8/31/2015 - How Musicians and Artists Can Be Relevant to the Social-Justice Movement

8/31/2015 - Terrence Howard Got on Twitter and Shut Down Rumors That He Divorced His Current Wife 

8/31/2015 - Campaign 2016: The Angry White Man’s Last Stand

8/31/2015 - Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, ‘Mammy’ and the Best Times to Shut Up About Race

8/31/2015 - DC: REMINISCE | SATURDAY, SEP 5 || VSB LIVE | SUNDAY, SEP 20

8/31/2015 - Hulk Hogan: Getting Caught Saying N-Word Was the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Me, and Rappers Shouldn’t Use It if I Can’t

8/31/2015 - Black Utah Man Says He Is Being Terrorized by Racist Neighbors

8/31/2015 - Nigerians Showed Lauryn Hill So Much Love on Social Media When She Performed There for the 1st Time Sunday

8/31/2015 - Photos: Blackout Film Festival Draws Activist Entertainers

8/31/2015 - Witness: Calif. Hotel Owner told Gunman to ‘Kill That N--ger’ Before Homeless Man Was Slain

8/31/2015 - Straight Outta Compton Is No. 1 for 3rd Week in a Row and Now Highest-Grossing Musical Biopic—Ever

8/31/2015 - Racist Slave Trade Video Game Prompts Social Media Backlash  

8/31/2015 - Nicki Minaj's "Pastor Lydia" Is The Worst Pastor Ever, And More Takeaways From The 2015 VMAs

8/31/2015 - Watch: Will Smith in Trailer for Movie About Concussions in the NFL  

8/31/2015 - Wayne Dyer, Self-Help Guru, Dead at 75

8/31/2015 - ‘Fat Amy’ Actress Called Out for Joking About Police Injustice at VMAs  

8/31/2015 - Lawsuit: White Fla. Teacher Fired for Having Black Boyfriend 

8/31/2015 - Nicki Minaj Calls Out Miley Cyrus Onstage at the 2015 MTV VMAs

8/31/2015 - Review of Balm: 3 Who Begin New Lives After the Civil War

8/30/2015 - Because He Got High: Kanye Announces 2020 Run for President During MTV Video Music Awards in Rambling Speech

8/30/2015 - Top Journalists Reflect on Covering Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later

8/30/2015 - The Responsible Celebrity: Actors, Filmmakers Talk About Art, Activism at Blackout Festival  

8/30/2015 - Watch: Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy Score Roles in Richard Pryor Biopic

8/30/2015 - Social Media Threat Against Black High School Students in Texas Spurs Mass Absences

8/30/2015 - Watch: Texas Sheriff Slams #BlackLivesMatter in Death of Deputy

8/30/2015 - Les Miserables Actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste Dies at 21

8/30/2015 - Olympic Gold-Medal Swimmer Who Almost Drowned as a Child Is Devoted to Teaching Kids How to Swim

8/30/2015 - From Raunchy Rap to a Political Awakening: The Book of Luke Tells the Tales

8/30/2015 - Shelter From the Storm: Katrina’s Impact on Houston and Atlanta

8/29/2015 - Daniele Watts Ordered to Perform Community Service After Insincere Apology to Officers

8/29/2015 - Watch: Alleged Gunman Held in Brazen Gas Station Shooting Death of Texas Sheriff’s Deputy

8/29/2015 - Black Man Held for Months Over $5 Grocery Theft Found Dead in Jail

8/29/2015 - NC Cop Who Shot Unarmed Jonathan Ferrell Will Not Be Retried After Mistrial

8/29/2015 - Fresh Dressed: 10 Reasons You Should Watch This Stylish Hip-Hop Fashion Doc 

8/29/2015 - Where Are They Now? 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina, a Look Back at How 9 Key Players Responded

8/29/2015 - Follow the Money: How New Orleans’ Charter School System Influences Both Economic Development and Injustice

8/29/2015 - Before Emmett Till’s Death, Willie James Howard, 15, Was Murdered in Fla.

8/28/2015 - Don Lemon Criticizes CNN, Suggests Its Coverage of the Va. Gunman Was Slightly Homophobic   

8/28/2015 - Police Pull White Chick Over. She Gets Out and Dances To Future (and Drake). Lives.

8/28/2015 - Jazmine Sullivan Uses Instagram to Reflect on Past Abusive Relationship: ‘I Would Walk Around, Crying, Just to Get Out of the House’

8/28/2015 - Watch: Ohio Cop Pulls Over Black Man for Making Direct Eye Contact

8/28/2015 - Joseline and Her ‘Steebie Jay’ Are Getting Their Own Spin-Off Show on VH1

8/28/2015 - Pancakes Vs Waffles Vs French Toast: Who Wins?

8/28/2015 - Kanye West’s Best Moment Came During Hurricane Katrina 

8/28/2015 - Savannah State University Student Dead in Campus Shooting

8/28/2015 - 52 Years Ago, Martin Luther King Jr. Said, ‘100 Years Later, the Negro Is Still Not Free’; 52 Years Later, His Words Still Ring True

8/28/2015 - Ohio Police Chief Won’t Apologize for Wearing Confederate-Flag Vest

8/28/2015 - Va. Shooter Had Wig, Extra License Plates and a Gun in Crashed Rental Car: Report

8/28/2015 - Spike Lee to Receive Honorary Oscar  

8/28/2015 - A&E’s Roots Remake Casts British Actor Malachi Kirby as Kunta Kinte

8/28/2015 - Watch: Md. Cop Goes Viral for Showing Off His Double Dutch Skills  

8/28/2015 - Was My Ancestor Transracially Adopted Over a Century Ago?

8/28/2015 - 60 Years After Emmett Till, Families Still Fight for Justice

8/28/2015 - In War Room, Prayer Is the Weapon

8/27/2015 - On-Air Shooting in Va. Puts Focus on Race and Mental Health

8/27/2015 - The Napa Valley Wine Train, the Jim Crow Car and Who Has the Right to Ride

8/27/2015 - ‘Like Another Katrina’: The Charter School Debate Fractures New Orleans Along Lines of Race and Class

8/27/2015 - Report: Former NBA Star Darryl ‘Chocolate Thunder’ Dawkins Dead at 58

8/27/2015 - Meeting Between Eminem and Minister Louis Farrakhan Was ‘10 Years in the Making’

8/27/2015 - Why We May Not Be Seeing Much of Terrence Howard on Empire This Season

8/27/2015 - Mich. Man Allegedly Robbed Bank to Pay for Daughter’s Chemo

8/27/2015 - George Zimmerman Says ‘Pansy’ Va. Shooter Committed a ‘Hate Crime,’ Calls Obama an ‘Ignorant Baboon’

8/27/2015 - Watch: High School Student Dave Chappelle Raps in AIDS Awareness Video  

8/27/2015 - Dear People Without Children On Facebook...

