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2014 November
11/30/2014 - 7 Revelations From Janay Rice’s ESPN Interview
11/30/2014 - Bill Cosby Offers Refunds to NY Shows
11/30/2014 - Boy Missing 4 Years Discovered Behind ‘False Wall’ in Ga. Home
11/30/2014 - Ill. Gov. Pardons Member of Dixmoor 5
11/30/2014 - Darren Wilson Resigns With Alleged $1,000,000 ‘War Chest’
11/30/2014 - My Cheating Husband Wants Us to Keep Up Appearances for the Holidays
11/29/2014 - Woman Stabs Boyfriend Over Thanksgiving Slight, Police Say
11/29/2014 - Cleveland Cops Failed to Administer First Aid to Boy in Fatal Shooting
11/29/2014 - NAACP Marchers to Trek 120 Miles From Ferguson to Mo. State Capital
11/29/2014 - 3 High-Profile Cases of Black Men Killed by Police, Still No Arrests—Why?
11/29/2014 - Picking on the Obama Girls Isn’t Smart, Especially if You Work for a GOP Congressman
11/29/2014 - Ray Rice Wins Appeal, Suspension Overturned
11/28/2014 - The Root TV: What Nigerians Thought About #BringBackOurGirls and Americans Wanting to Help
11/28/2014 - Calls for Shoppers to Boycott Black Friday Shopping
11/28/2014 - How to Not Let Black Friday and Cyber Monday Lead to Red Tuesday
11/28/2014 - Labor Activists Will Protest in Front of Several Wal-Mart Locations on Black Friday
11/28/2014 - According to Knicks Player J.R. Smith, Black Friday Is Linked to Slavery
11/28/2014 - Seeking Proof of Native American Roots?
11/27/2014 - Pastor Reportedly Refuses to Bury 93-Year-Old Woman Who Hadn’t Paid Her Church Dues
11/27/2014 - Why Are Some Black Men Dismissing Black Women’s Criticism of Bill Cosby?
11/27/2014 - Video Shows Denver Police Tripping Pregnant Woman
11/27/2014 - Thanksgiving Away From Home? Here Are Some Rules for the Road
11/26/2014 - Sharpton: Public Outrage Was Exacerbated by Prosecutor’s ‘Frontal Attack’ on Michael Brown’s Character
11/26/2014 - Watch: Cleveland Police Shoot 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Within Seconds of Arriving on Scene
11/26/2014 - Former Model and Restaurateur B. Smith Is Found
11/26/2014 - Michael Brown Family’s Church Set on Fire, Center of Arson Probe
11/26/2014 - Watch: Driver Hits Michael Brown Protesters in Minneapolis
11/26/2014 - Darren Wilson and Wife Expecting a Child; Would Love to Teach on Use of Force
11/26/2014 - Hispanic and Arab Americans Want Their Own Racial Categories on the 2020 Census
11/26/2014 - Obama: I Will Veto Permanent Tax Breaks for Corporations
11/26/2014 - 44 Arrested as Tension in Ferguson Grows
11/26/2014 - Reporter Alleges That Bill Cosby Leaked Story About Daughter’s Drug Problems
11/26/2014 - Ferguson Rioters Loot Store Michael Brown Allegedly Robbed
11/26/2014 - Alfonso Ribeiro Wins Season 19 of Dancing With the Stars
11/26/2014 - Dream Defenders’ Phillip Agnew Arrested During Ferguson Solidarity Protest in Miami
11/26/2014 - After Darren Wilson Decision, Black Youth Are Ready
11/26/2014 - Thanksgiving And Shit
11/25/2014 - National Media’s Portrayal of Marion Barry Was Misleading
11/25/2014 - Want to Play Pro Ball? Get Your Priorities Straight
11/25/2014 - Darren Wilson Speaks, Says Michael Brown’s Death Won’t Haunt Him
11/25/2014 - How Darren Wilson Demonized Michael Brown
11/25/2014 - 5 Not-So-Credible Events in Darren Wilson’s Testimony
11/25/2014 - Lawyer for Michael Brown’s Family Calls Verdict Unfair and Process Broken
11/25/2014 - Ferguson: ‘Nothing Has Changed From 1853. This Is the City of Dred Scott’
11/25/2014 - Burned, Dead Body Found Near Site Where Michael Brown Was Killed
11/25/2014 - Pharrell Williams: Why Aren’t We Talking About Michael Brown’s ‘Bullyish’ Behavior?
