5/31/2015 - Charnice Milton Was Killed in Community She Loved

5/31/2015 - Jaden Smith Wore a Dress to Prom 

5/31/2015 - Racist Dr. Seuss Drawing Fails to Draw Bids at Auction

5/31/2015 - NJ Cops in Fatal Library Shooting Allege Suspect Charged at Them With Knife

5/31/2015 - Beau Biden, Vice President’s Son, Dies of Brain Cancer

5/31/2015 - No Redemption for a Black Slave Keeper

5/31/2015 - Basketball, Out; Lacrosse, In?

5/30/2015 - NJ Cops Kill 36-Year-Old Man in Shooting at Public Library

5/30/2015 - Nigeria Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation

5/30/2015 - Fliers Urge Black Residents at Calif. Complex to Keep Quiet

5/30/2015 - Watch: Hoops Star Surprises Girlfriend With Epic Proposal During Pickup Game

5/30/2015 - Watch: Ohio Judge Orders Assault Suspect to Be ‘Pepper-Sprayed’ by Victim

5/30/2015 - Amazing Graduates Overcoming the Odds

5/29/2015 - Colo. Teen Who Grew Up in Foster Care Is Looking to ‘Rent’ Family for Birthday

5/29/2015 - Empire Season 2 to Air in September  

5/29/2015 - FIFA Officials Indicted by US for Receiving $150 Million in Bribes to Influence World Cup Games

5/29/2015 - NC Police Allegedly Pull Guns on Former Duke Basketball Star

5/29/2015 - Austin, Texas, Official Who Organized a Sexist Lecture on Women in Government Resigns

5/29/2015 - Mich. Man Brutally Beaten by Cop Settles for $1.4 Million

5/29/2015 - DC Reporter Fatally Shot While Waiting for Bus

5/29/2015 - Significant Moments In Black History That Never Really Happened Pt. 2

5/29/2015 - Officers Charged in Freddie Gray’s Death Were Not Handcuffed When They Were Arrested

5/29/2015 - NBC to Hold ‘Dorothy’ Open Casting Call for The Wiz Live!  

5/29/2015 - Tidal Problems: Sony Wants Royalties Paid for Artists’ Music; Exec Says Jay Z Isn’t Majority Owner

5/29/2015 - Trevor Noah Begins Daily Show Reign in September  

5/29/2015 - It’s Time to Stop Blaming Black-on-Black Crime

5/29/2015 - How Do I Find a Missing Death Certificate?

5/29/2015 - Parents’ Shaming of Children on Video Is No Different From Cyberbullying

5/28/2015 - Actor Reynaldo Rey Dead at 75 From Stroke Complications

5/28/2015 - Chicago Outlet Debated Publishing Photo Showing 2 Cops Treating a Black Suspect Like a Deer

5/28/2015 - 10 Completely Separate Times Nia Long Proved She's The Best And Baddest Actress Who Ever Lived

5/28/2015 - High School Football Players Fulfill Dying Teammate’s Last Wish  

5/28/2015 - Bronx Cop Cleared of Rape Charges for Relationship With Teen Girl

5/28/2015 - Marilyn Mosby and Nick Mosby to Be Guest ‘Ringmasters’ at Upcoming UniverSoul Circus Performance in Baltimore

5/28/2015 - 7-Year-Old Mass. Boy Shot While Riding Bike  

5/28/2015 - Watch: Calif. Police Slam Pregnant Woman to Ground on Her Belly for Refusing to Show ID

5/28/2015 - Study: Black Teachers are Just as Likely as White Teachers to Disproportionately Punish Black Students

5/28/2015 - Why The "Grown-Ass Black Man With Cornrows" Is The Greatest Hairstyle Ever

5/28/2015 - Riley Curry Is the Real MVP

5/28/2015 - Twitter Beef: R&B Singer Cheryl Lynn Shades Anita Baker on Twitter After Realizing She’s Blocked  

5/28/2015 - Watch: Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Won Her Case on Judge Judy 15 Years Ago

5/28/2015 - Suge Knight Refuses to Leave Cell for Robbery Hearing

5/28/2015 - Once Homeless, Chicago Teen Mom Is Now Valedictorian Who’s Been Awarded Over $600,000 in Scholarships

5/28/2015 - US Marine Convicted of Displaying Bible Verse on Her Computer Appeals

5/28/2015 - Tracy Morgan and Wal-Mart Reach Settlement Over Accident

5/28/2015 - LeBron James Is Not Even Close to Being the Greatest of All Time. Here Are 6 Reasons

5/28/2015 - LeBron James Will Be the Greatest of All Time ... Just Give It Time

5/27/2015 - Kan. Councilman Allegedly Calls Teenager a ‘N--ger Bitch’ During Road Rage Incident

5/27/2015 - Poignant-Ass Simple Shit My Mom Used To Say To Me, Ranked

5/27/2015 - Chicago Grandmother Shot While Sitting and Watching News at Home

5/27/2015 - Canadian Diplomat’s Son Allegedly Involved in South Fla. Drug-Related Shootout Wants Bail

5/27/2015 - Chicago Cops Treated Black Suspect Like Hunting Trophy

5/27/2015 - Why Do All the Superheroes Have to Be White, and All the Thugs Black?

