1/31/2015 - Report: Bobbi Kristina’s Family Told to Prepare for the Worst

1/31/2015 - That Time When a NASA Astronaut’s Photo Went Viral

1/31/2015 - Actress Daniele Watts Pleads Not Guilty to Lewd Conduct

1/31/2015 - Officer on Desk Duty in Arrest of Elderly Vet Who Used Golf Club as Cane

1/31/2015 - NYC to Pay $3,900,000 in Police Shooting of Ramarley Graham

1/31/2015 - Serena Williams Bags 19th Grand-Slam Title With Australian Open Win

1/31/2015 - Yeah, if He’s Eligible, 2 Chainz Should Definitely Run for Mayor

1/30/2015 - Former University of North Carolina Athletes Sue School and the NCAA for ‘Academic Fraud’  

1/30/2015 - Assault Charges Against George Zimmerman Dropped

1/30/2015 - Scandal Recap: Olivia, You in Danger, Girl

1/30/2015 - The Evolution of Seattle Seahawk Richard Sherman

1/30/2015 - Watch: San Francisco Lawyer Arrested for Asking Police Not to Question or Photograph Her Client

1/30/2015 - As Black Transgender Women Continue to Die, It’s Time for a Call to Action 

1/30/2015 - Marshawn Lynch, Conan O’Brien and Rob Gronkowski Played ‘Mortal Kombat’ and It Was Awesome

1/30/2015 - I Think Suge Knight Killed A Guy.

1/30/2015 - Mo. Man Arrested After Telling Black Waitress He Wanted to Show Her Where He ‘Hung’ Her Grandpa

1/30/2015 - Former KKK Leader David Duke Might Run for Congress 

1/30/2015 - Eddie Murphy Is Heading Back to SNL After 31 Years

1/30/2015 - Sherri Shepherd’s Surrogate Says She’s Being Forced to Pay Child Support

1/30/2015 - Suge Knight Arrested and Bail Set at $2,000,000 in Fatal Hit-and-Run

1/30/2015 - How to Hire a Professional Genealogist You Can Trust

1/29/2015 - Rooting For New England Is Like Rooting For Gout, And More Thoughts About The Super Bowl

1/29/2015 - Journalists Concerned About What Will Become of the New York Times’ Race Beat

1/29/2015 - Comcast's Gon' Comcast: Cable Company Renames Former Customer "Asshole Brown"

1/29/2015 - The Black Panthers and the Rise of Revolutionary Culture

1/29/2015 - Fla. Mother: School Did Nothing After My 6th-Grader Was Attacked

1/29/2015 - Brawl Breaks Out During St. Louis City Hall Meeting

1/29/2015 - Loretta Lynch Tastefully Distances Herself From Obama and Holder During Confirmation Hearing

1/29/2015 - Watch: Chilling Video of Gunman During His Shooting Spree at Florida State University 

1/29/2015 - Elderly Seattle Vet Jailed for Using a Golf Club as a Cane

1/29/2015 - How Kanye Went From Bush-Baiter to the Sartorial Don Lemon

1/29/2015 - When White Liberals Attack

1/29/2015 - Kanye West Premieres ‘Only One’ Music Video on Ellen DeGeneres Show

1/29/2015 - Iggy Azalea Defends ‘Blaccent’ After Jill Scott and Eve Comments

1/29/2015 - Top Energy Players Meet in Washington to Develop Obama’s Power Africa Initiative

1/29/2015 - Robber Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Leg During Heist

1/29/2015 - QVC Host Apologizes for Shaming a Black Model’s Hairstyle Live, on Air

1/29/2015 - Black or White Misses a Chance to Move Beyond Stereotypes

1/28/2015 - Kyrie Irving, Who Is Very Good At Playing Basketball, Drops Double Nickel On Damian Lillard

1/28/2015 - Top Black CEO Out at McDonald’s

1/28/2015 - Sundance Is High on Dope

1/28/2015 - 2 Former Vanderbilt Football Players Found Guilty of Rape  

1/28/2015 - Eye Candy From The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female Event

1/28/2015 - Ludacris’ Ex Says He Tried to Bribe Her Into Having an Abortion

1/28/2015 - DC: 3 KINGS - Celebrating the Life and Music of Stevie, MJ, and Prince

1/28/2015 - Virginia County Official Called Black Reporter ‘Boy’ During Public Meeting 

1/28/2015 - NFL May Fine Marshawn Lynch for Beast Mode Hat

1/28/2015 - French Designer Uses N-Word for Latest Collection, Says Kanye Endorses Him

1/28/2015 - Jailed Mom of Drowned Texas Infant Allowed to Attend Funeral, Judge Says

1/28/2015 - Six Reasons Why Black Ink Crew Is The Realest Reality Show Ever

1/28/2015 - Norfolk State University Student Brutally Attacked by Police Dog

1/28/2015 - Marissa Alexander Released From Prison

1/28/2015 - SNL’s Leslie Jones Joins the Cast of Ghostbusters

1/28/2015 - 2 Chainz to Run for Mayor of College Park, Ga.?

