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2014 October
10/31/2014 - Watch: Ferguson Police Chief Does Not Plan to Step Down
10/31/2014 - Check Out Some of the Best Halloween Costumes on Social Media
10/31/2014 - Are Missouri Dems Pushing the DOJ to End Michael Brown Investigation?
10/31/2014 - 2 Children Found Abandoned in Long Beach, Calif.
10/31/2014 - Scandal Recap: 10 Life Lessons
10/31/2014 - The "When Was The Last Time Your Parents Beat Your Ass" Roundtable
10/31/2014 - Columnist Fired After He Calls Michael Brown an Animal That Had to Be Put Down
10/31/2014 - Katt Williams Says Photograper Was Filming Suge Knight’s Child
10/31/2014 - White Teacher Reportedly Tells Student That Killing All Black People Is on Her Bucket List
10/31/2014 - 40,000 Ga. Voter-Registration Applications Are Still MIA
10/31/2014 - Maine Nurse: Stop Ebola Quarantine or I’ll Sue
10/31/2014 - Chef Carla Hall Uses Kickstarter to Open Restaurant
10/31/2014 - Judge Rejects Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ Request to Throw Out ‘Blurred Lines’ Lawsuit
10/31/2014 - Who Owned My Mixed-Race Ancestor in Louisiana?
10/31/2014 - Leaving a Great Guy to Get Back With a Bad Ex Just Isn’t a Good Move
10/30/2014 - The Five Best Parts Of Lean On Me That Didn't Involve Crack
10/30/2014 - Eric Holder Reveals His Biggest Mistake as Attorney General: Subpoenaing Journalists
10/30/2014 - Yes, the Harassment Video Has Its Problems—but Mostly, It Shows How Indefensible Street Harassment Is
10/30/2014 - Street Harassment Is a Problem—No Doubt—but Here’s Why That Video Didn’t Help the Debate
10/30/2014 - Amanda Seales Takes a Hilarious Look at Love and Speaks on Black Women in Comedy
10/30/2014 - Lebron James Wants You To Hurry Up With His Damn Croissants
10/30/2014 - Judge Offers Stunning Reversal of Sentence After Man Recants Double-Murder Confession
10/30/2014 - Carmen de Lavallade Still Captivates Onstage at 83
10/30/2014 - The Black Movie Solidarity Struggle
10/30/2014 - PJ and The Playlist Thursdays, Vol. 3
10/30/2014 - T-Pain Outchea Singin' Without Auto-Tune And Sounding Good!
10/30/2014 - Charges Refiled Against Homeless Ariz. Woman Who Left Kids in the Car While on Job Interview
10/30/2014 - Chris Brown Settles Lawsuit From DC Assault
10/30/2014 - Halloween ‘Lynching’ Scene Taken Down After Neighbors Complain
10/30/2014 - A Reminder From T-Pain: He Doesn’t Need Auto-Tune
10/30/2014 - Illinois Substitute Teacher Calls Students the N-Word
10/30/2014 - Program Used to Stop Voter Fraud Is Allegedly Flawed
10/30/2014 - Katt Williams and Suge Knight Arrested in Robbery
10/30/2014 - There’s History Behind Those Halloween Blackface Fails
10/30/2014 - Ta-Nehisi Coates on White Supremacy and a Life of Struggle
10/30/2014 - Midterm Elections 2014: This Is Where We Break It Down for You
10/30/2014 - It’s a Mistake for Democratic Candidates to Distance Themselves From Obama
10/30/2014 - My Street Harassment Story
10/29/2014 - Young Midterm-Election Voters Will Likely Vote for Republicans
10/29/2014 - Finding Her Roots: Valerie Jarrett’s Family Made Some Fascinating Contributions to American History
10/29/2014 - Columbus Short: Another Day, Another Bench Warrant
10/29/2014 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 7 Recap: Why Is Ray J Still Here?
10/29/2014 - High School Football Player Has Leg Amputated After Game Injury
10/29/2014 - Painted Down: Exposing Hollywood’s Dirty Little Secret of Putting White Stunt Doubles in Blackface
10/29/2014 - Asian-American Couple Held in Qatar Over Death of Adopted Black Daughter
10/29/2014 - Why I Love NBA Basketball (...And Why You Don't If You Don't)
10/29/2014 - Watch: Harry Potter Star Has Bars
10/29/2014 - Fireball Whiskey Has Some Stuff In It That They Use To Make Anti-Freeze. So?
10/29/2014 - Did This Father Take Social Media Discipline Too Far?
10/29/2014 - Watch: Michigan Police Fatally Shoot Homeless Man, Firing 46 Shots
10/29/2014 - Nigerian Soldiers Arrested for Working as Spies for Boko Haram
10/29/2014 - 3 NYC Corrections Officers Fired After Reports of Corruption at Rikers
10/29/2014 - Listen to a Preview of Maya Angelou’s Caged Bird Songs Album
10/29/2014 - Why VH1 Gets to Be Black Without the Burden
10/29/2014 - In Defense of Tiny Harris’ New Eye Color
10/29/2014 - 6 Reasons Down-Ballot Races Are Just as Important as the Top of the Ticket
10/29/2014 - Newark’s Mayor Meets One-on-One With Gangs to Forge Peace
10/28/2014 - Sister2Sister Magazine Files for Bankruptcy
10/28/2014 - Five Black Superheroes We Need To See
10/28/2014 - Chadwick Boseman Is Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’
10/28/2014 - Ferguson Cop Darren Wilson a No-Show at Court Dates
10/28/2014 - The Dear White People Roundtable
10/28/2014 - Saa’s Story: How She Escaped After Being Kidnapped by Boko Haram
10/28/2014 - Watch Tracee Ellis Ross Attempt to Decode Popular Hip-Hop Music
10/28/2014 - Watch: Chicago Cops Barge Into House to Arrest Man Who Ignored Them
10/28/2014 - Don Lemon: I Get Called Uncle Tom if I Don’t Push a Certain Narrative
10/28/2014 - Divorce: How to Keep the Lawyers From Getting All Your Money
10/28/2014 - Lupita Nyong’o Is Against Turning 12 Years a Slave Site Into Baseball Stadium
10/28/2014 - Ray and Janay Rice Are Praying for Those Who Mock Them
10/28/2014 - REMINISCE HIP HOP COSTUME PARTY | NOVEMBER 1st!