5/27/2015 - Groups Across Southern States Burn and Symbolically Bury the Confederate Flag

5/27/2015 - More Than 40 Black Filmmakers Take Over Twitter for a 12-Hour Rebel-a-Thon

5/27/2015 - I'm Thinking About Getting Rid Of My Physical Music Collection. Hold Me.

5/27/2015 - Once-Youngest Death Row Inmate Dies From Apparent Suicide

5/27/2015 - Woman Gives 12-Year-Old Stepson ‘George Jefferson’ Haircut for Smoking Weed  

5/27/2015 - Ariz. Woman Who Ran Over Her Husband Because Obama Won 2012 Election Is Sentenced  

5/27/2015 - 97-Year-Old Army Vet Goes on Field Trip to the White House, Meets President Obama

5/27/2015 - Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé Named to Forbes’ ‘100 Most Powerful Women’ List  

5/27/2015 - Nev. Extends Statute of Limitations Because of Bill Cosby Rape Allegations

5/27/2015 - I Moved to Be Near My Man and We’ve Talked About Marriage, so Why Hasn’t He Proposed Yet?

5/27/2015 - #BlackGirlsMatter: How We’re Losing Our Daughters by Ignoring Their Pain ...

5/27/2015 - Time to Nominate Your Choices for The Root 100 for 2015

5/26/2015 - Great Job Cavs!!! But Still, Fuck Dan Gilbert Today; Fuck Dan Gilbert Tomorrow; Fuck Dan Gilbert Forever

5/26/2015 - The Cost of Keeping Depression a Secret

5/26/2015 - There Are Many Perfectly Valid Reasons To Hate Jay Z. Tidal, However, Isn't One Of Them

5/26/2015 - Kenyan Lawyer Seeks Malia Obama’s Hand for 50 Cows, 70 Sheep and 30 Goats: Report

5/26/2015 - 77-Year-Old Md. Woman Who Began Sprinting Last Year Now Holds Record

5/26/2015 - Elderly Texas Man Sues After Officers Allegedly Stormed His Home, Broke His Hip and Left Him Unattended

5/26/2015 - Iyanla Vanzant Is Heading to Baltimore to ‘Fix the City’ With Jamal Bryant

5/26/2015 - Grandmother of 3-Year-Old Found Dead on Swings Opens Up: Daughter Would Never Harm Son

5/26/2015 - Fla. Man Tried as an Adult at 16 Set Free After 44 Years in Prison

5/26/2015 - Chicago Cops Stand in for Girls Without Dads at Daddy-Daughter Dance

5/26/2015 - Cleveland to Overhaul Police Department in Agreement With Justice Department

5/26/2015 - Tracee Ellis Ross Receives Honorary Doctorate From Alma Mater Brown University

5/26/2015 - Byron Allen Slams President Obama: ‘A White President in Blackface’

5/26/2015 - #BeyonceAlwaysOnBeat Meme Proves Beyoncé Is Just That: Always on Beat  

5/26/2015 - B.B. King’s Daughters Claim He Was Poisoned 

5/26/2015 - The Afropolitans: 10 African Artists and Entrepreneurs You Should Know

5/26/2015 - Boost Your Health and Drop Pounds by Cutting Out 1 Ingredient: Sodium

5/26/2015 - Being Black in Thailand: We’re Treated Better Than Africans, and Boy Do We Hate It

5/25/2015 - Foods Your Bitch Ass Better Not Bring To A Memorial Day Cookout

5/25/2015 - Military Mom Surprises Son at Ala. Graduation

5/25/2015 - Why Memorial Day Has Special Significance for African Americans

5/25/2015 - 70 Members of Congress Call on President Obama to ‘Ban the Box’

5/25/2015 - The Root’s Summer Reading List: 10 Great Books

5/25/2015 - We Should Think About How to End the Scourge of War and Killing

5/24/2015 - Journalist Covering Cleveland Protests Arrested After Forgetting Press Pass

5/24/2015 - Cleveland Verdict: Where the Threat of Blackness Prevails

5/24/2015 - ‘You Don’t Belong Here’: Racists Warn Black Family in Long Island, NY

5/24/2015 - Fla. Teen Loses Battle to Cancer Weeks After Going to Prom With NFL Player Sen’Derrick Marks

5/24/2015 - Protests, Arrests in Cleveland After Judge Acquits Cop in Deaths of Unarmed Couple Shot at 137 Times

5/24/2015 - Ex-Va. Delegate in Antebellum Family Portrait Plans to Marry Teen Baby Mama

5/24/2015 - In a Scene of a Harem Bath, 2 Women From Different Worlds Are Linked by a Common Bond

5/24/2015 - He Cries Alone: Black Men and PTSD

5/23/2015 - Cleveland Officer Found Not Guilty on All Counts in Deadly Chase

5/23/2015 - World’s Oldest Person, Jeralean Talley, Marks 116th Birthday

5/23/2015 - Watch: Virginia Cop Uses Taser on Black Driver Having Medical Emergency

5/23/2015 - Brothers Johnson Bassist Louis Johnson Dies at 60

5/23/2015 - It’s a Good Time to Be Black and Sexy

5/23/2015 - Corrective Rape: The Epidemic of Violence Against South Africa’s LGBT Community

