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2014 March
3/31/2014 - Then LeBron James Did This ...
3/31/2014 - Virginia Couple Wins Lottery 3 Times in 1 Month
3/31/2014 - 10-Year-Old Shot Dead in Attempted Pennsylvania Home Invasion
3/31/2014 - Army Accused of Targeting Black Hair With New Grooming Standards
3/31/2014 - Hollywood Can’t Figure Out What to Do With ‘Exotic’ Lupita
3/31/2014 - Nephew Charged in Shooting of Reality Star
3/31/2014 - Stephen A. Smith: Kobe’s Trayvon Comments Were ‘Right on Point’
3/31/2014 - Quote of the Day: C.T. Vivian on Revolution
3/31/2014 - Who Was the 1st Black Othello?
3/31/2014 - Confessions of a Black Brooklyn Gentrifier
3/31/2014 - 9 Biggest Lies About Black Males and Academic Success
3/30/2014 - Watch: Saturday Night Live: Louis CK Plays Black Jeopardy!
3/30/2014 - Nearly 7,000,000 Enrolled For Healthcare as Today's Deadline Looms
3/30/2014 - More Than $60,000 Raised for Mom Arrested for Leaving Kids in Car During Interview
3/30/2014 - DC-Area Student Accepted at 5 Ivy Leagues
3/30/2014 - Ravens’ Ray Rice Marries Fiancee After Indictment in Her Assault
3/30/2014 - Quote of the Day: Jimmy Carter on Racial Politics
3/30/2014 - National Museum of African American History to Display Photos of the Gullah People
3/29/2014 - Is the Black Press Still Powerful?
3/29/2014 - Pay Up, Colleges, and Stop Exploiting Your 'Student-Athletes'
3/29/2014 - Ex-FAMU Band Member Gets 1 Year for Role in Hazing Death
3/29/2014 - Chemical Plant Threatens to Erase Enclave Founded by Freed Slave
3/29/2014 - Eagles Cut Wide Receiver Desean Jackson Amid Gang Rumors
3/29/2014 - Search Intensifies for 8-Year-Old DC-Area Girl
3/29/2014 - NJ Teen Suspended for Flying Confederate Flag on Truck
3/29/2014 - Quote of the Day: Brad Bushman on Video Games and Race
3/29/2014 - Marcus Samuelsson Hosts Benefit for Victims of East Harlem Building Collapse
3/29/2014 - Black Women Must Harness Their Political Power
3/28/2014 - In the Ebony-GOP Twitter Beef, Republicans Need to Toughen Up
3/28/2014 - A Harlem Church and the Hate That Produced a ‘Hate Crime’
3/28/2014 - Gone With the Wind Prequel Gives Mammy Her Say
3/28/2014 - Condoleezza Rice and Richard Sherman Take a Selfie
3/28/2014 - Scandal Recap: Cracks in Glass Houses
3/28/2014 - The Washington Times Announces Magazine for Black Conservatives
3/28/2014 - Kobe Bryant Defends His Trayvon Martin Remark
3/28/2014 - Ray Rice Charged With Assaulting Fiancée
3/28/2014 - Pharrell Williams and Adidas to Create Collection
3/28/2014 - Quote of the Day: Oprah Winfrey on Potential
3/28/2014 - If He Can’t Meet You on Time, It’s Time to Move On
3/28/2014 - Busting Myths About the Sex Trade in Brazil
3/28/2014 - Hey, Chris Brown: When You Get Out, Let’s Do Dinner
3/28/2014 - Does My Ancestor’s Name Change Hide a Paternity Issue?