1/28/2015 - Michelle Obama Forgoes Headscarf at Saudi Event

1/28/2015 - Pittsburgh Police Say Beating of Man by Cops Caught on Video Was ‘Justified’

1/28/2015 - Scandal Is Back: Here Are Some Predictions to Get You Ready for the Big Return

1/28/2015 - CBC Offers Training and Support to Ferguson Activists

1/27/2015 - Charles Blow’s Son on Encounter With Campus Police: Focus on Unreported Police Brutality, Not Me

1/27/2015 - Ben & Jerry’s Founders Support #BlackLivesMatter in a Bold Display of Solidarity

1/27/2015 - Marshawn Lynch at Super Bowl Media Day: ‘I’m Here So I Won’t Get Fined’

1/27/2015 - US Marshals Kill Ohio Narcotics Suspect on Most Wanted List 

1/27/2015 - Minn. Teen Accidentally Kills 13-Year-Old Brother While Playing Cops and Robbers: Report

1/27/2015 - 3 1/2 Minutes: How Gun Culture, Fear and Racial Bias Killed Jordan Davis

1/27/2015 - Love & Hip Hop NY Ep. 506 Recap: All My Baby Mamas

1/27/2015 - 2 Termzzzz: 2 Chainz Wants To Run For Mayor Of College Park, Georgia

1/27/2015 - 9 Black Men Convicted in SC of Trespassing at a Whites-Only Lunch Counter Will Have Their Records Wiped Clean

1/27/2015 - CBS Sports Analyst Greg Anthony Caught in Sting, Agreed to Pay Escort $80 for Sex  

1/27/2015 - J. Cole Will Let Single Mothers Live at 2014 Forest Hills Drive for Free

1/27/2015 - Texas Teen Faces Murder Charge for Allegedly Drowning 2-Month-Old

1/27/2015 - On Life As A Black Person Who Doesn't Really Like Chicken All That Much

1/27/2015 - Woman Who Married Herself Says ‘Wedding’ Was About Self-Love

1/27/2015 - Detroit Man Faces Jail for Refusing to Pay Child Support for Child Who Is Not His

1/27/2015 - Sherlock Actor May Actually Live in the 1800s, Referred to Black Actors as ‘Colored’

1/27/2015 - Ex-CIA Officer Convicted of Leaking Classified Intel to a Reporter

1/27/2015 - Yale on the Detainment of Charles Blow’s Son: This Isn’t Ferguson

1/27/2015 - KFC’s New Double Down Dog Is Edible Death

1/27/2015 - Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo Will Reunite for Film Set During Hurricane Katrina

1/27/2015 - Larry Wilmore’s The Nightly Show Is the Black Talk Show We’ve Been Waiting For

1/27/2015 - Why This Image of a Black Demon Leading St. Francis Was Sort of a Good Thing 

1/27/2015 - So You Suddenly Need a #BlizzardBae? Here Are 14 People We’d Like to Be Snowed in With During the Blizzard of 2015

1/27/2015 - 3 Black Adoptees on Racial Identity After Growing Up in White Homes

1/27/2015 - These Are The Tales, The PJ Tales, Part V

1/26/2015 - Rashida Jones to Reporter: ‘I’m Ethnic’

1/26/2015 - 56-Year-Old Baltimore Woman Dies 7 Days After Giving Birth to Twins

1/26/2015 - Yup, I Said It: Red Velvet (Everything) Is Overrated

1/26/2015 - Pa. Man Arrested for Allegedly Shooting Teenager Who Threw Snowballs at Car

1/26/2015 - 3 Missouri Teens Charged in Murder of 14-Year-Old Girl

1/26/2015 - Drone Device Found on White House Grounds; Malia and Sasha Were Home

1/26/2015 - One Night in Miami Brings the Meeting of Ali, Malcolm, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to Life

1/26/2015 - NYC Dad Shot Family and Self Because He Thought Girlfriend Was Cheating: Report

1/26/2015 - Doing Too Much? Single at 40, Woman Decides to Marry Herself

1/26/2015 - Clergy Tells Fla. Police to #UseMeInstead in Response to Use of Black Men’s Mug Shots for Target Practice

1/26/2015 - The Only Possible Comment On Yasmin Eleby, The 40-Year-Old Houston Woman Who Married Herself

1/26/2015 - Dad-Vertising Looks to Rebrand the Image of Dads in Commercials

1/26/2015 - These Are The Tales, The PJ Tales, Part IV

1/26/2015 - Kendrick Johnson’s Parents Head to Court, Could Face Jail Time  

1/26/2015 - Watch: 3 Baltimore Teens Injured in Fight With School Police Officer

1/26/2015 - Fired Home Depot Employee Returns to NYC Store, Shoots Supervisor, Then Himself 

1/26/2015 - Mich. 4-Year-Old Helps Save Pregnant Mom

1/26/2015 - Kanye West at BET Honors: ‘My Wife Has Dated Broke Black Dudes’

1/26/2015 - White Celebrities Who Have Adopted Black Children

1/25/2015 - Veteran Chicago Reporter Helps Free Wrongfully Convicted Man

1/25/2015 - Boko Haram Attacks Rock Key City in Northeastern Nigeria

1/25/2015 - NY Times’ Charles Blow ‘Fuming’ After Son Stopped at Gunpoint by Yale Cops

1/25/2015 - Watch: Okla. Police Release Graphic Video of Cop Fatally Shooting Fleeing Man

