7/31/2015 - Ga. Sheriff’s Spending Under Scrutiny After He Accidentally Shoots Woman

7/31/2015 - Raven-Symoné Says She Was Made to Feel Self-Conscious About Her Weight on The Cosby Show

7/31/2015 - #AllLionsMatter Parodies the Fact That People Are More Outraged Over Cecil the Dead Lion Than Slain Black People

7/31/2015 - Accused SC Church Shooter Dylann Roof Pleads Not Guilty to 33 Charges

7/31/2015 - Inspiring Ind. Teen Who Underwent 2 Heart Transplants Dies

7/31/2015 - Where Does Meek Mill's "Wanna Know" Place On The "Greatest Letdowns Of All-Time" Scale?

7/31/2015 - Former NBA Star Antoine Walker Blew Through $108,000,000; Now He’s a Financial Adviser for Morgan Stanley

7/31/2015 - Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing Posts Bond, Demands His Job Back

7/31/2015 - Drake vs. Meek Mill: It’s Not Even Close

7/31/2015 - Tampa, Fla., School Board Suspends Music Teacher Who Allegedly Duct-Taped Child’s Eyes

7/31/2015 - Chicago Man Wrongly Imprisoned Shot Dead During Drug Deal 3 Years After Walking Free

7/31/2015 - Lupita Nyong’o to Star in NYC Stage Play Written by The Walking Dead Actress Danai Gurira, aka Michonne

7/31/2015 - White Woman’s N-Word Rant at Chicago Beach Goes Viral  

7/31/2015 - Asian E-Commerce Sites Are Ripping Off Popular Black Jewelry Designer Rachel Stewart  

7/31/2015 - Atlanta Plastic Surgeon Helping Black Women Fill Out Those Apple Bottom Jeans

7/31/2015 - #BlackMenLove: I’m Black, I’m a Minister and I’m Gay

7/31/2015 - What #SamDubose Tells Us About Policing in 2015

7/31/2015 - How Did My European Ancestors Migrate to Guyana?

7/30/2015 - Ohio Police Officer Ray Tensing’s Indictment for Killing Unarmed Black Man Dominates Prime-Time News 

7/30/2015 - Shaft Is Getting a Comedic Makeover by the Creator of Black-ish

7/30/2015 - More Audiotapes Leaked: Hulk Hogan Used the N-Word in a Conversation With His Son

7/30/2015 - Houston Parents Break Into Day Care Center After 10-Month-Old Is Locked Inside Alone

7/30/2015 - Whoopi, Just Because You ‘Know’ Elisabeth Hasselbeck Doesn’t Mean Anything; I Mean, Who Knew Hulk Hogan Was Racist? 

7/30/2015 - Exclusive: A Leaked Email Exchange Between Drake And Meek Mill From Last Night

7/30/2015 - Confederate Battle Flags Found on Grounds of Ebenezer Baptist Church Near MLK Center in Atlanta

7/30/2015 - Can Someone Please Tell Me Why Sneakers Cost So Much Damn Money?

7/30/2015 - University of Cincinnati Officer Charged in Death of Sam Dubose Held on $1,000,000 Bail

7/30/2015 - Drunken Underage Student Kills 3 in Wrong-Way Crash; Family Posts $1,000,000 Bail: Report 

7/30/2015 - Viral Instagram Dads Kordale and Kaleb Break Up

7/30/2015 - News Outlets Prove, Once Again, Their Photo Bias When It Comes to Black People Being Killed  

7/30/2015 - 8-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Patient to Undergo Dual Hand Transplant

7/30/2015 - Cincinnati Bengals’ Devon Still: Daughter Shows No Sign of Cancer

7/30/2015 - Giving Those Who’ve Been Incarcerated a Fair Shot at Government Jobs 

7/30/2015 - At Least 5 Black Women Have Died in Police Custody in July; WTF?!

7/29/2015 - DC: REMINISCE | 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY | AUGUST 1

7/29/2015 - The Footage Of Sam DuBose's Murder Is Hard To Watch, Which Is Why We Must Watch It

7/29/2015 - Terrence Howard’s Ex-Wife Is Suing Him in Assault and Defamation Claim

7/29/2015 - University of Cincinnati Officer Charged With Murder of Sam Dubose; ‘He Purposely Killed Him,’ Prosecutor Says

7/29/2015 - Janet Jackson Presses the Pause Button on Tour Rehearsals to Tend to Her Sick Dad

7/29/2015 - Early Saving Habits Give You a Wealth of Choices

7/29/2015 - Zimbabwean Authorities Seek American Dentist Reportedly Responsible for Killing Famed Cecil the Lion

7/29/2015 - 10 Thoughts About Drake Vs. Meek Mill As We Patiently Wait For Meek To Drop A Dis Record

7/29/2015 - Viola Davis Remembers Shoplifting for Food as a Child and Depending on School Lunch as Her Only Meal

7/29/2015 - 43-Year-Old Mother of 8 Dies Inside NY Jail

7/29/2015 - I Double Dog Dare You To Watch This Story About Zion Harvey, The Boy Who Received A Double Hand Transplant

7/29/2015 - Ga. Corrections Officer Forced Female Inmates to Have Sex With Him, Investigators Say

7/29/2015 - You Can Now Bid on Michael Jackson’s White Glove  

7/29/2015 - Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige Cast in NBC’s The Wiz Live!  

7/29/2015 - Bobbi Kristina Brown Funeral Planned for Saturday in Ga.; She’ll Be Buried in NJ Next to Mother

7/29/2015 - Amid Rumors, Jail Releases Video of Sandra Bland Before Her Death 

7/29/2015 - #BlackMenLove: We Should Cheer Academic Success the Same Way We Do Sports and Entertainment

7/29/2015 - Should I Buy My Own Engagement Ring?

7/29/2015 - Thanks to the Supreme Court, Traffic Stops Can Become a Gamble Between Life and Death

7/28/2015 - Tell the Truth: Do You Have a Will?