10/28/2014 - From Homeless to Hollywood: Ted ‘Golden Voice’ Williams, 3 Years Later
10/28/2014 - Harlem Businesses Prohibit Hoodies and Masks
10/28/2014 - Boko Haram’s Recent Abductions Suggest That Negotiations Have Failed
10/28/2014 - Nurse Threatens to Sue Over ‘Inhumane’ Ebola Quarantine
10/28/2014 - LeBron and Savannah James Welcome Baby Girl
10/28/2014 - Midterm Elections: What Do Black Women Want?
10/28/2014 - Poll: Do You Uber?
10/28/2014 - Artemis of Ephesus: A Goddess Who Represented an Ideal View of Blackness
10/27/2014 - The 25 Most Popular Black Male Hairstyles of All-Time, Ranked From Worst To First
10/27/2014 - James Brown: New Documentary Traces the Soul of the Godfather
10/27/2014 - Senegalese Boys Attacked and Called ‘Ebola’ at NYC School
10/27/2014 - NYPD Officers Fix Car Owned by Eric Garner’s Mom, Launching Internal Affairs Investigation
10/27/2014 - Philadelphia Cop Caught Threatening Teen on Camera
10/27/2014 - Watch This Woman Wake Up After Dental Surgery Upset That She’s Not Nicki Minaj
10/27/2014 - South Africa Soccer-Team Captain Killed During Attempted Robbery
10/27/2014 - NYC Twins Charged With Robbing 85-Year-Old ‘Sugar Daddy’
10/27/2014 - New Black Panther Party Calls Axman Who Attacked Police a ‘Crusader’
10/27/2014 - Mo’ne Davis Wows at Game 4 of the MLB World Series
10/27/2014 - Report: 5-Year-Old Boy Being Observed for Ebola in NYC Hospital
10/27/2014 - Detroit Man Is Not the Father, but Court Says He Owes $30,000 in Child Support
10/27/2014 - Ind. Teen Shot Dead for Laughing at Neighbor
10/27/2014 - Texas Teen Dies Days After School Holds Special Graduation
10/27/2014 - Grammy-Nominated Gospel Singer James Fortune Arrested on Aggravated Assault Charge
10/27/2014 - Which Black Actor Was Paid to Be White?
10/27/2014 - Dems and Some GOPers Condemn Nebraska Willie Horton Redux Ad
10/27/2014 - Do You Know Who’s Running for District Attorney? Here’s Why You Should
10/27/2014 - Dear Black People: Please Stop Spreading The Lie That "Bad" Blacks Are Holding "Good" Blacks Back
10/26/2014 - Radio Host Convicted of Mortgage Fraud
10/26/2014 - NYPD Cops Recovering After Hatchet Attack
10/26/2014 - NY and NJ Ebola Quarantines Under Fire
10/26/2014 - Md. Teen Viciously Attacked on the Way to Look for Work
10/26/2014 - Search Resumes in DC for Missing 8-Year-Old Relisha Rudd
10/26/2014 - Angela Bassett Traces Roots Back to Slavery
10/25/2014 - Top Cop Says NYPD Hatchet Attack Was an ‘Act of Terror’
10/25/2014 - LAPD Officer Accused in Brutal Attack on Restrained Man
10/25/2014 - Mass. Man Beats Staggering Odds, Winning Twice in 1 Lottery Drawing
10/25/2014 - NY and NJ Impose Ebola Quarantines
10/25/2014 - Feds Loosen Financial Requirements for PLUS Loan Applications
10/24/2014 - NYPD Cop, Attacked by Man With Hatchet, in Critical Condition
10/24/2014 - Here Are 5 Funny Promos for Dear White People, Which Opens in Theaters Nationwide Today
10/24/2014 - Houston Man Charged With Raping Teen and Toddler, Both of Whom Now Have HIV
10/24/2014 - Watch: NYPD Officer, Thinking Fellow Cop Is a Suspect, Kicks Him in the Head
10/24/2014 - If He Wants to Put a Ring on It, Don’t Get Hung Up on What He Bought
10/24/2014 - A Second-By-Second Recap Of Momma Dee's "I Deserve"
10/24/2014 - How to Get Away With Murder Recap: More Wigless Nights
10/24/2014 - NC Man Shoots Home Invaders Who Were Trying to Rape His Teen Granddaughter
10/24/2014 - Cleveland Browns’ Hawkins Jokingly Kicks Out 2-Year-Old Son for Liking Bengals’ Players
10/24/2014 - Scandal Recap: Everyone’s Gone Mad
10/24/2014 - NYC’s 1st Ebola Patient Lives in My Building—Don't Panic
10/24/2014 - Autopsy: Vonderrit Myers Jr. Shot 8 Times, 6 Times From Behind
10/24/2014 - Stingy Rich Woman Who Doesn’t Want to Give Poor Kids Halloween Candy Gets Read by Advice Columnist
10/24/2014 - Ala. Man Settles for $460,000 in Police-Brutality Lawsuit but Gets Only $1,000
10/24/2014 - Janay Rice Comments on Ray Rice Domestic Violence Halloween Costume
10/24/2014 - NYC Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola
10/24/2014 - Calif. Prisons Will No Longer Punish All Inmates of the Same Race for the Actions of 1
10/24/2014 - Activists Want the FBI to Track Police Misconduct on Database
10/24/2014 - People Complain That Woman on Paula Deen’s Website Is Mammyish
10/24/2014 - Beyond Ellis Island Records: How Do I Find Immigrant Forebears?