1/25/2015 - NYC Father Kills 3 and Self in Shooting Rampage, Cops Say

1/25/2015 - Some Ala. Lawmakers Upset Over Obama’s Selma March Plans

1/25/2015 - Nina Simone: A Complex and Troubled Legacy

1/24/2015 - Supreme Court to Examine Okla. Execution Procedure

1/24/2015 - Woman Goes on Strike Against ‘Disrespectful’ Teen Daughters

1/24/2015 - Pa. Man Paralyzed in Police Shooting Will Not Face 2nd Trial

1/24/2015 - Ernie Banks Dies at 83

1/24/2015 - A Detroit Collage: How a Graffiti Artist, Apparel Company and Nonprofit Are Helping to Keep Art in Schools

1/23/2015 - Because All Kids Deserve a Quality Education, Congress Should Reauthorize the ESEA

1/23/2015 - Woman Kidnapped at Texas ATM Manages to Escape From Car Trunk

1/23/2015 - Norwood, Ohio, Mayor Promises Not to Abandon Police to ‘Race-Baiting Black Leaders’ 

1/23/2015 - Atlanta Mayor Chided by Police Union for Participating in ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Photo

1/23/2015 - Straight Out of Brownsville: A Student’s Viral Image Salutes Revolutionary Brooklyn School Principal Nadia Lopez

1/23/2015 - Watch: San Francisco Officer Almost Pushes Man Out of His Wheelchair

1/23/2015 - Michelle Williams Tells Mike Huckabee "You Come At The Queen, You Best Not Miss"

1/23/2015 - 2nd-Grade Teacher in Ark. Shows Kids Racial-Slur-Laced MLK Parody Video  

1/23/2015 - Bad Decisions I Will Continue To Make

1/23/2015 - 5 Political Reasons Obama Seems Soft on Race When He’s Not

1/23/2015 - YouTube Star Sensation GloZell Interviews President Obama

1/23/2015 - San Diego Sergeant Sues Police Department, Says Training Video Depicts a Black Cop as a Monkey 

1/23/2015 - FSU Football Under Fire for Admitting Defendant Named in the Kendrick Johnson Wrongful Death Suit 

1/23/2015 - Michelle Williams Confronts Mike Huckabee Over Beyoncé Comments

1/23/2015 - TLC Successfully Kickstarted New Album With Help From Katy Perry

1/23/2015 - Washington Wizards May Get New Uniforms Courtesy of a Wale and Kanye West Collab

1/23/2015 - X: A Novel: How Malcolm X Grew From ‘Little’ to the Leader of a Revolution

1/23/2015 - Maintain Marital Bliss by Compromising on Conflicting Family Obligations

1/23/2015 - Violence Against Black Transgender Women Goes Largely Ignored

1/23/2015 - I’m White, but Tests Show I Have East African DNA. How?

1/23/2015 - An R&B Playlist For Colored Girls Who Listened To The Toni Braxton Secrets Album Too Soon And Have Yet To Recover

1/22/2015 - Muslim Expert Banned From MSNBC for Saying Bobby Jindal ‘Might Be Trying to Scrub Some of the Brown Off’

1/22/2015 - Read Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Acceptance Speech for the duPont Award

1/22/2015 - Drive-By Shooting Suspect Arrested in Killing of Tenn. Girl as She Slept in Her Home

1/22/2015 - Fired McDonald’s Employees: We Were Told, ‘Too Many Black People’ Working in the Store

1/22/2015 - Yes, Black People Can Be Privileged. Because Blackness Is Fucking Awesome.

1/22/2015 - Report: St. Louis Police Shoot and Kill Armed Suspect in Stolen Car

1/22/2015 - Jessica Chastain Speaks on the Need for Diversity in Hollywood, Then Receives Racist Attacks 

1/22/2015 - Watch: Vigilante White Guy Tackles Black Man Licensed to Carry a Gun

1/22/2015 - Watch: Father Takes to YouTube to Stop Bullying of Adopted African-American Daughter

1/22/2015 - Department of Justice Not Likely to File Civil Charges Against Darren Wilson: Report  

1/22/2015 - Former Sorority Sisters Cast Member Learned She Was Expelled From Delta Sigma Theta Via the Internet

1/22/2015 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner Shares His Thoughts on Cosby: ‘It’s Painful to Watch My Mentor Go Through This’  

1/22/2015 - Black Films Are Buzzing at This Year’s Sundance Festival

1/22/2015 - Ernest J. Gaines: A Great American Author Pays It Forward to a New Generation of Black Writers

1/21/2015 - The Economy? 30 Mentions. Race Relations? Eh—About 5. Here’s Obama’s SOTU Speech by the Numbers  

1/21/2015 - Supreme Court, Don’t Gut the Fair Housing Act

1/21/2015 - Henry Louis Gates Jr. Receives duPont Award for The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

1/21/2015 - Ga. High School Coach Arrested for Biting and Threatening Another Coach

1/21/2015 - Florida Evans: Hero Or The Biggest Hater Ever? A Good Times Treatise

1/21/2015 - Ebola Survivor Amber Vinson Donates Blood to Help With Cure

1/21/2015 - Police Release Video of NJ Man’s Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting

1/21/2015 - Watch: Director Ava DuVernay and The Root Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. Discuss Selma

1/21/2015 - Stevie Wonder and NBC Will Develop Underground Railroad Musical Miniseries

1/21/2015 - Larry Wilmore on Bill Cosby: ‘That *Bleep* Did It’

1/21/2015 - D’Angelo Is Heading to SNL

1/21/2015 - I Just Turned 30, And, Well...How Does 30 Work?