8/27/2015 - Derrick Rose’s Representative Addresses Rape Allegations

8/27/2015 - Trump Unfazed by White Supremacists’ Praise: ‘Everybody Likes Me’

8/27/2015 - St. Louis Cop Takes 5-Year-Old Who Witnessed His Mother’s Slaying on Back-to-School Shopping Spree

8/27/2015 - An Interview With The Only Person Left In America Who Actually Admits To Being Racist

8/27/2015 - Move Over, $200 Dates and Cuffing Season; Netflix and Chill Is Taking Over

8/27/2015 - What Makes Black Men Run From the Police?

8/27/2015 - Driver Who Flew Confederate Flag From Vehicle Runs Over 4-Year-Old Black Boy, Gets Beaten: Report

8/27/2015 - Watch: Serena Williams’ Karaoke Performance of ‘Under the Sea’  

8/27/2015 - Va. Gunman May Have Worked as a Male Escort and Other Strange Findings From the WDBJ Shooting

8/27/2015 - #WeStandWithWDBJ: Journalists Stand in Solidarity With Victims of the WDBJ Shooting  

8/26/2015 - My Jewish Boyfriend Claims He Loves Me, but He’s Keeping Our Relationship a Secret From His Family

8/26/2015 - The Root Takes manCODE to the MegaFest Stage in Dallas

8/26/2015 - Suspected Gunman in Killing of 2 TV Journalists: Charleston, SC, Shooting Was Tipping Point

8/26/2015 - Janet Jackson Writes a Letter to Aaliyah: ‘What We Shared Was Sacred’

8/26/2015 - Watch: These Seniors Whip and Nae Nae

8/26/2015 - Eazy-E’s Son: My Father Was Killed. Suge Knight Admitted It

8/26/2015 - Paula Deen’s Gonna Bust a Move on Dancing With the Stars  

8/26/2015 - Open Forum: The Live, On-Air Killings of WDBJ Employees by Alleged Shooter, Vester Lee Flanagan

8/26/2015 - Civil Rights Icon Amelia Boynton Robinson Dies at 104

8/26/2015 - All the Bizarre Facts We Know About Vester Lee Flanagan II, aka Bryce Williams, the Suspect in Va. Journalist Shootings

8/26/2015 - Black and Hispanic Career Changers: Nas Is Dishing Out Scholarship Money so You Can Learn How to Code in 3 Months

8/26/2015 - Marcy Borders, 9/11 ‘Dust Lady,’ Dies of Cancer at 42

8/26/2015 - Va. Reporter, Cameraman Fatally Shot During Live Broadcast

8/26/2015 - Donald Trump Deports Univision Reporter From Presser, Proving He Is Still the Biggest Troll in America

8/26/2015 - Texas Street Where Sandra Bland Was Arrested Is Renamed After Her

8/26/2015 - Black Women’s Book Club Kicked Off Napa Wine Train for Laughing While Black Gets Apology

8/26/2015 - Black Don’t Crack: 12 Stars Who Played High Schoolers in Their 20s and 30s

8/26/2015 - Misty Copeland Will Be En Pointe in Detroit  

8/26/2015 - Remembering Hurricane Katrina: We’ve Come This Far by Faith

8/25/2015 - Will Liposuction, Filler or Botox Boost Your Job Prospects?

8/25/2015 - Columnist: Donald Trump May Not Be a White Supremacist, but He Sure Is Their Favorite Candidate 

8/25/2015 - Former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke Endorses Trump for President 

8/25/2015 - Black People Don't Hate Dogs. We Just Hate When Their Lives Are Valued More Than Ours

8/25/2015 - Watch: 5 Incredibly Candid Aaliyah Moments 

8/25/2015 - Family of Black Man Injured During Arrest Claims He Was Beaten With Baton 

8/25/2015 - Watch: Cast This Woman in a Biopic About Beyoncé’s Life

8/25/2015 - Ala. Officer Didn’t Have Body Camera Turned on When He Fatally Shot Man Having a ‘Mental Episode’ 

8/25/2015 - How Serena Williams Got Black Women Flossin’ Their #BlackGirlMagic All Over Social Media

8/25/2015 - Fla. Man Whose Confederate Flag Was Stolen Unable to Identify Suspect: ‘They All Look the Same to Me’

8/25/2015 - The 10 Things Black People Can’t Do

8/25/2015 - To #BlackLivesMatter: You’re Marching the Wrong Way—Signed, Ben Carson

8/25/2015 - Hey, BuzzFeed: Big Daddy Kane Didn’t Wear Them and Jay Z Didn’t Rap About ‘3 Cuts in Your Eyebrows’ for You to Call Them ‘Slits’

8/25/2015 - Racist Fliers Reading ‘Let’s Get the Blacks Out’ Spark Outrage in Mich. Community

8/25/2015 - Blackout Music & Film Festival Celebrates Community, Creativity and Culture 

8/25/2015 - Whoopi Goldberg Set to Produce Emmett Till Film

8/25/2015 - Dee Barnes Responds to Dr. Dre’s Apology

8/25/2015 - Judge Overturns Terrence Howard’s Divorce Settlement With 2nd Wife

8/25/2015 - Sex, Love and Peace: The Benefits of Exercising With Your Boo

8/25/2015 - Check Out America’s Worst Police Departments

8/24/2015 - Exclusive: A Leaked Email Exchange Between Drake And Serena Williams

8/24/2015 - Getting Kicked Off A Wine Tour For Laughing While Black Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week

8/24/2015 - Azealia Banks in a Few Tweets Outlines the Kind of Relationship She Wants With Black Media