11/25/2014 - Dreaming of an NBA Career? Don’t Give Up, but Be Realistic
11/25/2014 - A Social Media Push to Boycott Black Friday in Wake of Ferguson Decision
11/25/2014 - Darren Wilson Is A Dick. Literally
11/25/2014 - Read Darren Wilson’s Grand Jury Testimony
11/25/2014 - Congressional Black Caucus Chair Calls Ferguson Verdict ‘Slap in the Face’
11/25/2014 - TMZ’s Harvey Levin Says He Has No Plans to Change ‘Crack Mayor’ Headline
11/25/2014 - Stevie Wonder Speaks About Hope, Freedom and Ferguson
11/25/2014 - Ferguson Is a Wake-Up Call That We Are Not Post-Racial
11/25/2014 - Lincoln University President Resigns After Backlash From Rape Lecture to Female Students
11/25/2014 - Halle Berry Gets Legal Ruling Saying Ex Can No Longer Straighten or Lighten Daughter’s Hair
11/25/2014 - St. Louis Prosecutor: Key Witnesses Flip-Flopped
11/25/2014 - Ferguson Burning: 61 Arrested, 10 Businesses Destroyed, 150 Shots Fired
11/25/2014 - Obama Asks Ferguson Protesters to Gather Peacefully as Violence Erupts
11/25/2014 - Social Media Reacts to the Ferguson Grand Jury Verdict
11/25/2014 - The Ins and Outs of the Civil Lawsuit That Could ‘Indict’ Darren Wilson and Ferguson Police
11/25/2014 - The Best 15 Nonfiction Books by Black Authors in 2014
11/25/2014 - How the St. Louis County Prosecutor Played Us
11/24/2014 - Ferguson Is Burning
11/24/2014 - Darren Wilson Will Not Be Charged in the Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown
11/24/2014 - Please Join Us With the Hashtag #FergusonTheRoot to Share Your Thoughts About the Ferguson Grand Jury
11/24/2014 - Live: No Indictment in Michael Brown Killing
11/24/2014 - Sorry, Sen. Rand Paul, You’re No Civil Rights Hero
11/24/2014 - Bill Cosby: We’ve Reached a Tipping Point—So What’s Next?
11/24/2014 - Marissa Alexander Takes Plea Deal
11/24/2014 - Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson Got Married in October
11/24/2014 - Rapper Cool C to Be Executed for Shooting Death of Cop During Bank Robbery
11/24/2014 - NYPD Source: Rookie Cop Used ‘Bad Tactics’ in Shooting of Unarmed Brooklyn Man
11/24/2014 - The ‘Hacktivist’ Group Anonymous Targets Cleveland Police After 12-Year-Old’s Death
11/24/2014 - Marshawn Lynch: A Man of Lil Boosie and Lil Words
11/24/2014 - 12 Year Old Killed By Police; Darren Wilson Preps For TV Interview
11/24/2014 - Odell Beckham Jr. Becomes a Meme After His One-Handed Touchdown Catch
11/24/2014 - Waka Flocka Flame’s Throat-Lozenge Ad Went Up in Smoke
11/24/2014 - Shouldn’t Black Leaders Ask How Immigration Reform Affects Black Unemployment?
11/24/2014 - Journalists Take Secret Meeting, Jockey to Interview Darren Wilson
11/24/2014 - Faizon Love Had a Profanity Laced Twitter Meltdown as He Showed Support for Bill Cosby
11/24/2014 - Evidence Reviewed by Ferguson Grand Jury May Not Be Released
11/24/2014 - Lisa Bonet Denies Posting Cryptic Tweet About Bill Cosby
11/24/2014 - Petition Created Calling for TMZ to Remove Its ‘Crack Mayor’ Headline
11/24/2014 - The Root Asks: What Are You Thankful For?
11/23/2014 - On Bill Cosby And Living Through The Gray
11/23/2014 - Local Stations Rebuff Networks, Carry President’s Immigration Speech
11/23/2014 - 2 Innocent Men Exonerated After 40 Years in Prison
11/23/2014 - Cleveland Cop Shoots and Kills 12-Year-Old Boy Holding Toy Gun
11/23/2014 - Immigration Reform Is a Black Thing, Too
11/23/2014 - Ferguson Grand Jury to Reconvene Monday
11/23/2014 - Former DC Mayor Marion Barry Dies at 78
11/23/2014 - Marion Barry’s Story—the Way He Told It
11/23/2014 - Has the Great Recession Wiped Out a Black Generation?
11/23/2014 - It’s Time to Bring Eating Disorders Out of the Shadows
11/22/2014 - What’s in a Name: Whites Like ‘African Americans,’ Don’t Like ‘Blacks’
11/22/2014 - Adrian Peterson Ponders Leaving Vikings Amid Child Abuse Charges
11/22/2014 - NYPD Rookie Kills ‘Totally Innocent,’ Unarmed Man
11/22/2014 - The Queen Latifah Show Canceled in 2nd Season
11/22/2014 - Ernie Cobb Still Fighting to Clear His Name in One of Sport’s Biggest Scandals
11/22/2014 - Russia's Mikhail Gorbachev Teams With SCLC to Promote Nonviolence
11/21/2014 - Model Janice Dickinson Releases Photos of Bill Cosby in a ‘Patchwork’ Robe
11/21/2014 - How to Get Away With Murder Recap: Wait, Huh?!