1/21/2015 - SC Cop Suspended After Video Showing Suspect Being Punched

1/21/2015 - Middleweight Boxer Jermain Taylor Arrested on Charge of Pulling Gun on Family at MLK Parade

1/21/2015 - Poll: 50 Percent of Americans Say Race Relations Have Gotten Worse Since Obama Took Office

1/21/2015 - Teen Learns Hard Lesson After Doing the Whip Dance While Hanging Onto a Moving Car’s Door

1/21/2015 - 5 Takeaways From the President’s Muscle-Flexing SOTU

1/21/2015 - Black Cubans: Restoring US Ties Is Cool, but America, Keep Your Hang-Ups About Race at Bay

1/20/2015 - A Dark Girl On Light Girls

1/20/2015 - Civil Rights Worker: Selma Is ‘a Fine Film,’ but Eyes on the Prize Is More Accurate

1/20/2015 - I Spent MLK Day With Presidential Hopeful Ben Carson. Here’s What I Learned

1/20/2015 - Dozens of Stanford Students Arrested in MLK Day Protest in Bay Area 

1/20/2015 - Brooklyn Man Who Was Choked During His Arrest Wins Lawsuit Against NYC

1/20/2015 - Sorority Sisters Cast Members Expelled From Delta Sigma Theta

1/20/2015 - Love & Hip Hop NY Ep. 505 Recap: Half On A Baby

1/20/2015 - It’s Hard Out Here for a ‘Redbone’: What Light Girls Gets Wrong ... and Right

1/20/2015 - State of the Union, Part 6: What Obama Will Say and Why

1/20/2015 - Acknowledging Dark Skinned Black Male Privilege

1/20/2015 - Police Looking for 3 White Men Who Reportedly Set Homeless Black Man on Fire 

1/20/2015 - Dove Hair Wants You to Embrace Your Curls

1/20/2015 - Vacuum Salesman Surprises Autistic Teen With Birthday Gift

1/20/2015 - 10 Thoughts On "Light Girls"

1/20/2015 - Off-Duty, Drunken Ky. Cop Found Not Guilty in Shooting of Unarmed Man

1/20/2015 - Who’s Joining the First Lady for the State of the Union Address? 

1/20/2015 - TLC Went From Chasing Waterfalls to Chasing Dollars on Kickstarter to Fund Final Album

1/20/2015 - Seattle Seahawks Apologize for Ridiculous Martin Luther King Jr. Tweet

1/20/2015 - Bill Cosby Received California Love at Recent Stand-Up Show

1/20/2015 - Yes, There Were Black Confederates. Here’s Why

1/20/2015 - Nubian Figure Made of Ivory Comes Bearing Gifts

1/19/2015 - Roxbury Artist Shines in Google Doodle for MLK Day

1/19/2015 - Bobby Brown on Whitney Houston: ‘Both of Us Cheated on Each Other’

1/19/2015 - Network Executive Says Cosby Isn’t Welcome at NBC

1/19/2015 - Amber Rose Suggests Her Family Didn’t Attend Wedding Because Wiz Khalifa Is Black

1/19/2015 - Martin Luther King Jr. on Revolution and Justice

1/19/2015 - The Very Human MLK Portrayed by David Oyelowo Is the King We Should All Remember

1/19/2015 - 50 Years After the Voting Rights Act, Equal Access to the Ballot Box Is Still in Peril

1/19/2015 - #ReclaimMLK Seeks to Combat the Sanitizing of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

1/18/2015 - A Moving Tribute to Michel du Cille

1/18/2015 - Report: George Soros Spent $33,000,000 to Bankroll Ferguson Protests

1/18/2015 - 22-Year-Old NJ Mom Allegedly Lit Newborn on Fire

1/18/2015 - Watch: St. Louis County Police Chief Apologizes to Man Mistakenly Arrested and Beaten

1/18/2015 - Martin Luther King Jr. on Racial Injustice

1/17/2015 - CBS Suspends Sports Analyst Greg Anthony After Arrest

1/17/2015 - Chicago Teen Charged With Mom’s Murder in Indonesia Can Use $1,560,000 Trust Fund to Pay Lawyers

1/17/2015 - Video May Hold Clues to Death of NJ Man Found in Car Trunk

1/17/2015 - Bill Cosby Has Jokes for Colorado

1/17/2015 - Oscars President Answers Hollywood Diversity Criticism

1/17/2015 - After the Charlie Hebdo Attack, Can a Divided France Achieve Egalité, Fraternité and Diversité?

1/17/2015 - Martin Luther King Jr. on Police Brutality

1/17/2015 - Living Under Mom’s Roof Gives Her the Right to Control Your Life, Even if You Are Grown

1/16/2015 - Congressional Black Caucus’ Trip to Ferguson Shrouded in Hope and Uncertainty

1/16/2015 - Md. Woman Pleads Guilty in Exorcism Murder of 2 Toddlers

1/16/2015 - Eric Holder Wants Concrete Data on How Often Police Officers Have Had to Use Force

1/16/2015 - Muhammad Ali Is Hospitalized Again

1/16/2015 - Minnesota 6-Year-Old’s Hanging Death Either Accident or Suicide, Cops Say

1/16/2015 - Free Community College Sounds Hot. But How Do HBCUs Feel About That?