8/24/2015 - Michel’le on Dr. Dre’s Apology: ‘I Don’t Really Think It’s a Sincere Apology’

8/24/2015 - White Supremacist Wants to Rename Town After Donald Trump

8/24/2015 - Watch: Tracee Ellis Ross Can ‘Work That Body’ Like Her Mother, Diana Ross

8/24/2015 - Forest Whitaker Is Making His Broadway Debut in Hughie

8/24/2015 - Three Most Common Comments From People Very Mad About Any Straight Outta Compton Criticism

8/24/2015 - Detective Who Was Critical of LAPD’s Biggie Smalls Investigation Dies During Interview for His Upcoming Notorious B.I.G. Book 

8/24/2015 - Mass. Family ‘Terrorized’ by SWAT Team That Raided the Wrong Home

8/24/2015 - 11 Black Women Kicked Off Napa Wine Train for Laughing While Black

8/24/2015 - Ill. Mom’s Anti-Black Lives Matter Rant Goes Viral

8/24/2015 - Model With Vitiligo Doesn’t See Anything Wrong With White Woman Imitating Her Skin Condition With ‘Blackface’

8/24/2015 - Tracy Morgan Marries Fiancee Megan Wollover

8/24/2015 - Nicki Minaj Issues Warning to Trolls on Social Media  

8/24/2015 - Dump Trump, Draft Oprah and Other Outsider Political Fantasies

8/24/2015 - As a Woman, I Can’t Love Madea and Hate Straight Outta Compton

8/23/2015 - 1 Dead, 1 Critically Injured in Fight Over Umbrella at NYC McDonald’s

8/23/2015 - Zoë Kravitz Says Mom Lisa Bonet Is ‘Disgusted’ by Cosby Charges

8/23/2015 - Father of US Train Hero Anthony Sadler Jr. Is ‘Relieved’ He ‘Wasn’t Hurt or Killed’

8/23/2015 - Watch: Obamas Take Bike Ride in State Forest on Martha’s Vineyard Vacation

8/23/2015 - Jimmy Carter’s Last Battle: Eradicating an African Disease

8/22/2015 - Fla. Ex-Con Arrested After Giving Police Fake Name—for Wanted Felon

8/22/2015 - Father of 4 Slain While Working Overtime at Federal Building in NYC

8/22/2015 - Sign Up for The Root’s Daily Newsletter

8/22/2015 - St. Louis Prosecutor to Probe Death of Teen Shot in Back by Officer

8/22/2015 - Jury Awards Michael Jordan $8,900,000 for Grocery Chain’s Use of Name in Steak Ad

8/22/2015 - Dee Barnes, Dr. Dre and Why We Need to Keep Saying Women’s Names

8/22/2015 - #BlackLivesMatter Asks, so #BlackLivesMatter Receives

8/21/2015 - Jury Deadlocks, Mistrial Declared in Police Killing of Jonathan Ferrell

8/21/2015 - Watch: The Women of Memphis, Tenn.’s WMC Action News ‘Hit the Quan’

8/21/2015 - Noted Black Activists Issue a Statement of Solidarity With the Palestinian Struggle

8/21/2015 - Dr. Dre Apologizes to the Women He Assaulted

8/21/2015 - Shaun King, Trolling Conservatives and the Reverse Paper-Bag Test

8/21/2015 - NJ Grand Jury Clears Cops in Fatal Shooting Captured on Video

8/21/2015 - Guess How Much LeBron James Charges Companies Per Character to Tweet Out Endorsements? 

8/21/2015 - The One Superpower All Black People Possess? Detecting Blackness

8/21/2015 - Autopsy: Teen Shot by St. Louis Police Died From Single Gunshot to the Back

8/21/2015 - Steve Harvey Held His Very Own ‘He-Man Woman-Haters Club’ Meeting  

8/21/2015 - Cancer Survivor 5-Year-Old Leah Still Gets Her Own Wheaties Box Cover

8/21/2015 - 2 More Women Accuse Bill Cosby of Sexual Assault and Drugging  

8/21/2015 - Wife of St. Louis Cardinals’ President to Pay for Slain Ferguson, Mo., 9-Year-Old’s Funeral

8/21/2015 - Judge Denies Glory Johnson’s Request for $20,000 in Spousal Support From Brittney Griner

8/21/2015 - 2-Year-Old Tells Mom: ‘I Hurt My Dad’ After He Accidentally Shoots, Kills Father: Report 

8/21/2015 - How Did My Ancestor Become a Free Woman of Color and Single Mom in 1840?

8/20/2015 - Columnist: Covering Black Lives Matter Is Taking a Unique Toll on Black Reporters

8/20/2015 - Prosecutor: Terrance Kellom Shooting Justified

8/20/2015 - Nicki Minaj Wax Figure Reduces Famous Rapper to Famous Rump

8/20/2015 - Matt Barnes Says He’s ‘Too Grown to Lie’ About What He Said About Rihanna 

8/20/2015 - Black Twitter Shames Elle Canada for Calling Dashikis the ‘Newest It-Item’

8/20/2015 - This Shaun King Takedown Attempt Is Fuckin' Ridiculous

8/20/2015 - Ga. NAACP in Showdown Over High School’s Nickname

8/20/2015 - Is Donald Trump Vying to Become the Next George Wallace?

8/20/2015 - Dr. Dre and Ice Cube Want Their Names Removed From the Suge Knight Wrongful Death Lawsuit 

8/20/2015 - How To Be A White Person In A Room Full Of Black People

8/20/2015 - Activist Shaun King Denies Allegations That He Has Lied About His Race

8/20/2015 - Protest Erupts in St. Louis After Police Fatally Shoot Teen; 9 Arrested

8/20/2015 - Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson Honors Graduates at Miami-Dade Correctional Center Boot Camp  

8/20/2015 - Baltimore Officer Charged With Attempted Murder in 2014 Shooting

8/20/2015 - Canadian Teen Helps Save Kidnapped Woman 

8/20/2015 - Black-ish Will Tackle the N-Word in New Episode  

8/20/2015 - Creflo Dollar Is Still Whining About a Jet; Says Only Those Who Don’t Understand the Bible Have an Issue

8/20/2015 - Step Afrika! Celebrating 20 Years of Dance

8/19/2015 - Photos: The Root 100 2015 Release Party

8/19/2015 - Should I Propose to My Man?