3/27/2014 - Aaron McGruder Bids Boondocks Farewell
3/27/2014 - ABC News Diversifies Its Decision-Makers
3/27/2014 - Trinity College Elects 1st African-American Woman President
3/27/2014 - What Kobe Bryant Doesn’t Get About Trayvon—or Colorblindness
3/27/2014 - The Mining Queen: South Africa’s Daphne Mashile-Nkosi Named CEO of the Year
3/27/2014 - Thieves Steal More Than $500,000 Worth of Hennessy
3/27/2014 - 12 Years a Slave Filming Site to Become Baseball Stadium
3/27/2014 - Kobe Bryant on Trayvon Martin: Don’t Defend Someone Just Because He’s Black
3/27/2014 - Charlotte Mayor Resigns After Corruption Arrest
3/27/2014 - Oprah Winfrey Launching Inspirational Tour
3/27/2014 - Scandal Actor Columbus Short Arrested
3/27/2014 - Quote of the Day: Max Roach on Artists
3/27/2014 - The Real-Life Women of Scandal
3/27/2014 - In the Wake of 12 Years, More Slave Narratives Deserve Attention
3/27/2014 - Black-Pathology Debate Ignores Black Reality
3/27/2014 - Rather Than Paying College Athletes, Let’s Invest in Their Education
3/26/2014 - Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder Creates Charity but Misses the Mark
3/26/2014 - Ex-NFL Safety Darren Sharper to Remain in Jail
3/26/2014 - Which State Has the Most Segregated Public Schools? (Hint: It’s Not in the South)
3/26/2014 - Judge Joe Brown Doesn’t Think He Was Out of Line. He's Contesting Charges
3/26/2014 - Paul Ryan Insists He’s Not Racist
3/26/2014 - Fronting: We Need to Stop Living the ‘Fabulous and Broke’ Lifestyle
3/26/2014 - Maximizing Happiness in the Here and Now – and Later
3/26/2014 - It’s Woman Crush Wednesday (#WCW) at The Root!
3/26/2014 - Members of Secret Service Sent Home After Agent Is Found Drunk
3/26/2014 - Man Rescues Baby Left in Stroller
3/26/2014 - Extra Time for Some to Finish Health Care Enrollment
3/26/2014 - Quote of the Day: President Barack Obama on Ukraine
3/26/2014 - White Woman in a ‘Chocolate City’ Shirt: Is It Wrong?
3/26/2014 - Unsung Black Heroines
3/26/2014 - Racism in High School Sports: Sign of a Bigger Problem
3/25/2014 - Nick Cannon Dons Whiteface. Internet Cries ‘Reverse Racism’
3/25/2014 - Shaqtin’ a Fool: Ex-NBA Center Under Investigation for ‘Horseplay’
3/25/2014 - 74-Year-Old Woman Freed After Serving 32 Years for Murder
3/25/2014 - Hollywood Afraid to ‘Let Black People Tell Stories’
3/25/2014 - Questlove Frowny-Faces Lack of Emojis of Color
3/25/2014 - When Hobby Lobby Denies Individuals Contraceptive Care, That’s Not Religious Liberty
3/25/2014 - Judge Joe Brown Sentenced to 5 Days in Jail
3/25/2014 - Black Preschoolers Suspended More Than Whites, Study Shows
3/25/2014 - Arrest Warrant for Anita Baker Lifted
3/25/2014 - Judge Joe Brown Jailed for Contempt
3/25/2014 - Belgian Newspaper Apologizes for Depicting the Obamas as Apes
3/25/2014 - Quote of the Day: Dayo Olopade on Africa’s Financial Prudence
3/25/2014 - French Sculptor Lies About a Slavery Rebellion, Turns White Guy Into a Hero
3/25/2014 - When She Gives an Ultimatum, Fellas, Take It Seriously
3/25/2014 - 5 Ways the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Cases Affect Black Women
3/25/2014 - Breaking Down the Oprah Factor in Politics
3/25/2014 - Want to Retire Early? Watch The Root Live at 11 A.M.
3/24/2014 - Peter Thomas Is the Newest Real Housewife of Atlanta, Says the Internet
3/24/2014 - Suffering Lupita Withdrawal? Follow Her on Instagram Right Now
3/24/2014 - DC Woman Leaves Ambulance, Takes Metro to Hospital After Paramedics Argue
3/24/2014 - Google celebrates the ‘Godmother’ of Civil Rights
3/24/2014 - Beyoncé Visits the Anne Frank House
3/24/2014 - Brother of Autistic Teen Found Dead Pens Heartbreaking Essay
3/24/2014 - Obama Starts 4-Country European Trip With Russia as the Main Topic
3/24/2014 - Girl, 14, Dies in Phoenix Fire Police Say Could Have Been Set Intentionally
3/24/2014 - Calif. Teen Killed Trying to Push Girlfriend Out of Path of Freight Train
3/24/2014 - Fla. High School Teen Offered 150 Scholarships
3/24/2014 - Quote of the Day: Ivory A. Toldson on the New SAT Test
3/24/2014 - Natural Hair Has Never Meant Freedom for Me
3/24/2014 - Ageless Beauties: 14 Women Who Are Aging Wonderfully
3/24/2014 - Black Theater Success Is Reshaping One of America’s Whitest Fields
3/24/2014 - Who Was the 1st Black Ventriloquist?