7/28/2015 - Report: Percentage of Journalists of Color in Digital and Print Newsrooms Declines Slightly

7/28/2015 - #BlackWomenEqualPay Raises Awareness About Wage Disparity Between Black Women and White Men  

7/28/2015 - He Proposed! Trai Byers Pops the Question to His Empire Co-Star Grace Gealey 

7/28/2015 - Utah Boy Surprised With Books After Asking Mail Carrier for Junk Mail to Read

7/28/2015 - It’s a Wrap for Key & Peele; Comedy Central Says This Season Will Be Its Last 

7/28/2015 - 10 Things You Should Totally, Definitely, Absolutely Say To A Writer

7/28/2015 - Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Never Met With Freddie Gray’s Family: Report

7/28/2015 - Jay Z and Will Smith Team Up to Produce a 6-Hour HBO Miniseries About Emmett Till

7/28/2015 - What We Know About Ralkina Jones

7/28/2015 - Native American Activist Died in Jail a Day After Sandra Bland 

7/28/2015 - Watch: Ga. Child’s Birthday Turns Tense as Men With Confederate Flags Threaten to Kill ‘N--gers’

7/28/2015 - Bobbi Kristina’s Estate Will Be Divided Among Whitney Houston’s Family Members: Report

7/28/2015 - Baltimore Police Blocked Rihanna From Performing a Free Concert to Benefit Freddie Gray  

7/28/2015 - Tyrese Says Mainstream Radio Is Racist and Won’t Play His No. 1 R&B Hit Song ‘Shame’  

7/28/2015 - NYC Principal Commits Suicide After Test-Score Scandal Exposed 

7/28/2015 - 5 Ways Running Can Change Your Life

7/28/2015 - A Father’s Open Letter to His Son About the Power of Love

7/28/2015 - Why It’s Dangerous to Say Sandra Bland Didn’t Look Like Someone Who Would Commit Suicide

7/28/2015 - 10 Black Men Who Could Use Your Irrational Unconditional Support Instead Of Bill Cosby

7/27/2015 - Devon Still’s 5-Year-Old Daughter, Leah, Who’s Fighting Cancer, Challenges Riley Curry to a Dance-Off

7/27/2015 - Baby ‘AirForceOne Barack Obama’ Born During Obama’s Weekend Visit to Kenya 

7/27/2015 - Those Damn Kids Today...Are Actually Much Better People Than We Were

7/27/2015 - Styles P Reveals Daughter’s Suicide, Advises People to Prioritize Love and Family Over Career and Success  

7/27/2015 - Ind. Officer’s Son Attacks Man Filming Arrest During Ride-Along: Report

7/27/2015 - Medical Examiner: Interpreting Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Autopsy Will Be ‘Challenging’

7/27/2015 - Report: Michael and Janet Jackson’s Father, Joe Jackson, Suffers a Stroke in Brazil

7/27/2015 - Chicago Community Outraged After Cops Tow Car From Crime Scene With Dead Bodies Inside

7/27/2015 - How Being a Kenyan American and an African American Has Shaped Obama’s Presidency

7/27/2015 - 37-Year-Old Woman Found Dead in Cleveland Jail: Update

7/27/2015 - Cleveland Police Pepper-Spray Black Lives Matter Conference Attendees

7/27/2015 - Newark, NJ, Mayor Ras Baraka Likened to Gorilla in Reported Facebook Exchange Between 2 Cops

7/27/2015 - Adrian Peterson Shows Off New ‘Armor of God’ Tattoo

7/27/2015 - 35 Bill Cosby Accusers Tell Their Stories to New York Magazine  

7/27/2015 - Snoop Dogg Says He Was Racially Profiled After Being Held in Sweden on Suspicion of Drug Possession  

7/27/2015 - Spelman College Ends Relationship With Bill Cosby  

7/27/2015 - Top 5 Cities in Africa for Playing or Staying

7/26/2015 - Photos: Remembering Bobbi Kristina Brown

7/26/2015 - Bobbi Kristina Brown: 1993-2015

7/26/2015 - National Enquirer Exposes Hulk Hogan’s Racist Rant  

7/26/2015 - Ex-NFL Player Catches Ex-Teammate Burglarizing His Home on Video

7/26/2015 - ‘She Didn’t Kill Herself,’ Sandra Bland’s Mother Says at Funeral

7/26/2015 - Iranian Leader Allegedly Tweets Graphic of Obama With Gun to Head

7/26/2015 - Obama Is Proud to Be the 1st ‘Kenyan-American President’

7/26/2015 - 5 Songs You Need to Hear by Rising Reggae Star Kabaka Pyramid

7/25/2015 - Building Community Through Music, 1 Note at a Time

7/25/2015 - Philadelphia Maintenance Man Arrested in Death of Drexel Graduate

7/25/2015 - Watch: Sandra Bland’s Family, Friends Gather to Bid Farewell at Funeral

7/25/2015 - Petition Urges Removal of Fla. Courthouse Mural Featuring KKK

7/25/2015 - In Kenya, President Obama Touts Africa’s Economic Progress and Potential

7/25/2015 - The Softer Side of Wig Snatching: How Evelyn Lozada Is Making Me a Fan

7/24/2015 - Obama Dines With Family in Nairobi, Kenya 

7/24/2015 - Nicki Minaj: ‘We Can’t Have Only 1 Type of Body Being Glorified in the Media’

7/24/2015 - Feds Seize Emails, Phones in Investigation of Ga. Teen Found Dead Inside Gym Mat

7/24/2015 - Watch: Janet Jackson Gives a Nod to Her Dad and Childhood in New Music Video 

7/24/2015 - World Shocked That Man Named "Hulk" Who Made Living Getting Slammed On Head Said Something Offensive

7/24/2015 - 50 Cent’s Accountant Is Apparently in the Dark About a Lot of His Income

7/24/2015 - Sandra Bland’s Mother Speaks: ‘She Was Excited About the Next Chapter in Her Life’

7/24/2015 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 30. Jesse Williams

7/24/2015 - Report: Hulk Hogan Caught on Tape Referring to Black Men as N--gers; WWE Severs Ties

7/24/2015 - Bill Cosby’s Gynecologist Supplied Him With Quaaludes  

7/24/2015 - Kindra Chapman's Family Believes She Committed Suicide

7/24/2015 - Ohio State Buckeyes Quarterback Puts ‘All Lives Matter’ Troll on Blast  

7/24/2015 - Former Daily Show Writer Tells How Jon Stewart Told Him to ‘F--k Off’ When He Voiced Concerns About Racial Issue

7/24/2015 - Questlove Shares Story of Being Held at Gunpoint by Police at 16

7/24/2015 - My Ancestor’s Records Were Destroyed by Fire. Now What?