8/19/2015 - Guess Who’s Gaining Ground on Donald Trump? Deez Nuts ... Seriously

8/19/2015 - Louis Stokes, Ohio’s 1st Black Congressman, Dies at Age 90

8/19/2015 - San Francisco Cops Pin Down Homeless Man, Kneel on His Prosthetic Leg After Reportedly Mistaking Crutches for Weapon

8/19/2015 - Kerry Washington Is Turning Away From ‘Post-Baby Weight’ Talk

8/19/2015 - NYPD and NYC Transit Used Undercover Officers to Monitor Black Lives Matter Protesters: Report

8/19/2015 - Thank God The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Isn't Being Rebooted

8/19/2015 - The Most Influential African Americans Tweet Their Excitement at Appearing on This Year’s The Root 100 List

8/19/2015 - Why I Have No Interest In Seeing Straight Outta Compton

8/19/2015 - Family of Diabetic Man Questions His Treatment After Death in Mo. Jail

8/19/2015 - Columbus Short Arrested by Bounty Hunters During Album Release Party  

8/19/2015 - Watch: Jimmy Fallon‬ and Taraji P. Henson Have a ‘Ball’ Playing Fast Family Feud  

8/19/2015 - Turn Your Passion Into a Product

8/19/2015 - Jennifer Hudson in Talks for Aretha Franklin Biopic  

8/19/2015 - Actor Joe Morton Talks Papa Pope and a Psychic Encounter

8/19/2015 - The GOP Attempt to Deny Birthright Citizenship to People of Color

8/19/2015 - Tenn. Prison Officials Reportedly Forced Inmates to Make Woodshop Items and Then Sold Them at Flea Markets

8/19/2015 - Compton Residents Head Straight Outta Town to See Straight Outta Compton  

8/19/2015 - Google Brings Low-Cost Smartphones to 6 African Countries

8/19/2015 - Jamaicans on Twitter Set BuzzFeed Straight About Jamaican Food With #BuzzFeedBeLike  

8/18/2015 - #BlackLivesMatter to Clinton, Other Presidential Candidates: Get a Real Analysis on Race

8/18/2015 - NY Prisoner’s Death Ruled Homicide After Reported Beating From Prison Guards

8/18/2015 - Former Tuskegee Airman, 93, Robbed and Carjacked in North St. Louis

8/18/2015 - Julian Bond Was a Great Interview—Funny and Insightful—Reporters and Journalists Say

8/18/2015 - Texas Men Face Federal Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Raping, Torturing Gay Black Man Over $5

8/18/2015 - What if Black Lives Really Mattered?

8/18/2015 - Stevie Wonder Surprises 3 Cities With Free Pop-Up Concerts

8/18/2015 - Nick Gordon Tweets Through His Pain and Says Looking at Bobbi Kristina’s Pictures Makes Him Cry

8/18/2015 - George Zimmerman Teams Up With Fla. ‘Anti-Muslim Zone’ Gun-Shop Owner

8/18/2015 - Jason Derulo and His Entourage Got Kicked Off a Flight After He Voiced Concerns About Being Treated Unfairly 

8/18/2015 - Yes, Participation Trophies Are Stupid, But James Harrison Is A Shitty Parent

8/18/2015 - Eazy-E’s Daughter Tweets Her Thoughts About Straight Outta Compton: Here’s What Was Missing

8/18/2015 - College Athletes Are the New Indentured Servants

8/18/2015 - Watch: Black Lives Matter Activists Confront Hillary Clinton

8/18/2015 - Mike Epps’ Wife Busts Him on Twitter Trying to Sneak Into Another Woman’s DMs

8/18/2015 - Terrence Howard’s Spousal-Support Court Proceedings Revealed Suicide Threats, Drug Use and Abuse  

8/18/2015 - Here Are 7 Black Shows We Want to Reboot Instead of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

8/18/2015 - Why It’s Important to Remember Cuba’s Connection to Africa

8/17/2015 - Oath Keepers Plan to Arm Black People With AR-15 Rifles for ‘Iconic Event’: Report

8/17/2015 - Fla. Teens Arrested After Allegedly Carjacking Federal Agent

8/17/2015 - Tracy Morgan Returning to SNL as Guest Host Oct. 17

8/17/2015 - People Demand Removal of Hulu Comedy Difficult People Over Blue Ivy-R. Kelly Urination Joke

8/17/2015 - Rihanna Puts NBA Player Matt Barnes in His Place After He Suggests They Have Something Going On

8/17/2015 - 300 Men March Movement Arrives in DC 

8/17/2015 - Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre Grew Up, so How Come Ice Cube Won’t?

8/17/2015 - On Final Day of Peace Negotiations, NBA All-Star Luol Deng Posts Messages on Instagram Calling for Stability in South Sudan

8/17/2015 - Lying On Your Dick, Explained

8/17/2015 - Confederate-Flag Supporters at Fla. Rally Accused of Flashing Knife, Gun at Black Lives Matter Protesters

8/17/2015 - Straight Outta Compton Grossly Exceeded Expectations and Made a Killing This Weekend at the Box Office

8/17/2015 - Talib Kweli on Bernie Sanders: Just Because He Has a Record of Civil Rights Doesn’t Mean He’s Entitled to the Black Vote

8/17/2015 - Steelers’ James Harrison Returns His Sons’ ‘Participation Trophies’

8/17/2015 - Ha! Sorry? Not Sorry: Bernie Sanders Nixes Aide’s Apology to Black Lives Matter

8/17/2015 - Miami Teen Who Killed Mom and Threw Party With Her Body in the Next Room Gets 28 Years

8/17/2015 - Is ‘Pic-a-Nika’ Pizza Racist? What About Fried Chicken and Watermelon Toppings?