10/24/2014 - “Harlem Nights” and Other Negro Viewing Requirements
10/23/2014 - Moderators of the 2014 Debates Overwhelmingly Are White Men
10/23/2014 - Boko Haram Suspected of Kidnapping 25 More Nigerian Girls
10/23/2014 - Black-ish, The Best Black Sitcom...Ever?
10/23/2014 - Georgia Man Texts Probation Officer About Getting Weed
10/23/2014 - Marchers Protesting Michael Brown Shooting Block Atlanta Highway
10/23/2014 - NYPD Officer’s Account of Bronx Man’s Arrest Contradicted by Video
10/23/2014 - Last Night’s Black-ish Whupping Episode Was Genius—Too Bad It Didn’t Air a Month Ago
10/23/2014 - Watch Spike Lee’s Mo’ne Davis Documentary, I Throw Like a Girl
10/23/2014 - On Seattle Quarterback Russell Wilson Not Being "Black Enough"
10/23/2014 - Craigslist Ad: Cool Black Kids Wanted to Hang Out With Bullied Son
10/23/2014 - Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B Rocks the Boat With Mediocre Talent and Controversy
10/23/2014 - Family: Dallas Nurse Amber Vinson Is Ebola-Free
10/23/2014 - Los Angeles Boy, 7, Dies After Being Run Over by Ice-Cream Truck
10/23/2014 - PJ and The Playlist Thursdays, Volume 2
10/23/2014 - Substitute Teacher Arrested After Reportedly Having Sex With Student on Her 1st Day
10/23/2014 - 2nd Man Accused of Jumping White House Fence Has Mental Issues, Father Says
10/23/2014 - Cuba and the US Hug It Out Over Responses to Ebola
10/23/2014 - Pebbles Files $40,000,000 Lawsuit Against Viacom Over TLC Biopic
10/23/2014 - Black Art Lovers, London Is the Place to Be Right Now
10/23/2014 - Cornel West’s New Book, Black Prophetic Fire, Drives Home His Critique of Obama
10/22/2014 - Mo'Ne Davis Is Better At What She Does Than You Are At What You Do, Part 3
10/22/2014 - Yup, Black Pittsburghers Have A "Pittsburghese" Too
10/22/2014 - Chicago Activists ‘Charge Genocide’
10/22/2014 - Autopsy: Michael Brown Sustained Close-Range Wound to Hand
10/22/2014 - Ben Bradlee, Newspaper Editor of Watergate Fame, Dies at 93
10/22/2014 - Video Showing 7-Eleven Employees Refusing to Sell Chips to a Black Child Until a White Woman Steps in Goes Viral
10/22/2014 - Maryland Teen Found Guilty of Raping Classmate in High School Hallway
10/22/2014 - New York Man Charged With Fatally Beating Toddler
10/22/2014 - Master P Didn't Ruin Hip Hop, Jay-Z Did
10/22/2014 - Blood, Sweat and Heels Star Arrested and Accused of Cracking Bottle Over Co-Star Melyssa Ford’s Head
10/22/2014 - We Create More Jobs When Black-Women-Owned Businesses Succeed
10/22/2014 - Former Harlem Globetrotter Goes Missing During Road Trip
10/22/2014 - United Nations: Detroit Water Shutoffs Violate Human Rights
10/22/2014 - Hispanic Voters: GOP Candidates Running for House Seats Don’t Need You
10/22/2014 - Dee From What’s Happening Reveals Cancer Diagnosis and Smithsonian Honor
10/22/2014 - Now the NAACP and Family Lawyers Are Looking Into Lennon Lacy’s Hanging Death
10/22/2014 - Pennsylvania’s Attempt to Silence Prison Activist Mumia Abu-Jamal
10/21/2014 - African Journalists Are Disinvited From US Speaking Engagements Because of Ebola
10/21/2014 - 10 Things Less Somehow Less Predictable Than Chief Keef Getting Dropped From His Label
10/21/2014 - Black Woman Behind Wasabi-Ginger Potato Chips Takes Home Grand Prize
10/21/2014 - Rwanda to Screen Travelers From the United States
10/21/2014 - Missouri State Senator Arrested During Protest in Ferguson
10/21/2014 - ESPN Host: Rape Charges Helped Kobe Bryant ‘Sizzle’
10/21/2014 - A Second-By-Second Breakdown Of President Obama Reminding Us He Can Take Your Girlfriend
10/21/2014 - Georgia Man Given 20-Year Sentence for Stealing Teen’s iPod
10/21/2014 - Police: NJ Woman Stole and Resold $3.7M in Goods From Sears
10/21/2014 - Police: Serial-Killer Suspect Hints at More Victims Going Back 20 Years
10/21/2014 - Watch Chicago Man Tell Obama While He’s Voting: ‘Don’t Touch My Girlfriend’
10/21/2014 - Just in Case You Wanted an ‘Ebola Mask,’ Rapper Cam’ron Is Selling Them
10/21/2014 - Shonda Rhimes to Viewer Complaining on Twitter About Gay Scenes: ‘Bye Felicia’
10/21/2014 - Why This Kid's YMCA Membership Card Pic Is The Blackest (And Cutest) Thing We've Ever Seen This Week
10/21/2014 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood, Ep. 6 Recap: Oh How Things Change