3/24/2014 - Digital Soul: The Computer, Imagination and Social Change
3/24/2014 - Millions Remain Uninsured As Affordable Care Act Deadline Approaches
3/23/2014 - Chicago Police Search for Mom After 'Precious Baby Girl’ Found Abandoned
3/23/2014 - Michelle Obama Emphasizes Freedom of Speech in Visit to China
3/23/2014 - Quote of the Day: Jenée Desmond-Harris on Race as a Political Creation
3/23/2014 - Africans Are Helping Themselves—Fuel Their Innovation, Not Your Own
3/23/2014 - Study: Violent Video Games with Black Characters Fuel Racism
3/22/2014 - Armstrong Williams Fears Losing Stations in Sinclair Broadcast Sale Plan
3/22/2014 - Black Students Expelled or Suspended at Higher Rates Than Whites
3/22/2014 - Virginia KKK Leader: ‘We Don’t Hate People Because of Their Race’
3/22/2014 - Teen Whose Dad Died Shielding Her: ‘I Am Going to Make Him Proud’
3/22/2014 - University of Alabama Student Leaders Block Greek Integration Bill
3/22/2014 - Quote of the Day: Barack Obama on Young Black Men
3/22/2014 - Don Lemon Won’t Rule Out the Supernatural in Malaysia Airliner Mystery
3/22/2014 - Why Are Black People Nearly 4 Times as Likely to Be Arrested for Weed?
3/22/2014 - Judge Upholds Firing of Police Officer Who Shared Rihanna Injury Photos
3/21/2014 - It’s Official: Aaron McGruder Out at Boondocks
3/21/2014 - Officials Investigating Reported Confession in Kendrick Johnson Case
3/21/2014 - 15 Famous 1st Black Tweets: Thanks, Twitter!
3/21/2014 - Can the Media Keep Up With Modern Black Families?
3/21/2014 - Former Police Captain Released for 2nd Time in Ex-Wife’s Murder Case
3/21/2014 - Scandal Recap: Pretty Hurts
3/21/2014 - Singer Anita Baker Wanted in Detroit for Missing Court Appearance
3/21/2014 - Police Searching for 8-Year-Old DC-Area Girl Find Woman’s Body
3/21/2014 - ‘They Never Said They Were Cops’
3/21/2014 - Quote of the Day: Stephen A. Crockett Jr. on The Boondocks
3/21/2014 - Even if He Doesn’t Hit You, Emotional Abuse Is Just as Bad
3/21/2014 - Congress Must Act to Protect the Fundamental Right to Vote—for All
3/21/2014 - Meet the Keepers of Black Women’s History
3/21/2014 - Did My Kin Buy the Land They Worked as Slaves?
3/21/2014 - Defending the Importance of Hip-Hop Scholarship
3/20/2014 - FAMU Partners for 24-Hour Black News Channel
3/20/2014 - Body Too Toned for Planet Fitness?
3/20/2014 - Obama Shifts Focus to Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane
3/20/2014 - Mentally Ill Former Marine ‘Baked to Death’ in Rikers Island Jail Cell
3/20/2014 - Have Uncle Ruckus and The Boondocks Been Hijacked?