8/17/2015 - Simone Biles Wins 3rd Consecutive US Gymnastics Championship Title  

8/17/2015 - Janelle Monáe Leads Protest in DC Before Surprise Concert

8/17/2015 - Judge Denies Brittney Griner’s Annulment Request; Glory Johnson Denies Cheating

8/17/2015 - Racism in the Air You Breathe: When Where You Live Determines How Fast You Die

8/17/2015 - Julian Bond’s ‘Comic’ Stance on the Vietnam War

8/17/2015 - The #POTUSPlaylist, Reviewed

8/16/2015 - Morgan Freeman’s Stepgranddaughter Stabbed to Death in NYC

8/16/2015 - Dutch Paper Sparks Latest N-Word Debate With Ta-Nehisi Coates Book Review

8/16/2015 - Julian Bond Flirted With Presidential Run in 1976

8/16/2015 - Watch: Outpouring of Grief at Funeral for Slain Teen Christian Taylor

8/16/2015 - Miami Police Union Slams Woman Who Posted Video of Cop Punching a Handcuffed Man

8/16/2015 - Julian Bond, the Longtime NAACP Leader and Civil Rights Advocate, Dies at 75

8/15/2015 - Michael Brown 1-Year Anniversary Overtime Brag Lands Mo. Cop in Hot Water

8/15/2015 - What Is on President Obama’s Summer Reading List?

8/15/2015 - LeBron’s Foundation Picks Up $41,000,000 College Tab for Ohio Students

8/15/2015 - Donald Sterling Sues Ex V. Stiviano and TMZ Over Leaked Racist Rant

8/15/2015 - Watch: Michael Sam ‘Steps Away’ From Canadian Football League Over Mental-Health Issues

8/15/2015 - Enhanced Security at Straight Outta Compton Is Straight Outta Racist Playbook

8/15/2015 - Chill Out With a Cold One: 5 Perfect Beers for Summer

8/15/2015 - T.D. Jakes Isn’t Homophobic; You Just Weren’t Listening Clearly

8/14/2015 - Family of Wis. Teen Fatally Shot by Police Files Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit

8/14/2015 - Prewedding Jitters Led Me to Sleep With My Ex. Should I Call Off the Wedding?

8/14/2015 - Family of 14-Year-Old Shot by NJ Officers Says He Was Unarmed

8/14/2015 - Janelle Monáe Releases ‘Hell You Talmbout’ Song Dedicated to Black Lives Matter

8/14/2015 - Will Smith Is Reportedly Working to Bring a New Version of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Back to TV

8/14/2015 - US Flag Flies High in Cuba for 1st Time in 54 Years

8/14/2015 - Grits, Oatmeal, And Cream Of Wheat Are The Rock-Paper-Scissors Of Breakfast Food

8/14/2015 - Dutch Newspaper Reviews Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Book, Uses Headline, ‘N--ger, Are You Crazy?’

8/14/2015 - Watch: A Makeup Artist Inadvertently Botches a Black Woman’s Face and Black People on Facebook React

8/14/2015 - Shit That Won't Let Me Be Great

8/14/2015 - Wis. Man Arrested After ‘Shoving’ Woman to the Ground, Barging Into Her Home to Remove Confederate Flag: Report

8/14/2015 - Stanford-Bound Teen Who Planned to Use College Savings to Bury His Mom Gets Outpouring of Support

8/14/2015 - Training Day Is Heading to Television

8/14/2015 - Common, Ne-Yo and Elijah Kelley Join The Wiz Live!

8/14/2015 - White Writer Refers to Beyoncé’s Hair as ‘Stringy,’ Then Feels the Wrath of Twitter  

8/14/2015 - Meet Marvel’s Newest Superhero, Lunella Lafayette

8/14/2015 - Movie Review: A New Film Exposes the Truth About Tango’s African Roots

8/14/2015 - When a Slave Ship Figures Into Family Lore

8/14/2015 - Straight Outta History: Director F. Gary Gray Speaks on the Brotherhood, Impact and Legacy of N.W.A

8/13/2015 - Los Angeles Times Editor Looks Back at Paper’s Coverage of 1965 Watts Riots and Asks if It Deserved the Pulitzer

8/13/2015 - The Revolution Is Socialized: Organization ‘Live-Tweets’ Watts Riots on 50th Anniversary

8/13/2015 - A Case For Why Grits Are Overrated

8/13/2015 - Former Texas Officer Tried to Hire Hit Man to Kill Pregnant Lover: Report

8/13/2015 - Hillary Clinton’s ‘New College Compact’ Includes $25,000,000,000 to Support Private HBCUs

8/13/2015 - Watch: Lamar Odom Scolds TMZ, Says Its Coverage of Black Entertainers Is a Lot Worse Than That of White Celebs

8/13/2015 - Tenn. School District Says It Can’t Stop Students From Displaying Confederate Flag Unless It Causes a ‘Disturbance’ 

8/13/2015 - "Straight Outta Compton": An Interview About The Movie With Panama Jackson

8/13/2015 - Black Voters Must Hold Democrats Accountable

8/13/2015 - Black Nationalist Charlie Hill Fears Life in Cuba Now That US Relationship Is on the Mend

8/13/2015 - Taraji P. Henson: I Didn’t Want to Make Cookie a Neck-Rolling Caricature

8/13/2015 - David Oyelowo Will Be the 1st Black James Bond—Well, Kind Of

8/13/2015 - Fontella Marie Holmes: The 88 Million Dollar Trap Queen

8/13/2015 - Father: 15-Year-Old Boy Shot by Indianapolis Police Was No Threat

8/13/2015 - Iowa Barber Gave Free Back-to-School Haircuts to Kids as Long as They Read to Him

8/13/2015 - Universal Pictures Will Partner With Theaters Seeking Extra Security for Straight Outta Compton

8/13/2015 - Tyrese Pays Popular Instagram User’s Morehouse Tuition  

8/13/2015 - 3 More Women Accuse Bill Cosby of Sexual Assault  

8/13/2015 - Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter and the Search for a Black Agenda

8/13/2015 - Why We Can’t Afford to Dodge Jury Duty

8/12/2015 - Celebrities Are Now Getting Punk’d on BET

8/12/2015 - 10 Things Aside From The Police That Will Definitely Kill You If You're Black

8/12/2015 - Dr. Dre Speaks Out About Abusive Past

8/12/2015 - DC: GRILLZ | SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

8/12/2015 - Trump to #BlackLivesMatter: ‘I Would Never Give Up My Microphone’

8/12/2015 - ‘I Don’t Want to Die in Your Cell,’ Ralkina Jones Told Police in Video Taken Before Her in-Custody Death

8/12/2015 - Ohio Woman’s Truck Is Burned After Racist Letter Threatened, ‘Don’t Get Burnt Up in There’