11/21/2014 - Report: Darren Wilson Negotiating Resignation From Ferguson Police Department
11/21/2014 - Virginia High School: No, Our Principal Wasn’t Throwing Up Gang Signs
11/21/2014 - Last Day For "Bougie Black Girl" And "I Love Bougie Black Girls" Tees And Hoodies
11/21/2014 - Ex-NFL Lineman Jason Brown Left Football to Pursue His Dream of Becoming a Farmer
11/21/2014 - Brooklyn Man’s Shooting by NYPD Rookie Is Called an Accident
11/21/2014 - House GOP Sues Obama Administration to Stop ‘Unilateral Actions’ on Obamacare
11/21/2014 - #GetWellMeechy
11/21/2014 - Rapper Drops Mixtape. Just May Pay For It With His Life
11/21/2014 - Scandal Recap: 5 ‘Say What?!’ Moments From the Winter Finale
11/21/2014 - Fire Chief Reportedly Tells Sheriff’s Deputy ‘We Ain’t Taking No N--gers Here’
11/21/2014 - Daniel Handler Finds Himself In a Lemony Snicket After ‘Ill-Conceived’ Watermelon Joke
11/21/2014 - Shonda Rhimes Tries To Make "Bitch Baby" Happen. What Is A Bitch Baby?
11/21/2014 - Ferguson: Michael Brown’s Father Calls for Calm Amid More Clashes
11/21/2014 - Florida State Shooting Suspect Was Troubled
11/21/2014 - Church Threatens Andrew ‘I’m Not Gay No More’ Caldwell With a Lawsuit
11/21/2014 - Koraun Mayweather Calls Out Floyd Mayweather: ‘My Father Is a Coward’
11/21/2014 - Watch: This Little Girl Explains How Excited She Is About Books
11/21/2014 - Can I Find the Slave Ports Through Which My Ancestors Came?
11/21/2014 - I’m a Married Mom and I Feel Like I Missed My Sexual Prime: What Should I Do?
11/20/2014 - Don Lemon Licks His Wounds Amid Bill Cosby Rape Scandal
11/20/2014 - Watch Toni Morrison Drop Knowledge on Stephen Colbert
11/20/2014 - Undocumented Immigrants From 3 Ebola-Affected West African Countries Will Not Be Deported
11/20/2014 - Spike Lee’s Kickstarter-Funded Movie Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Gets a Release Date
11/20/2014 - If Those Allegations Are Lies, Cosby Should Sue His Accusers, but Here’s Why That Won’t Happen
11/20/2014 - The Consequences of Letting the Government Invade Your Privacy
11/20/2014 - Jason Collins, the NBA’s 1st Openly Gay Player, Says He’s Retiring From Basketball
11/20/2014 - Disagreements Between Liberian Officials and Aid Groups Affect Efforts to Contain Ebola
11/20/2014 - My Big K.R.I.T. Conundrum
11/20/2014 - On Motherhood and the Pain of Ferguson
11/20/2014 - There’s a Lot That Needs Fixing, So Why Focus on Immigration?
11/20/2014 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 25. Natural Hair
11/20/2014 - Secret Service Arrests Iowa Man Near White House
11/20/2014 - Overnight, Police Arrested Ferguson Demonstrators Who Chanted ‘Indict That Cop’
11/20/2014 - High School Powder-Puff Football Team’s Blackface Photo Goes Viral
11/20/2014 - Milwaukee Man Charged in Sexual Assault of 101-Year-Old Woman
11/20/2014 - Watch: Bill Cosby Tells AP Reporter ‘I Don’t Talk About’ Sex Assault Allegations
11/20/2014 - Raven-Symoné Denies Rumors Spread by Fake News Site That Bill Cosby Molested Her
11/20/2014 - Is President Obama Getting His Mojo Back?
11/20/2014 - Black-Owned Food Trucks Give New Meaning to Meals on Wheels
11/19/2014 - Police Arrest Suspect in Sunday’s NYC Subway Shoving Case
11/19/2014 - Motown Singer Jimmy Ruffin Dies at Age 78
11/19/2014 - GOP Selects a Nearly All-Male Slate of Committee Chairs for the 114th Congress
11/19/2014 - Can Calif. Really Prosecute Rapper Tiny Doo Just Based on His Album Cover?
11/19/2014 - Vote: Who Killed Sam on HTGAWM?