1/16/2015 - The 10 Black People You'll Only Find On The Internet

1/16/2015 - Missing NJ Man Found Dead in Trunk of His Car

1/16/2015 - Charles Frederick Warner 1st Person Executed in Okla. Since Botched April Lethal Injection

1/16/2015 - Judge Tells Ga. Mom of 5 She Can’t See Her 2 Surviving Kids After Fire Kills 3

1/16/2015 - Why I Don't Talk About Race With My White Family

1/16/2015 - Woman Shocked to See Brother’s Mug Shot Used as Police Target Practice

1/16/2015 - US Touts $25,000,000 Grant to Groom HBCU Students for Cybersecurity Careers

1/16/2015 - DC Comics Announces New Animated Series Based on Vixen, the Black Superheroine of the Justice League

1/16/2015 - Spike Lee on Selma Oscar Snub: ‘F--k ’Em’

1/16/2015 - Chris Brown Has Probation From Rihanna Assault Case Revoked

1/16/2015 - Martin Luther King Jr. on Black People in America

1/16/2015 - No Free Speech for Afro-French Comedian Dieudonné? That’s the Cruelest Joke of All

1/16/2015 - As Sorors, We Were Right to Protest the Way Our Sisterhood Was Portrayed on Sorority Sisters

1/16/2015 - I Found My Ancestor in a Slave Schedule. What Now?

1/15/2015 - Black Greeks Arguably Got Sorority Sisters Axed From VH1

1/15/2015 - If You Think Selma’s Snubbing Is a Fluke, Think Again. The Oscars Have Stiffed Lots of Black Films

1/15/2015 - FBI Stop Ohio Man Who Was Plotting Attack on US Capitol

1/15/2015 - Was The HBCU Experience Necessary For My Success? Maybe. Maybe Not.

1/15/2015 - Brooklyn Man Arrested for Pointing Cellphone at Cops Like a Gun, Police Say

1/15/2015 - DC Metro Passengers Recount Final Moments of Woman Who Died on Smoke-Filled Train

1/15/2015 - Marion Barry’s Son Allegedly Threatened Bank Employee, Destroyed Security Camera 

1/15/2015 - Selma’s Oscar Snub a Complete Injustice

1/15/2015 - Dear Black People: It's Okay To Be Mad Selma Was Snubbed By The Academy

1/15/2015 - Martin Luther King Jr. on Black Influence

1/15/2015 - NYC Pilot Program Will Allow Petty Crimes to Stay Off Teens’ Criminal Records

1/15/2015 - Trial Begins for Former Vanderbilt Football Players Charged With Sexual Assault

1/15/2015 - NJ Man Accused of Killing Wife; Search Continues for Body

1/15/2015 - Kevin Hart on Bill Cosby: ‘My Prayers and My Wishes Go Out to All of the Women Potentially Involved’

1/15/2015 - Mike Epps: ‘I Don’t Know Why They Keep Giving Chris Rock Opportunities’

1/15/2015 - Angela Bassett Tackles the Whitney Houston Biopic With Style and Grace

1/15/2015 - ATL’s Fired Fire Chief Has the Right to Free Speech, but Not on the City’s Time or Dime

1/15/2015 - The Hypocrisy of Sorority Sisters Haters

1/14/2015 - Sorority Sisters Was Canceled Because It's A Shitty, Stupid, And Boring-Ass Show...And That's It

1/14/2015 - Muslim Human Rights Attorney Thanks Don Lemon for His ‘Dumb-Ass Question’

1/14/2015 - Decomposed Body Found in Suitcase in Brooklyn Identified as Kansas Native Erica McDaniel

1/14/2015 - Raven-Symoné Tanned Multiple Times a Week to Be Darker for That’s So Raven

1/14/2015 - It’s On, Floyd: Manny Pacquiao Agrees to Terms to Fight Mayweather

1/14/2015 - Why Nancy Grace Vs 2 Chainz Is The Most Ridiculous Thing I've Ever Seen This Week

1/14/2015 - Come on, Mike Huckabee. Hating on Beyoncé Is Like Hating on Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet

1/14/2015 - Martin Luther King Jr. on What America Owes Black People

1/14/2015 - Watch: Gay Dads Whose Family Photo Went Viral Star in New Commercial

1/14/2015 - Fla. Teen to Be Honored for Helping to Save Arresting Officer’s Life

1/14/2015 - Man Breaks 3-Year-Old’s Leg for Eating Last Slice of Cheesecake

1/13/2015 - Actress Karen Pittman’s Broadway Play Is a Little Dangerous

1/13/2015 - Boko Haram Massacre in Nigeria Played Second Fiddle to the Terrorist Attacks in Paris

1/13/2015 - Mike Huckabee Scolds Obamas for Letting Their Daughters Be Fans of Beyoncé

1/13/2015 - Report: George Zimmerman a ‘Psycho,’ Ex-Girlfriend Says

1/13/2015 - Love & Hip Hop NY Ep. 504 Recap: Bad Choices Everywhere!

1/13/2015 - NYC School Therapist Sues City for Suspension Over Special Needs Fundraiser

1/13/2015 - Missouri 4-Year-Old Gets New Friend After Classmates Dismiss Her Because She’s Black 

1/13/2015 - Kevin Garnett Does Not Want To Actually Fight. Because No One Wants To Actually Fight.

