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2015 December
12/31/2015 - As Someone Raised on Bill Cosby, I Feel No Joy in Writing About His Alleged Crimes
12/31/2015 - Nigeria’s Government Could Negotiate With Boko Haram to Free Kidnapped Schoolgirls
12/31/2015 - Mom of ‘Affluenza’ Teen Arrives in US After Being Deported From Mexico
12/31/2015 - Urban Bush Babes’ Cipriana Quann Accuses NYPD of False Arrest
12/31/2015 - FBI Offering $5,000 Reward for Information Leading to Man Who Left Raw Bacon at Nevada Mosque
12/31/2015 - Minn. Man Fired After Racist Message Posted to Black Lives Matter Facebook
12/31/2015 - Federal Lawsuit Accuses Mich. Police of Badly Beating, Wrongfully Arresting Unarmed Black Teen
12/31/2015 - New York Knicks Guard Cleanthony Early Was Robbed and Shot in the Knee by Assailants
12/31/2015 - Watch: T.I. Walked Into 2 Ga. Wal-Marts on Christmas Eve and Picked Up the Tab for Single Mothers
12/31/2015 - Photo of the Day: It Runs in the Family; Michael ‘Bae’ Jordan’s Male Relatives Are Fine, Too
12/31/2015 - Motherhood Resolutions for 2016
12/31/2015 - The ‘Affluenza’ Teen vs. the Value of Black Life
12/31/2015 - In Memoriam: A Tribute to the Ones We Lost In 2015
12/30/2015 - Watch: The Root Doles Out More Awards to the Folks Who Made Social Media a Fun Mess in 2015
12/30/2015 - Officers Involved in Tamir Rice Shooting Death to Face New Administrative Review
12/30/2015 - Watch: Aretha Franklin Brings President Obama to Tears While Performing ‘Natural Woman’
12/30/2015 - NY Knicks Forward Cleanthony Early Is Robbed and Shot in the Knee
12/30/2015 - You Have My Permission To Shin Kick Anyone Who Says "Cosby Is A Distraction From Tamir Rice"
12/30/2015 - Family of Jahi McMath, Teen Declared Brain-Dead 2 Years Ago, Fights to Void Death Certificate
12/30/2015 - ‘Affluenza’ Teen Had Party Before He Fled to Mexico; Was Captured After Calling for Pizza Delivery: Report
12/30/2015 - Bill Cosby Arraigned in 2004 Sexual Assault Case
12/30/2015 - LeBron Says He’s Not ‘on Top of’ the Tamir Rice Case, but He Spoke About Tamir and Toy Guns Months Ago
12/30/2015 - Timbaland Keeps True to His Word and Releases New Aaliyah Music
12/30/2015 - Homeless NYC Family Moved From Shelter After Child Threatened, Called ‘N--ger’
12/30/2015 - Watch: Mike Tyson Wipes Out Completely While Messing Around With a Hoverboard
12/30/2015 - World Health Organization Declares the End of Ebola in Guinea
12/30/2015 - The Moments in 2015 That Made Us Realize Racism Isn’t Going Anywhere
12/30/2015 - Remember When Ralph Tresvant Went Solo?
12/30/2015 - My Husband Wants to Stay in for New Year’s Eve. Is It Wrong to Go Out Without Him?
12/29/2015 - The Top 10 Stories Involving Race and Media in 2015
12/29/2015 - On Being a New Parent When News Like Tamir Rice Hits
12/29/2015 - #NoJusticeNoLeBron: People Are Calling on the Ohio Native to Boycott NBA Games Until Tamir Rice Gets Justice
12/29/2015 - Antonio LeGrier: My Son ‘Was Still Alive and Moving and No One Assisted Him’
12/29/2015 - Watch: The Root Shells Out Awards to the Folks Who Made Social Media a Fun Mess in 2015
12/29/2015 - Tamir Rice’s Mother Cried So Hard She Could Barely Speak After Grand Jury Did Not Indict Officers Involved in Son’s Death
12/29/2015 - Tamir Rice Was 12 Years Old
12/29/2015 - Chicago Cop Charged in Death of Laquan McDonald Enters Not-Guilty Plea
12/29/2015 - Calif. Man Arrested for Allegedly Burning Woman Alive on Christmas Day
12/29/2015 - No Indictment of Tamir Rice’s Killers Is the Prosecutor’s Failure, Not a ‘Perfect Storm of Human Error’
12/29/2015 - T.D. Jakes Checks Instagram User Who Slammed Him for Wearing Ripped Jeans to Church
12/29/2015 - K. Michelle Is Reversing Her Inflated Behind and Debuts a Smaller Derriere
12/29/2015 - Muslim Family Dines at Ga. Restaurant on Christmas Eve and This Happens
12/29/2015 - ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch and Mom Captured in Mexico
12/29/2015 - The NBA Suspends Matt Barnes for 2 Games Because of His Brawl With Derek Fisher
12/29/2015 - Hillary Clinton Vows to Champion Wage Increase for Struggling Black Families in SC Radio Ad
12/29/2015 - A Father’s Lifesaving Strategy to End His Son’s Fascination With Toy Guns
12/29/2015 - Nnedi Okorafor Is Putting Africans at the Center of Science Fiction and Fantasy
12/28/2015 - Tamir Rice Found Guilty of Being Young, Free and Black
12/28/2015 - Photo of the Day: Erykah Badu Debuts Her Natural Gray Hair to Show How Her Body Has Aged
12/28/2015 - Let USA Today Tell It: Taraji P. Henson Is Entertainer of the Year
12/28/2015 - No Criminal Charges for Cleveland Officer Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice
12/28/2015 - NYC College Student Accuses Cops of Wrongful Arrest, Assault for Walking His Puppy
12/28/2015 - Legendary Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon Dead at 83
12/28/2015 - Who Won 2015?