5/22/2015 - Black Soldier Killed in Iraq Gets Justice

5/22/2015 - Reported NY Serial Killer Takes Plea Deal 

5/22/2015 - Olympia, Wash., Officer Shoots Unarmed Black Men Who Allegedly Attempted to Steal Beer

5/22/2015 - Aaron Hernandez Involved in Alleged Gang-Related Prison Brawl 

5/22/2015 - Five Things Having A Pregnant Wife Has Taught Me

5/22/2015 - ​Montel Williams Eviscerates Admitted Molester Josh Duggar on Twitter  

5/22/2015 - Hey, Grads, Time for Real Talk: 10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me in a Commencement Speech

5/22/2015 - White Supremacist Confronts Speakers During ‘Black Lives Matter’ Press Conference

5/22/2015 - Univision Buys The Root—Fusing the No. 1 Hispanic and the No. 1 Black News Outlets in the US

5/22/2015 - NY Rep. Blasts Black Conservative Sheriff Who Blames ‘Underclass’ Behavior for Police Violence

5/22/2015 - 26-Year-Old Chicago Woman Nearly Died From Birth Control Complications

5/22/2015 - Danny Glover Goes Off on TV Reporter Who Cut His Interview Short  

5/22/2015 - Raven-Symoné in Talks to Join The View as New Co-Host  

5/22/2015 - The Problem With the Debate Over Fixing Your Man’s Plate 

5/22/2015 - Any Tips for Tracing an Ancestor With a Common Name?

5/21/2015 - 6 Baltimore Cops Indicted in Freddie Gray’s Death

5/21/2015 - Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Calls on President Obama to Tackle Rise in Black Child Suicides

5/21/2015 - Mom Takes Deceased Son’s Place in Graduation After Deadly Post-Prom Car Crash

5/21/2015 - Univision Announces Acquisition of The Root

5/21/2015 - 5 Of The Blackest Hip-Hop Albums Ever Released

5/21/2015 - Pregnant Chicago Woman Accuses Angry Cop of Punching Her Belly 

5/21/2015 - #SayHerName: Families and Social Media Rally for Justice in the Police Killings of Black Women

5/21/2015 - Missing Clark Atlanta University Student Found Safe in Ill. 

5/21/2015 - Chicago Gunman to 7-Year-Old Before Shooting Him: ‘What You Be About?’

5/21/2015 - This Creepy Family Portrait Is of a Va. Politician Who Served Time Related to Underage Sex With His Teen Baby Mama (Pictured)

5/21/2015 - Michael Brown Will Receive a Permanent Memorial Site in Ferguson, Mo.

5/21/2015 - Va. Mom’s Facebook Post Thanking an Officer for Protecting Her Son Goes Viral

5/21/2015 - Janice Dickinson Sues Bill Cosby for Defamation Over Rape Claims

5/21/2015 - Assata Shakur Mural Taken Down at Marquette University

5/21/2015 - Possible Funding for Police Body Cameras Moves Forward in Congress, Thanks to Sen. Tim Scott

5/21/2015 - From Relaxed to All Natural: Johnny Wright, the Man Behind Michelle Obama’s Hair

5/21/2015 - 7 Changes You Can Make Right Now to Get Fit for Summer

5/21/2015 - I Am Not Soliciting Prostitutes. I'm Just Walking My Dog. Please Believe Me.

5/20/2015 - NYC Motorman Suspended for Breaking Rule to Get Medical Help for Trainee Who Collapsed: Report 

5/20/2015 - Damon On BET (And Jezebel) Speaking On The Wackness Of The "New Black"

5/20/2015 - Female Inmates Raped and Abused by Rikers Island Guards, Lawsuit Claims

5/20/2015 - Detroit Teacher Donates Kidney to 18-Year-Old Student 

5/20/2015 - 5 Useless Fees That are Wasting Your Money

5/20/2015 - A "Mixed Signal" Is Not A Mixed Signal

5/20/2015 - Jamie Foxx Impersonates John Legend and Jennifer Hudson on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5/20/2015 - Captain America: Off-Duty Army Captain Pulls Man From Burning Car

5/20/2015 - Ga. School Nurse to 11-Year-Old Student: ‘I’m Going to F--k You Up’

5/20/2015 - You Don’t Need to Be Smarter Than a 3rd-Grader to Understand Lyrics by Beyoncé, Chris Brown or Kanye West

5/20/2015 - Good Night, David Letterman: 10 Memorable Appearances by Black Stars

5/20/2015 - New Details Emerge About Ben Affleck’s Slave-Owner Ancestor

5/20/2015 - Michelle Obama Just One-Upped the President’s Workout—and Probably Yours  

5/20/2015 - Los Angeles Raises Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour 

5/20/2015 - St. Louis Officer Who Fatally Shot VonDerrit Myers Acted in Self-Defense and Won’t Be Charged

5/20/2015 - Kanye West Says He Was ‘Grossly Over-Censored’ at Billboard Awards  

5/20/2015 - ‘N--ga House’ Search Takes You to the White House on Google Maps  

5/20/2015 - Why Is Israel Kicking Out the Africans?

