dealing With Police 

12/8/2014 - No One Keeps Count of the Number of People Who Die in Police Custody: Report 

12/8/2014 - Alia Atkinson Becomes 1st Black Woman to Win World Title in Swimming

12/8/2014 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon Declined 7-Year-Old’s Offer to Play Violin Music for Ferguson

12/8/2014 - Why The Chris Brown, Drake, And Karaoke Love Triangle Is The Most Lightskinneded Thing We've Ever Seen This Week

12/7/2014 - Even Conservative Media Question Justice of Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision

12/7/2014 - Bill Cosby’s Hollywood Star Defaced

12/7/2014 - Cops Pursue Assault Charge Against Key Ferguson Protester

12/7/2014 - President Obama Diagnosed With Acid Reflux

12/7/2014 - Calif. Protests Condemning Police Brutality Turn Violent

12/7/2014 - 13 Albums to Get You in the Christmas Spirit

12/7/2014 - After Ferguson and Staten Island, Black Churches Remain Committed to the Fight for Justice

12/6/2014 - Barack and Michelle Obama’s Romance to Hit the Screen

12/6/2014 - Supreme Court to Hear Confederate-Flag License Plate Case

12/6/2014 - Protests Against Police Violence Continue Across the Nation

12/6/2014 - Assessing the Impact of Voter-Suppression Laws in the 2014 Midterms

12/6/2014 - Mourners Bid Farewell to Akai Gurley

12/6/2014 - Black Comic Book Characters on the Big Screen

12/6/2014 - African Diaspora Film Fest: Artistic Visions of the Black Experience

12/5/2014 - The 3 Worst Conservative Rationalizations for What Happened to Eric Garner

12/5/2014 - Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Tamir Rice’s Shooting Death

12/5/2014 - Report: Cop Who Shot Akai Gurley Texted Union Rep While Gurley Lay Dying

12/5/2014 - Black People Who Should Never Speak Publicly On Race Again

12/5/2014 - Bill Cosby Files Lawsuit Against Judith Huth for Sexual Assault Allegations

12/5/2014 - Lifetime’s Whitney Houston Biopic Trailer Isn’t Horrible

12/5/2014 - SC Has Indicted 3 Cops in 4 Months for Shooting Unarmed Black Men

12/5/2014 - Transgender Woman Killed While Pounding on Door for Help

12/5/2014 - Eric Garner’s Mom: His Death Wasn’t About Race, It Was a ‘Thrill Kill’

12/5/2014 - "Who's Your Top Five Rappers?" Is One Of The Best Questions Ever

12/5/2014 - What’s the Endgame for the Civil Rights Movement, Part 2?

12/5/2014 - #AliveWhileBlack Highlights More of What We Already Know

12/5/2014 - Biggest Loser’s Damien Gurganious Dead at Age 38

12/5/2014 - Protesters March in Phoenix After Unarmed Man Fatally Shot by Police 

12/5/2014 - Bill Cosby Postpones NY Tour Dates and Navy Revokes Honorary Title

12/5/2014 - Ben Carson’s ‘Women’s Lib’ Rant Was a Barely Veiled Shot at Black Women

12/5/2014 - What the Eric Garner Case Says About Staten Island Politics

12/5/2014 - If Your Bestie Wants to Be Close Friends With Your Husband, You Might Have a Problem

12/5/2014 - The US Injustice System—or How Caribbean Optimism Became Black Rage

12/4/2014 - Alicia Keys Releases ‘We Gotta Pray’ Video in Solidarity With Protests in NYC and Ferguson

12/4/2014 - Daniel Pantaleo’s ‘Apology’ to Eric Garner’s Family Was Just Plain Sorry

12/4/2014 - 5 Ohio Sheriff’s Deputies Under Investigation for Racist Texts

12/4/2014 - Ferguson Isn't About Black And White. It's About Green.

12/4/2014 - DC Protesters Storm Streets in Support of Eric Garner and Michael Brown

12/4/2014 - I Came, I Saw, And I Conquered The Beyhive

12/4/2014 - Body Cameras Are on the Way—but in Eric Garner’s Case, Would It Have Mattered?

12/4/2014 - Chicago Man Reportedly Attacks Woman Who Refused to Give Him Her Phone Number

12/4/2014 - Justice Department Investigating Eric Garner’s Death

12/4/2014 - #ThisMustStop: A Conversation About Saving Black Lives From Police Brutality

12/4/2014 - 2 Men Charged With Raping 16-Year-Old at Johns Hopkins Frat Party 

12/4/2014 - Report: Officer in Tamir Rice Shooting Death Ruled Unfit for Duty in 2012

12/4/2014 - Chris Rock on Hollywood: It’s a White Industry; It Just Is 

12/4/2014 - #CrimingWhileWhite: White People Confess to Crimes They’ve Gotten Away With After Eric Garner Outrage 

12/4/2014 - Dear America, Where's My Hug?

12/3/2014 - Protesters Swarm Times Square to Demand Justice for Eric Garner

12/3/2014 - As a Black Man, I’m Outraged at the Grand Jury in Eric Garner’s Case; as a Lawyer, I’m Disgusted

12/3/2014 - #ICantBreathe: Social Media Reacts to the Nonindictment of NYPD Officer in Eric Garner’s Death

12/3/2014 - What Is It Going to Take to Indict When Police Kill an Unarmed Black Man?