10/21/2014 - Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
10/21/2014 - 6-Year-Old Shopping for Bubble Gum Killed in Kansas City Shooting
10/21/2014 - Americans Aren’t Really Donating Money to the Ebola Outbreak
10/21/2014 - Some Rich, White People in Baton Rouge, La., Want to Form Their Own Town
10/21/2014 - Saturday Night Live Writer Leslie Jones Is Promoted to Cast Member
10/21/2014 - Leak? It Probably Means That Darren Wilson Won’t Be Charged In Michael Brown’s Death
10/21/2014 - Laura, the Black Model Who Graced the Art of 19th-Century France
10/21/2014 - Long-Term Unemployed Are Largely Ignored in a Recovering Economy
10/20/2014 - World Health Organization: Nigeria Is Now Ebola-Free
10/20/2014 - Carol’s Daughter Is Acquired by L’Oreal USA
10/20/2014 - 10 Rap Songs That Would Be As Big (Or Bigger) Today As When They Came Out
10/20/2014 - Possible Serial Killer Linked to Bodies of 7 Women in Northwestern Indiana
10/20/2014 - Watch ‘I Deserve,’ New Video From Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’s Momma Dee
10/20/2014 - Ferguson Protesters Battle St. Louis Rams Fans After Game
10/20/2014 - The #PostBadBeards Struggle Is REAL: Why I'm Not Mad At Fake Beards
10/20/2014 - Rwandan Children Kept Home From NJ Elementary School Amid Ebola Scare
10/20/2014 - Family: Amber Vinson, 2nd Nurse to Contract Ebola, Did Not Fly Recklessly
10/20/2014 - When White People Attack...Pumpkins
10/20/2014 - Spiders The Size of Puppies? Fuck Nature, Yo.
10/20/2014 - This Isn’t New—Venus and Serena Have Endured Nasty Insults Throughout Their Careers
10/20/2014 - Black People Riot Over Injustice; White People Riot Over Pumpkins and Football
10/20/2014 - Ga. Teen Files Lawsuit After Being Arrested at Gunpoint for Seat Belt Violation
10/20/2014 - Nigerian Parents Doubtful of Girls’ Release After ‘Truce’ Breached
10/20/2014 - Kevin Hart Says the ‘Kevin Hart Effect’ Got the Shuttle-Bus Driver Reinstated
10/20/2014 - Did a Black Man Invent Crest Toothpaste?
10/20/2014 - How One Man Hopes to Diversify the Tech Industry Through His ‘Platform’
10/20/2014 - Democratic Candidates Must Work Harder to Lock in Black Voters
10/19/2014 - NABJ Criticism Prompts CNN to ‘Reconsider’ Sponsorship
10/19/2014 - Watch: Obama Warns Against ‘Hysteria’ and 'Fear’ in Ebola Battle
10/19/2014 - Detroit 3-Year-Old Killed After Facebook Fight Spills Offline
10/19/2014 - Tennis Chief Suspended After Insulting Venus and Serena
10/19/2014 - Sharpton Blasts Darren Wilson’s Account of Fatal Shooting
10/19/2014 - New Film Highlights Jazz Trumpeter Clark Terry’s Role as Teacher and Mentor
10/19/2014 - Ferguson’s Marchers Have Shown Us That We’re Not Done Marching
10/18/2014 - Trump Agency Accused of Bilking Model Out of Salary
10/18/2014 - Why President Obama’s Credit Card Was Declined
10/18/2014 - Supreme Court Upholds New Texas Voter-ID Law
10/18/2014 - Report: Darren Wilson Feared for His Life
10/18/2014 - ‘Captain Save-a-Bro’: Women, Stop Trying to Save Wayward Men
10/18/2014 - Tracy Mourning Is Helping Black Girls Shine Nationwide
10/17/2014 - Court Orders Ala. Pastor With AIDS Out of the Church
10/17/2014 - Which Album Cover Is Worse? Big Bear Vs. Big Mike
10/17/2014 - Dear White People Skewers College Life as a ‘Black Face in a White Place’
10/17/2014 - Michael Dunn Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Teen Over Loud Music
10/17/2014 - How to Get Away With Murder Recap: 9 Words, 2 Eyelashes and 1 Wig
10/17/2014 - Nigeria and Boko Haram Reach Cease-Fire Deal; Girls Reported to Be Released
10/17/2014 - Scandal Recap: It’s Complicated
10/17/2014 - Why The "Unmasking" Of Viola Davis On HTGAWM Is The Blackest Thing We've Ever Seen This Week
10/17/2014 - Kerry Washington Shows Her Natural Beauty on the Cover of Allure
10/17/2014 - #IamaLiberianNotaVirus Goes Viral to Stop Ebola Stigmatization
10/17/2014 - Joe Biden’s Son Hunter Discharged From Navy for Positive Cocaine Test
10/17/2014 - Black Ohio Newspaper Endorses Republican Governor for Re-Election
10/17/2014 - Obama: National Guard, Be Ready to Go if West Africa Needs You
10/17/2014 - Miley Cyrus Has Given Up on Twerking; She’s Columbused the Nae Nae
10/17/2014 - Kevin Hart Asks National Car Rental to Reinstate Shuttle-Bus Driver
10/17/2014 - My Ancestor’s Tragedy Made the Papers. What Happened Next?