8/12/2015 - T.D. Jakes Slams the Christian News Site for Suggesting That He Endorsed Same-Sex Marriage

8/12/2015 - T.D. Jakes Slams Christian News Site for Suggesting That He Endorsed Same-Sex Marriage

8/12/2015 - Activist DeRay Mckesson’s Social Media Has Been Monitored by Department of Homeland Security: Report 

8/12/2015 - Watch Laverne Cox Channel Her Inner Beyoncé in a Dance Routine

8/12/2015 - Spike Lee’s Lil’ Joints: Of the Father and of the Son Tells the Story of Jackie Robinson’s Son, Who Moved to Tanzania to Harvest Coffee

8/12/2015 - On "Compton", Dr. Dre, and Still Loving NWA More Than I Probably Should

8/12/2015 - Fight Between Jets Teammates Started Over $600 Debt: Report

8/12/2015 - Carolina Panthers Whip, Nae Nae With Make-a-Wish Kid

8/12/2015 - Dwyane Wade Goes for the Vampire in Brooklyn Meets Saturday Night Fever Look in Esquire Photo Shoot

8/12/2015 - Texas Officer Who Fatally Shot Christian Taylor Is Fired

8/12/2015 - Movie Review: Straight Outta Compton Takes N.W.A From Boys to Men Who Became Hip-Hop Legends

8/12/2015 - Sign of the Times: A Performance Artist’s Creative Approach to Finding a Husband

8/12/2015 - The 5 Biggest Challenges Facing #BlackLivesMatter

8/11/2015 - Dear "Well-Meaning" White People: Progress Is Fucking Painful

8/11/2015 - How to Take Care of Your Parents Without Stressing Yourself

8/11/2015 - 2 Reporters From the Huffington Post and the Washington Post Face Charges for Their Conduct in Ferguson

8/11/2015 - 2 Actors Unions Tell Their Members Not to Perform in Tyler Perry’s Newest Madea Stage Play

8/11/2015 - Miss. Couple Arrested at Airport Wanted to Join Islamic State Group: Report

8/11/2015 - NFL Quarterback Punched in the Face by Teammate Out 6-10 Weeks

8/11/2015 - Gay Rapper Joins Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood but Says Male Cast Members Won’t Shoot Scenes With Him

8/11/2015 - DC Mayor’s New Policy Would Make Police Body-Camera Footage Available to Public

8/11/2015 - Texas Woman Says Deputies ‘Sexually Assaulted’ Her, Conducted Illegal Search

8/11/2015 - Alicia Keys: I Dressed Like a Tomboy to Stave Off Attention, but I’m Done Hiding Who I Am

8/11/2015 - Heavily Armed Members of Controversial Patriot Organization Show Up at Michael Brown Protests

8/11/2015 - Here’s Why the #AllLivesMatter Crowd Doesn’t Care About the Killing of an Unarmed White Teen by Police

8/11/2015 - Jimmy Fallon Clarifies Donald Trump’s ‘Deviant’ Behavior  

8/11/2015 - Ala. Police Enraged After Photos Posted to Social Media Sites Mock Beaten Officer

8/11/2015 - Black Men Shouldn’t Have to Dress Formally as a Survival Tactic  

8/11/2015 - White House Staffer Shot at Boyfriend Who Refused to Give Up His Cellphone Password: Report

8/11/2015 - ABC Agents Who Arrested UVA Student Martese Johnson Won’t Face Charges, Return to Job 

8/11/2015 - Tracy Morgan Readies for New TV Series: ‘I Never Left’ Comedy

8/11/2015 - Remembering Ezell Ford: One of the Many Lives That Mattered  

8/11/2015 - Black Voters Matter

8/10/2015 - In a ’90s Kind of World: Which Living Single Character Are You?

8/10/2015 - Social Media Reacts After 2 Prominent #BlackLivesMatter Activists and Cornel West Are Arrested During St. Louis Protests

8/10/2015 - Biracial Singer FKA Twigs Reacts to the Racist Messages Twitter Trolls Sent to Some of Her Fans

8/10/2015 - St. Louis County Declares State of Emergency; Protesters at St. Louis DOJ Office Arrested

8/10/2015 - Indianapolis Police Shoot, Kill 15-Year-Old Suspected of Carjacking

8/10/2015 - New Edition Miniseries Heading to BET

8/10/2015 - Serena Breaks The Internet. And Hearts. And Your Bitch Ass Too If You Don't Come Correct

8/10/2015 - Christian Taylor’s Father Says Cops Won’t Talk to Him: ‘I’m Having to Find Out About How C.J. Died on Social Media’

8/10/2015 - Timbaland Says He Has Unreleased ‘Aaliyah’ Music and He Wants Us to Hear It

8/10/2015 - NC Woman Who Won the Nation’s Heart When She Won Huge Jackpot Keeps Losing

8/10/2015 - Texas Man Accused of Murdering His Ex, 6 Kids and Ex’s Husband

8/10/2015 - Damon Discusses Drake, Meek Mill, And...Men Mooching Wifi On Melissa Harris-Perry

8/10/2015 - Serena Williams Stuns on Cover of New York Mag, Discusses Childhood, Racism and US Open  

8/10/2015 - 20-Year-Old Man Shot by Police in Ferguson, Mo., on Anniversary of Michael Brown’s Death

8/10/2015 - Marvin Gaye’s Son Says Lee Daniels Stole Empire Idea; Plans to Sue  

8/10/2015 - #FergusonTaughtMe Sheds Light on Lessons Learned 1 Year After Michael Brown’s Death  

8/10/2015 - Black Driver Taken Off Delivery After Customer Says She Doesn’t Want Blacks at Her House

8/10/2015 - Leaderless or Leader-ful?