7/24/2015 - Between the World and Me ... and Twitter

7/24/2015 - An Open Letter to the Church: Homosexuality Isn’t a Sin, but Homophobia Is

7/24/2015 - Report: Gunman Opens Fire in La. Movie Theater, Three Dead

7/23/2015 - Sandra Bland’s Controversial Police Encounter and Death Led ABC, CBS, NBC Evening News Shows

7/23/2015 - The Most Confusing Questions to Come Out of the Sandra Bland Case

7/23/2015 - Preliminary Autopsy Results Point to Suicide in the Sandra Bland Case, Prosecutor Says

7/23/2015 - Jennifer Hudson Is the Face of a New Jeans Campaign at New York & Co.

7/23/2015 - The Consistently And Embarrassingly Underappreciated Mike Tomlin

7/23/2015 - Detroit EMT Fired After She Refused to Enter Home to Save 8-Month-Old Baby 

7/23/2015 - Marvin Gaye’s Ex-Wife on ‘Blurred Lines’ Lawsuit: We Did What Marvin Would Have Done

7/23/2015 - Africa’s Progress Is Good for America

7/23/2015 - Empire’s Season 2 Teaser Is Here, and the Tables Have Turned

7/23/2015 - 7 Great Reasons To Be A Petty Motherfucker

7/23/2015 - 24 Tweets by Jesse Williams on Race and Police Explain Exactly What’s Wrong With Society and Law Enforcement

7/23/2015 - Omar Epps’ Daddy Don’t Go Documentary Sheds Light on Good Fathers

7/23/2015 - Blackface Fundraiser for Police Indicted in Freddie Gray Case Nixed

7/23/2015 - Sandra Bland’s Voice Mail From Jail: ‘How Did Switching Lanes Turn Into All of This?’

7/23/2015 - Elementary School Chorus Brings Teacher With Cancer to Tears With Song Dedication  

7/23/2015 - Bill Cosby Wants ‘Sanctions’ Against Accuser Who Received Hush Money  

7/23/2015 - Inequality Is the New Affirmative Action—for White People

7/23/2015 - Ex-Baltimore Police Officer on Abusive Cops: ‘So Many of Them Are Punks’

7/23/2015 - Afro, Oh My! What Does Your Hair Say About the Kind of Guy You Attract?

7/22/2015 - The Moment That Ended Sandra Bland's Life

7/22/2015 - Exclusive: A Leaked Email Exchange Between Meek Mill And Nicki Minaj From Last Night

7/22/2015 - Black Is Beautiful: W Magazine’s Fall Fashion Spread Features All Black Models With Natural Hair

7/22/2015 - Marco Rubio Blasts Obama: We Already Have a President With No Class

7/22/2015 - #SandySpeaks: ‘I’m Here to Change History’

7/22/2015 - When the Mighty Have Fallen: 50 Cent Reveals That His Lavish Lifestyle Was an Illusion

7/22/2015 - On Being Young, Black, Liberal, And...Catholic

7/22/2015 - Nicki Minaj Says Tidal Was Slammed, but Taylor Swift Was Celebrated for Shunning Spotify. White Media, Why the Double Standard? 

7/22/2015 - Do You Really Want to Date a Guy Who Abandoned His Pregnant Ex?

7/22/2015 - Black Interim Police Chief Announced in Ferguson, Mo.

7/22/2015 - Alleged Charleston, SC, Church Shooter Dylann Storm Roof to Face Federal Hate Crime Charges

7/22/2015 - Bernie Mac: A King of Comedy Who Wasn’t Afraid to Stay Unapologetically Black, Even if It Cost Him

7/22/2015 - Trump Employee to Co-Worker: ‘All You Motherf--king Immigrants Are Coming to This Country F--king Us Up’: Report

7/22/2015 - Bill Cosby’s Lawyers Say Quaaludes Are Nothing but ‘Disco Biscuits,’ and Drugging Doesn’t Equal Rape

7/22/2015 - Va. Man Wanted Hot Chicken; Instead He Got a Chicken Box Full of Money

7/22/2015 - Selma Director Ava DuVernay and Los Angeles Times Say Sandra Bland Dash-Cam Video Was Edited

7/22/2015 - Report: Former NFL Player Is Deadbeat Dad to His Disabled Daughter

7/22/2015 - Chris Brown Barred From Leaving the Philippines Because of Emigration Status

7/22/2015 - Black Women, This Is What Self-Care Looks Like

7/21/2015 - They Killed Her. They Fucking Killed Sandra Bland

7/21/2015 - Invest in Art for Your Soul, Not Your Bank Account

7/21/2015 - Ala. Editorial on Removal of the Confederate Flag: Have Some Sympathy for the Average White Southerner

7/21/2015 - ‘Light You Up’ Cop Threatens to Use Taser on Sandra Bland in New Dash-Cam Video

7/21/2015 - Obama Talks Iran Deal, Jokes About Jon Stewart Leaving in Daily Show Appearance

7/21/2015 - Stephen A. Smith Is A Sellout

7/21/2015 - Piers Morgan Tweets ‘All Lives Matter’ and Gets Into It With Black Twitter