3/20/2014 - Chicago Man Confesses to Killing Girlfriend’s 1-Year-Old Daughter
3/20/2014 - Elton John Wants to Make Hip-Hop
3/20/2014 - Oprah Spills the Tea on Move With Starbucks
3/20/2014 - Quote of the Day: Shirley Chisholm on Her Candidacy
3/20/2014 - Single Mothers, Sons and the Sex Talk
3/20/2014 - War-Torn Congolese City Sings and Dances for Lasting Peace
3/20/2014 - The Fresh, New and Very White World of Startup Journalism
3/19/2014 - Obama Goes Solo in His 2nd Term
3/19/2014 - Oprah to Headline at Virginia Democrat’s Fundraiser
3/19/2014 - Texas Prepared to Execute Aspiring Rapper in Murder Case
3/19/2014 - Fathers Need to Learn That Beating Daughters Won’t Make Them Good Girls
3/19/2014 - Cop Shown Apparently Breaking High School Student’s Arm in Cellphone Video
3/19/2014 - President Obama Awards Medal of Honor to 24 Overlooked Minority Veterans
3/19/2014 - Jesse Jackson Takes on Lack of Diversity in Technology
3/19/2014 - Quote of the Day: Amilcar Cabral on Nationalism
3/19/2014 - Behind the Scenes With Tracey Edmonds
3/19/2014 - It Takes a Village to Keep Black Men Healthy
3/19/2014 - How Can You Possibly Say There’s No Scientific Basis for Race?
3/19/2014 - ‘He’s So Articulate.’ What That Really Means
3/18/2014 - Journalists of Color Sought to Cover Criminal-Justice System
3/18/2014 - No, Lando Calrissian, Please No
3/18/2014 - Florida Lawmakers Push to Change ‘Stand Your Ground’
3/18/2014 - Black NY Firefighters Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
3/18/2014 - High School Students Hail ‘White Power’ After Winning Basketball Game
3/18/2014 - 3rd Victim Dies From Crash at South by Southwest
3/18/2014 - Chris Brown Ordered Back to Prison
3/18/2014 - GOP State Senator Has No Issue If Business Owners Exclude Customers
3/18/2014 - Quote of the Day: James Baldwin on Art
3/18/2014 - Will the New SAT Boost College Prospects for Black Students?
3/18/2014 - How a Black Warrior Became a Symbol for a German Fraternal Society
3/18/2014 - Young, Black and Feminist
3/18/2014 - Black Youths Attending Princeton Conference Pulled Over by Police, Then This Happened
3/17/2014 - White House Promotes Affordable Care Act With Basketball Campaign
3/17/2014 - US Imposes Targeted Sanctions, Rejects Crimean Vote to Join Russia
3/17/2014 - Brooklyn Firefighter Helps Save 4 Children While Battling 1st Blaze
3/17/2014 - Lupita Nyong’o in Star Wars?
3/17/2014 - Oprah Winfrey Selling Harpo Studios in Chicago
3/17/2014 - Lamar Odom Out for the Season in Spain
3/17/2014 - Quote of the Day: Hoyt W. Fuller on the Civil Rights Movement
3/17/2014 - How Many ‘White’ People Are Passing?
3/17/2014 - The Root Recognizes: Volunteer De’Von Cross Helps Uninsured Get to the Finish Line
3/17/2014 - ‘Black Twitter’ Changed My Life
3/17/2014 - Promoting Diversity During Playtime
3/16/2014 - GOP Congressional Candidate Apologizes for Slavery Comments
3/16/2014 - Lupita Nyong’o: Her Father Says Family Suffered Torture and Brutality in Kenya
3/16/2014 - Watch: Chicago Youth Poetry Team Knocks Mayor ‘Wreck-It-Rahm’
3/16/2014 - Chris Brown to Spend More Than 30 Days in Jail
3/16/2014 - Fla. Worker Allegedly Kills Boss for Posting His Photo Online
3/16/2014 - Quote of the Day: Fred Shuttlesworth on Living Freely
3/16/2014 - Social Media Turns 1 Woman’s Tragedy Into Triumph
3/16/2014 - 3 Reasons Ralph Ellison Still Matters
3/15/2014 - Diversity Protests Spur Action at Online Media Startups
3/15/2014 - Woman Arrested After 6-Year-Old Cousin Found Frozen to Death