1/13/2015 - Kamala Harris: Are We Looking at the Next US Senator From Calif.?

1/13/2015 - Baltimore Man Fatally Shoots Neighbors Over Parking Space, Police Say

1/13/2015 - Kendrick Lamar Said Something Dumb. Looks Like Rappers Are People, Too.

1/13/2015 - Lauryn Hill Announces Acoustic Performance Series

1/13/2015 - Wrongfully Convicted Brothers Win $17,000,000 Settlement From NYC

1/13/2015 - Obama Regrets Not Attending Unity March in Paris

1/13/2015 - Eric Garner’s Daughter Releases Tribute Song ‘This Ends Today’

1/13/2015 - Muslim Man Hailed as Hero for Hiding Hostages During Paris Attack

1/13/2015 - Jennifer Hudson Will Make Broadway Debut as Shug Avery in Oprah-Produced The Color Purple

1/13/2015 - 4 Reasons Nigeria Is Getting Rocked by Boko Haram

1/13/2015 - Thousands of Black Lives Mattered in Nigeria, but the World Didn’t Pay Attention

1/13/2015 - The Complexities of Race Hidden Within a Simple Display of Everyday Life 

1/13/2015 - Faith and Service Motivate Notre Dame’s 2010 Valedictorian

1/13/2015 - Upcoming Ruling Reminds Us of the 1 Thing Hurting MLK’s Legacy: His Fighting Children 

1/12/2015 - New Video Shows Montana Cop Sobbing After Shooting Unarmed Man 

1/12/2015 - French Assailant Appears in Video Justifying the Attack Against Charlie Hebdo

1/12/2015 - Va. Family Killed in Crash With an 18-Wheeler

1/12/2015 - 2 Tuskegee Airmen Die in Los Angeles the Same Day at Age 91

1/12/2015 - Diversity Targeted in ‘White Genocide’ Billboard Near Birmingham, Ala.

1/12/2015 - This Time, Let's Not Stop Talking About Boko Haram

1/12/2015 - If You’re Mad That Selma Didn’t Win More Golden Globes, You’re Going to Hate Oscar Night

1/12/2015 - Eddie Murphy Releases a New Reggae Song

1/12/2015 - NYC Cops Told No Vacation Time Unless They Issue More Tickets: Report 

1/12/2015 - Some 2,000 Feared Dead After Boko Haram Massacre in Nigerian Town

1/12/2015 - NBC Host Calls Viola Davis ‘Shonda’ on Golden Globe Red Carpet 

1/12/2015 - 5 Years After Massive Earthquake, Where Is Haiti Now? 

1/12/2015 - Paramount and African-American Business Leaders Team Up to Offer Free Selma Showings to Students Nationwide

1/12/2015 - Beyoncé Sparks Pregnancy Rumors With Instagram Photo

1/12/2015 - Common Pays Tribute to Unarmed Black Teens Killed by Cops During Golden Globes Acceptance Speech

1/12/2015 - Can You Guess How Many White Americans Have African Ancestry?

1/12/2015 - Selma: They Lived the History, Now They Watch the Movie

1/11/2015 - Glitz and Glam on the Red Carpet at the Golden Globes

1/11/2015 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editor Reflects on Lessons From Ferguson Coverage

1/11/2015 - Black Hollywood Prepares to Shine at Golden Globe Awards 2015

1/11/2015 - Watch: Ind. Couple Arrested After Filming 1-Year-Old Playing With Gun

1/11/2015 - Chicago Man Accused of Killing Mom for Telling Him to ‘Find a Girlfriend’

1/11/2015 - Top Cop Says NYPD Work ‘Slowdown’ Is Over

1/11/2015 - A Close Alliance Between MLK and Nelson Rockefeller Revealed

1/11/2015 - Why Majority Whip Steve Scalise Should Meet With Civil Rights Leaders

1/10/2015 - Watch: Anderson Cooper Corrects Colleague Who Called French Terrorist an African American

1/10/2015 - Feds Offer $10,000 Reward in Blast Near NAACP Offices in Colo.

1/10/2015 - George Zimmerman Arrested in Domestic Violence Case

1/10/2015 - Watch: Fox Reporter Suggests Color Helps Identify Bad Guys

1/10/2015 - Wish You Could Get That Text Back? There’s an App for That 

1/9/2015 - Former FAMU Student Sentenced to 6 Years for Marching-Band Hazing Death

1/9/2015 - College Student Dies in Ga. Jail Cell; 2 Officials Placed on Administrative Leave

1/9/2015 - New Year, New GOP-Controlled Congress: Here Are the Issues You Should Keep Your Eye On

1/9/2015 - 3 of the 4 Suspects Tied to Paris Newsroom Massacre Are Dead

1/9/2015 - Wanted: Anyone Who Is Young, Fabulous and Female in Washington, DC

1/9/2015 - Obama to Propose 2-Year Tuition-Free Community College Program 

1/9/2015 - Black Card Revocation Commission: An Inquiry About Dominoes

1/9/2015 - Sorority Sisters’ April McRae and Joy Hammond Suspended From Alpha Kappa Alpha

1/9/2015 - Md. Dump Truck Driver Charged With Attempted Murder in Attack on Police

1/9/2015 - White House Is Investigating How Malia Obama’s Pro Era Photo Went Public

1/9/2015 - 2nd Straight Week of Sharp Declines in NYPD Arrests

1/9/2015 - Bill Cosby Made a Drugging Joke During His Recent Stand-Up Show

1/9/2015 - Gospel Legend Andraé Crouch Dies at 72

1/9/2015 - Is My Family Linked to America’s 1st Black Episcopal Church?