12/3/2014 - Eric Garner Choked To Death By Cop. In Broad Daylight. On Camera. Cop Gets Off. Fuck Everybody.

12/3/2014 - DC Political Candidate Dead at the Age of 34  

12/3/2014 - Grand Jury Will Not Charge Officer in Eric Garner Choke Hold Death: Report 

12/3/2014 - Michael Brown’s Stepfather Shouldn’t Have Had to Apologize for His Anger

12/3/2014 - Bill Cosby Thanks Famous Supporters on Twitter

12/3/2014 - Toni Morrison To Release New Novel, And I'm Preparing To Pretend To Understand It

12/3/2014 - Lifetime’s Whitney Houston Biopic to Premiere in January

12/3/2014 - NAACP LDF Goes Back to Court to Defend a Win for Fayette County, Ga.’s Black Voters

12/3/2014 - Van Jones: Charles Barkley’s Comments Were ‘Inflammatory,’ ‘Irresponsible’ and ‘Dangerous’

12/3/2014 - Man Arrested for Making Death Threats on Facebook Against Darren Wilson

12/3/2014 - Michael Brown’s Stepfather Apologizes for Impassioned Outcry After Grand Jury Decision

12/3/2014 - Grand Jury in Eric Garner Choke Hold Case Could Decide Charges This Week

12/3/2014 - Chicago’s Minimum Wage to Increase From $8.25 to $13 by 2019

12/3/2014 - UN Pleads With Texas to Delay Execution of Mentally Ill Man

12/3/2014 - Muhammad Ali Posts 1st Selfie 

12/3/2014 - Lawsuit Alleges Bill Cosby Sexually Molested a Minor in 1974

12/2/2014 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 26. Solange Knowles

12/2/2014 - Painting the Full Picture of What’s Behind These Clashes Between Police and Black People

12/2/2014 - Don’t Let a Health Crisis Wipe Out Your Finances

12/2/2014 - A Murder Mystery in Ferguson  

12/2/2014 - Janay Rice and Her Mom Are Living in Denial

12/2/2014 - Michael Brown’s Stepfather Under Investigation in Ferguson Riots 

12/2/2014 - Darnell Dockett, Does Chris Hansen Need to Tell You to Have a Seat?

12/2/2014 - Ray Rice Deserves A Second Chance...Just Not With Janay Rice

12/2/2014 - REMINISCE Ugly Sweater Holiday Party and Toy Drive | Saturday, December 6th | DC

12/2/2014 - Man Who Killed and Burned Teen Wanted Community Service

12/2/2014 - Soccer Star ‘Super’ Mario Balotelli Could Be Suspended for Racist, Anti-Semitic Post

12/2/2014 - St. Louis Rams ‘Did Not Apologize’ for Players’ ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Gesture

12/2/2014 - Charles Barkley: Without Cops, Ferguson Would Be ‘Wild, Wild West’

12/2/2014 - Supreme Court Hears Case to Decide if Rap Lyrics Were Really Facebook Threats

12/2/2014 - Obama Meets With Leaders to Discuss Ferguson and OKs Funding for Police Body Cameras 

12/2/2014 - Mo’ne Davis Named SportsKid of the Year

12/2/2014 - Cop Who Hugged Crying Kid in Viral Photo Allegedly Supported Darren Wilson

12/2/2014 - Portrait of a Black Servant in Eastern Europe

12/2/2014 - When It Comes to Ferguson, President Obama Could Take a Lesson From Cornel West

12/2/2014 - Did the Boycott Matter to Black Friday Retail Sales?

12/2/2014 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 12 Recap: Is This The End?

12/1/2014 - Why #ByeElizabeth Needs To Replace #ByeFelicia

12/1/2014 - The Ferguson Movement Has Too Much to Do—Don’t Let It Fizzle Out Like Occupy Wall Street

12/1/2014 - Jill Scott Says the Media Is Trying to Destroy Bill Cosby’s Legacy

12/1/2014 - GOP Congressional Staffer, Who Was Reportedly Arrested as a Teen, Quits After Slamming Obama Girls

12/1/2014 - F*ck The St. Louis Police Officers Association And Everything They Believe In

12/1/2014 - Ferguson Coverage: No One Seemed to Like It

12/1/2014 - An Argument For Not Blocking Your Ridiculously Stupid And/Or Racist Facebook Friends

12/1/2014 - Racists Getting Fired Is the Newest Tumblr Targeting Racists on Social Media 

12/1/2014 - St. Louis Rams Players Show Solidarity With Ferguson Protesters

12/1/2014 - Chris Rock: Let’s Hope America Produces Nicer White People

12/1/2014 - Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick on Ferguson and Running for President in 2016

12/1/2014 - Watch: Black Man Stopped by Cop for ‘Walking With His Hands in His Pockets’ 

12/1/2014 - Ferguson Mayor: Darren Wilson Will Not Receive Severance Package

12/1/2014 - Dear Racist Star Wars Fans: There Are Black Stormtroopers, So Get Over It

12/1/2014 - Coming Clean After Living Secretly With HIV for More Than 25 Years

12/1/2014 - Could the Fight for Justice Cost You Your Job?

12/1/2014 - What Benjamin Watson’s Facebook Post Gets Wrong When It Comes to God, Sin and Ferguson