3/15/2014 - 72-Year-Old Connecticut Pastor Dies After Pulpit Confession
3/15/2014 - Houston Dad May Not Be Charged in Alleged Shooting of Teen in Daughter’s Room
3/15/2014 - Teen Allegedly Bites Off Infant Son’s Nose to Stop Crying
3/15/2014 - Quote of the Day: Lord Kitchener on Race
3/15/2014 - Black Stars Taking the Lead in TV Pilots
3/15/2014 - The Influence Freed Slaves May Have Had on the Boy Abraham Lincoln
3/15/2014 - 1st Look: Trailer for James Brown Biopic Released
3/15/2014 - 8 Sneaky Racial Code Words and Why Politicians Love Them
3/14/2014 - Chris Brown Arrested and Jailed, Again
3/14/2014 - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins National Book Critics Circle Prize
3/14/2014 - Texas Father Arrested in Connection With the Deaths of a Lesbian Couple
3/14/2014 - Frauds Try to Get Attorney General Eric Holder’s Tax Refund
3/14/2014 - Senate Makes Bipartisan Deal to Extend Long-Term Jobless Benefits
3/14/2014 - Texas Father Shoots 17-Year-Old Boy in Daughter’s Room
3/14/2014 - Scandal Recap: The Murder Capital
3/14/2014 - Social Media Helps Break the Silence Around Domestic Violence
3/14/2014 - Colin Powell’s Throwback Thursday Selfie Is a Must-See
3/14/2014 - Kendrick Johnson’s Classmates Called to Testify in Federal Grand Jury Investigation
3/14/2014 - Man Dies 2 Weeks After Being Pronounced Dead
3/14/2014 - Quote of the Day: Dorothy Dandridge on Work
3/14/2014 - Why Did My Ancestor Change the Family Name?
3/14/2014 - How the Communal Experience of Music Has Changed
3/14/2014 - It’s Time to Quit Operating on CP Time
3/13/2014 - Looking Back on ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma
3/13/2014 - Your Threats to Leave Won’t Stop Your Husband’s Infidelities
3/13/2014 - Jim Brown Says Slavery Wasn’t So Bad. And That’s Bad News for the GOP
3/13/2014 - Eric Holder Backs Lower Sentencing for Some Drug Crimes
3/13/2014 - Maryland Mall Shooter Was Obsessed With Columbine
3/13/2014 - Tyson Beckford’s Nephew Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder in DUI Crash
3/13/2014 - How ‘Stand Your Ground’ Is Killing Black People
3/13/2014 - Rep. Charlie Rangel Calls Building Explosion Harlem’s 9/11
3/13/2014 - George Zimmerman’s Parents Suing Rosanne Barr
3/13/2014 - Ex-NFL Star Darren Sharper Facing 2 More Rape Charges in Arizona
3/13/2014 - ‘What I Wore When Sexually Assaulted’: Women of Twitter Report
3/13/2014 - Quote of the Day: Jackie Robinson on Willpower
3/13/2014 - Black Techies Represent at SXSW
3/13/2014 - The Last Black Mayor of Chocolate City?
3/12/2014 - Massive Gas Explosion in East Harlem: 7 Reported Dead, More Than 50 Injured, Many Missing
3/12/2014 - Oxford Tips a Hat to Harvard in ‘I, Too, Am Oxford’ Project
3/12/2014 - Frank Ocean Cuts Chipotle a Big Check, Tells the Company to Shove Off
3/12/2014 - Teen Posts Photos of Domestic Violence Injuries to Social Media
3/12/2014 - Enough Granny Compliments—I’m Calling Lupita a Hottie
3/12/2014 - FBI Offers $20,000 for Information on Missing Toddler
3/12/2014 - Prosecutors: DC Mayor Vince Gray Knew About ‘Shadow Campaign’
3/12/2014 - Man Freed After Decades on Death Row
3/12/2014 - Quote of the Day: Nat King Cole on Racism in the Media
3/12/2014 - Is It Hip-Hop Homophobia Over French Nails and Skirts?
3/12/2014 - DNA Test Showed Mostly European Ancestry? It’s OK, You’re Still African American
3/11/2014 - How the Civil Rights Movement Expanded Freedom of the Press
3/11/2014 - 17-Year-Old Chicago Rapper Charged With Murder
3/11/2014 - Single Parents and Money: The Root Live at 11 A.M.