12/28/2015 - Tasha Smith’s Ex-Husband Tries to Clear His Name by Slamming Her on Social Media
12/28/2015 - Chicago Police Shooting: Victims’ Family and Friends Demand Answers
12/28/2015 - Fla. Man Arrested in McDonald’s Shooting Over Food Order: Report
12/28/2015 - Obamas’ Spotify Playlist for the Holidays: 14 Songs Barack and Michelle Are Jamming to This Time of Year
12/28/2015 - 8-Year-Old NY Burn Survivor Receives a Holiday Gift Package From Beyoncé
12/28/2015 - Started From the Bottom, Now They’re Here: The Winners of 2015
12/28/2015 - He’s Quick on the Draw, and It’s Ruining Our Sex Life
12/27/2015 - Shocking Findings in Probe of Ga. Police Shootings
12/27/2015 - Calif. School Principal to Donate Kidney to Former Student
12/27/2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Course to Earn $1,000,000,000 in Ticket Sales
12/27/2015 - Chris and Adrienne Bosh Are Expecting Twin Boys
12/27/2015 - Price Tag in the Millions to Display Removed SC Confederate Flag in a Museum
12/27/2015 - ‘Steph Curry With the Shot’ Is Named AP Male Athlete of 2015
12/27/2015 - ‘Merry Easter’: Steve Harvey Wins the Internet After Miss Universe Fail
12/27/2015 - Man Fatally Shot by Deputy While Trying to Disarm His Son
12/27/2015 - College Student, Mother of 5 Killed by Chicago Cops; Families Demand Answers
12/26/2015 - Obamas Thank Troops in Touching Holiday Message
12/26/2015 - Janet Jackson Postpones Unbreakable World Tour to Undergo Surgery
12/26/2015 - William Guest, Member of Gladys Knight and the Pips, Dies
12/26/2015 - Off-Duty Cop Fatally Shoots NC Rapper in Christmas Eve Mall Dispute
12/26/2015 - I’m Not Joking When I Say I Don’t Think Beyoncé Is a Bad Actress
12/25/2015 - My Cherokee Ancestors Never Went West. Can I Be a Citizen?
12/25/2015 - Concussion: Meet the Real Doctor Who Took on the NFL and Changed Football Forever
12/24/2015 - Photos: Black Lives Matter Minneapolis Protests Death of Jamar Clark
12/24/2015 - Watch: Drake and Tyrese School Denzel Washington on How to Use His Smartphone
12/24/2015 - The IRS Reportedly Refuses to Rescind MC Hammer’s $800,000 Tax Debt
12/24/2015 - Report: Police Requested Taser Before Fatally Shooting Laquan McDonald
12/24/2015 - 3 Revelations From Chris Brown’s Vibe Interview That’ll Have You Rooting for Him
12/24/2015 - 50 Cent Is Reportedly Suing Rick Ross for $2,000,000; Claims Ross Used ‘In Da Club’ Illegally
12/24/2015 - Watch: Hilarious Parody of How a Jamaican Might React if Steve Harvey Mis-Crowned Her Miss Universe
12/24/2015 - Ben Carson Backpedals After Suggesting Major Campaign Shake-Up
12/24/2015 - Idaho Lunch Lady Is Fired Days Before Christmas for Giving Hungry Student a Free Lunch
12/24/2015 - For Americans of Color, Is Norway a Racism-Free Utopia?
12/24/2015 - We Have Never Celebrated Christmas, but I’m Starting to Wish We Did
12/23/2015 - If the Holidays Are Your Most Depressing Time of Year, This One’s for You
12/23/2015 - NBA Stars Speak Out Against Gun Violence
12/23/2015 - Minn. Black Lives Matter Protesters Demonstrate Inside Mall of America, Shut Down Airport Terminal
12/23/2015 - An In-Depth Analysis of the Greatest Christmas Song of All Time
12/23/2015 - Teyana Taylor Shows Off Washboard Abs 6 Days After Giving Birth
12/23/2015 - NY Couple Arrested in Beating of Blind Salvation Army Bell Ringer
12/23/2015 - Judge Annuls Tasha Smith’s Marriage After Finding That Her Husband Hid Kids, Marriages and Debt
12/23/2015 - Colo. Man Who Spent 28 Years in Prison for Rape After Woman Claimed His Face Came to Her in a Dream Is Freed
12/23/2015 - Russell Simmons Pours His Heart Out to Kimora About Their Beautiful Blended Family
12/23/2015 - After Donald Trump’s Defense of Putin, Media Committee Weighs In on Russian President’s Record on Journalists
12/23/2015 - 10 Stale, Tired and Tasteless Jokes About Kwanzaa so You Don’t Have to Create Your Own
12/23/2015 - Keep Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap Away From Your Fuckparts (Just Trust Me)
12/23/2015 - Fla. Woman Faces 5 Years in Jail After Placing Image of Confederate Flag on Black Co-Worker’s Desk
12/23/2015 - Fla. Woman Dies After Being Forcibly Removed From Hospital by Police
12/23/2015 - Steve Harvey Could Be Back to Host the Miss Universe Pageant in 2016
12/23/2015 - NBA Star DeMarcus Cousins Gave a Family a New Car and Took 200 Kids Shopping for Christmas
12/23/2015 - Lisa Nicole Carson on Living With Bipolar Disorder: ‘I Don’t Look at My Life as Tragic; I Look at It as Miraculous’
12/23/2015 - Exposed: How Keanu Reeves’ Newest Film Got Whitewashed
12/23/2015 - Remember When Showing Black Women on the Silver Screen Was Revolutionary?
12/23/2015 - Who Will Speak for Black Cubans on the Lack of Economic Opportunity?
12/22/2015 - Ah, Makes Sense Now: Steve Harvey Reportedly Left the Miss Universe Rehearsal Early
12/22/2015 - Marjorie Harvey Says Her Man Is a Stand-Up Guy in Light of His Mistake
12/22/2015 - NYC Man Loses Testicle After Police Allegedly Stomp His Groin During Arrest
12/22/2015 - Ask Agatha: Terrible Post-Sex Etiquette And "Do Men Ever Grow Up?"