5/20/2015 - The Tamir Rice Case: What We Know 

5/20/2015 - My Baby Daddy Refuses to See His Child Unless We Sleep Together

5/20/2015 - How Black-ish Went From WTF? to Must-See TV in 10 Easy Steps

5/20/2015 - Calling All Men in Atlanta to Attend The Root’s manCODE Event

5/19/2015 - Why Weren’t the Murderous Biker Gangs in Texas Dubbed ‘Thugs’ by Mainstream Media?

5/19/2015 - What Every 30-Year-Old Should Know About Money

5/19/2015 - Ga. Middle School Teacher Accused of Letting Students Have Sex in Classroom

5/19/2015 - Watch: Md. Substitute Teacher Reportedly Beats Students With Belt

5/19/2015 - Happy X Day? The Case Against a Federal Holiday for Malcolm X

5/19/2015 - Cool Shit BET Did Back In The Day, Ranked

5/19/2015 - Diddy on #BlackLivesMatter: Black People ‘Are Committing Genocide on Ourselves’

5/19/2015 - Noninvasive Colon-Cancer Screening Shows Promising Results for African Americans

5/19/2015 - Is Being Mentally Ill in America a Crime?

5/19/2015 - African-American Lawmakers Launch Initiative to Increase Diversity in the Tech Industry

5/19/2015 - College-Bound Student Turns Down All 8 Ivy Leagues for University of Ala.

5/19/2015 - Study: Suicide Rate Among Young Black Boys Increases

5/19/2015 - Dear Cosmopolitan: This Is Not Lupita Nyong’o

5/19/2015 - NYC Twin Sentenced to 1-4 Years for Robbing 85-Year-Old ‘Sugar Daddy’

5/19/2015 - Cicely Tyson May Be 90, but She Says Her Life’s Work Isn’t Done Yet

5/19/2015 - Biker Clubs Instead of Thugs? This Is How Racism Works

5/19/2015 - In the Rush to Aid Baltimore’s ‘Minority-Owned Businesses,’ Will Black Businesses Be Left Out?

5/18/2015 - Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, And Lena Dunham Unite To Troll The Fuck Out Of Literally Everyone

5/18/2015 - Ala. Man Receives Death Threats for Removing Confederate Flags From Grave Sites

5/18/2015 - An Investigation: Why White People Hate Kanye West So Damn Much

5/18/2015 - Jackson, Miss., Officer Injured in Weekend Shooting

5/18/2015 - Mo. Jury Recommends 60-Year Sentence for Former College Wrestler Convicted of Exposing Man to HIV

5/18/2015 - President Obama Officially Joins Twitter

5/18/2015 - Zimmerman Shooter: ‘I Hope I Got Him This Time’

5/18/2015 - Duke Professor: Asians Didn’t Feel Sorry for Themselves; Blacks Shouldn’t Be Told to, Either

5/18/2015 - Why I'd Give An Entire Kidney To Live In Key & Peele's "Negrotown"

5/18/2015 - Chaz Ebert, Roger Ebert’s Widow, Producing Film About Emmett Till and His Mother  

5/18/2015 - Jay Z on Black-on-Black Violence: ‘We Need to Understand That We’re Kings and Queens’; Rapper Posted Bail for Baltimore Protesters

5/18/2015 - Military Weapons Used in Ferguson to Be Restricted by Obama Task Force

5/18/2015 - How Did a 26-Year-Old Iraq War Veteran Die Serving a 2-Day Jail Sentence?

5/18/2015 - Wis. Man Exonerated After 10 Years in Prison Graduates From Law School

5/18/2015 - Killer Mike on Bill O’Reilly: ‘More Full of S--t Than an Outhouse’

5/18/2015 - Kanye West Censored During Billboard Awards Performance  

5/18/2015 - African Immigrants: Highly Educated and Underemployed in America

5/18/2015 - Everyone’s Watching Baltimore: So, Now What?

5/18/2015 - Fall TV 2015: Networks Get a Clue About Diversity

5/17/2015 - Blacks Were Largely Absent From Writing B.B. King Story

5/17/2015 - 81-Year-Old Chicago Woman Among 36 Wounded in Weekend Shootings

5/17/2015 - Ariz. Mom Who Left Kids in Hot Car Sentenced to 18 Years’ Probation

5/17/2015 - Watch: Louis C.K. Speaks Ebonics for 5 Years to Keep Job in SNL Sketch

5/17/2015 - Janet Jackson Returns With New Music and a Tour

5/17/2015 - Coming of Age in the Time of the Hoodie

5/17/2015 - Why Greek Goddesses Appear as Black Women on an Ancient Ceramic Cup

5/16/2015 - Man Accused of Shooting at George Zimmerman Is Arrested

5/16/2015 - NJ Teacher Fired for Allowing Students to Write ‘Get Well’ Letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal

5/16/2015 - Watch: Baltimore Cop Sentenced in Attack on Unarmed Man During Arrest

5/16/2015 - WNBA Newlyweds  Griner and Johnson Suspended Over Domestic Violence  

5/16/2015 - For Black Scholars at PWIs, Speaking Truth to Power on Social Media Can Be ‘Professional Suicide’

5/16/2015 - Tom Brady and the Privilege of Whiteness

5/15/2015 - Jury Sentences Boston Marathon Bomber to Death 

5/15/2015 - Cafeteria Worker in Ill. Arrested After Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Student

5/15/2015 - I Don't Know Where The Movie 'DOPE' Came From, But I'm Excited As Hell About It!