7/21/2015 - University of Cincinnati Campus Officer Fatally Shoots Unarmed Black Man: Report

7/21/2015 - Young Jeezy Says Donald Trump Is Making a Mockery of the Presidential Election to Help Build His Own Brand

7/21/2015 - Target Suing 4 Men Who Stopped Knife-Wielding Attacker on Stabbing Spree 

7/21/2015 - 50 Cent: AT&T Is Racist Because It’s Dropping Urban-Friendly Channels Like Starz

7/21/2015 - How Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley Botched #BlackLivesMatter

7/21/2015 - Things Actively Attempting To Murder Your Marriage, Ranked

7/21/2015 - Waller County District Attorney: Sandra Bland’s Death Being Treated ‘Like a Murder Investigation’ 

7/21/2015 - Wale Teams Up With Michelle Obama for Reach Higher Initiative and Will Perform at the White House  

7/21/2015 - Youngest Convicted Murderer in US to Be Released From Fla. Prison

7/21/2015 - Ga. Transgender Woman Charges Repeated Sex Assaults in Prison, Again Sues for Safe Housing

7/21/2015 - These Poets Have Some Strong Words for Black Men Who Hate Black Women

7/21/2015 - Dave Chappelle on Activism: ‘The Biggest Enemy of an Artist Is Apathy’

7/21/2015 - MTV’s White People Takes White Privilege Out of Comfort Zone

7/21/2015 - A Conversation With Cuba That Is Long Overdue

7/20/2015 - The Root’s #MCM: Golden Moments of President Obama Being So Trill Lately

7/20/2015 - Billy Graham’s Son Wants to Stop Muslims From Coming to America While Ignoring the White Terrorists Among Us

7/20/2015 - Somebody Take Away Cornel West's Pens, Paper, Computer Passwords, Scarves, Glasses, Etc...

7/20/2015 - Rachel Dolezal Still Says She’s Black, and Now She Does Hair Weaves and Braids After Losing Jobs

7/20/2015 - Black Pro-Confederate-Flag Activist Killed in Miss. Car Crash

7/20/2015 - Embassies in Cuba and US Reopen After 50 Years

7/20/2015 - D.L. Hughley: Arthur Ashe Fought AIDS and Segregation; Caitlyn Jenner Put on a Dress. Their ‘Courage’ Is Not the Same Thing

7/20/2015 - Judge Denies 50 Cent’s Request to Delay Civil Trial Because of His Bankruptcy Case

7/20/2015 - Family Says 19-Year-Old Killed by Tenn. Officer Was Mistaken for Someone Else

7/20/2015 - MTV’s Racial Satire ‘White Squad’ Is Funny and Sad at the Same Time  

7/20/2015 - Yeah, Let's Chill With The "KKK Clashes With The Black Panthers" Headlines And Story Angles

7/20/2015 - Texas Mom Charged With Abandoning Kids at Food Court Says She Was Nearby on Job Interview

7/20/2015 - Family of Sandra Bland Has Ordered Independent Autopsy

7/20/2015 - Ava DuVernay Advice on Hollywood: ‘Follow the White Guys, They’ve Got This Thing Wired’  

7/20/2015 - Riley Curry Shows Off Her Best Dance Moves on 3rd Birthday  

7/20/2015 - The Officer Who Shot Unarmed Jonathan Ferrell Is About to Go on Trial. Here Are 5 Things You Should Know

7/20/2015 - GOP, Former President Clinton Change Tune on Criminal Justice

7/20/2015 - Why African Americans Should Be 1st in Line to Cuba

7/19/2015 - Fox News MIA in Uproar Over Sandra Bland’s Jail Death?

7/19/2015 - ‘Black Panther Break Room’: Workers Accuse American Airlines of Racial Discrimination

7/19/2015 - KKK Confederate-Flag Rally Fizzles Amid Scuffles at SC Statehouse

7/19/2015 - Bill Cosby Used Fame, Deceit and Drugs to Lure Young Women Into Sex, Report Says

7/19/2015 - Obama, Malia and Sasha Hit Up NYC, Take in Broadway Matinee, Stroll in Central Park

7/19/2015 - What Happens When Cubans Speak About Anti-Black Racism in Their Country

7/19/2015 - Tin Cup Leadership Awards Handed Out in Washington, DC

7/18/2015 - Violence Spikes in Chicago; 2 Dead, 17 Wounded Since Friday Night

7/18/2015 - Man Who Covered Home in Confederate Flags After Church Massacre Is Arrested

7/18/2015 - Texas Trooper Violated Policy in Sandra Bland Arrest

7/18/2015 - Ex-NFL Player Buster Barnett’s Wife Slain in Grisly Love Triangle

7/18/2015 - NYC Swim Team Breaking Records and Busting Myths

7/18/2015 - Boom for Whom? Making Sure Blacks Aren’t Left in the Dark When It Comes to Solar Energy

7/18/2015 - One-on-One With Afro-Cubans: What It Means to Be Black in Cuba

7/17/2015 - How Janet Jackson Can Sell Big by Selling Out

7/17/2015 - Quiz: Who Is Your Inner ’90s Diva?