11/19/2014 - Beyond The Lights: Here's Why I Go To Movie Screenings
11/19/2014 - 7-Year-Old Girl Plays Her Violin in Hopes of Bringing Peace to Ferguson
11/19/2014 - Woman Who Died in NYC After Returning From West Africa Tests Negative for Ebola
11/19/2014 - Misty Copeland Lands Reality Series on Oxygen
11/19/2014 - Boycotting Bill Cosby Means A Different World Too
11/19/2014 - Ferguson: Police Are ‘Preparing for War, and We’re Preparing for Our Safety’
11/19/2014 - Mo. Just Tied Its Own Record for Most Executions in a Year
11/19/2014 - NBC and Netflix Pull Bill Cosby Projects Amid Rape Allegations
11/19/2014 - Don Lemon Tells Bill Cosby Accuser: ‘There Are Ways Not to Perform Oral Sex’
11/19/2014 - Steve McQueen and Harry Belafonte Join Forces for Paul Robeson Film
11/19/2014 - Watch: The Root Staffers Explain Their Frustrations With the Term ‘Dark-Skinned’
11/19/2014 - The 5 Best States for Black People
11/18/2014 - Debt Is a New Type of Slavery for African Americans
11/18/2014 - Mo.’s State of Emergency Will Not Affect Journalists and Their Reporting
11/18/2014 - Homeless ‘Don’t Take S--t From N--gers’ Boston Couple Faces Criminal Charges
11/18/2014 - Dave & Buster’s Chain Receives Backlash Over #TacoTuesday Tweet
11/18/2014 - If This Fundraiser Succeeds, Ferguson Could Wind Up With a Billboard That Reads ‘#PantsUpDontLoot’
11/18/2014 - African-American Debt Is a New Form of Slavery
11/18/2014 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 10 Recap: I Do Not Like Morgan
11/18/2014 - Female Suicide Bomber Kills 13 in Northeast Nigeria Town
11/18/2014 - NFL Commissioner Suspends Adrian Peterson Without Pay for Remainder of the Season
11/18/2014 - Baseball Sensation Mo’ne Davis Lands Book Deal for Memoir
11/18/2014 - CNN’s New Black in America Special Explores the Strife Between Cops and Young Black Men
11/18/2014 - Va. High School Students Protest Assistant Principal’s Offensive Tweet About Interracial Couples
11/18/2014 - Ferguson’s Mayor Tries to Explain His ‘There Are No Racial Divides’ Comment
11/18/2014 - Listen: Bill Cosby Jokes About Putting a Drug in Women’s Drinks
11/18/2014 - VH1’s New Show Bye Felicia! Should Be Called Rent a Sassy Black Girlfriend
11/18/2014 - The Meaning Behind a Black Spaniard’s Hopeful Gaze Upon Our Lady of Mercy
11/18/2014 - 5 Reasons We Lost Our Minds Over Solange Knowles’ Wedding
11/17/2014 - 17 Reasons Why The NY Times Interview With Willow And Jaden Smith WILL Actually Break The Internet
11/17/2014 - Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon Activates National Guard and Announces 30-Day State of Emergency
11/17/2014 - Missouri Just Declared A State Of Emergency, Which Means There's A 99.9% Chance Darren Wilson Will Not Be Indicted
11/17/2014 - Mentally Ill Cleveland Woman Was Killed by Police in Front of Her Family, Brother Says
11/17/2014 - Atlanta Real Estate Titan Herman J. Russell Dies at 83
11/17/2014 - Does "Good P*ssy" Exist? A VSB Special Investigation
11/17/2014 - Solange and Julez’s Dance to ‘No Flex Zone’ Is an Awesome Mother-Son Moment
11/17/2014 - Brooklyn Toddler Kept on Life Support as Parents Battle Over Organ Donation
11/17/2014 - St. Louis Woman Who Tortured Her Kids Gets 78 Years in Prison
11/17/2014 - Martin Salia, the Md. Doctor Being Treated for Ebola in Neb., Has Died
11/17/2014 - The Day After Cosby Goes Radio Silent, a New Rape Allegation Surfaces
11/17/2014 - Solange Knowles and Alan Ferguson’s Wedding Successfully Broke the Internet
11/17/2014 - ICYMI: Lifetime’s Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B Was Awful
11/17/2014 - Nominate a Star of Tomorrow for the Young Futurists of 2015
11/17/2014 - Photos Capture Caribbean Rituals for Memorializing the Dead
11/17/2014 - Will the New Black Republicans in Congress Be Lawmakers—or Talk Show Hosts?
11/17/2014 - Who Was Joel A. Rogers?
11/17/2014 - Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B Sucked Because She Hasn't Been Dead Long Enough
11/16/2014 - SNL Parodies Upcoming White House Bourbon Summit
11/16/2014 - Lawyer: Bill ‘Cosby Does Not Intend to Dignify’ Sex Assault ‘Allegations With Any Comment’
11/16/2014 - Report: KKK Threatens ‘Lethal Force’ Against Ferguson Protesters
11/16/2014 - Veteran Journalists Dispense Advice Students Can Take to the Bank
11/16/2014 - Judge Orders Father of 26 to Pay Child Support
11/16/2014 - Def Puppetry Jam: A Black Puppeteer’s Thoughts on the Art
11/16/2014 - Too Poor to Pay for Peace of Mind
11/15/2014 - Watch: Michael Brown and Darren Wilson Encounter Lasted Less Than 2 Minutes
11/15/2014 - Cosby Cancels TV Appearance After Meme Fail
11/15/2014 - Judge to Allow Prior Abuse Allegations in Marissa Alexander’s Retrial
11/15/2014 - Student With 4.0 GPA Charged in Grisly Slaying of Newborn
11/15/2014 - There’s Nothing ‘Real’—or Right—About the Violence on RHOA and Other ‘Reality’ Shows
11/15/2014 - From ‘Beef Plantation’ to ‘The Nod,’ Black-ish Keeps Us Laughing About Parenting in the Burbs
11/14/2014 - Just A Few Days Left To Cop Your "Bougie Black Girl" or "I Love Bougie Black Girls" Tees!