5/15/2015 - Keeping Tubman Off the $20 Bill Would Be Crazy

5/15/2015 - Chicago Man Convicted in Bali Suitcase Murder Case Demands Portion of Girlfriend’s Trust Fund 

5/15/2015 - NYC Man Charged With Assault in Manhattan Hammer Attacks

5/15/2015 - There’s Something Mighty Fishy About This Drama Over Kenya Moore’s Married Boyfriend

5/15/2015 - Scandal Recap: Here Comes the Sun

5/15/2015 - Jake Ballard And The Friend Zone Mt. Rushmore

5/15/2015 - Cop in Ill. Who Killed Black Teen Won’t Face Charges

5/15/2015 - Bill Cosby on Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’  

5/15/2015 - NY Mother Pleads Guilty to Killing 8-Year-Old Disabled Daughter  

5/15/2015 - Kevin Hart Promotes Healthy Living on His Comedy Tour  

5/15/2015 - Cops Pepper-Spray 10-Year-Old Boy During Protest in Minn.; Police Launch Investigation 

5/15/2015 - Disney Is Making a Movie About the Va. Man Who Claimed the ‘Kingdom of North Sudan’ to Make Daughter Princess

5/15/2015 - Spike Lee Urges Critics Not to Judge Chiraq Based on Its Title  

5/15/2015 - A Segregated Prom, a Racially Charged Murder and Questions About Racism

5/15/2015 - I’m Irish and Need Help Tracing Ancestors in Bermuda

5/15/2015 - Why I’ve Returned to the Black Salon When Folks Are Leaving in Droves

5/15/2015 - Blues Legend B.B. King Dead at 89

5/14/2015 - 5 Journalists Who Were on Derailed Amtrak Train in Philly Recount Their Experiences 

5/14/2015 - Waiting While Black: University Student Accused of ‘Harassment’ for Wanting to Talk to Adviser

5/14/2015 - 2 Md. Corrections Officers Charged With Looting During Baltimore Protests

5/14/2015 - What Happens to Black Women Who Boldly Speak Truth About Racial Inequality

5/14/2015 - Ga. Principal Who Went Viral After Racially Charged Comments Has Been Fired 

5/14/2015 - Jameis Winston: A Good Player With a Bad Reputation

5/14/2015 - Ariz. High School Track Star Commits Suicide on Campus 

5/14/2015 - 10 Things That Would Be Much Better If You Mixed Hennessy With Them

5/14/2015 - Harry Belafonte on ‘Thugs,’ Capitalism and Women Controlling the Universe

5/14/2015 - White Fla. Pub Owner Held Black Couple at Gunpoint Over Drink Beef: Report

5/14/2015 - Bill Cosby to Push for Education in Rural Ala.

5/14/2015 - Lupita Nyong’o Slays Cannes in Her Green Gucci Gown (Which Also Slays)

5/14/2015 - Raven-Symoné Also Thinks Harriet Tubman Shouldn’t Be on the $20 Bill

5/14/2015 - Autopsy Reveals Ga. Man Found Hanging From a Tree Committed Suicide

5/14/2015 - Medgar Evers College Dean of Students Among Those Killed in Amtrak Derailment

5/14/2015 - Tika Sumpter on Playing Queen Latifah’s Lover in Bessie

5/14/2015 - A Scandal Writer’s Journey to ShondaLand

5/14/2015 - Brittney Griner, Glory Johnson and How We Ignore Domestic Violence in the LGBTQ Community

5/13/2015 - A Guide To Reading VSB For People Who Just Now Discovered VSB

5/13/2015 - 9-Year-Old Md. Student Was Beaten While Bus Driver Looked On

5/13/2015 - Md. Teen Held on $500,000 Bail Is Released After Anonymous Payment 

5/13/2015 - Happy Birthday to Ya, Stevie Wonder  

5/13/2015 - Former College Wrestler on Trial for Exposing Partners to HIV 

5/13/2015 - Police Shoot Man Who Allegedly Terrorized NYC Pedestrians With Hammer

5/13/2015 - Formerly Homeless NYC Man Stole $1.5 Million Home From Elderly Woman: Report

5/13/2015 - Marvel Eyes Ava DuVernay to Direct Superhero Movie

5/13/2015 - 10 Non-Singing Ass Singers That People Swear Can Sing

5/13/2015 - Incoming Boston University Professor Apologizes for Tweets on Race

5/13/2015 - Lee Daniels Hates ‘White People Writing for Black People’

5/13/2015 - NYC Man Who Was Beaten With a Bat Claims He Was Kept Handcuffed for 7 Hours With Broken Elbow 

5/13/2015 - Andrew Caldwell in His Own Words: ‘God Can Deliver From Homosexual’  