7/17/2015 - Detroit Mom Who Killed Children and Put Their Bodies in the Freezer Sentenced to Life

7/17/2015 - Lee Daniels Drops the F-Bomb About Emmy Snub and Then Says He Was Just Having Fun

7/17/2015 - Fashion Model Chantelle Winnie: Kids Mooed at Me to Mock My Vitiligo, but I Persevered

7/17/2015 - A #BlackTwitter Love Story: It Started From a Tweet and Now They’re Married  

7/17/2015 - Our 10 Favorite Manic Pixie Free Black Girls

7/17/2015 - NFL Player Tyrann Mathieu Suffers in 120-Degree Car to Prove Dogs Do Too for PETA PSA

7/17/2015 - Gunman Opens Fire in Tenn.: 4 Marines Dead, 3 Other People Injured

7/17/2015 - Raven-Symoné Doubles Down on Not Being African American or Gay, but an American Human Who Loves Humans

7/17/2015 - Obama Becomes 1st Sitting President to Visit Prison; Pushes Reform

7/17/2015 - Sandra Bland May Have Suffered From Depression, PTSD

7/17/2015 - 1 Year After Eric Garner’s Death and Black America Still Can’t Breathe

7/17/2015 - Future Doesn’t Think Ciara Should Have Their Son Around Russell Wilson

7/17/2015 - #IfIDieInPoliceCustody Trends as People Look for Answers in the Death of Sandra Bland  

7/17/2015 - Plantation Tours: Don’t Expect to Hear How Horrible Slavery Really Was 

7/17/2015 - Were My Kin’s White Neighbors Descendants of My Ancestor’s Owners?

7/17/2015 - Dear Washington, D.C.: I Hated You...But I Miss You

7/16/2015 - Obama’s Cosby Remarks Suggest a Return to His Blunt Approach From 1st Term

7/16/2015 - Everything We Know About Sandra Bland

7/16/2015 - Black Twitter Defends Self From L.A. Times Columnist Who Says It’s Not as Progressive, United as It Seems

7/16/2015 - 18-Year-Old Ala. Inmate Hanged Herself in Jail, Authorities Say

7/16/2015 - The Death of Sandra Bland Isn’t Helping My Fear of Driving While Black

7/16/2015 - Viola, Taraji, Anthony Anderson and More Snag Emmy Award Nominations

7/16/2015 - Mayor in Wash. State Calls Michelle Obama ‘Gorilla Face,’ Refuses to Step Down: Report

7/16/2015 - On Ciara, And How Some Men Must Really, Really, Really, Really Hate Women

7/16/2015 - Watch: Devon Still’s Emotional ESPY Speech on Daughter Leah’s Battle With Cancer

7/16/2015 - Andy Cohen and Laverne Cox Apologize for Amandla Stenberg Comments  

7/16/2015 - 50 Cent on Bankruptcy Filing: ‘I Got a Decent Legal Team; You Don’t Have to Worry’  

7/16/2015 - Fla. Church Sends Single Mom $1,000 Collection Notice 

7/16/2015 - Sandra Bland Drove to Texas to Start a New Job, so How Did She End Up Dead in Jail?

7/16/2015 - A 2nd Chance: How I Make Sure I Never Return to My 14-Year-Long Eating Disorder

7/16/2015 - Sly and the Family Stone’s Live Box Set Will Take Fans Higher

7/16/2015 - In Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Book, It’s Clear All the Blacks Are Still Men

7/15/2015 - President Obama on Bill Cosby: ‘I Think This Country, Any Civilized Country, Should Have No Tolerance for Rape’

7/15/2015 - Bill Clinton Admits Federal Sentencing Laws ‘Made the Problem Worse’

7/15/2015 - What Does It Truly Mean To Be A Millionaire Today…And in 20 Years?

7/15/2015 - Chris Brown’s Mansion Is Looted and His Aunt Held at Gunpoint and Locked in the Closet During the Robbery

7/15/2015 - NY Radio Station Hot 97 Is in Hot Water With Black Twitter After Asking if Black Women Have an Attitude Problem

7/15/2015 - Obama to Launch Program Increasing Internet Access for Low-Income Households

7/15/2015 - Here Are the 1st Glimpses of Barack and Michelle’s Love Story on the Small Screen

7/15/2015 - Five Quick Thoughts About The Stills From The Barack And Michelle Date Movie

7/15/2015 - Watch: Video of Fatal Calif. Police-Involved Shooting Released by Federal Judge

7/15/2015 - Brittney Griner’s Ex Wants $20,000 a Month in Spousal Support

7/15/2015 - Controversial Pittsburgh Police Chief Gives Thumbs-Up to Officer’s Protest Art

7/15/2015 - Vandals Trash Fla. Church, Write ‘Charleston 2’ on Bishop’s Truck

7/15/2015 - Elle UK Says Baby Hair Is a New ‘Trend’

7/15/2015 - Whoopi Goldberg Backtracks on Defending Bill Cosby  

7/15/2015 - My Ex Is Spilling the Tea About Me on Social Media; How Do I Make Him Stop?

7/15/2015 - Wait...Drake Is Your For Real Pretend Boo?!

7/15/2015 - #GrowingUpBlack Is the Best Thing on #BlackTwitter This Week

7/14/2015 - He’s Bankrupt; Should I Marry Him?

7/14/2015 - Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Book Gets Endorsement From Toni Morrison, the Only One He Wanted

7/14/2015 - President Calls for Racial Justice and Prison Reform

7/14/2015 - Warren G's "Regulate" Robbery Was Set Up By The Lightskin Girl In Aaron Hall's "I Miss You" Video

7/14/2015 - The "What If?" Game: Whoopi Goldberg Edition

7/14/2015 - NYC Woman Alleges Police Revenge for Filming Eric Garner’s Death: Lawsuit 

7/14/2015 - Nick Gordon Served With a $10,000,000 Lawsuit That Claims He Once Hit Bobbi Kristina Brown, Knocking Out Her Tooth

7/14/2015 - Cosby Show Actor Says He Fell for the Okey-Doke: ‘Of Course Cosby Is Guilty’

7/14/2015 - Future’s Comments About His Sex Life With Ciara Are Distasteful and Ungentlemanly 

7/14/2015 - 2 Black American Jews Detained 2 Days at Israeli Airport and Then Deported  

7/14/2015 - NAACP Calls for Removal of Confederate Flag From Ala. State Troopers’ Cruisers, Uniforms 

7/14/2015 - 50 Cent Is The Worst Type Of Person: Powerful And Petty

7/14/2015 - Brandy Sings Undercover on NYC Subway and Gets Ignored  

7/14/2015 - Texas High School Coach Called Black Student Player’s Hair ‘Nappy and Nasty’: Report