10/17/2014 - Whining About Dating When a Man Is Right Under Your Nose
10/17/2014 - Mother and Daughter Crusade for Prevention of Gynecological Cancers
10/16/2014 - CNN’s Restructuring Results in Several Layoffs for Journalists of Color
10/16/2014 - Vote or Vest: Stopping Police Brutality in Florida
10/16/2014 - Watch Bill O’Reilly Get Schooled by Jon Stewart on White Privilege
10/16/2014 - Former NBA Star Chris Webber Wants Majority Ownership of the Atlanta Hawks
10/16/2014 - West African Teen Taunted With Chants of ‘Ebola’ at High School Soccer Game
10/16/2014 - Kansas Man Arrested in Rape of 100-Year-Old Woman
10/16/2014 - Yale Student Hospitalized With Ebola-Like Symptoms
10/16/2014 - Officer Involved in Shooting of Unarmed, Sleeping Milwaukee Man Is Fired
10/16/2014 - I Just Want To Talk To My Mom Today
10/16/2014 - Watch: Student Charged With Assault and Teacher on Leave After Fight Caught on Tape
10/16/2014 - Shuttle-Bus Driver Says Selfie With Kevin Hart Ruined Her Life
10/16/2014 - Nearby Gunfire Interrupts Anti-Violence Rally, 8-Year-Old’s Remarks
10/16/2014 - 2nd Texas Nurse to Contract Ebola Was Cleared by CDC to Fly
10/16/2014 - Event Calendar
10/16/2014 - PJ and The Playlist Thursdays, Vol 1
10/16/2014 - Thomas Eric Duncan Didn’t Have to Die From Ebola, Nephew Says
10/16/2014 - UK Experts: Hip-Hop Can Be Used to Treat Mental Illness
10/16/2014 - 40,000 Voter-Registration Applications Submitted by Blacks and Hispanics Disappear in Ga.
10/16/2014 - Halle Berry Wants Child Support Slashed, Claims Ex Is Living off It
10/16/2014 - A Different World: Why My Predominantly White College Wasn’t Right for Me
10/16/2014 - Not-So-Great Expectations: Teachers Expect Less of Black and Brown Students
10/16/2014 - Dear White People: Art Imitating Life’s Racism
10/15/2014 - An Ode To The First Black Twitter: Vibe Magazine's 20 Questions
10/15/2014 - Watch Erykah Badu Make Less Than $4 While Singing in Times Square
10/15/2014 - A Ranking Of The 10 Whitest Guys Rashida Jones Has Been Romantically Paired With On Screen
10/15/2014 - Olympic Fencer Kamara James Dead at 29
10/15/2014 - Study: Photos of Black Voters Affect White Voters’ View of Voter-ID Laws
10/15/2014 - Michelle Obama Says, ‘Turnip for What?’
10/15/2014 - Sierra Leonean Student Denied Housing Twice in UK City Over Ebola Fears
10/15/2014 - 10 Random Thoughts About Last Night’s Very Entertaining BET Hip Hop Awards
10/15/2014 - Watch: Texas Cop Pepper-Sprays Student Who Was Recording Him
10/15/2014 - 2nd Dallas Health Care Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
10/15/2014 - Ferguson Cops Are Accused of Using the ‘Catch and Release’ Tactic to Slow Down Journalists
10/15/2014 - Orange Is the New Black Releases Prison-Themed Cookbook
10/15/2014 - Supreme Court Ruling Will Keep Several Texas Abortion Clinics Up and Running
10/15/2014 - CDC to Dispatch Response Team to Any US Hospital With an Ebola Diagnosis
10/15/2014 - Police: St. Louis Teen Shot by Off-Duty Officer Had Gunshot Residue on Hand
10/15/2014 - Chris Rock Will Host Saturday Night Live With Prince as the Musical Guest
10/15/2014 - Ferguson Has Awakened a Larger Struggle for Racial and Economic Justice in America
10/15/2014 - Obamacare Is Working, but No One—GOP or Dem—Is Running on It
10/15/2014 - Malia and Sasha Obama: Our Favorite Photos
10/14/2014 - 2014 BET Hip-Hop Awards Recap
10/14/2014 - Pastor With AIDS Who Admitted to Adultery With Church Members Won’t Step Down
10/14/2014 - Just What the World Needs: A Vegan Du-Rag
10/14/2014 - 7 HIV / AIDS Lessons From the Montgomery, Ala., Pastor Disaster
10/14/2014 - Ebola-Themed Halloween Outfits Expected to Go ‘Viral’
10/14/2014 - Police Search for 3 Men Believed to Be Involved in Death of 15-Month-Old NJ Girl
10/14/2014 - A Ranking Of The 25 Best Black Television Shows Of All-Time
10/14/2014 - Dallas Cowboys Player Arrested for Shoplifting Underwear and Cologne
10/14/2014 - How Does It Work Being a Stay-at-Home Dad?
10/14/2014 - Ben Jealous and Actress Khandi Alexander Find Their Roots
10/14/2014 - Convicted Killer Charged in Mother’s Murder 2 Days After Release
10/14/2014 - Home Depot Executive VP Marvin Ellison to Lead J.C. Penney
10/14/2014 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 5 Recap: "Truth Be Told"
10/14/2014 - Not a Black, but a White American Studies Course
10/14/2014 - Cornel West Arrested While Protesting in Ferguson
10/14/2014 - #NoJusticeNoFootball: Ferguson Protesters Take Over Monday Night Football
10/14/2014 - Phaedra Parks, Real Housewives of Atlanta Star, Files for Divorce From Apollo Nida
10/14/2014 - World-Renowned Kenyan-Born Scholar Ali Mazrui Dies at 81
10/14/2014 - 50 Years Ago Today, MLK Was Honored for His Dedication to Peace
10/14/2014 - Out of My Racial Comfort Zone: Why a Predominantly White College Was Best for Me
10/14/2014 - A Tribute to a British Politician Who Fought to End the Slave Trade
10/14/2014 - If Black Voters Don’t Show Up for Midterms, ‘Shame on Them’
10/13/2014 - Is Family Money the Difference Between Todd Gurley’s Case and Johnny Manziel’s Case?