1/9/2015 - A Mother Fears for Her Daughter’s Lost Innocence

1/9/2015 - It Isn’t Wrong to Take Your Sister’s Child to Get an STD Test

1/9/2015 - Cosby’s Defenders Say There’s a Conspiracy. But Can Someone Explain It to Me?

1/8/2015 - President Obama Is Officially Trolling The Fuck Out Of Conservatives, Part 2

1/8/2015 - Journalists Worldwide Condemn Deadly Attack at French Newspaper Charlie Hebdo

1/8/2015 - The Price a Cop Paid for Crossing the Blue Line

1/8/2015 - Rain Pryor Embraces Life in Her Father’s Shadow

1/8/2015 - Washington State Teen Pleads Guilty to Murder of WWII Vet

1/8/2015 - Pa. Man Tries to Run Over Police Officers in NYC and Yells, ‘I Want to Kill Cops’ 

1/8/2015 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 27. Unprotected Sex

1/8/2015 - Black Guerrilla Family Group Suspected of Planning Attack: Police

1/8/2015 - Watch: Cleveland Releases Footage of Police Tackling Tamir Rice’s Sister, 14

1/8/2015 - It's Colder Than A Witches Tit In The East. I Have Questions.

1/8/2015 - ‘Terrible’ Empire Is Still Good TV

1/8/2015 - Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Laws on Hair Braiders

1/8/2015 - Chicago Man Arrested While Trying to Save His Dog From Burning Home

1/8/2015 - The Wire’s Tray Chaney Uses Music to Inspire Students to Strive for Perfect Attendance

1/8/2015 - Essence Dedicates February Cover to #BlackLivesMatter

1/8/2015 - Bill Cosby Accused of Sexual Assault by 3 New Women

1/8/2015 - The Problem Is the Abuse of ‘Broken Windows,’ Not the Policy

1/8/2015 - The City of Selma Is Hoping to Cash In on Selma

1/8/2015 - Meet Myles Kingston, a 2-Year-Old Bob Marley Impersonator

1/8/2015 - Arrest Warrant Issued for Three 6 Mafia Rapper Crunchy Black 

1/7/2015 - Advice For Soon-To-Be Husbands From A Guy Who Hasn't Been Married Long Enough To Give It

1/7/2015 - A Ranking Of Things To Do When It's Cold As Fuck Outside And You Don't Want To Do Shit

1/7/2015 - Bye, Phylicia Rashad. Your Romanticizing of Cosby—and Cosby—Is Wrong

1/7/2015 - Sorority Sisters Cast Member Speaks Out About the Controversy

1/7/2015 - Obama to Veto the GOP’s Proposal to Change the Definition of a Full-Time Job in Health Care Law

1/7/2015 - NYC Students Will Be Able to See Selma for Free

1/7/2015 - NYPD Reviews Security in Light of Paris Terror Attack; Obama Releases Statement

1/7/2015 - BuzzFeed’s Plagiarism Report Probably Isn’t the Way Ben Carson Wanted to Kick Off His Campaign

1/7/2015 - On #BlackBrunch And Bottomless White Tears

1/7/2015 - NAACP Colorado Chapter Target of Bombing; Person of Interest Sought

1/7/2015 - Kevin Hart on Sony Hack: ‘It’s Not That Serious to Me’

1/7/2015 - Phylicia Rashad Defends Bill Cosby, And That Sound You Hear Is Shit Hitting The Fan

1/7/2015 - UFC Champion Jon Jones Checks Into Rehab

1/7/2015 - Liberian Civil War Escapee-Turned-US Entrepreneur Named to Advisory Council of Federal Reserve Bank

1/7/2015 - Phylicia Rashad Now Denies Dismissing Cosby’s Accusers

1/7/2015 - NJ Police Captain Arrested in Stalking and Attack on Newark Councilman

1/7/2015 - Time for #BlackLivesMatter to Turn Protest Into Policy

1/7/2015 - Detroit’s Black Resiliency Will Be the Key to Its ‘Comeback’

1/7/2015 - Selma Costumes Reveal Class and Consciousness of the Movement

1/6/2015 - The Cavs (Finally!) Traded Dion Waiters. I Am Ecstatic. Here's Why.

1/6/2015 - Outpouring of Affection for Stuart Scott Mirrors His Impact 

1/6/2015 - Obama Moves to Close Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

1/6/2015 - Roxane Gay Is Kind Of A Big Deal

1/6/2015 - Malia Obama’s Joey Bada$$ T-Shirt Selfie Goes Viral

1/6/2015 - Judge Will Hear Arguments to Determine if Eric Garner Grand Jury Proceedings Will Be Made Public

1/6/2015 - It Snowed in DC. Of Course, We Weren't Ready.