5/13/2015 - 7 Dead, Dozens Injured in Amtrak Train Derailment in Philly

5/13/2015 - He’s Not That Into You Because Your Moms Are All Up in Your Business

5/13/2015 - The Billionaire Dropout Is a Myth; Don’t Buy It

5/13/2015 - 30 Years After MOVE: Law Enforcement Didn’t Learn Anything From One of America’s Worst Cases of Police Brutality

5/12/2015 - Chef Marcus Samuelsson on Putting Green in Harlem’s Pockets

5/12/2015 - Tamir Rice Investigation Drawing to a Close, Sheriff Says 

5/12/2015 - NY Times Exposé Prompts Gov. to Improve the Wage and Work Conditions for Immigrant Nail Salon Workers 

5/12/2015 - Kendrick Lamar Receives Generational Icon Award From Calif. State Senate

5/12/2015 - Report: SC Homeowner Given 2-Second Warning to Drop Weapon Before Deputy Shoots Him

5/12/2015 - Busy Few Weeks for Harriet Tubman’s Legacy

5/12/2015 - Detroit Ex-Pat and Activist Killed in Ghana

5/12/2015 - 10 Life Lessons I've Learned From Watching Black Movies

5/12/2015 - Fox Contributor: First Lady Should Have Given a Shout-Out to Affirmative Action

5/12/2015 - Denzel Washington to Dillard University Grads: ‘Put God 1st in Everything You Do’  

5/12/2015 - George Zimmerman Shooting Wasn’t Random Road Rage: Report

5/12/2015 - Chris Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Alicia Keys Sign on for Empire Season 2

5/12/2015 - Former CIA Officer Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Prison for Leaking Intel to Reporter

5/12/2015 - Ga. Man Found Dead, Hanging From a Tree

5/12/2015 - Morgan Freeman Says Weed Helps His Fibromyalgia: ‘I’ll Eat It, Drink It, Smoke It, Snort It’  

5/12/2015 - #Rally4Peace? Baltimore Needs a Rally for Its Youth

5/12/2015 - Brothers in Business: Fighting Discrimination With Their Own Drive

5/11/2015 - George Zimmerman Is Never Going To Fucking Die

5/11/2015 - Mich. State Senator Confronts Ex-Wife Naked, Opens Fire on Vehicle: Report

5/11/2015 - Report: George Zimmerman Hit in the Face During Road Rage Shooting

5/11/2015 - Stephanie Mills Cast as Auntie Em in TV Musical The Wiz Live!

5/11/2015 - Manhattan Detention Center Officer Charged With Smuggling Drugs Into Jail and Selling to Inmates

5/11/2015 - 9 Ga. Deputies Fired in Death of Black Man Who Was Tased While Restrained

5/11/2015 - Teen Charged With Attempted Murder After Brutal Beating of Md. Man

5/11/2015 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 29. Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey

5/11/2015 - Satan, a Ga. Educator and Her Son: The Racist School-Graduation Rant Continues

5/11/2015 - Cissy Houston on Whitney Houston: ‘My Baby Tried. She Did. She Just Had the Wrong Partner​’  

5/11/2015 - Prince Rocks Baltimore During #Rally4Peace Concert, Is Joined Onstage by Marilyn Mosby, Estelle, Miguel and Judith Hill

5/11/2015 - Ben Carson: My Proposed Tax Plan Is From the Bible

5/11/2015 - Chris Rock: ‘Will I See Cops Stop Shooting Black Kids in My Lifetime? Probably Not’

5/11/2015 - Miss. Subway Sandwich-Shop Worker Fired for Allegedly Gloating on Facebook About 2 Slain Cops

5/11/2015 - Claudia Jordan Says She Was Kicked Out of the Mall for Being Black and Wearing Sunglasses  

5/11/2015 - The Turner House: A Tale of a Family’s Triumph Over Loss

5/11/2015 - You Are Not Your Disease

5/11/2015 - Congratulations, #RootScholars, on Your College Acceptance

5/11/2015 - Roll Bounce Would Be The Perfect Movie...If Not For One Insignificantly Significant Problem.

5/11/2015 - Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

5/10/2015 - Mother's Day At Restland-Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

5/10/2015 - Race Plays Role in Chicago DUI Checkpoints

5/10/2015 - WNBA Players Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson Get Married

5/10/2015 - Watch: Ga. Principal Slammed for Racial Slur at Graduation

5/10/2015 - Watch: Million Moms March Against Police Brutality and Racial Injustice

5/10/2015 - 3 Arrested After 2 Miss. Cops Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop

5/10/2015 - Bobby Brown and Bobbi Kristina’s Aunt to Serve as Co-Guardians

5/10/2015 - 10 Celebrity Mothers With New Additions

5/10/2015 - In the Shadow of the Crucifixion, a Battle of Good vs. Evil Takes Form

5/9/2015 - Matter Moms Group Mobilizes in Baltimore to Support Women and Young People

5/9/2015 - Michelle Obama Tells Grads Not to Let Hate and Insults Stand in Their Way

5/9/2015 - San Francisco Dismisses 8 Cases Amid Scandal Over Police Racist Texts

5/9/2015 - Ohio Man Claims Employer Ordered Him to Cut Dreads or Be Fired

5/9/2015 - Baltimore 6 File Motion to Toss Case and Remove Marilyn Mosby

5/9/2015 - ‘White Appreciation Day’ to Be Held at Latino-Owned Restaurant in Colo.