11/14/2014 - Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Begins Again Saturday
11/14/2014 - I Went To My First Private School Birthday Party. Here's What Happened.
11/14/2014 - Say It Ain’t So: Alfonso Ribeiro Could Be Out on DWTS
11/14/2014 - My Friend Introduced Me to a ‘Friend’ She Slept With but Didn’t Tell Me
11/14/2014 - If Q-Tip Can Co-Sign Migos, Then It’s Time for Hip-Hop Purists to Quit Hating
11/14/2014 - Fumble: New England Patriots’ N-Word Tweet Is a Social Media Fail
11/14/2014 - Mom Who Left Kids in Car Now Has Public Defender; Some Say She Has Squandered Donations
11/14/2014 - Scandal Recap: Papa Don’t Take No Mess
11/14/2014 - No Backing Down: Activists Hold Silent Protest Over Police Brutality at UN Meeting
11/14/2014 - MC Lyte Is Back to Reclaim Her Throne With ‘Ball’
11/14/2014 - Quiz: Exactly How Black Are You?
11/14/2014 - Alleged Public-Sex Actress and Boyfriend Must Submit to Jail Booking
11/14/2014 - Day Care Employee Arrested in Kicking of 20-Month-Old
11/14/2014 - USC’s Josh Shaw Comes Clean About Fake Pool-Rescue Story
11/14/2014 - Subway Slapper Says He Can’t Wear His 8-Ball Jacket Anymore
11/14/2014 - NBA Union Leader Blasts Team Owners, Salary Cap and the Age Limit
11/14/2014 - Obama: Undocumented Immigrants Who Have Lived, Worked and Raised Kids in US Can Stay
11/14/2014 - Formerly Gay COGIC Man Says He Was ‘Delivert’ ’Bout a Year Ago
11/14/2014 - How Much DNA Do Distant Cousins Actually Share?
11/14/2014 - Sorry, Shonda, but How to Get Away With Murder Has a Lot of ‘Gay’ Male Sex
11/14/2014 - Girls of All Shades, You’re Going to Want to Hear How Dark Girls Has a New Life
11/14/2014 - Oprah Boosts Effort to Support Homeless Female Veterans
11/13/2014 - 1st US Ebola Victim’s Fiancee Gets Book Deal for Memoir
11/13/2014 - Harlem Globetrotter Sets World Record for Longest Backward Shot
11/13/2014 - Philly Police Search for Man Who Stabbed McDonald’s Employee Over Closing Time
11/13/2014 - Loyola University Chicago Student Is Missing
11/13/2014 - Sample Literacy Test: Would You Have Been Able To Vote?
11/13/2014 - When Being Educated, Rich, and Privileged Doesn't Stop You From Being Black
11/13/2014 - Trials for Ebola Treatment to Begin in West Africa
11/13/2014 - LeBron James’ Sons Aren’t Allowed to Play Football
11/13/2014 - NBPA Head Michele Roberts Is Not Fucking Around With Your Bitch Ass
11/13/2014 - It Looks Like the Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Will Be Announced Monday
11/13/2014 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: College Athletes Should Be Paid
11/13/2014 - Historic Head Nod: 100 Women Now Serve in Congress
11/13/2014 - Charges Dropped Against Man Whose Subway Slap Went Viral
11/13/2014 - Tasha Smith Fears for Her Life, Alleges Her Husband Might Kill Her
11/13/2014 - Even George Clinton Gets Old—but the Atomic Dog Still Has a Lot of Funk Left in Him
11/13/2014 - America’s ‘Black Borat’ Attempts to Explain Russia’s Love-Hate Relationship With Obama
11/13/2014 - Beyond the Lights Review: A Love Story With a Deeper Message
11/13/2014 - Yes, I'm Single. No, I Don't Need Your Dating Advice
11/12/2014 - 108-Year-Old Richard Overton Drinks Whiskey, Smokes Cigars, And Fought Wars. Our Generation Aint Shit
11/12/2014 - The Other Thing the Lincoln University President Got Wrong About Women Who Have Sex
11/12/2014 - Man Buys 99 iPhones To Propose; Girlfriend Says "iDon't"
11/12/2014 - Alfonso Ribeiro ‘Turned Down for What’ on DWTS
11/12/2014 - Thomas Eric Duncan’s Family Settles With Dallas Hospital
11/12/2014 - Father of Los Angeles Lakers Player Killed in Philadelphia
11/12/2014 - Watch: Erykah Badu and Her Daughters Sing Colbie Caillat’s ‘Try’
11/12/2014 - Want to Improve Voter Turnout? Abolish Voter Registration. No, Really!
11/12/2014 - Nicki Minaj Apologizes to Those Offended by ‘Nazi’ Video, but the Director Doesn’t
11/12/2014 - Study: Brazilian Police Kill 6 People a Day
11/12/2014 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 9 Recap
11/12/2014 - Lincoln University President Apologizes for Comment About Rape
11/12/2014 - Election Watchers Weigh In: Did Voter-ID Laws Suppress the Vote?