8/10/2015 - Prince Compares Music Industry to Slavery, Tells New Artists: ‘Don’t Sign’

8/9/2015 - Staten Island Yankees Hold ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Event on Anniversary of Michael Brown’s Death

8/9/2015 - NABJ Audience Catches Glimpse of Prince for All of 2 Minutes

8/9/2015 - Ga. Gov. Erases Racist Confederate Holidays From Calendar

8/9/2015 - Michael Brown Remembered With March, Moment of Silence on 1-Year Anniversary

8/9/2015 - FBI Asked to Probe Christian Taylor Shooting as New Audio and Video Emerge

8/9/2015 - Black Lives Matter Protesters Shut Down Bernie Sanders’ Seattle Rally

8/9/2015 - ‘What the Hell Is Going on in Ferguson?!’ How #MikeMike Changed Our World

8/9/2015 - How to Burn What Can’t Catch Fire

8/8/2015 - Sean Price of Heltah Skeltah Dead at 43

8/8/2015 - Report: Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed College Student Christian Taylor Was Still in Training

8/8/2015 - Watch: Dash-Cam Video Adds Details to Jonathan Ferrell’s Shooting by Police

8/8/2015 - Police Facebook Group Mocks Death of Michael Brown

8/8/2015 - Nick Gordon Accused of Giving Bobbi Kristina Brown a ‘Toxic Cocktail’

8/8/2015 - A Year After Ferguson: 10 People Who Were There Talk About the Birth of a Movement

8/7/2015 - Issa Rae: Hollywood Wanted to Lighten Awkward Black Girl—I Said No

8/7/2015 - 19-Year-Old Unarmed College Student Fatally Shot by Texas Police

8/7/2015 - Nigerians on Twitter Hilariously Recall Their Time in High School With #SecSchoolinNigeria

8/7/2015 - Brooklyn, NY, Man Accused of Stabbing 2 Children in Elevator Doesn’t Want Psych Exam

8/7/2015 - Saginawesome In Saginaw, Part III

8/7/2015 - Name Damon's New Section In EBONY Magazine

8/7/2015 - 5 Takeaways From the 1st GOP Debates

8/7/2015 - Al-Jazeera Launches a 6-Part Documentary Series So 6 Nigerians Can Tell You About Their Lives

8/7/2015 - Saginawesome In Saginaw, Part II

8/7/2015 - BET’s Uncut Is Returning, but Why?  

8/7/2015 - Orange Is the New Black and Glee Stars Join The Wiz Live!

8/7/2015 - Kalief Browder’s Family Plans $20,000,000 Lawsuit Against NYC

8/7/2015 - Dance Like Nobody’s Watching ... Except for Millions of People After Video Goes Viral  

8/7/2015 - Pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church Considering Run for US Senate: Report

8/7/2015 - Lee Daniels Confirms Empire Spinoff  

8/7/2015 - Why a Decline in Black Men Enrolling in Medical School May Be Bad for Your Health

8/7/2015 - The Movement for Black Lives Convening: An Offering of Love

8/7/2015 - Black Lives Matter Has Become a Global Movement 

8/7/2015 - When Oppression Is the Status Quo, Disruption Is a Moral Duty

8/7/2015 - How Can I Find My Ancestor’s Military Records?

8/7/2015 - Photos: The Face of Courage in the Fight For Black Lives

8/7/2015 - Watch: Guest Editor and Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors on The Root Takeover

8/6/2015 - Poll: 6 in 10 Black Men Say They’ve Had Bad Experiences With the Police

8/6/2015 - LIVE: Town Hall on Faith and Justice at Social Justice Institute: Poverty, Race and Sexuality in Boston

8/6/2015 - Black Director Calls Out Netflix for Grouping Her Romantic Film With Only ‘Black’ Movies

8/6/2015 - Black Women Have Fun With #ILookLikeAnEngineer Hashtag to Declare ‘We Exist!’

8/6/2015 - All Lives Matter? Autopsy Pokes Holes in Police Account of Fatal Shooting of Unarmed White Teen Zachary Hammond

8/6/2015 - Power Couple Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil Take Their Talents to Warner Bros. TV 

8/6/2015 - Sister of Alleged Memphis Cop Shooter: ‘It Was Kill or Be Killed’

8/6/2015 - New Study Says Black Doesn’t Crack; Here Are 6 Black Women Proving It

8/6/2015 - NYC Taxi Driver Fined $25,000 for Refusing to Pick Up Black Family

8/6/2015 - Saginawesome in Saginaw, Part I

8/6/2015 - Report: Busta Rhymes Arrested for Throwing Bottle of Muscle Milk at Gym Attendant  

8/6/2015 - Meek Mill Can't Defeat Drake. But Petty Drake Definitely Can

8/6/2015 - Janay Rice on Ray Rice: ‘He’s Not a Wife Beater’  

8/6/2015 - 11-Year-Old Detroit Boy Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting of 3-Year-Old

8/6/2015 - Ga. Man Throws Away Winning Lottery Tickets

8/6/2015 - Watch: Terrence Howard’s ‘Brick House’ on Lip Sync Battle

8/6/2015 - Why Black Folks Should Watch the 1st GOP Debate

8/6/2015 - The Courageous 5 Who Made History in Selma

8/6/2015 - On Its 50th Anniversary, the Voting Rights Act Is Under Full-Blown Attack

8/6/2015 - The Voting Rights Act Is 50 Years Old Today. Is It on the Agenda for the Republican Debate?

8/5/2015 - Ala. Police Officer Recorded Saying Black Man Should Be Killed and His Death Covered Up 

8/5/2015 - Why I Kept Open an Exhibit Featuring Art Owned by Bill Cosby

8/5/2015 - More Riley Curry Cuteness: Riley Kisses New Baby Sister Ryan

8/5/2015 - The National Enquirer Publishes a Photo of Bobbi Kristina Brown Lying in Her Hospital Bed

8/5/2015 - Michael Brown’s Mother on Darren Wilson: ‘The Devil. That’s What Comes to Mind’

8/5/2015 - Police Crackdown On Marijuana Proving Fatal For Black People, Bags Of Weed

8/5/2015 - Watch: Taraji P. Henson Battles Terrence Howard During a Lip-Synching Battle and Brings Out Mary J. Blige 

8/5/2015 - Steak-umms or Mmm, Steak! The Dollar Tree Carries $1 Steak

8/5/2015 - The Wiz Live! Finds Its Dorothy  

8/5/2015 - This 110-Year-Old’s Secret to Life: 3 Beers, a Shot of Scotch Daily and God

8/5/2015 - Idris Elba Becomes 1st Man to Cover Maxim Solo  

8/5/2015 - Va. Youth Basketball Team Banned From Championships Because of Female Teammate

8/5/2015 - Ray Rice on Domestic Violence: ‘I Can Understand Some People Will Never Forgive Me’  

8/5/2015 - David Alan Grier Joins The Wiz Live! Cast as Cowardly Lion  

8/5/2015 - Why Do Guys Feel the Need to Send Unsolicited Pictures of Their Junk?