5/9/2015 - 10 Mom Bloggers You Should Know

5/9/2015 - So, When Can We Call the Germanwings Pilot a Terrorist?

5/9/2015 - For This Grassroots Organization, There Are Only 2 Options: Help or Hush

5/8/2015 - Watch: Dash-Cam Footage Appears to Show Del. Cop Kicking Black Suspect in the Face

5/8/2015 - Chicago’s Reparations for Police Torture Victims Offer a Glimpse of the Power of #BlackLivesMatter

5/8/2015 - 214 Out of 234 Former Boko Haram Hostages Are Reportedly Pregnant

5/8/2015 - Scandal Recap: A Few Good Women

5/8/2015 - How 1 Outlet Covered the Unethical Photo Contest Depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad

5/8/2015 - The 10 Worst Drinks Black People Ever Thought It Was Cool To Drink

5/8/2015 - Jesus Saves: Kids Use Bible to Stop Bully

5/8/2015 - Jeb Bush Used State Funds to Invest in Porn Company: Report

5/8/2015 - Terrence Howard Says Wife Is Extorting Him; She Says He Comes Up ‘Short’  

5/8/2015 - Surprise! This Woman Didn’t Know She Was 8 Months Pregnant 

5/8/2015 - Idris Elba Proves He’s Really James Bond: Breaks Speed Record in Bentley   

5/8/2015 - Dog Gone: Lost Dog Returns Home After 4 Years  

5/8/2015 - A Cheat Sheet for Researching African-American Ancestors

5/8/2015 - Dear Mamas: 15 Favorite TV Moms

5/8/2015 - Silence Is Deadly: Mental Health and the Black Community

5/8/2015 - My Child’s Father Wants to Know ‘Who’s the Daddy’—but He’s the One Who’s Been Cheating

5/7/2015 - Post-Baltimore, Most Americans Believe Unrest Was Just One Big Criminal Act

5/7/2015 - Shaq Fell Down and Broke His Crown, and Now He Is a Meme

5/7/2015 - Harlem Globetrotters Teach Pope Francis Some Tricks While Touring Italy

5/7/2015 - Jagged Edge Is Better Than 112. Here's Why.

5/7/2015 - Google Plans to Invest $150 Million in Diversity Initiatives

5/7/2015 - Isiah Thomas Accuser Slams Him on Sexual Harassment Case

5/7/2015 - Marriage Is Awesome And Amazing And All That Great Shit. It's Also Hard As Fuck.

5/7/2015 - Marshall University Football Player Faces Possible Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Attacking Gay Couple 

5/7/2015 - Tiger Woods: Worse Golfer, but Better Man

5/7/2015 - High School Student Will Take His Mother to the Prom

5/7/2015 - Watch: Fla. Cop Suspended 1 Month for Punching Handcuffed Woman

5/7/2015 - Broadway Stars to Honor B. Smith and Raise Money to Help Fight Alzheimer’s

5/7/2015 - NJ Mom Says School Security Guard Choked 7-Year-Old Son 

5/7/2015 - Michael Brown’s Friend Suing Officer Who Shot Brown for $25,000

5/7/2015 - Tina Knowles Lawson Pens Mother’s Day Letter to Beyoncé, Solange, Kelly Rowland and Niece

5/7/2015 - Texas’ Chief Law-Enforcement Official Called Snoop Dogg a ‘Dope-Smoking Cop Hater’: Report

5/7/2015 - 4 US Ferry Lines Reportedly Receive Permission From Obama to Conduct Trips to Cuba

5/7/2015 - Don Lemon, Stacey Dash and Now Raven-Symoné, on The View? Can We Stop Rewarding Simple Black Celebrities?

5/7/2015 - In Baltimore, and Everywhere, Activists Need to Stay Together Despite Differences

5/7/2015 - Bessie Review: A Brilliantly Told Tale About the Empress of the Blues

5/6/2015 - Howard Student Missing After Taking Commuter Ride With Stranger

5/6/2015 - McDonald’s Has Given Hamburglar a Creepy Makeover  

5/6/2015 - Bad Credit? Hope Is Not Lost

5/6/2015 - Officer Charged in Freddie Gray’s Death Allegedly Threatened to Kill Ex-Girlfriend’s Husband 

5/6/2015 - Obama: Racism Plays a Role in Distrust Between Blacks and Police 

5/6/2015 - Key & Peele’s ‘Negrotown’ Is a Black Person’s Dream Come True  

5/6/2015 - Errol Brown, Former Lead Singer of Hot Chocolate, Succumbs to Liver Cancer at Age 71

5/6/2015 - Shonda Rhimes Joins Forces With Dee Rees for Cable Series Based on The Warmth of Other Suns

5/6/2015 - Baltimore Mayor Asks for Justice Department Investigation Into City’s Police Practices

5/6/2015 - ACLU Accuses Colo. Springs Police of Racial Profiling

5/6/2015 - Shit Bougie Black People Love: 28. Full Beards

5/6/2015 - UVA Student’s Lawyer: Officers ‘Lacked Legal Justification’ for Arresting Client