11/12/2014 - #ThxBirthControl, Because Making Love Is Awesome. Making Babies?...Maybe Later
11/12/2014 - Members of White Conn. Frat Go Unpunished After Harassing Black Sorority
11/12/2014 - Michael Brown’s Parents Pour Their Hearts Out to the UN
11/12/2014 - Mo. National Guard on Standby as Darren Wilson Grand Jury Verdict Nears
11/12/2014 - How to Go From Volunteering to Full-Time Work
11/12/2014 - Senate GOP Now Has a Majority. It Shouldn’t Stand in the Way of Judicial Diversity
11/12/2014 - The Beauty of Change: How Art Is Transforming a Notorious South Fla. Community
11/12/2014 - Can White Teachers Be Taught How to Teach Our Children?
11/12/2014 - Woman With Ass Everyone Has Already Seen Takes Picture Of Ass Everyone Has Already Seen
11/11/2014 - Rep. Charles Rangel: ‘White Cracker’ a Term of Endearment
11/11/2014 - Back By Popular Demand: "Bougie Black Girl" And "I Love Bougie Black Girls" Tees And Hoodies
11/11/2014 - How You Can Turn Volunteering Into Full-Time Work
11/11/2014 - The Ku Klux Klan Wants You ... to Join?
11/11/2014 - Sugarhill Gang Rapper Big Bank Hank Dies at Age 57
11/11/2014 - Bill Cosby: Comedian, Philanthropist, but Rape Allegations Won’t Go Away
11/11/2014 - Report: Solange Knowles to Marry Alan Ferguson This Weekend
11/11/2014 - On Praying Away The Gay
11/11/2014 - Report: Adrian Peterson Prepared to Sue the NFL if He Is Not Reinstated
11/11/2014 - Lincoln University President Claims Women Lied About Rape
11/11/2014 - President Obama Wants Open Internet; Here Is What That Means
11/11/2014 - Texas Teacher Suspended Over Racially Charged Tweet
11/11/2014 - Obama: Relax, US Soldiers Won’t Fight Islamic State Directly; They’ll Help Iraqi Forces
11/11/2014 - Pilar Sanders Live-Tweets Custody Dispute After Deion Sanders Calls Police
11/11/2014 - 4 Arrested in NYC Subway-Brawl Video Incident
11/11/2014 - How an Air Force Officer Turned Into a Beauty Queen
11/11/2014 - Why Image of a Black Swordsman in King Solomon’s Court Was a Watershed Moment in European Art
11/11/2014 - Dealing With Dementia: A Son Tells His Story
11/11/2014 - Call of Duty: 17 Top Black Military Officers
11/10/2014 - Bill Cosby Needs New People as the #CosbyMeme Backfires
11/10/2014 - It’s Time We Recognize That ‘N--ga’ Isn’t ‘N--ger’
11/10/2014 - Calif. Man Accused of Killing Black Man Who Was Offering Food to Homeless
11/10/2014 - Man at COGIC Convention: ‘I’m Not Gay No More; I Like Women, Women, Women’
11/10/2014 - "Nigga" Is A Part Of My Vocabulary. Here's Why
11/10/2014 - Anti-Defamation League Is ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Nazi Imagery in Nicki Minaj’s Newest Video
11/10/2014 - Five Financial Tips For New College Grads
11/10/2014 - Report: Nigerian Suicide Bomber Dressed as Student Kills 48
11/10/2014 - Former Mississippi Governor Apologizes for Calling Obama’s Policies ‘Tar Babies’
11/10/2014 - How Much Do You Know About Your Family?
11/10/2014 - NYPD Launches Investigation Into Viral Subway-Brawl Video
11/10/2014 - Pastor Myles Munroe and Wife Among 9 Killed in Plane Crash
11/10/2014 - Detroit Mother of 2 Found Dead in Home
11/10/2014 - ‘We Got Beat’: Obama Owns Democratic Loss in Midterms
11/10/2014 - Philadelphia Teacher Knocked Unconscious by Student
11/10/2014 - Harry Belafonte Receives Humanitarian Award From the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
11/10/2014 - Who Were the Great Black Historians?
