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