12/22/2015 - What We Know About Lakeisha Holloway, the Las Vegas Crash Suspect
12/22/2015 - President Obama and Jerry Seinfeld Are Cruisin’ Down the Street in a Blue Corvette
12/22/2015 - A Force to Be Reckoned With
12/22/2015 - Remy Ma & Papoose Are The Black Love I've Always Wanted But Never Knew I Needed
12/22/2015 - Bernie Sanders Is Right: Sandra Bland Would Be Alive Today if She Were a White Woman
12/22/2015 - NY Knicks Player Robbed by 2 Women
12/22/2015 - Texas Grand Jury: No Indictments in Sandra Bland’s Death
12/22/2015 - Search Expands for ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch and His Mother
12/22/2015 - Miss Jamaica Made History as the 1st Miss World Contestant to Have Dreadlocks
12/22/2015 - Quentin Tarantino on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Former Police Superintendent: ‘They’re All Bad Apples’
12/22/2015 - Women in the Marines Can Now Rock Locks and Twists
12/22/2015 - Bill Cosby Sues Beverly Johnson for Defamation of Character
12/22/2015 - Poll Finds That Americans Hold Negative Views of American Muslims
12/22/2015 - 2015’s Best of #BlackExcellence
12/21/2015 - Holiday Traditions Around the World: How We Celebrate the Season
12/21/2015 - R. Kelly Is A Coward
12/21/2015 - Chicago Man, 71, Shot to Death After Answering Front Door
12/21/2015 - Fetty Wap Is Reportedly in a Public Spat With a Woman Who Says She’s Carrying His Child
12/21/2015 - Why Steve Harvey Crowning the Wrong Miss Universe Is the Best Thing to Happen to Miss Universe
12/21/2015 - Why Mack Wilds Felt the Need to Highlight His Love for ‘Dark-Skinned Girls’
12/21/2015 - R. Kelly Walks Off HuffPost Live Set After Being Questioned About His Fondness for Underage Girls
12/21/2015 - Driver Who Reportedly Killed 1 Woman and Injured Several Dozen in Las Vegas Is Identified
12/21/2015 - Survey Says...Steve Fucked Up. But It Is and Isn't His Fault. (It's His Fault.)
12/21/2015 - Watch: Fla. Suspect Punches Cop, Pulls Gun and Opens Fire
12/21/2015 - A Black Woman Has Been Cast to Play Hermione in New Harry Potter Play
12/21/2015 - Ga. Teen Accidentally Shoots Mother
12/21/2015 - Civil Rights Activist Ozell Sutton Dies at 90
12/21/2015 - Watch: Steve Harvey Announces Wrong Miss Universe Winner
12/21/2015 - Mathew Knowles Says He’s Not Being Sued by Beyoncé
12/21/2015 - Here’s the Actor Who’ll Play Tupac in Upcoming Biopic
12/21/2015 - Countess Vaughn and Brandy Squash 20-Year-Old Beef
12/21/2015 - Abortion Is Not Just a White Woman’s Issue
12/21/2015 - 16 New Year’s Resolutions That Must Happen in 2016: Yes, I’m Looking at You, Rachel Dolezal, Jaden Smith and Donald Trump
12/20/2015 - Holiday Nonfiction Offerings: Journalists Follow Their Passions
12/20/2015 - ABC Family Names Cast in New Nicki Minaj Series
12/20/2015 - Democrats Battle Over Foreign and Domestic Policies in Final 2015 Debate
12/20/2015 - Obamas Arrive in Hawaii for Annual Christmas Vacation
12/20/2015 - Watch: SNL Spoofs Ben Carson in GOP Debate
12/20/2015 - Director of Harlem’s Schomburg Center to Leave
12/20/2015 - Star Wars, a Global Box Office Smash, Rakes in $250,000,000
12/20/2015 - Del. Cop Acquitted of Video-Recorded Assault of Black Suspect Returns to Police Department
12/20/2015 - Walter Scott’s Family Seeks Court Approval of a $6,500,000 Settlement
12/20/2015 - Tenn. Teen Died Protecting Others From Gunfire
12/20/2015 - Should I Choose Amazing Sex Over Marital Security?