7/14/2015 - Bravo’s Andy Cohen Labels Amandla Stenberg’s Comments on Appropriation ‘Jackhole of the Day’; Twitter Responds With #BoycottBravo

7/14/2015 - 90-Year-Old WWII Vet Who Wanted to Stay in His Home Is Evicted on Stretcher 

7/14/2015 - Stephen and Ayesha Curry Celebrate Birth of 2nd Daughter, Ryan Carson  

7/14/2015 - 5 Places Black People Can Move to When They’ve Had Enough of America

7/14/2015 - White Supremacists Look for ‘Vast Black Conspiracy’ in Nickelodeon Kids Show

7/14/2015 - Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me

7/14/2015 - VSB Roundtable: The One Where We Talk About Camille Cosby

7/13/2015 - Chuck D: Don’t Use a Broad Brushstroke to Dismiss Bill Cosby’s Entire Legacy  

7/13/2015 - Eric Garner’s Family Accepts $5.9 Million to Settle Wrongful Death Case: Report

7/13/2015 - 2 Members of Famous Rap Entourages Die Over the Weekend

7/13/2015 - Obama Grants Clemency to 46 Men and Women Serving Unjust Prison Sentences

7/13/2015 - The Root’s #MCM: Sit Your Husband Down in Front of a Boris Kodjoe Interview

7/13/2015 - The Unique and Parallel Paths of Serena Williams and Misty Copeland

7/13/2015 - White Chicago Woman Claims Black Youths Attacked Her for Being in the Wrong Neighborhood

7/13/2015 - Press Demands Release of Video in Fatal Calif. Police-Involved Shooting

7/13/2015 - 50 Cent Files for Bankruptcy

7/13/2015 - An Art Exhibit Revictimizes Michael Brown

7/13/2015 - Texas Pizza Worker Takes Smoke Break and Saves Kidnapped Child

7/13/2015 - Despite Controversy, Cosby Art Collection Stays at Smithsonian

7/13/2015 - Kevin Hart, LL Cool J and Tracy Morgan Among Hollywood Walk of Fame 2016 Honorees

7/13/2015 - Hunger Games Star Amandla Stenberg Is Spending Summer Vacation Teaching White Chicks in Cornrows About Appropriation

7/13/2015 - Serena Williams Stuns at the Wimbledon Champions’ Dinner  

7/13/2015 - ‘This Is Our Selma’: NC’s Fight for Voting Rights

7/12/2015 - Emotions Run High as Confederate Flag Comes Down at SC Statehouse

7/12/2015 - Tamir Rice: Judge Dismisses Group's Efforts to Bring Murder Charges Against Cops In Fatal Shooting

7/12/2015 - NAACP Ends Boycott After Confederate Flag Removed From SC Statehouse Grounds

7/12/2015 - Report: Camille Cosby Does Not Believe Her Husband Is a Rapist

7/12/2015 - Miss. Cop Accused of Choking Unarmed Black Man With a Flashlight

7/12/2015 - Black Girls Do Get Eating Disorders: I Did and I Survived

7/11/2015 - Watch: Serena Williams Captures 6th Wimbledon Title

7/11/2015 - Jail Counselors Resign Amid Charges of Dating Inmates

7/11/2015 - Twitter Slams New York Times for Serena Williams ‘Body Image’ Story

7/11/2015 - NYC Man Gets 20 Years in Death of Teen Who Flirted With Wife

7/11/2015 - Beaten Up, Arrested, Jailed

7/11/2015 - 10 Thoughts After Watching Netflix’s Excellent Nina Simone Documentary

7/10/2015 - Black Twitter Kidnaps the #WhiteGirlsDoItBetter Hashtag and Takes It for a Ride

7/10/2015 - FBI: We Dropped the Ball on Dylann Roof’s Background Check; He Should Not Have Been Able to Purchase a Gun 

7/10/2015 - Black People Are the Most Hated People in the Country and These States Have the Most Hate Groups: Report

7/10/2015 - Fla. Couple Killed in Home; 5 Children Left Unharmed

7/10/2015 - Did Warren G. Get Robbed By His Homies On "Regulate"?

7/10/2015 - The Black Gay Prancing Elites Dance Troupe Gets Green Light for 2nd Season on Oxygen

7/10/2015 - Wesley Snipes Says Blade 4 Is Still Up in the Air

7/10/2015 - How Long Ago Did African Ancestry Enter My Family Tree?

7/10/2015 - SC Removes Confederate Flag From Statehouse Grounds to Cheers of ‘Take It Down!’

7/10/2015 - White Tears, Explained, For White People Who Don't Get It

7/10/2015 - Group Petitions for Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to Be Revoked 

7/10/2015 - South Sudanese Model Rips ‘Racist’ Fashion Industry

7/10/2015 - Suge Knight’s Lawyer Says New Video Will Show That He Was Ambushed

7/10/2015 - Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Won’t Remove Bill Cosby’s Star on Walk of Fame  

7/10/2015 - Bill Cosby Started Losing Black People Before the Rape Allegations

7/10/2015 - John Singleton on Why Black Filmmakers Need to Tell Black Stories

7/9/2015 - Report: Nearly All of America’s Prosecutors Are White Men

7/9/2015 - Millennials Are Poised to Create Some Youthful Disruption

7/9/2015 - Russell Wilson and Ciara Aren’t Having Sex and It’s Everybody’s Business

7/9/2015 - Watch: Philly Cops Caught on Tape Beating, Kicking Unarmed Black Man During Arrest

7/9/2015 - Memphis, Tenn., Votes to Exhume Body of Confederate General, KKK Leader Buried in City Park 

7/9/2015 - Serena Williams Drinks, Bathes In, And Makes Lemonade With White Tears

7/9/2015 - SC Legislature Passes Bill to Take Confederate Flag Off Statehouse Grounds 

7/9/2015 - 10 Real, Actual, Really Important Things The Bill Cosby Story Is Distracting Us From