10/13/2014 - How To Celebrate Columbus Day In The Most Columbus Day Way Possible
10/13/2014 - Chris Brown: ‘Ebola Epidemic Is a Form of Population Control’
10/13/2014 - 10 Thoughts That Immediately Popped Into My Head While Watching Gone Girl
10/13/2014 - Steve Harvey’s Dating Site Wants to Help Women ‘Become More Datable’
10/13/2014 - Detroit Cop Suspended After Getting Caught Wearing Murder Victim’s Watch
10/13/2014 - Tinashe’s Aquarius, Is...Surprisingly Good
10/13/2014 - Okla. Family’s Obama Halloween Tombstone Offends Neighbor
10/13/2014 - 17 Arrested During Protest to Stop Police Violence in St. Louis
10/13/2014 - Watch: White Woman Comes to Black Man’s Aid, Tells Police to Leave
10/13/2014 - 5 Things to Consider to Pick the Perfect College for You
10/13/2014 - 8 Things That Have Been ‘Columbused’ This Year
10/13/2014 - Why Did Malcolm X Go to Oxford?
10/13/2014 - Former Intern Files Class Action Lawsuit Against The Wendy Williams Show
10/12/2014 - Still A Nigger In Paris
10/12/2014 - Beyoncé Reigns Over Houston’s Airwaves
10/12/2014 - St. Louis Protests: ‘Just Because They Have a Badge’ Doesn’t Mean That They Can Kill Us
10/12/2014 - Chicago Man Allegedly Stabs Woman ‘Because She Was Black’
10/12/2014 - LAPD Offers $50,000 in Slaying of Transgender Woman
10/12/2014 - Dallas Health Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
10/12/2014 - Viola Davis Grew Up Ashamed of Her Poverty
10/12/2014 - Redrawing Virginia: A Chance for a New, Fair, Competitive State
10/12/2014 - Daisha Simmons’ Story Is a Cautionary Tale for All Student Athletes
10/11/2014 - Gov. Christie’s NAACP Speech Won’t Change His Abysmal Record on Issues That Matter to People of Color
10/11/2014 - Weekend Rally in St. Louis Begins Peacefully
10/11/2014 - Chicago Man Gets 160 Years in Death of Suburban Teen
10/11/2014 - Jahi McMath’s Family Seeks Medical Consensus
10/11/2014 - 2nd Mistrial for Detroit Cop Who Killed 7-Year-Old Girl
10/11/2014 - Tattoo of Boyfriend’s Name Will Likely Be Around Longer Than He Will
10/11/2014 - Good Riddance, ‘Baby Doc’
10/10/2014 - Young Black Men 21 Times More Likely Than Whites to Be Shot Dead by Police
10/10/2014 - President Obama Celebrates America’s Newest National Monument: The San Gabriel Mountains
10/10/2014 - How to Get Away With Murder Recap: Situations and Sexual Secrets
10/10/2014 - Why This Picture Of Joe Biden Counting Cash And Eating Ice Cream Is The Blackest Thing We've Ever Seen Today
10/10/2014 - Woman Files Complaint Against Federal Agent Who Disguised Himself as Her on Facebook
10/10/2014 - Exclusive: Tanee McCall Discusses Her New Film, The End Again, and Opens Up About Her Marriage to Columbus Short
10/10/2014 - In St. Louis, ‘We Want People to Stop Killing Our Children’
10/10/2014 - Scandal Recap: The Truth Hurts
10/10/2014 - 5 Interesting and Useful Facts I Learned From Hip-Hop
10/10/2014 - Keke Palmer Is the Latest Celebrity to Have Nudes Leaked
10/10/2014 - There’s No Way a Seat Belt Stop Should End With Cops Using a Taser on a Man
10/10/2014 - Nonwhite South Africans Want Land Back Taken During Apartheid
10/10/2014 - Obama Plays Young-People Politics Weeks Before the Midterm Elections
10/10/2014 - How to Get Away With Murder and Black-ish Picked Up for Full Season
10/10/2014 - Something Fishy Is Going on With Ferguson’s Voter Rolls
10/10/2014 - Parents Claim No Choice, No Voice, in Children’s Education
10/10/2014 - What’s the Best Way to Research Bajan Roots?
10/9/2014 - Adrian Peterson Allegedly Admitted to Smoking Weed, Could Be Arrested
10/9/2014 - Former CNN Employee Says He Was Fired Because of His Race
10/9/2014 - Lawyer for Eric Garner’s Family Accused of Rape
10/9/2014 - Watch: NYPD Officer Allegedly Knocks Out Cigarette-Smoking Teen
10/9/2014 - "Morning, Church. I've Been Fucking Everyone. Oh, And I Have AIDS." = Worst. Sermon. Ever.