12/20/2015 - Discovering the Artistic Genius of Painter Norman Lewis
12/20/2015 - St. Louis Cop Who Killed VonDerrit Myers Jr. Arrested, Resigns Under Suspicion of DWI
12/19/2015 - Watch: Iman Shumpert Sings to Newborn Daughter After Assisting Fiancee With Delivery
12/19/2015 - Parents Protest Charge Against Spring Valley High School Student After Violent Arrest
12/19/2015 - 250,000 Sign Petition in Call for Emanuel and Alvarez to Resign Amid New Evidence
12/19/2015 - Bill Cosby’s Lawyers Fight Wife’s Deposition in Defamation Suit
12/19/2015 - Here’s How the Federal Reserve Just Told Black Folks ‘You Don’t Really Matter’
12/19/2015 - ‘I Always Knew One Day I’d Go to Jail’
12/18/2015 - My Friends Didn’t Show Up at My Birthday Party, and I’m Ready to Drop-Kick Them
12/18/2015 - New Orleans’ Removal of Symbols Honoring Traitors and Domestic Terrorists Is Long Overdue
12/18/2015 - 10 Things I’ve Learned After Being a Dad for 2 Weeks
12/18/2015 - Sikh 7th-Grader Arrested, Spends 2 Nights in Texas Jail for Bomb-Threat Hoax
12/18/2015 - Trial Date Set in Sandra Bland Case
12/18/2015 - A Cap-Off to N.W.A’s Stellar Year: They’re Being Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
12/18/2015 - Love & Hip Hop: Remy Ma and Papoose Are the Black Love I Never Knew I Needed
12/18/2015 - John Boyega's Response To White Tears Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Heard This Week
12/18/2015 - GRILLZ! (Dec 19) | New Year's Eve (Dec 31) | Tees In The Trap (All Day Eryday)
12/18/2015 - Gilbert Arenas Mocks WNBA Players’ Looks and the League Claps Back
12/18/2015 - Meek Mill Broke Down on the Stand and Pleaded With a Philly Judge to Be Lenient
12/18/2015 - Family of Ohio Teen Who Committed Suicide Files Lawsuit Against School
12/18/2015 - Authorities Worried That ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch May Have Fled the Country
12/18/2015 - Tracy Morgan Opens Up to Barbara Walters About Accident
12/18/2015 - Will Smith Says He Was Only Joking About Running for President
12/18/2015 - Michael Jackson’s Thriller Becomes the 1st 30-Times Multiplatinum Album
12/18/2015 - My Daughter Talks Back to Me—and I Encourage It
12/18/2015 - Black and Hispanic Members of Congress Furious Over $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill
12/17/2015 - After Mistrial in Freddie Gray Case, News Media Recycle Scenes of Earlier Baltimore Unrest
12/17/2015 - Wu-Tang Is For The Children. Martin Shkreli Will Sell Your Children Into Slavery
12/17/2015 - Nautical Movie Thriller, Now in Theaters, Ignores a Horrifying Racial Mystery
12/17/2015 - Teyana Taylor Went Into Labor in Her Bathroom; Delivers Baby Girl Into Her Fiance Iman Shumpert’s Hands
12/17/2015 - Watch the Trailer for the Toni Braxton Movie to Air on Lifetime
12/17/2015 - NYPD Cop Involved in Amadou Diallo Shooting Death Gets Promotion
12/17/2015 - John Boyega Says Racist Star War Fans Are ‘Victims of a Disease in Their Mind’
12/17/2015 - Wheaton College Suspends Professor After Facebook Post Supporting Muslims
12/17/2015 - HIV-Meds Gouger and Buyer of Wu-Tang Clan Album for $2,000,000 Is in Jail on Securities Fraud
12/17/2015 - You’re the Real MVP: LeBron James Shares Special Moment With Teen
12/17/2015 - Drake Invests in New App
12/17/2015 - NYC Woman Files Lawsuit Claiming Cop Called Her Gay Slur, Assaulted Her
12/17/2015 - Chadwick Boseman Set to Portray Thurgood Marshall in Reginald Hudlin Film
12/17/2015 - Mistrial for Baltimore Officer Could Spell Trouble for Prosecutors Seeking Justice for Freddie Gray
12/17/2015 - ‘We Need a Conviction’: Baltimore Reacts to Mistrial in Freddie Gray Case
12/16/2015 - On Freddie Gray, And The Rapidly Decreasing Value Of Hope In The Criminal Justice System
12/16/2015 - Freddie Gray Case: Judge Declares Mistrial in William Porter Trial as Jury Fails to Reach Unanimous Verdict
12/16/2015 - Watch: Lupita Nyong’o Is a Lifelong Star Wars Fan
12/16/2015 - Central Park Five’s Korey Wise Donates $190,000 to University of Colo.’s Innocence Project
12/16/2015 - Christina Milian Reveals That an Abusive Ex-Boyfriend Once Pulled a Loaded Gun on Her
12/16/2015 - Warrant Issued for ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch
12/16/2015 - 9 Phenomenal Things We Learned About Regina King From Her Interview With Vulture
12/16/2015 - Tyler Perry Will Host a Fox Musical About Jesus Christ’s Last Days on Earth Set in Modern-Day New Orleans
12/16/2015 - Being Mary Jane Recap: No More Drama, No More Pain
12/16/2015 - Miss. Elementary School Apologizes After Making Child Change out of ‘Black Girls Rock!’ Shirt
12/16/2015 - Someone Needs To Put The GOP Presidential Nominees In A Van. And Push That Van Off A Bridge
12/16/2015 - Mexico Finally Recognizes its Afro-Mexican Population in Recent National Census
12/16/2015 - Freddie Gray Case: Hung Jury, Judge Declares Mistrial
12/16/2015 - 2 Tenn. Teens Jailed for Sagging Pants
12/16/2015 - Detroit Man Arraigned in Shooting of Federal Judge
12/16/2015 - #WhitesAgainstTrump Trends During GOP Debate Because Not Every White Person Is a Fan
12/16/2015 - VH1 Releases Trailer for ’90s Hip-Hop Movie The Breaks
12/16/2015 - Choreographer Fatima Robinson Is Nabbed by NBC to Turn Her Life Into a Sitcom
12/16/2015 - Nicki Minaj Criticized by Human Rights Organization for Angola Concert
12/16/2015 - Watch: This Man Sings His Way Out of a Traffic Ticket
12/16/2015 - Michael Jordan Donates Supermarket-Lawsuit Settlement to Chicago Nonprofits
12/16/2015 - The Time When The Color Purple Became an Iconic Black Film
12/16/2015 - Here’s Why the Country Club Went Ballistic Over the Sam’s Club CEO
12/16/2015 - Kevin Powell: The Evolution of an Activist
12/16/2015 - How 2015 Was Drenched in White Tears
12/15/2015 - Ouster of Black Faculty Member at Fla. School for Journalists Results in Backlash Among Community Members
12/15/2015 - Zack Morris, Religion, and Me
12/15/2015 - High School Graduation Rates Reach Record Highs; Gap Narrows for Black and Latino Students
12/15/2015 - Ask Agatha: "I Like Black Women But Hate Fake Hair. What Should I Do???"
12/15/2015 - All Los Angeles Public Schools Closed After Bomb Threat
12/15/2015 - ‘How Long Does It Take to Click a Seat Belt?’: Closing Arguments in Freddie Gray Case
12/15/2015 - Serena’s SI Cover: Can a Sister Have a Moment Without All the Drama?