3/11/2014 - Why All the Anger Over a Model’s Breast-Feeding Photo?
3/11/2014 - Men Who Used Stolen Passports on Missing Malaysia Flight Were Iranian, Not Black
3/11/2014 - President Obama, Zach Galifianakis Trade Digs on Between Two Ferns
3/11/2014 - Will Smith to Produce Harlem Hellfighters
3/11/2014 - Minnesota Lawmaker Apologizes for NBA Tweet
3/11/2014 - Blackface Skit Brings Backlash at Church Conference
3/11/2014 - Why Is a Black Man in a French Family Portrait?
3/11/2014 - Erika Harold Could Be a GOP Star. First, Though, She’ll Have to Win
3/10/2014 - From Leather Skirts to French Nails, Brothers Are Stylin’
3/10/2014 - George Zimmerman Signs Autographs at Florida Gun Show
3/10/2014 - 26-Year-Old Running Back Retires: ‘I Feel Like I’ve Done It All’
3/10/2014 - Rejection of Obama’s DOJ Nominee Means Trouble for Black Defendants
3/10/2014 - Parents of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis Protest ‘Stand Your Ground’
3/10/2014 - Black Man Used Stolen Passport to Board Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight
3/10/2014 - 12 Years a Slave’s John Ridley Talks Beef With Director Steve McQueen
3/10/2014 - High School Wrestler Brings Crowd to Tears in Classy Move After Loss
3/10/2014 - Dick Cheney: ‘No Question’ Vladimir Putin Thinks President Obama Is Weak
3/10/2014 - Quote of the Day: Nelson Mandela on Contracts
3/10/2014 - Because of Bipolar Disorder, I Wasn’t Sure I’d Make It to 25
3/10/2014 - What Was the 1st Black American Newspaper?
3/10/2014 - It Takes a Village to Protect a Child With ASD
3/10/2014 - How an Interracial-Dating Web Series Gets Everything Wrong
3/9/2014 - Ben Carson Hits Liberals at CPAC, Says They Are Trying to Silence Him
3/9/2014 - Ben Carson Probably Isn’t the Key to Republicans’ Winning the White House
3/9/2014 - SNL’s Sasheer Zamata Shines as Olivia Pope in Scandal Spoof
3/9/2014 - Detroit Officer Investigated in Rape of Domestic Violence Caller
3/9/2014 - Cops Investigate ‘Bias Crime’ at Washington State High School
3/9/2014 - Maryland Frat and Sorority Under Fire for Racist-Themed Party
3/9/2014 - Quote of the Day: Thelonious Monk on Math
3/8/2014 - 2 Top Black TV Journalists See Roles Expanded
3/8/2014 - Memo to Rutgers: Don’t Boycott Condi Now If You Won’t Boycott Hillary Later
3/8/2014 - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s Daughter Convicted of Money Laundering
3/8/2014 - Michigan Doctor Teleka Patrick: Few Clues to Disappearance 3 Months Later
3/8/2014 - Mom Charged With Attempted 1st-Degree Murder After Driving Kids Into the Ocean
3/8/2014 - ‘Gladiator School’: FBI Investigates Idaho Private Prison for Abuse
3/8/2014 - Quote of the Day: Billie Holiday on Enslavement
3/8/2014 - Tilane Jones: Making Her Mark in Hollywood
3/8/2014 - Beyond 12 Years a Slave: 8 More Books We Want to See on the Big Screen
3/7/2014 - Annie’s Black Now. Get Over It
3/7/2014 - Yes, Rep. Issa, Cutting Rep. Cummings’ Mic Really Was Pretty ‘Sorry’
3/7/2014 - 3 Students Suspended for Posting Racist Tweets After Basketball Loss
3/7/2014 - Idris Elba to Voice Shere Khan in Jungle Book Remake
3/7/2014 - Condoleezza Rice Unwelcome at Rutgers’ Commencement
3/7/2014 - Scandal Recap: Of Monsters and Men
3/7/2014 - Senate Aide: It’s ‘Impossible’ to Get Obama’s Black Nominees Past Senate Republicans
3/7/2014 - A Letter From Death Row
3/7/2014 - Man Gets 4 Years for Jet Ski Accident That Killed Usher’s Stepson
3/7/2014 - The History of Attacks by the Right on Civil Rights Defenders
3/7/2014 - Isaiah Washington to Guest Star on Grey’s Anatomy
3/7/2014 - 6 Times Privilege Went Wrong for White Families
3/7/2014 - Quote of the Day: Ralph Ellison on Ancestors
3/7/2014 - I’m Black, but I Want to Join the DAR. Help!