8/5/2015 - 50 Years After the Voting Rights Act, Courts Play a Key Role in Protecting Access to the Ballot

8/5/2015 - David Simon Says: Show Me a Hero and I’ll Write You a Tragedy

8/5/2015 - Unsung Hollywood Comes Clean About Car Wash

8/5/2015 - 1 Year After John Crawford III’s Shooting by Police, His Family Is Still Waiting for Justice

8/4/2015 - The 10 Best Insults I Got From People Who Just Didn't "Get" The Russell Wilson "Simp" Piece

8/4/2015 - The Best Apps to Make Your Money Mobile

8/4/2015 - Media Outlets Look Back on the Year Since Police Shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. 

8/4/2015 - Detroit Woman Who Claims She’s the Real-Life Cookie Lyon From Empire Is Suing the Show’s Creators for $300,000,000

8/4/2015 - Drake’s Diss Was Cool, But Let’s Stop Shaming Men Who Make Less Money Than Their Girlfriends or Wives  

8/4/2015 - Childhood Ruined: Kermit and Miss Piggy End Relationship  

8/4/2015 - How Knowledge Just Fucked Up Coke For Me.

8/4/2015 - Darren Wilson: I Only Knew Michael Brown for the 45 Seconds He Tried to Kill Me

8/4/2015 - Watch: Ice Cube Talks to The Root About Straight Outta Compton

8/4/2015 - Man Allegedly Rams Into St. Louis Police Car ‘for the Black People’

8/4/2015 - The Shooting at the Official After-Party for Drake’s OVO Fest Unnerves Me

8/4/2015 - Sam Dubose’s Death Shows Need for Body Cameras

8/4/2015 - Sandra Bland’s Family Files Federal Wrongful Death Lawsuit

8/4/2015 - Why The White Supremacist With FUBU Sneakers Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen This Week

8/4/2015 - I Came, I Saw, I Conquered Caribana

8/4/2015 - Watch: Fla. Officer Assaults and Arrests Woman After She Calls Cop’s Son Rude

8/4/2015 - Happy Birthday, President Obama! 5 of His Funniest Moments

8/4/2015 - Cosby Show Executive Producer: ‘The Show Is Kinda Tarnished’  

8/4/2015 - Bottle of Gin Shown in Sam Dubose Traffic Stop Was Actually Air Freshener

8/4/2015 - Special Prosecutor to Investigate Death of Raynette Turner, NY Mother of 8 Who Died in Police Custody 

8/4/2015 - Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Shut Down Divorce Rumors  

8/4/2015 - 4 Senators Drop Bill for Cecil the Lion. #BlackLivesMatter? *Crickets*

8/4/2015 - Lawsuit Details Brutal Attack on Innocent Man by Shreveport, La., Cops Who Allegedly Beat and Sodomized Him

8/3/2015 - Kevin Hart Says His Reaction to the Idea of His Son Being Gay Is About His Own Insecurities

8/3/2015 - Five Reasons Why Russell Wilson Is The Worst Kind Of Sucker-Ass Simp-Ass Sucker

8/3/2015 - Black Twitter Scolds Allure Magazine for Using a White Woman in an Afro Tutorial  

8/3/2015 - Car-Theft Suspect Tried to Chew Off Fingerprints to Avoid Being Identified

8/3/2015 - NYC Teacher Says She Passed Student Who Deserved to Fail Because of Pressure

8/3/2015 - I'm Going To Have A Daughter. I Love Rap Music. These Two Things Do Not Match

8/3/2015 - Bobby Brown’s Wife Reportedly Suffered a Seizure After Bobbi Kristina’s Funeral 

8/3/2015 - Pro-Confederate Man With KKK Tattoo Confronted for Wearing FUBU Sneakers

8/3/2015 - If Michelle Obama Had to Pick Another Occupation, She’d Be Beyoncé

8/3/2015 - Bill Cosby’s Lawyer Says White Accusers Should Have Come Forward Because Cosby Is a Black Man and Would Have Been Target No. 1

8/3/2015 - Watch: Ray Tensing, Officer Charged in Killing of Sam Dubose, Involved in Aggressive Traffic Stop 

8/3/2015 - Police Hunt for Memphis, Tenn., Man Wanted in Fatal Shooting of Cop

8/3/2015 - Donald Trump: Obama Has Done Nothing for African Americans

8/3/2015 - Former Eagles Player Says Ex-Coach Isn’t Comfortable Around ‘Our Culture’

8/3/2015 - Mo’ Better Blues Cast: Where Are They Now?

8/2/2015 - Media Coverage of Samuel Dubose Shooting Illustrates Why ‘Visuals Matter’

8/2/2015 - 40 New State Laws Sparked by Michael Brown’s Death in Ferguson

8/2/2015 - Watch: Memphis, Tenn., Police Search for Suspect in Fatal Cop Shooting During Traffic Stop

8/2/2015 - 2 University of Cincinnati Cops Will Not Face Charges in Samuel Dubose Shooting

8/2/2015 - NAACP Begins 860-Mile Justice March From Selma, Ala., to Washington, DC

8/2/2015 - An Exclusive Interview With the Mother of Jonathan Sanders, the Miss. Man Who Was Allegedly Choked to Death by a Cop

8/1/2015 - Watch: Bobbi Kristina’s Aunt Leolah Brown Removed From Funeral After Outburst

8/1/2015 - Bobby Brown and Cissy Houston Attend Bobbi Kristina’s Wake Separately

8/1/2015 - Baltimore Killings Soar to 43-Year High in July With 45 Homicides

8/1/2015 - Jeb Bush and Ben Carson Only 2 of 16 GOP Candidates to Speak at Urban League Conference

8/1/2015 - Texas Trooper in Sandra Bland Case Cited Before for ‘Unprofessional Conduct’

8/1/2015 - 5 Athletes With Impressive Tats 

8/1/2015 - #BlackMenLove: Time to Reframe the Old Narratives About Race in America