10/9/2014 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 23. Thinkpieces
10/9/2014 - Watch: NYPD Officer Allegedly Takes $1,000-Plus From Construction Worker
10/9/2014 - Ala. Pastor Tells Congregation That He Has AIDS and Slept With Church Members
10/9/2014 - 5 US Airports Will Screen Passengers Coming From West Africa for Ebola
10/9/2014 - Aunt Jemima’s Relatives Are Suing the Brand’s Owner for Royalties
10/9/2014 - Protests Erupt in St. Louis After Off-Duty Officer Fatally Shoots Teen
10/9/2014 - Yes, There’s an All-Beyoncé Radio Station in Houston, but Not for Long
10/9/2014 - Paula Patton Officially Files for Divorce From Robin Thicke
10/9/2014 - 10 College Majors Guaranteed to Earn the Biggest Bucks
10/9/2014 - 800-Pound Man Fights for Life and Inspires Social Media
10/9/2014 - How to Get Away With Dressing to Kill
10/9/2014 - Changing the Culture of Sexual Assault on College Campuses
10/8/2014 - ELLE Magazine "Discovers" Timberland Trend; The Entire 1990s Says "Discover Deez"
10/8/2014 - Viola Davis Teaches Elmo How to Get Away With a Fiesta
10/8/2014 - After Leon Panetta’s Betrayal, Obama Should Place More Trust in Friends—Not His ‘Team of Rivals’
10/8/2014 - Our Dangerous Definition Of Manhood
10/8/2014 - NC Police Pepper-Spray Black Teen in White Foster Parents’ Home
10/8/2014 - Zane Spills the Juicy Details About Her New Movie, Addicted
10/8/2014 - Nicki Minaj: ‘It Is Possible to Be an Animal Onstage and a Caring Mother at the Same Time’
10/8/2014 - Florida Inmate Beaten to Death After Aunt Reported Guard’s Threats
10/8/2014 - 1st Person Diagnosed With Ebola in America Has Died, Hospital Reports
10/8/2014 - I'm Someone's Husband? Me? Really?
10/8/2014 - Cowboys Player Involved in Sexual Assault Allegations Accused of Rape Attempt in 2013
10/8/2014 - Woman’s Throat Slashed in NYC After She Turns Down Date
10/8/2014 - New Book Describes How Slavery Impacted Who Is Wealthy Today and Who Isn’t
10/8/2014 - This Week in Columbusing: 20 Years Later, Elle Mag Says Timberlands Are a ‘Trend’
10/8/2014 - Detroit Cop Who Killed 7-Year-Old Will Face Only Misdemeanor Charge
10/8/2014 - ‘Keep Moving’ Command Used by Ferguson Cops Is Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Judge
10/8/2014 - The Root’s Readers Name the 50 Greatest Black TV Shows of All Time
10/8/2014 - The Story You Don’t Know About the End of Apartheid
10/8/2014 - Growing Up Cosby
10/8/2014 - In Georgia’s Midterms, the Cold War Against Black Voters Gets Hot
10/7/2014 - The NFL's Big Brain Injury Problem That We Don't Give A Damn About
10/7/2014 - VSB Contributor Tunde Akinyeke Named On List Of Black Dudes In STEM And Shit
10/7/2014 - St. Louis Cardinals Fans Tell Michael Brown Protesters to ‘Get a Job!’
10/7/2014 - Mother of 3 Killed in Detroit After Rejecting a Man’s Advances
10/7/2014 - Watch: NYPD Officers Beat 16-Year-Old Who Is Trying to Surrender
10/7/2014 - Eight Dumb-Ass Sexual Myths (Some) People Somehow Still Believe
10/7/2014 - It Happened: Alfonso Ribeiro Performed ‘the Carlton’ on Dancing With the Stars
10/7/2014 - BET’s The Game to End After 9 Seasons
10/7/2014 - Making Retirement Work, Even After Job Loss
10/7/2014 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 4 Recap: These *CENSORED* Ain't Loyal...Or Listening
10/7/2014 - Watch: Ind. Cops Break Car Window, Use Taser on Man in Front of Children
10/7/2014 - Why Send the Military and Not Medicine to Ebola-Stricken Africa?
10/7/2014 - 4-Year-Old Girl Brings Heroin to Day Care; Mom Arrested
10/7/2014 - Drake May Know Strippers by Their Real Names, but One Used His to File a Police Report
10/7/2014 - New Allegations Link Adrian Peterson’s Charity Funds to ‘Orgy’
10/7/2014 - 7 Creative Ways to Find Cash for College
10/7/2014 - Remembering the Gifts of Geoffrey Holder
10/7/2014 - Supreme Court Could Decide Voter-Restriction Battle in NC
10/7/2014 - This Egyptian Paddle Doll May Look Like a Simple Toy, but It Is So Much More
10/6/2014 - Last Chance: You Can Still Beat Today’s Voter-Registration Deadline in 16 States and DC
10/6/2014 - Texas Ebola Patient Gets Experimental Treatment
10/6/2014 - Raven-Symoné Goes ‘New Black,’ Doesn’t Want to Be Labeled African American
10/6/2014 - Jacksonville Jaguars Apologize for Mascot’s Ebola ‘Joke’
10/6/2014 - Raven Labels Self "Colorless and American." World Replies "Colorless And American' Is NOT A Color, Raven"
10/6/2014 - Teairra Mari Should Be A Superstar
10/6/2014 - Flash Mob of Michael Brown Protesters Interrupts St. Louis Symphony Concert
10/6/2014 - Patriots Honor Bengals Player’s Daughter Who Is Battling Cancer
10/6/2014 - Watch: Ohio Police Change Story and Arrest Couple During Traffic Stop
10/6/2014 - I Refuse to Let ‘Daddy Issues’ Hold Me Back
10/6/2014 - Study: Raising Expectations Actually Raises Students’ Grades
10/6/2014 - Which Black Man Was Responsible for Burying Bodies at Gettysburg?