11/10/2014 - Loretta Lynch Is a Fearless Prosecutor—She Might Be Just Who Obama Needs at DOJ
11/10/2014 - Missing Black Women Are Usually Ignored Until They’re Proved Worthy
11/9/2014 - Dear Black People: Stop Spreading The Lie That Music Was "Better" Back In The Day
11/9/2014 - Dennis Rodman Claims He Secured Release of Prisoner From North Korea
11/9/2014 - Miami Federal Detention Center Hosts 1st Daddy-Daughter Dance
11/9/2014 - 18,000 Nurses Plan to Strike Over Ebola Preparedness
11/9/2014 - Diversity at Top of PBS News Operation
11/8/2014 - President Obama Nominates Loretta Lynch for Attorney General
11/8/2014 - Tyler Perry Recalls ‘Scary’ Incident With Alleged Stalker
11/8/2014 - Chicago Little League Team Visits White House
11/8/2014 - Ferguson Nervously Awaits Grand Jury Decision
11/8/2014 - Abducted Philly Woman Made Smart Moves That Helped Police Find Her
11/8/2014 - Supreme Court to Review Obamacare Subsidies
11/8/2014 - US Army Issues Apology Over the Use of ‘Negro’
11/8/2014 - 1st Look at Selma Trailer
11/8/2014 - Loretta Lynch: 5 Things to Know About the Next Attorney General
11/7/2014 - Lounging at The Root 100 Gala
11/7/2014 - Republican Spokesman Says the NAACP Is Out-of-Date
11/7/2014 - #Pointergate: How a News Station Missed a Story That Twitter Didn’t
11/7/2014 - When "Taking A Picture" With A Black Man Means You're "Throwing Gang Signs"
11/7/2014 - The 10 Best Things About Sex That Have Nothing To Do With The Actual Sex
11/7/2014 - Report: Obama Expected to Nominate Loretta Lynch for Attorney General
11/7/2014 - Watch This News Anchor Do the Shmoney Dance
11/7/2014 - Scandal Recap: 52 Random Thoughts About That Episode
11/7/2014 - Actress Tasha Smith’s Husband Files Restraining Order for Alleged Death Threats
11/7/2014 - Things My Mom Can’t Make Me Do Now That I’m In College
11/7/2014 - Photos From The Root 100 2014 Gala: Turn Down for What?!
11/7/2014 - Nike Drops Minnesota Vikings Running Back Adrian Peterson
11/7/2014 - The Midterm Elections Helped—Hillary Clinton?
11/7/2014 - C-SPAN Caller Live: ‘Republicans Hate That N--ger Obama’
11/7/2014 - The Root 100: A Night in Photos
11/7/2014 - I Love Her, but She Doesn’t Measure Up to My Friends. Should I Move On?
11/7/2014 - How Will That Shocker of an Election Shake Things Up on the Road to 2016?
11/7/2014 - Am I Related to One of the 1st Black Boxing Champs?
11/7/2014 - The Root 100 Gala Celebrates the Most Influential African Americans
11/6/2014 - The Midterms: For Older White Voters, the End of the Progressive Obama Era?
11/6/2014 - Michael Brown’s Mother Could Face Felony Theft Charges: Report
11/6/2014 - Five Recurring Black Comedy Characters Who Need To Die
11/6/2014 - Obama Will Play Nice With GOP but Won’t Budge on His Plans to Reform Immigration
11/6/2014 - Family Wants Answers After Police Fatally Shoot Illinois Man in a Hospital
11/6/2014 - Army Forgets That It's 2014, Says "Negro" Is Okay As Descriptor
11/6/2014 - Chicago Election Judges Claim They Were Pressured to Vote for Republicans
11/6/2014 - Dressing Vs Stuffing, Decided
11/6/2014 - Obama Answers Michael Jordan’s Golf Dis
11/6/2014 - Some Beneficiaries of Obamacare Still Voted for Republicans Who Are Against It
11/6/2014 - Code Switch: Black Emojis Are on the Way
11/6/2014 - Woman Abducted on Philadelphia Street Found Alive; ‘Dangerous Predator’ Arrested
11/6/2014 - Progressive’s #FloBron Campaign Draws Complaints About Emasculation of Black Men
11/6/2014 - ESPN: Artie Lange’s Tweets Are Reprehensible
11/6/2014 - 15 Savvy Social Media Stars You Should Be Following Right Now
11/6/2014 - The 5 Worst States for Black People
11/6/2014 - 5 Takeaways for Obama After Tuesday’s ‘Shellacking,’ Part Deux
11/5/2014 - Michael Jordan Fires Shots, President Obama Claps Back, Says "I Actually Do My Job, Bitch"
11/5/2014 - Utah’s Mia Love Says Race Not a Factor in Her History-Making Election
11/5/2014 - Dallas Man Arrested for Stealing 160,000 Diapers
11/5/2014 - Comedian Artie Lange Makes Slavery Sex Jokes About First Take Host Cari Champion
11/5/2014 - Where Did All the Black Voters Go on Election Day?