12/15/2015 - The Best Hip-Hop Tracks of 2015
12/15/2015 - Sam’s Club CEO Talks Diversity and White Men Are Outraged; Comments Deemed ‘Racist’
12/15/2015 - NBA Ref Reveals He Is Gay Days After NBA Star Is Suspended for Reportedly Calling Him Gay Slur
12/15/2015 - Watch: President Obama Sings Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’
12/15/2015 - #CivilRightsTwitter Provides a Look at What Might Have Been if Twitter Were Around Back in the Day
12/15/2015 - Bill Cosby Is Suing 7 Accusers
12/15/2015 - Our 10 Favorite Albums of 2015
12/15/2015 - Do Republicans Really Want the Black and Latino Vote?
12/14/2015 - Holtzclaw Verdict Is Not a ‘Win’; It’s Fuel to Keep Fighting
12/14/2015 - Who Cares About Haters When You’ve Got Wins? The Cam Newton Story
12/14/2015 - Chicago Police Commander Accused of Shoving Gun Down Suspect’s Throat Is Acquitted
12/14/2015 - Six Reasons Why Serena's Sportsperson Of The Year Honor Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week
12/14/2015 - Death of Alonzo Smith, Who Was in Custody of Security Guards, Ruled Homicide
12/14/2015 - Trailers and Premiere Date Released for John Legend-Produced Series Underground
12/14/2015 - Convicted Rapist Daniel Holtzclaw on Suicide Watch in Jail: Report
12/14/2015 - President Obama Leads Rare Strategy Session on Terrorism
12/14/2015 - Muslim Student Reportedly Singled Out by Teacher Who Asked if She Had Bomb in Backpack
12/14/2015 - Black Women Love Drake Because He Reminds Them Of Jesus
12/14/2015 - Serena Williams Named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year 2015
12/14/2015 - Police: Man Killed by Los Angeles Deputies Had Gun in His Hand When He Was Shot
12/14/2015 - Sanaa Lathan and Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Police-Shooting Drama Heads to Fox
12/14/2015 - Suspect in Killing of Miss. Cops Dies After Being Found Unconscious in Cell
12/14/2015 - Ole Miss Star Defensive Lineman Falls From 4th-Floor Hotel Window
12/14/2015 - Lil Boosie Recovering After Losing Half a Kidney During Cancer Surgery
12/14/2015 - Ruben Studdard Receives Honorary Master of Arts Degree From Alabama A&M
12/14/2015 - When History Met History: 15 of President Obama’s Most Memorable Meetings
12/13/2015 - Just in Time for the Holidays: Top Nonfiction Books
12/13/2015 - Donald Trump Praises Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
12/13/2015 - ‘Not Giving Me My Props Doesn’t Stop Me From Being Great’: Nicki Minaj Claps Back at Critics
12/13/2015 - This Happened When Giants Star Odell Beckham Handed Out Beats Headphones to Teammates
12/13/2015 - Calif. Deputies Fatally Shot Suspect Who Appears to Walk Away in Video
12/13/2015 - Ted Cruz Is New Iowa GOP Presidential Front-Runner
12/13/2015 - Local Va. NAACP Marches to Demand Justice for Linwood Lambert
12/13/2015 - University of Alabama’s Derrick Henry Wins Heisman
12/13/2015 - Attorney Shows New Video of Mario Woods’ Fatal Police Shooting, Files Lawsuit
12/13/2015 - Black in the USSR: 3 Generations of a Russian Family
12/12/2015 - Russian Supermarket Apologizes for Selling Cutting Board With Racist Image of Obama
12/12/2015 - Airbnb Hosts Discriminate Against Black Renters, Study Says
12/12/2015 - ‘Are You Going to Shoot Me?’: Rape Victims Speak Out About Convicted Ex-Okla. Cop
12/12/2015 - Al Sharpton to Call on Supreme Court Justice to Recuse Himself After Racially Insensitive Remarks
12/12/2015 - Harvard Hosts Symposium on the Afrodescendant Movement in Latin America
12/12/2015 - 5 Healthy Holiday Hacks to Jump-Start Your New Year
12/11/2015 - New England Police Union Endorses Trump
12/11/2015 - He Lied About Erasing Our Sex Tape and Was Surprised When I Got Mad
12/11/2015 - The 2015 List of People We Don’t Mess With Any More
12/11/2015 - Judge Orders Muslim Man Arrested for Supporting ISIS to Eat or Be Force-Fed
12/11/2015 - La. Marshals Who Killed 6-Year-Old Are Indicted on Murder Charges
12/11/2015 - Am I Too Old For My First Tattoo?
12/11/2015 - Verdict in 1st Trial Over Freddie Gray’s Death Could Come Next Week
12/11/2015 - NH Man Accused of Robbery While Wearing Obama Mask
12/11/2015 - How Being Petty Won 2015
12/11/2015 - How Abigail Fisher Is All The Worst Parts Of Ron Weasley From Harry Potter
12/11/2015 - Hillary Clinton on Donald Trump: He Isn’t Funny Anymore, He’s Dangerous
12/11/2015 - Citadel Cadets Went Caroling Dressed in KKK-Style White Hoods
12/11/2015 - Kelly Rowland Looks to Create Girl Group in New BET Series
12/11/2015 - Jennifer Hudson Says She Accepted Chi-raq Role Because Gun Violence Is a Part of Her Life
12/11/2015 - Charles Barkley Says CNN Has Been Kissing Butt and Trump Supporters’ Lives Suck
12/11/2015 - Black College Students Respond to Affirmative Action Hearing With #StayMadAbby
12/11/2015 - Wake Up, Black People. The Supreme Court Is Poised to Drop a Bomb on You
12/11/2015 - The Color Purple Broadway Review: A Story of Sisterhood That Never Gets Old
12/11/2015 - Were My NC Ancestors Afro-Latino Immigrants?