7/9/2015 - Watch: The Philanthropist Who Built Over 5,000 Schools for Black Students in the Jim Crow South 

7/9/2015 - Union Blasts Baltimore Police Commanders as Conflict Over #BaltimoreUprisings Continues

7/9/2015 - Autistic Teen Beaten by Cops in Front of His NYC Home for No Reason, Lawsuit Claims 

7/9/2015 - Donald Trump Says He’ll ‘Win the Latino Vote’

7/9/2015 - If Hollywood Movies Included Lines Only From People of Color, They’d Be Really, Really Short

7/9/2015 - MTV’s White People Documentary Is Filled With White Tears

7/9/2015 - Bill Cosby Dropped by Talent Agency CAA  

7/9/2015 - The Sex-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline: How Girls of Color Are Unjustly Arrested and Incarcerated

7/9/2015 - Get Your Kicks, Sneakerheads: Museum Exhibit Explores the Rise of Sneaker Culture

7/8/2015 - Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts Fired

7/8/2015 - Xscape: Unsung Highlights the Unraveling of a Sisterhood

7/8/2015 - Former NYC Inmate Receives $750,000 Settlement After Inadequate Medical Treatment for His 6-Day Erection

7/8/2015 - NYC Dad Shot Dead While Carrying 1-Year-Old Daughter

7/8/2015 - 12-Year-Old, Wanted for Questioning in Slaying, Is Arrested

7/8/2015 - Man Disguised as Armored-Truck Driver Steals $75,000 From Okla. Wal-Mart

7/8/2015 - Talib Kweli Releases B Sides Featuring Common and Killer Mike

7/8/2015 - On Wondering If I Should Teach My Pre-Teen Nephew To Be Wary Of White Girls

7/8/2015 - Disney Removing Bill Cosby Statue From Hollywood Studios Theme Park

7/8/2015 - Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Caribbean Flags?

7/8/2015 - Muslim Group Launches Campaign to Raise Money to Help Rebuild Black Churches Damaged by Fires

7/8/2015 - Fla. Woman Is Arrested After Reportedly Telling Teens: ‘I Hang Your Family From My Tree’

7/8/2015 - Texas Makes Changes to History Textbooks: No Mention of KKK or Jim Crow, and the Civil War Was Fought Over States’ Rights, Not Slavery

7/8/2015 - Paula Deen Fires Social Media Manager After Brownface Photo

7/8/2015 - Still Want to Watch The Cosby Show on TV? Well, Good Luck With That  

7/8/2015 - Sorry, There’s No Easy Way to Win Her Back After You Stopped Calling

7/8/2015 - Hannibal Buress: More Than Just That Cosby Joke

7/8/2015 - Police Misconduct and More Killings Go Largely Ignored

7/7/2015 - A Mentor, a Coach, a Sponsor: Why You Need All 3

7/7/2015 - Court Documents: Bill Cosby Paid Off Accusers and Found Alleged Victims Through a Modeling Agency

7/7/2015 - I Am, Officially, The Oldhead At The Hoop Court. Please Hold Me.

7/7/2015 - SC Church-Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof Indicted on 4 More Charges

7/7/2015 - Report: Md. Boy Dies After Brutal Beating for Eating Birthday Cake

7/7/2015 - 16-Year-Old NYC Teen Helps Save Residents From Apartment Fire

7/7/2015 - Why I Miss Rachel Dolezal

7/7/2015 - Whoopi Goldberg Defends Bill Cosby: ‘Save Your Texts, Save Your Nasty Comments—I Don’t Care’

7/7/2015 - SC Senate Votes 36-3 to Remove Confederate Flag From Statehouse Grounds

7/7/2015 - Paula Deen Is Still Racist: Posts Brownface Photo of Son on Twitter  

7/7/2015 - Seven Songs We Need To Retire From Cookouts, Clubs, And Other Places Colored People Congregate

7/7/2015 - Black NC Woman Denied Library Card in 1942 Returns at Age 92 to Get One

7/7/2015 - Mich. Student Faces Felony Charge for Driving to Well-Lit Area to Pull Over

7/7/2015 - Dear Bill Cosby Defenders: What Do You Have to Say for Yourselves Now?  

7/7/2015 - Russell Wilson Says God Asked Him to Guide Ciara as the Couple Practices Abstinence  

7/7/2015 - The View’s Nicolle Wallace Throws Shade at Co-Host Raven-Symoné During Talk About Fame and Autographs

7/7/2015 - Gay Marriage Wasn’t the Only Win: A Tool to Fight Racism Also Got a Supreme Court Boost

7/7/2015 - The Defiant One: Why You Should Know Civil Rights Icon Gloria Richardson

7/6/2015 - Bill Cosby, Dirty And Guilty Old Shit, Admits To Being A Dirty And Guilty Old Shit

7/6/2015 - Court Documents Show Bill Cosby Admitted to Getting Drugs to Use on Women

7/6/2015 - Jack and Jill Moms Featured on New TV Reality Show

7/6/2015 - Columnist: It’s Nice That Univision Dumped Trump Over Mexican Insults, but the Network Doesn’t Reflect Those Immigrants

7/6/2015 - Why the Treatment of Haitian Families in the Dominican Republic Is a Crisis

7/6/2015 - 7-Year-Old Chicago Boy Fatally Shot in Chest While Playing Outside on 4th of July

7/6/2015 - I've Got a Dumbass Medical Condition

7/6/2015 - Man, 20, Arrested in Shooting Death of Musician Kermit Ruffins’ Niece

7/6/2015 - ‘Black Lives Matter’ Spray-Painted on Confederate Statue at UNC Chapel Hill

7/6/2015 - Brooklyn Woman Becomes Oldest Living Person After Turning 116

7/6/2015 - Kelly Rowland Joins Empire Season 2  

7/6/2015 - Watch: NYC Police Officer Who Boxed With Suspect Is Being Investigated for Excessive Force

7/6/2015 - A Question About Chivalry: Who's "Supposed" To Be The Lead Walker? (...And Does It Matter?)