11/5/2014 - Report: Mass Rape of More Than 200 Women and Girls in North Darfur Village
11/5/2014 - Helping Veterans as They Come Back Home
11/5/2014 - There’s a Ribbon in the Sky, but No Triplets in Belly of Stevie Wonder’s Girlfriend
11/5/2014 - 3 More Women Come Forward Against Oklahoma Cop Accused of Raping 8 Black Women
11/5/2014 - Thanksgiving Foods You Won't Eat Unless You're Absolutely, Positively Sure Of Who Made Them
11/5/2014 - Kelly Rowland Gives Birth to a Baby Boy
11/5/2014 - NYC Officers Who Hit Unarmed Teen With Gun Are Charged: Report
11/5/2014 - 2014 Midterms: Running Away From Obama Is What Cost Democrats
11/5/2014 - Wis. SWAT Team Kills Tiny Dog After Being Called to Settle Dispute
11/5/2014 - Brittney Griner Slashed in Knife Attack in China
11/5/2014 - Watch: Polls Aren’t the Only Numbers That Tell the Obama Story
11/5/2014 - Republicans Capture the Senate; Voters Paint the Nation Red
11/5/2014 - Like Colin Powell—and Most Black Folks—Obama Has Never Been Too Liberal or Conservative
11/5/2014 - Helping Veterans as They Come Back Home
11/4/2014 - Nearly Half of Those Who Will Not Vote Are Black and Hispanic
11/4/2014 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 8 Recap: The Return of #bae Moniece
11/4/2014 - Detroit Teen Brutally Beaten Over a Pair of Sneakers
11/4/2014 - Watch: Abduction of Philadelphia Woman Caught on Tape
11/4/2014 - How We Can Respect the Service of Our Veterans
11/4/2014 - Watch: Woman Donates All Her Ex-Boyfriend’s Belongings to Goodwill
11/4/2014 - Dear Chris Brown: People Will Get Over You And Rihanna If You Allow Them To Get Over You And Rihanna
11/4/2014 - African Union: Burkina Faso Military, Hand Over Government or Face Sanctions
11/4/2014 - Beyoncé Unveils Platinum Box Set’s Release Date
11/4/2014 - Obama Campaigns for Northeast Democrats During Midterm Elections
11/4/2014 - To the ‘Well-Traveled’ Black Man Seeking a ‘Sista’: There Are More Women Out There Than You Think
11/4/2014 - Chris Brown Calls The Real Hosts a ‘Trout Mouth A-- B--ch’ and a ‘Muppet Face A--’
11/4/2014 - Wayne Brady Opens Up About His Battle With Depression
11/4/2014 - She Got Game: 13-Year-Old Basketball Star Commits to University of Texas
11/4/2014 - When Black Americans Vote, We Determine Elections
11/4/2014 - 5 Reasons This Year’s Midterm Elections Should Matter to Black Voters
11/4/2014 - Black Uncle Sam Weather Vane May Point to Which Way the Wind Blows on the Issue of Race in Post-Civil War America
11/3/2014 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 24. Bottomless Mimosas
11/3/2014 - Dominicans Embrace US Journalists After Thieves Heist Equipment
11/3/2014 - Sean Kory Will Take Your Breath Away...When You Hear About How Incredibly Dumb His Actual Crime Was
11/3/2014 - American Citizen Lands on Barbed Wire Fence Trying to Escape Namibian Prison
11/3/2014 - Black Women Are Riding a Wave From Voter Participation to Political Office
11/3/2014 - It’s No Surprise—Study Shows Why Nonvoters Are the Voters Who Need to Vote the Most
11/3/2014 - The Problem With Girls Like Lena Dunham
11/3/2014 - NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray: ‘Why Are People Spreading These Lies?’
11/3/2014 - Suge Knight Hospitalized After Fall in Jail Cell; New Video Shows Him Confronting Photographer
11/3/2014 - Mother of Eric Garner Disputes Claims She Received Special Treatment From Police
11/3/2014 - Being A Husband Means You Kill The Maggots
11/3/2014 - This Guy’s Said to Have Attacked a Man on Halloween Because He Dressed as a Fox News Anchor
11/3/2014 - Critics: Former FBI Agent Was Paid $157,000 by Ala. School System to Spy on Black Kids
11/3/2014 - Watch: Navy Vet Stops Robbery of 76-Year-Old Woman
11/3/2014 - Fla. Man Running for Local Office Posts Phony Obama Endorsement Letter to Facebook
11/3/2014 - CNN Guest Says Women Wouldn’t Care About Harassment if Catcallers Were Handsome
11/3/2014 - Well-Traveled, Intelligent Black Man, 34, Seeks ‘Sista’ OK With Him Making Less Money
11/3/2014 - Which Boxing Champ Was ‘Unforgivably Black’?
11/2/2014 - Outrageous Moments for Black TV Journalists
11/2/2014 - Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols Detained at LAX After Cops Find Drugs on Companion
11/2/2014 - Ala. Teen Accused of Robbing Subway Eateries After Diet Fail
11/2/2014 - Prince and Chris Rock Triumph on SNL
11/2/2014 - Who’s Who in the Nov. 4 Election
11/2/2014 - The Root TV: I'm Black, Middle Class and Worried That My Success Made My Kid Less Driven
11/1/2014 - Watch: Spike Lee Dismisses Notion of Post-Racial America
11/1/2014 - Ex-FAMU Marching-Band Member Found Guilty in Hazing Case
11/1/2014 - ‘Ghost of Trayvon Martin’ Was in Renisha McBride Courtroom, Lawyer Says
11/1/2014 - Charles Rangel Draws Fire for GOP Slavery Remark
11/1/2014 - Street Harassment and the New Rules of Engagement
11/1/2014 - Must-See Alert: Stop What You’re Doing and Watch AmeriCAN