12/10/2015 - Former Oklahoma City Officer Daniel Holtzclaw Found Guilty on 18 of 36 Charges, Faces 263 Years in Prison
12/10/2015 - To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo
12/10/2015 - The Best Hip-Hop Singles of 2015
12/10/2015 - NC Man Dies in Police Custody After Being Pepper-Sprayed
12/10/2015 - Muslim Family in Texas Victims of Possible Hate Crime
12/10/2015 - Come Celebrate New Year's Eve with VSB in DC!
12/10/2015 - I Don't Want My Son To Play Football.
12/10/2015 - La. Man Accused of Raping Couple 1 Day After Shooting Student
12/10/2015 - Trending: Twitter Users Post Their Best ‘What if Michelle Obama Were Really a Rapper’ Verses With #FlotusBars
12/10/2015 - Houston Company Gives Every Employee $100,000 Christmas Bonus
12/10/2015 - 14 Thoughts On The Wiz Live After Taking A Week To Fully Process Its Blackassness
12/10/2015 - Michelle ‘Flow-tus’ Obama and Jay Pharoah Rap About Going to College
12/10/2015 - Trump: ‘I’m Going to Win the African-American Vote’
12/10/2015 - NYC Man Accused of Killing Ex-Girlfriend Commits Suicide
12/10/2015 - The President and First Lady Name Their Favorite Songs of 2015
12/10/2015 - J.J. Abrams Says He’d Pick Ava DuVernay to Be the 1st Woman to Direct a Star Wars Movie
12/10/2015 - Muhammad Ali Responds to Trump’s Comments About Muslims and Sets the Record Straight About Jihadis
12/10/2015 - I Never Tell My Daughter She’s Beautiful, and I Want Others to Stop Saying It, Too
12/10/2015 - Nominate a Young Person for The Root 2016 Young Futurists
12/9/2015 - Justice Scalia Questions Whether Blacks Ought to Be at Top-Tier Universities
12/9/2015 - President Obama's Favorite Song Choice of 2015 Is The Blackest Thing We've Ever Heard This Week
12/9/2015 - Protests Erupt in Chicago After Mayor Apologizes for Laquan McDonald’s Death
12/9/2015 - When to Ask for Help
12/9/2015 - Trial Begins for Chicago Police Commander Who Allegedly Put Gun in Suspect’s Mouth
12/9/2015 - The 10 Blackest Songs Of All-Time
12/9/2015 - Why I’m Not Letting My Son Play Football
12/9/2015 - Amid Trump Anti-Muslim Furor, Muslim Rep. André Carson Receives Death Threat
12/9/2015 - Watch: Trump’s National Spokeswoman on Offensive Immigration Ban: ‘So What? They’re Muslim’
12/9/2015 - The 2015 List of People We Don’t Mess With Anymore
12/9/2015 - Seattle Police Investigate Death of College Student Who Fell Off Roof
12/9/2015 - Russell Simmons, Who Obviously Sucks at Picking Friends, Pens Open Letter to His Friend Donald Trump
12/9/2015 - Being Mary Jane Recap: I’m Not Your Superwoman
12/9/2015 - Del. Officer Who Kicked Black Suspect in the Face Is Acquitted of Assault
12/9/2015 - White House: Trump’s Muslim Ban ‘Disqualifies’ Him for Presidency
12/9/2015 - Michael Vick Is Lobbying for Laws to Protect Animals in Hot Cars
12/9/2015 - Watch: Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ John Boyega Impersonates His Co-Stars and Director
12/9/2015 - Robin Thicke and Pharrell Appeal ‘Blurred Lines’ Verdict
12/9/2015 - Remember When T-Pain Made Auto-Tune a Thing?
12/9/2015 - 5 Gift Alternatives so You’ll Spend #Not1Dime This Holiday
12/8/2015 - What You Can Do Now to Save Money in 2016
12/8/2015 - Media Outlets Opine That Donald Trump Is Channeling Demagogues
12/8/2015 - What's A Better Day For The Average Black Man: New Timberlands Day Or Fresh Haircut Day?
12/8/2015 - Erykah Badu and Iggy Azalea Patch Things Up in a Cute and Funny Way
12/8/2015 - Omarion Tweets His Frustrations That ‘Post to Be’ Wasn’t Nominated for a Grammy
12/8/2015 - Donald Trump’s Anti-Muslim Comments Cross a Moral Line
12/8/2015 - 6 Arrested in Abduction of 2 University of Rochester Students
12/8/2015 - What Would R. Kelly Have to Do to Make His Supporters Turn Against Him?
12/8/2015 - Nas Is Executive-Producing a Film That Will Premiere at Sundance and Star Erykah Badu
12/8/2015 - Mich. State Senator on Failing Schools: ‘We Can’t Make an African American White’
12/8/2015 - Ask Agatha: Adult Virgins And The Single Worst Zodiac Sign To Date
12/8/2015 - No, Ayesha Curry Did Not Slut-Shame Women With Her Tweets
12/8/2015 - In Chicago, Another Federal Investigation of Police, but Will It Really Matter?
12/8/2015 - Pig’s Head Found Outside Philadelphia Mosque
12/8/2015 - Cuffing While Celibate (The Finale): Embracing The Newbie
12/8/2015 - Nike Signs LeBron James to Lifetime Deal
12/8/2015 - San Francisco Police Chief: Mario Woods Shooting ‘Could Have Ended Differently if We Had Tasers’
12/8/2015 - Queen Latifah Cast in Lee Daniels’ Pilot Based on the Supremes, LaBelle and Destiny’s Child
12/8/2015 - Here’s Why Ava DuVernay’s Barbie Sold Out Within Minutes After Hitting the Market
12/8/2015 - Donald Trump Wants to Ban All Muslims Entering the US
12/8/2015 - Fox Suspends Stacey Dash and Ralph Peters for On-Air Profanity Directed Toward the President
12/8/2015 - 14 of the Best Nonfiction Books by Black Authors in 2015
12/7/2015 - Omarion Was Right: Any Song With "Eat The Booty Like Groceries" In It Deserves A Grammy
12/7/2015 - Flemish Politician Dresses as Controversial ‘Black Pete’—aka Full-On Blackface
12/7/2015 - Kanye West Is Now the Proud Father of a ‘Saint’
12/7/2015 - No Criminal Charges for Chicago Cop in Fatal Shooting of Ronald Johnson
12/7/2015 - Did Solange Knowles Troll Jay Z During Her Art Basel DJ Set?