1/6/2015 - Former NYPD Cop Tweets a Gun Selfie to Goad #BlackBrunchNYC Protesters

1/6/2015 - Burglar Returns Stolen Money, Fixes Window He Damaged to Break In

1/6/2015 - Love & Hip Hop NY Ep. 503 Recap: Running Around Like Loose Chickens

1/6/2015 - Police Officer Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Stomach

1/6/2015 - Jay Z: ‘Hip-Hop Has Done More for Racial Relations Than Most Cultural Icons’

1/6/2015 - 2 Police Officers Shot in NYC

1/6/2015 - David Duke Calls Nicki Minaj a ‘Degenerate’ for Her Role in Hip-Hop’s Downfall

1/6/2015 - The Root’s 7 People to Watch in 2015

1/6/2015 - How a Black Man’s Head Became a Staple of the Mediterranean Dinner Table

1/5/2015 - World's Biggest Artist Kanye West Is Gonna Make This Paul McCartney Guy A Star.

1/5/2015 - President Lyndon Johnson’s Black Adviser: MLK and Voting-Rights Talk Were Welcomed 

1/5/2015 - Ferguson Juror Sues Prosecutor, Says Evidence Was Manipulated to Implicate Michael Brown  

1/5/2015 - Keshia Knight Pulliam Defends Bill Cosby: ‘That’s Just Not the Man I Know’

1/5/2015 - In 2015, Supplement Your Musical Diet With Rap That Feeds the Mind

1/5/2015 - Remembering Stuart Scott

1/5/2015 - Pope Francis Selects a Diverse Batch of New Cardinals

1/5/2015 - NYPD Officer Turns Himself In After Video Shows Him Assaulting Subway Conductor

1/5/2015 - Pittsburgh Police Chief Says "Racism Is Bad." Some Officers Get Offended. Chief Replies "Sorry Not Sorry"

1/5/2015 - NYPD Officers Turn Their Backs on Mayor During Funeral Service for Slain Cop

1/5/2015 - Selma, Ala., Residents Can See Selma for Free

1/5/2015 - Meet the 15-Year-Old Blues Phenom Kingfish

1/5/2015 - Obama and Pearl Jam Frontman Kick It in Hawaii

1/5/2015 - Brad Pitt Teaches People How to Pronounce Selma Star David Oyelowo’s Name With a Song

1/5/2015 - ‘Black Brunch’ Protesters Stage Demonstrations Inside Businesses 

1/5/2015 - Keshia Knight Pulliam Fired From Celebrity Apprentice Because She Didn’t Ask for Bill Cosby’s Help

1/5/2015 - Celebrities and Athletes Pay Tribute to Stuart Scott on Social Media

1/5/2015 - Bill Cosby’s Canadian Tour Will Go on as Planned

1/5/2015 - Turning Action Into Law to Stop Police Killings

1/5/2015 - All of King’s Men: Actors Who Have Played MLK

1/5/2015 - Did Lincoln Want to Ship Black People Back to Africa?

1/4/2015 - 40 Signs You Just Might Be A Bougie Black Person

1/4/2015 - Stuart Scott Spoke the Language of My Generation

1/4/2015 - Okla. Lawmakers Weigh Hoodie Ban

1/4/2015 - ESPN’s Stuart Scott Dies at 49

1/4/2015 - White Police Chief Draws Fire for Challenging Racism

1/3/2015 - Obama: US Sen. Edward Brooke ‘Led an Extraordinary Life’

1/3/2015 - Mich. Cop Reinstated After Cutting Off Woman’s Weave

1/3/2015 - Mentally Ill Woman’s Death in Police Custody Ruled a Homicide

1/3/2015 - NYPD Chief Urges Cops Not to Turn Backs on Mayor at Funeral

1/3/2015 - Ariz. School District Accused of Violating Ethnic-Studies Ban

1/3/2015 - Get THINspired This New Year and Stick to Your Weight-Loss Goals

1/2/2015 - Ala. Grandmother’s Home Spray-Painted: ‘Move N--ger Now’

1/2/2015 - Texas Server Fired After Using N-Word on Receipt to Label Diners

1/2/2015 - New Orleans Woman Loses Husband and Son to Gun Violence Nearly 10 Years After Youngest Son Was Shot to Death

1/2/2015 - The NYPD Slowdown Is Proving That ‘Broken Windows’ Is a Failure. Isn’t It Time to Drop It?

1/2/2015 - John Crawford’s Girlfriend Killed in Car Crash

1/2/2015 - Watch: Man Arrested for Wearing 2-Finger Ring

1/2/2015 - Watch: Father Discusses Self-Worth With His Young Daughter

1/2/2015 - Mathew Knowles Hints at Possible Destiny’s Child Movie

1/2/2015 - CEO of Revlon Believes He Can ‘Smell’ Blacks When They Walk Into a Room, Lawsuit Claims

1/2/2015 - Cleveland Police Want to Outsource Tamir Rice Shooting Investigation

1/2/2015 - Kanye West Releases New Song Written From His Late Mother’s Vantage Point

1/2/2015 - A ‘Good’ Friend Wouldn’t Do What You Just Did

1/2/2015 - Did Trouble With Horse Rustling Do In My Texas Ancestor?

1/1/2015 - New Year’s Resolutions for Olivia Pope and Co.? Handled

1/1/2015 - Black Calif. Woman Denied Spot Almost 60 Years Ago on Rose Parade Float Gets Retribution

1/1/2015 - 2015 Predictions: Will Protest Reach Its Promise and Hillary Clinton Decide to Run?

1/1/2015 - La. Black Republican Defends Scalise Against White Supremacist Controversy