3/7/2014 - Black, Gay, Southern Men Embodied in Sweet Tea
3/7/2014 - 17 Black Women in Science and Tech You Should Know
3/6/2014 - An Obama Justice Department Nominee Reignites Debate Over Mumia Abu-Jamal
3/6/2014 - Could Michael Jackson Really Be Miki Howard’s Baby Daddy?
3/6/2014 - Melissa Harris-Perry Shows Her Natural Hair Sans Braids and Her New Baby
3/6/2014 - How the Kapor Center Serves as Our Brothers’ and Sisters’ Keeper
3/6/2014 - Senate Rejects Debo Adegbile to Lead Civil Rights Division
3/6/2014 - An Ex Can’t Be a ‘Friend’ If He’s Trying to Get Back With You
3/6/2014 - Hillary Clinton Stands by Her Comparison of Russia’s Putin to Hitler
3/6/2014 - Running Back Ray Rice and Fiancee to Attend Couples Seminar
3/6/2014 - Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Sisters File Lawsuit Against Christie’s
3/6/2014 - Latino Leader Calls Obama ‘Deporter in Chief’
3/6/2014 - Biker Paralyzed in NY Highway Incident Says He Doesn’t Blame SUV Driver
3/6/2014 - Quote of the Day: Gwendolyn Brooks on a Grittier Life
3/6/2014 - Time to Make Ghana—and All of Africa—Triumphant, Independent and Free
3/6/2014 - Remembering Chokwe Lumumba: A Revolutionary Politician
3/6/2014 - Why Is Tim Scott Suddenly on a Black-Revival Tour?
3/6/2014 - Obama to Black People: I’m Showing You the Money
3/5/2014 - How Black Parents Would React If We Sued for Child Support
3/5/2014 - Seriously, Chelsea Handler? You’re Going With the ‘Black Boyfriend’ Defense?
3/5/2014 - Florida KKK Recruiter: ‘We Don’t Beat Up on Blacks or Burn Crosses’
3/5/2014 - Ala. Dem: GOP Would Be Pro-Abortion If Daughters Were Having Black Babies
3/5/2014 - Lupita Nyong’o’s Lip Balm Sells Out After Grabbing Social Media Fame
3/5/2014 - ‘Spoiled’ Teen Denied $650 a Week in Child Support
3/5/2014 - Former World Champion Boxer Arrested in Florida
3/5/2014 - Sarah Palin: Putin Wrestles Bears, Obama Wears Mom Jeans
3/5/2014 - Missing Florida Mom Found in Sunken Car Near Universal Studios
3/5/2014 - Celebrating the Past and the Future in DC
3/5/2014 - Quote of the Day: Albert Murray on Blacks’ Perception of America
3/5/2014 - Black College Students Launch Artistic Social Media Campaigns About Race
3/5/2014 - Lupita’s Spotlight: A Reality Check for Light-Skinned Women?
3/5/2014 - Why Black South African Women Are Protesting at the Oscar Pistorius Trial
3/4/2014 - Obama’s ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Initiative Isn’t Discriminatory
3/4/2014 - Blacks and Latinos Win Big at the Oscars
3/4/2014 - Kenyan Pastor Says No To Panties
3/4/2014 - Secretary of State John Kerry Promises Ukraine $1 Billion in US Aid
3/4/2014 - Will 12 Years a Slave Change Hollywood’s Race Problem?