7/6/2015 - Serena Tops Venus at Wimbledon

7/6/2015 - Eric Garner’s Widow Doesn’t Want Anything to Do With Child He Had Out of Wedlock 

7/6/2015 - Usher Makes a Bold Statement During Essence Festival by Rocking Juneteenth T-Shirt

7/6/2015 - White Texas Family Has Black Guest Over and Wakes Up to Find ‘KKK’ Painted on Its Truck 

7/6/2015 - Former FDNY Employee Who Posted Several Bigoted Tweets Gets His Job Back

7/6/2015 - Bobby Brown Forgets Lyrics During Concert and Wants Justice After Relative Snaps Bobbi Kristina Deathbed Photo

7/6/2015 - The Race Factor in the Charleston Killings You Haven’t Heard

7/6/2015 - ‘Fattitude’ Adjustment: Stop Trash-Talking Your Own Body

7/5/2015 - Odell Beckham, Brittney Griner to Be Featured in ESPN Body Issue

7/5/2015 - Ava DuVernay Dispels Rumors of Directing Marvel’s Black Panther

7/5/2015 - Vanessa Williams Marries Fiance at Fourth of July Ceremony

7/5/2015 - Obama Poised to Commute Sentences for Scores of Nonviolent Drug Offenders

7/5/2015 - Venus and Serena Williams to Square Off at Wimbledon

7/5/2015 - Silence Around Who Is Burning Black Churches Speaks Volumes

7/4/2015 - Star Trek Icon Apologizes for Clarence Thomas ‘Blackface’ Slur

7/4/2015 - Watch: Man Breaks Down When Judge Recognizes Him as Former Classmate

7/4/2015 - Malia Obama Lands Internship on Lena Dunham’s Girls

7/4/2015 - Baltimore Probes ‘Enjoy Your Ride’ Sign in Police Van

7/4/2015 - Arthur Ashe: 40 Years After His Historic Wimbledon Win, His Legacy Lives Beyond the Tennis Court

7/4/2015 - Take Down That Flag, Mayor of Columbia, SC, Demands

7/4/2015 - Black America Knows What Real Patriotism Looks Like

7/3/2015 - Blogger Necole Bitchie Says ‘It’s Time to Move On’

7/3/2015 - Fire at Historic SC Black Church Ruled ‘Natural’

7/3/2015 - Dustin Brown Stuns Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon

7/3/2015 - 5 Red Wines That Are Perfect for Summer

7/3/2015 - When It Comes to Race, Valerie Jarrett Asks Why It’s All on the President. But Why Not?

7/2/2015 - $3,000,000 Donated to Scholarship Fund for Emanuel AME Church Community

7/2/2015 - The Inevitable but Predictable Backlash Over #BlackLivesMatter

7/2/2015 - Dylann Roof’s Sister Created GoFundMe Asking for Wedding, Honeymoon Donations After Emanuel AME Massacre

7/2/2015 - Star Trek’s George Takei on Clarence Thomas: ‘He Is a Clown in Blackface Sitting on the Supreme Court’  

7/2/2015 - Black Man Arrested After Admitting to Posting Racist Signs Outside Black Churches

7/2/2015 - 10 Thoughts On Rihanna's "BBHMM" Video

7/2/2015 - SC Female Pastors Get Threatening Letters: ‘You and Your Children Will Die’

7/2/2015 - After 44 Years, Sesame Street’s Maria Is Retiring

7/2/2015 - Poll: Many Still See Confederate Flag as Symbol of Southern Pride

7/2/2015 - Music Producer Rodney Jerkins’ 5-Year-Old Daughter Proves She’s Got Talent  

7/2/2015 - Laurence Fishburne Joins Roots Cast as Alex Haley  

7/2/2015 - Man Arrested Over $749 Cab Fare 

7/2/2015 - Mom Takes Action After Catholic School Dismisses Kindergarten Son for Haircut

7/2/2015 - Loving Day Captures What It Means to Be Multiracial in America

7/2/2015 - 7 Movies We Can’t Wait to See This Summer

7/2/2015 - Can Watching Racist Viral Videos Give You PTSD?

7/1/2015 - Purple Heart Veteran With PTSD Barred From Boarding NJ Bus Over Pit Bull Service Dog

7/1/2015 - KKK Planning Protest Against Removal of Confederate Flag From SC Statehouse Grounds 

7/1/2015 - DOJ Report: Police in Ferguson Antagonized Demonstrators and Violated Their Free-Speech Rights

7/1/2015 - How NeNe Leakes Turned 15 Minutes Into Real Fame

7/1/2015 - Sherri Shepherd Settles Divorce, Agrees to Pay Child Support for Surrogate Child  

7/1/2015 - 7 (ish) Of The Greatest White Saviors To Ever Have Done It

7/1/2015 - If You’re Black, Google Photos May Have Tagged You as a Gorilla

7/1/2015 - Black Supporters of the Confederate Flag: ‘Don’t Let Cowards in Bedsheets Hijack Its Meaning’

7/1/2015 - Geraldo Rivera Needs a Huge Mug of STFU When It Comes to Hip-Hop and Black People

7/1/2015 - Michelle Obama Has Girl Scout Sleepover on the White House Lawn

7/1/2015 - Nick Gordon Lawyers Up, Hires Casey Anthony’s Attorney  

7/1/2015 - SC Black Church, Torched by KKK 20 Years Ago, Erupts in Flames

7/1/2015 - Michael B. Jordan Comes Out Punching in Trailer for Rocky Spinoff Creed

7/1/2015 - I’m Considering Liposuction, but My Boyfriend Hates the Idea

7/1/2015 - 4 Healthy Recipes That Will Give You a Guilt-Free Holiday

7/1/2015 - Cherica Adams Would Have Been 40 Years Old Today

7/1/2015 - Who Is Burning Black Churches? Here’s What We Know