12/7/2015 - Man Claiming to Be Former White House Chef Dishes on Past Presidents—Except He May Never Have Worked at the White House
12/7/2015 - Owner of Dogs that Viciously Mauled 4-Year-Old Detroit Boy Charged with Murder
12/7/2015 - Here’s What’s Wrong With Ayesha Curry’s Tweet About How Some Women Dress ‘These Days’
12/7/2015 - Kendrick, Trap Queens, and Tamar! Let's Talk About These Grammy Nominations!
12/7/2015 - Mo’Nique Is Launching a Podcast to Discuss Her Open Marriage
12/7/2015 - SWAT Team Rescues 2 Abducted NY College Students
12/7/2015 - It's Confirmed: Bad-Ass, Kick-Ass Black Female Lawyers Won 2015
12/7/2015 - Kendrick Lamar Leads Grammy Nominations With 11
12/7/2015 - Guess Who’s Instagram’s Newest Weave Model?
12/7/2015 - Justice Department to Investigate Chicago Police After Laquan McDonald Case
12/7/2015 - 2 Chainz Visits Disabled Veteran for the Holidays, Offers to Pay Rent for a Year
12/7/2015 - Obama Aims to Ease Fears Over Terrorism: ‘We Will Overcome It’
12/7/2015 - Ava DuVernay Barbie Doll to Go on Sale Monday
12/7/2015 - Historic Presidency, Historic Opposition: The Legacy of President Barack Obama
12/7/2015 - Berry Gordy Had and Is Still Having a Wonderful Time
12/6/2015 - Questions Arise After Media Enter Killers' Home
12/6/2015 - Obama to Address Nation Sunday on Terrorist Threat
12/6/2015 - Twitter Rushes to Pick Name for Kanye and Kim’s New Son
12/6/2015 - Video Expert: Tamir Did Not Reach Into Waistband for Pellet Gun
12/6/2015 - Morgan Freeman’s Private Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Tire Blows Out
12/6/2015 - FBI Investigating Possible Hate Crime in Shooting of Muslim Cab Driver
12/6/2015 - Nicki Minaj Posts $100,000 Bail for Brother After Rape Charge
12/6/2015 - String of Protesters Interrupt Donald Trump’s NC Rally
12/6/2015 - Jesse Jackson to Lead Protest March Sunday
12/6/2015 - 17 Brilliant Black Artists Featured at Art Basel in Miami
12/6/2015 - 150 Years of Freedom
12/6/2015 - 10 Things I’ve Learned Since I Lost My Job
12/5/2015 - Sisters of Comedy Is Proof That Black Women Need Entertainment That Truly Represents Us
12/5/2015 - Watch: Obama Renews Calls for Stricter Gun Laws After Calif. Mass Shooting
12/5/2015 - Laquan McDonald Police Report Dramatically Different From Video
12/5/2015 - Medical Examiner: Freddie Gray’s Spine ‘Kinked’ in Police Van
12/5/2015 - Chicago’s Interim Top Cop Warns Officers About Squad-Car Audio, Video
12/5/2015 - Remember When Chris Brown Was a Talented Teenager With a Bright Future?
12/5/2015 - The Case for Paying College Athletes to Play
12/4/2015 - In February, Viola Davis Would Have Had 3 Weddings; Here’s Why
12/4/2015 - Detroit 4-Year-Old Mauled to Death by Pack of Dogs
12/4/2015 - Nicki Minaj’s Brother Arrested and Charged With Raping a 12-Year-Old Girl
12/4/2015 - Jurors Visibly Shaken When Video of Freddie Gray’s Arrest Is Played in Court
12/4/2015 - Ohio Barber Confronts White Man Walking Around Black Neighborhoods Carrying Gun
12/4/2015 - No Way Out: The White House Looks at Link Between Incarceration and Poverty
12/4/2015 - The Wiz Live! Drew In Millions of Viewers, Beating Out NBC’s Last Live Musical, Peter Pan
12/4/2015 - Accused San Bernardino Attacker Tashfeen Malik Pledged Allegiance to ISIS on Social Media: Report
12/4/2015 - In Mass Shooting, San Bernardino, 2nd-Poorest City in the US After Detroit, Took a Hit, Too
12/4/2015 - ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch Allegedly Videotaped at Party With Beer Pong
12/4/2015 - 7 Reasons Why The Wiz Live! Was #BlackExcellence
12/4/2015 - I'm An Adult and I Hate Sharing. Bite Me.
12/4/2015 - I Am an Adult and I Hate Sharing. So What?
12/4/2015 - Vile Human George Zimmerman Suspended From Twitter After Posting Ex-Girlfriend’s Nude Pics
12/4/2015 - Minneapolis Police Dismantling of Protest Camp Sparks Rally at City Hall
12/4/2015 - Nick Cannon Is Now the Chief Creative Officer at Radio Shack
12/4/2015 - Patti LaBelle and James Wright Chanel to Air Holiday Cooking Special
12/4/2015 - Chicago Police Investigating Facebook Video Apparently Showing Toddler Smoking Joint
12/4/2015 - Amber Rose Poses as Heroic Feminists in a New Photo Shoot
12/4/2015 - Christina Milian Defends Her Daughter’s ‘Grown’ Afro-Twist Hairstyle
12/4/2015 - Under Pressure, Chicago’s Mayor Supports Release of Another Controversial Police Shooting
12/4/2015 - Spike Lee Answers the Questions and the Critics of Chi-raq
12/4/2015 - Do Mormon Genealogy Records Include Black People?