10/6/2014 - Where Ebola Meets Concerns Over Race, Class and the Uninsured
10/6/2014 - The White Church Should Not Be Silent on the Killing of Black Men by Police
10/6/2014 - I See What Dave Chappelle Saw
10/5/2014 - President Obama Slams Fox News
10/5/2014 - SNL Spoofs Al Sharpton
10/5/2014 - Chicago Man Charged in Death of Beloved Elderly Barber
10/5/2014 - Dallas Ebola Patient in Critical Condition
10/4/2014 - What Martin Taught Us About Relationships
10/4/2014 - Haiti’s ‘Baby Doc’ Dies at 63
10/4/2014 - CDC: What You Need to Know About Ebola
10/4/2014 - Police: Bali Slaying Linked to N-Word Slur
10/4/2014 - Dallas Workers Race to Contain Ebola
10/4/2014 - Jahi McMath Moves on Command in Video
10/4/2014 - How the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Hopes to Heal America’s Race Problem
10/3/2014 - Record Number of Black Candidates Vie for Federal Office in 2014 Midterms
10/3/2014 - Mentally Ill NC Inmate Died of Thirst, Autopsy Shows
10/3/2014 - A Man Posing as a Congressman Gets Backstage at a Dinner Keynoted by Obama
10/3/2014 - How to Get Away With Murder Can Make You Feel ‘Lost’
10/3/2014 - Patient With Ebola-Like Symptoms Being Treated in Washington, DC
10/3/2014 - Please Watch: "Never Catch Me" By Flying Lotus (Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
10/3/2014 - Rapper Big Pun’s Mother Isn’t a Player; She Just Allegedly Robs Banks a Lot
10/3/2014 - Ebola, Hoes, and Mixtapes: The Blackest Thing We've Ever Seen This Week, Redux
10/3/2014 - Cops tell Black Kids to Leave Mostly White Neighborhood in NYC: Report
10/3/2014 - Scandal Recap: Olivia Pope Never Fails
10/3/2014 - The Levels Of The Friend Zone, Brought To You By Scandal's Jake Ballard
10/3/2014 - Is Meld the Tinder for Bougie Black People?
10/3/2014 - Caught Smoking Weed in Philly? You’ll Now Get a $25 Fine, Not Arrested
10/3/2014 - About 100 People Linked to US Ebola Patient Are Being Screened by Health Officials
10/3/2014 - Watch the 1st Trailer for Lifetime’s Aaliyah Biopic
10/3/2014 - Was My Ancestor an Afro-Cuban Railroad Man?
10/3/2014 - No, a Boyfriend Doesn’t Have to Pay Bills Like a Husband
10/3/2014 - Obama and the Conundrum of Not Being a Post-Racial America
10/2/2014 - Black People, the New York Times Wants You as a Reader
10/2/2014 - Ariz. Teacher Fired for Defending 9-Year-Old Against Students Using N-Word
10/2/2014 - How to Comment on The Root’s Website
10/2/2014 - US Ebola Victim Made Several Stops on His Way to Texas
10/2/2014 - Fuck The Police, Volume 3,456,789,777,841,546,354,147
10/2/2014 - Black-ish Is Cute And Cuddly, Not Controversial
10/2/2014 - Report: Civil Rights Charges Against George Zimmerman Unlikely, Officials Say
10/2/2014 - Amazon.com Adds a ‘That’s Racist’ Warning to Tom and Jerry Cartoons
10/2/2014 - Tracy Morgan’s Lawyer Says He’s Struggling to Recover
10/2/2014 - African-ish: Can You Pass Citizenry Down Through Generations?
10/2/2014 - Jahi McMath’s Family Wants Teen Declared ‘Alive’
10/2/2014 - Calif. Equalizes Prison Sentencing for Crack and Cocaine Drug Crimes
10/2/2014 - NFL Player Accused of Sexual Assault Investigated by Police
10/2/2014 - Officials Investigating Ferguson Grand Jury for Misconduct
10/2/2014 - #PaulaMentoring Trends in Response to Paula Deen Mentoring Black Boys
10/2/2014 - This Is Not a Gun: So, Officers, Stop Shooting Unarmed Black Men
10/1/2014 - Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Steps Down Amid Scrutiny
10/1/2014 - Jordan Davis Killer Convicted of 1st-Degree Murder
10/1/2014 - I Was There For Lauryn Hill In London. Here's What I Saw
10/1/2014 - Education Department Seeks to Level Public-Education Playing Field
10/1/2014 - 1 Year After the GOP’s Government Shutdown, It’s Time for America to Change Course
10/1/2014 - Would You Want Your Kids Mentored by Paula Deen? Steve Harvey Thinks So
10/1/2014 - NYC Man Helps Wife Regain Memory
10/1/2014 - Fla. Officer Investigated for Using Taser on 62-Year-Old Woman
10/1/2014 - Key & Peele Take The Blackness Challenge With VSB
10/1/2014 - Black Artistic and Political Achievement Celebrated by Harvard’s Hutchins Center
10/1/2014 - White Mother Sues Sperm Bank After Birth of Mixed-Race Daughter
10/1/2014 - Did You Know That It’s #DuragHistoryWeek?
10/1/2014 - The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross Snags Emmy Win
10/1/2014 - Why This Seagram's Gin With A Complimentary Du-Rag Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen
10/1/2014 - Boston Herald Cartoon: White House Intruder Asks Obama About ‘Watermelon’ Toothpaste
10/1/2014 - Watch: Making of Time Is Illmatic Documentary
10/1/2014 - Listen: SC Cop Who Shot Man Reaching for His Wallet Tells His Side
10/1/2014 - Report: President Obama Rode Elevator With Armed Convict
10/1/2014 - Orphans of Ebola Are Being Ostracized by Cautious Relatives
10/1/2014 - Anti-Islam Ad Featuring Beheaded American Journalist Pulled by Hate Group
10/1/2014 - Tracy Morgan: ‘I Can’t Believe Wal-Mart Is Blaming Me’
10/1/2014 - What Obama Should Do for His Last 2 Years in Office