3/4/2014 - Tenn. News Anchor Removes Wig on Air After Bout With Breast Cancer
3/4/2014 - Dream Defenders Confront Florida Legislators
3/4/2014 - Lupita Nyong’o and What It Means to Be Black
3/4/2014 - The Root Live: Bring It to the Table Tackles Job Loss
3/4/2014 - Former Rep. Mel Reynolds Fears for Life, Hides in South Africa
3/4/2014 - New York Times Corrects Article About Solomon Northup More Than 160 Years Later
3/4/2014 - Indiana Mall Bans Upturned Hoodies
3/4/2014 - The Beef Between 12 Years Writer and Director
3/4/2014 - NJ Supreme Court to Review Rap Lyrics in Shooting
3/4/2014 - Oscar-Nominated Actor Barkhad Abdi Is Broke
3/4/2014 - First Lady Michelle Obama to Visit China
3/4/2014 - Miracle of the Black Leg: Honorable Act or Exploitation?
3/4/2014 - Quote of the Day: Lupita Nyong’o on Her Oscar
3/4/2014 - Ben Jealous Continues His Civil Rights Fight ‘by Any Means That Works’
3/4/2014 - Joyful Noise: 20 Gospel Songs You Need to Hear Right Now
3/3/2014 - Free Advice and Free Gifts: How to Succeed in Business
3/3/2014 - Twitter Puts News Sites on Blast for Horrible 12 Years a Slave Headlines
3/3/2014 - Tasteless Tweet Congratulates Lupita Nyong’o, Advertises Africa Book
3/3/2014 - Russia Continues to Infiltrate the Crimean Peninsula
3/3/2014 - Marissa Alexander’s Sentence Could Triple in Retrial
3/3/2014 - Will and Jaden Smith Win Worst Actor Awards for After Earth
3/3/2014 - Michael Jackson’s Estate Now Flush With Cash
3/3/2014 - Wage Fight Pushes 22-Year-Old KFC Worker Into National Spotlight
3/3/2014 - Quote of the Day: Edna Lewis on Ham
3/3/2014 - Girls With Guns, Boys With Dolls: Does It Matter?
3/3/2014 - Book Excerpt: Stokely Carmichael’s Roots in the Black Panthers
3/3/2014 - The Wild Adventures of a ‘Colored Girl’ in the Early 20th Century
3/3/2014 - Some of My Best Friends Are White
3/3/2014 - 12 Years a Slave: Trek From Slave to Screen
3/3/2014 - 12 Years a Slave Wins Oscar for Best Picture
3/2/2014 - Lupita Nyong’o Takes Home Oscar for 12 Years a Slave
3/2/2014 - Oscars 2014: Red-Carpet Roundup
3/2/2014 - Academy Awards 2014: Most Black Presenters Ever
3/2/2014 - Texas Cops Arrest Black Student Filming ‘Speed Traps,’ Hurl Epithet
3/2/2014 - Vandals Hit Spike Lee’s Old Block After Gentrification Rant
3/2/2014 - Watch: Philadelphia 76ers Retire Allen Iverson’s No. 3
3/2/2014 - 12 Years a Slave Sweeps 2014 Spirit Awards
3/2/2014 - Quote of the Day: Harold Cruse on Cultural Nationalism
3/2/2014 - Lupita Overcame Her Color Issues. But What About All the Other Lupitas?
3/2/2014 - Powerful New Biography Recounts Life and Work of Stokely Carmichael
3/1/2014 - ‘My Brother’s Keeper’: Did Obama Just Become ‘the Black President’?
3/1/2014 - Michigan Man Convicted of Killing 4 Women He Met Online
3/1/2014 - Watch: Obama and Biden Move for Let’s Move!
3/1/2014 - Clintons’ Health Care Overhaul Efforts Raised Early Concerns
3/1/2014 - Illinois Child-Welfare Chief Steps Down After Paternity Scandal
3/1/2014 - Quote of the Day: Sun Ra on Time
3/1/2014 - Ignoring the Crisis of Cutting and Self-Harm Among Black Children
3/1/2014 - Satirical Blog Offers Up Little-Known Black History Facts
3/1/2014 - Why an African-American Director Wouldn’t Have Cast Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave
3/1/2014 - Conned Florida Inmate Gets Former Lawyer's Home
3/1/2014 - 13-Year-Old Posts Illicit Pics Before Being Fatally Shot by Friend Playing With Gun