12/3/2015 - American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson Coming to Cable in 2016
12/3/2015 - The Difference Between ‘white people’ and ‘White People’
12/3/2015 - Prince George’s County Officer Convicted After Pointing Gun at Man’s Head
12/3/2015 - Rosa Parks Thinks You’re a Bitch.
12/3/2015 - Military to Open All Combat Positions to Women
12/3/2015 - Va. Man Convicted for Hanging a Noose Is Jailed Again for Sign in Yard
12/3/2015 - The 5 Stages of MacBook Charger Death
12/3/2015 - Empire Recap: The Son Also Rises
12/3/2015 - San Bernardino, Calif., Shooting Suspects Identified as Couple Who Left Baby Daughter With Grandma Before Massacre
12/3/2015 - Attorneys Deliver Opening Statements in Trial of Police Officer in Freddie Gray Case
12/3/2015 - Oprah Winfrey Opens Up About Son Who Died When She Was 14, Reveals Name She Gave Him
12/3/2015 - My 8-Year-Old’s Tuition Is More Expensive Than a Year at Most Colleges. We Can’t Afford It. But We Still Pay It
12/3/2015 - Win A Monster Audio Prize Pack For Christmas!
12/3/2015 - San Francisco Police Fatally Shoot Suspect
12/3/2015 - Spike Lee Leads Protest March in Times Square for Gun Control
12/3/2015 - Watch What Happens When These Black Men Went Caroling in the ’Burbs
12/3/2015 - Honey, Where Did Those Bumps Come From?
12/3/2015 - The Wiz Live! An All-Star Cast Carries on the Decadeslong Legacy of The Wiz
12/3/2015 - The Laquan McDonald Aftermath: More Heads Need to Roll in Chicago
12/2/2015 - An Open Letter to the Black Pastors Who Met With Donald Trump
12/2/2015 - The 5 Stages of MacBook Charger Death
12/2/2015 - Two Days Ago, I Became A Dad. Here's What I've Learned Since Then
12/2/2015 - Active Shooter Reported in San Bernardino, Calif.; Multiple Victims Reported
12/2/2015 - Tenn. Officers Surprise Young Boy Who Had His Xbox Stolen in a Home Burglary
12/2/2015 - Lionel Richie Says He and Adele Are Going to Collaborate Very Soon
12/2/2015 - My Man Is Opening a Business With a Female Co-Worker and Didn’t Tell Me About It for a Year
12/2/2015 - Black Judge, Black Jury? Why the 1st Trial in Freddie Gray’s Death Is Different
12/2/2015 - Jussie Smollett Wants Viewers to Hang in There With Empire
12/2/2015 - Tyra Banks: The Fashion Industry Swagger-Jacked Ideas From America’s Next Top Model
12/2/2015 - Majority-Black Jury Selected in 1st Freddie Gray Trial
12/2/2015 - An Abridged Guide to White People Shit
12/2/2015 - REMINISCE 3rd ANNUAL UGLY SWEATER HOLIDAY PARTY AND TOY DRIVE!
12/2/2015 - Mary Jane Recap: Stay Woke
12/2/2015 - Man Charged in Case of Toddler Burned to Death in Oven Speaks Out: ‘I’m Not a Bad Person’
12/2/2015 - Black Alum Charged With Making Fake Threats Against Black Students at Kean University
12/2/2015 - The Daily Show Cancels Chris Brown’s Appearance
12/2/2015 - Ask Agatha: Family Christmas Card Etiquette And Deleting Naked Pics
12/2/2015 - Sandra Bullock on Adopting Daughter: ‘There’s No Doubt in My Mind That She Was Supposed to Be Here’
12/2/2015 - Love & Hip Hop’s Mendeecees Harris Sentenced to 8 Years for Drug Trafficking
12/2/2015 - Watch: Southern University’s Marching Band Covers Adele’s ‘Hello’
12/2/2015 - Devon Still Says Daughter Shows No Evidence of Cancer
12/2/2015 - The Wiz Live! Brings Iconic Musical to a New Generation
12/2/2015 - Broadway Revival Brings a Different Shade to The Color Purple
12/1/2015 - What’s the Smartest Way to Invest $10,000 or $50,000?
12/1/2015 - White Accused Colo. Planned Parenthood Shooter Is Getting ‘Gentle’ Treatment by Media, Some Say
12/1/2015 - Pie That Doesn’t Melt, Lacrosse and Other White-People Stuff
12/1/2015 - Former NBA Player Chris Duhon Suspended From His Coaching Gig Because of a DUI Arrest
12/1/2015 - Transformation Tuesday: Philly MC Beanie Sigel Is Looking Really Svelte These Days
12/1/2015 - Farrah Franklin: I Was the 3rd Member to Leave in 6 Months, so Destiny’s Child Lied on Me
12/1/2015 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2 Reunion Part I Recap
12/1/2015 - Chicago Police Superintendent Out, Fired Amid Laquan McDonald Video Controversy
12/1/2015 - Cuffing While Celibate: Blocking The Box and The Ex
12/1/2015 - Suspect Arrested for Threatening to Shoot 16 White Men at the University of Chicago
12/1/2015 - Why Bernie Sanders Is Blacker Than You
12/1/2015 - Police Officer Charged With Gunning Down Laquan McDonald Is Out on Bail
12/1/2015 - 15 Powerful Works of Fiction Published by Black Authors in 2015
12/1/2015 - Tamir Rice’s Mother and Siblings Testify Before Grand Jury
12/1/2015 - Michael B. Jordan Is Already Saying Yes to a Creed Sequel
12/1/2015 - Netflix Executive Is Paying for Beasts of No Nation Actor’s Education
12/1/2015 - Daily Show Staffers Disagree Over Chris Brown Appearance
12/1/2015 - At Private Meeting, Black Ministers Urge Donald Trump to Tone Down Racial Rhetoric
12/1/2015 - 5 Valuable Lessons I Learned From Shonda Rhimes’ Year of Yes
12/1/2015 - 12 Things You May Not Have Known About The Wiz
12/1/2015 - True Stories: Positive Black Women