5/6/2015 - Baltimore to Pay $50,000 to Train Officers on Legal Stops

5/6/2015 - Jamie Foxx on National Anthem: ‘Some of It Was a Little Off’  

5/6/2015 - Chris Brown’s Basketball-Game Battery Charges Dropped

5/6/2015 - Loretta Lynch Arrives in Baltimore, Meets With Gray’s Family and Praises the Police

5/6/2015 - Prince Announces Rally 4 Peace Concert in Baltimore

5/6/2015 - Looking for a Voice for Baltimore’s Voiceless

5/6/2015 - Baltimore Just Became a Political Epicenter for 2016

5/6/2015 - I Got My Girl Pregnant and Now She Wants Me to Tell Her Dad

5/5/2015 - Watch: Family Begging You for Money? Here’s How to Say No

5/5/2015 - Boko Haram Victims Were Being Terrorized Right Up Until the End of Their Captivity

5/5/2015 - Obama’s Powerful Words on Racial Injustice Should Be Matched by Bold Policy Measures

5/5/2015 - Watch: Morning Joe Host Mika Brzezinski Was ‘Befuddled’ During Interview With Attorney for Freddie Gray’s Family

5/5/2015 - Report: Court Documents List Wrong Addresses for Charged Baltimore Cops

5/5/2015 - Fla. Sheriff Fired for Reportedly Calling a Black Man a Monkey on Facebook

5/5/2015 - Motherhood, Art, And Police Brutality

5/5/2015 - Report: Floyd Mayweather Being Sued by Mother of His 3 Children for $20 Million

5/5/2015 - Watch: 4 Black Parole Officers Held at Gunpoint by NY Police

5/5/2015 - VSB Call For Submissions And Shit

5/5/2015 - Loretta Lynch to Be in Baltimore for Official Meetings

5/5/2015 - I Love Boobs And You Love Boobs...So Why Can't We Love Boobs Together?

5/5/2015 - The Hits and Misses of the Met Gala

5/5/2015 - Post-Fight Mayweather and Pacquiao Controversy Continues

5/5/2015 - Chris Brown Denies Being Involved in Basketball-Court Fight

5/5/2015 - Son of Former NFL Great Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation 

5/5/2015 - What’s Next for the Baltimore 6?

5/5/2015 - Lauryn Hill Cancels Israel Concert Following Pressure From Activists

5/5/2015 - Pleasantville: A Mystery Thriller That Pays Attention to Missing Black Girls

5/5/2015 - Why Should Ben Carson Care About Black Voters? They Don’t Vote Republican

5/4/2015 - The Walking Dead’s Seth Gilliam Arrested for Drunk Driving and Marijuana Possession 

5/4/2015 - He Murdered a Police Car and Sits in Jail—While Cops Walk on Bail

5/4/2015 - 5 Months Since Tamir Rice’s Death and Still No Charges; Mom Reportedly Homeless

5/4/2015 - SC Man Shot Dead Is 2nd Victim in 3 Months at Rec Center

5/4/2015 - Ex-Con Charged With Shooting a NYC Police Officer in the Face; Cop Dies

5/4/2015 - The Walking Dead Star Chad L. Coleman Apologizes for Subway Rant

5/4/2015 - Jeffrey Dahmer’s Killer Slays Another Inmate Over MLK Painting

5/4/2015 - Skin Cancer Doesn’t Affect Only White People

5/4/2015 - Boehner: If Charges Are True, Police Actions in Freddie Gray Case Were ‘Outrageous and Unacceptable’

5/4/2015 - Charged Baltimore Officer Believed Freddie Gray Had ‘Jailitis’

5/4/2015 - Ben Carson Officially Announces Presidential Campaign

5/4/2015 - Texas Police Chief Dies in Tragic Highway Accident

5/4/2015 - Halle Berry’s Daughter Donated Toys and Started a Lemonade Stand to Raise Money for Children in Need

5/4/2015 - Ga. Sheriff Involved in Mystery Shooting That Leaves Woman Critical

5/4/2015 - Michelle Obama on Sasha and Malia Growing Up: ‘They’re Conditioning Us for Empty-Nest Syndrome’

5/4/2015 - I Heart Hillary

5/4/2015 - Hey, Floyd, I Want My Money Back! Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Was 12 Rounds of Bore

5/4/2015 - When Will We Demand Justice for Natasha McKenna?

5/4/2015 - A Bloody History of Police Brutality in Baltimore

5/4/2015 - For Officers Charged in Freddie Gray’s Death, Protesters Say ‘Orange Is the New Black’

5/3/2015 - Media Take Center Stage in Baltimore Protests

5/3/2015 - Loretta Lynch Unveils $20 Million Program to Expand Cop Body Cameras

5/3/2015 - Black St. Louis Moms Wonder if Their Lost Babies Are Still Alive

5/3/2015 - Floyd Mayweather Defeats Manny Pacquiao: Twitter Responds

5/3/2015 - A Coming-of-Age Scene From Black and White Perspectives

5/3/2015 - With Attacks on Foreigners, South Africa Exposes Its Anti-Africa Bias

5/2/2015 - B.B. King in Hospice Care at His Las Vegas Home

5/2/2015 - $1 Billion Lawsuit Claims Empire Story Was Stolen From an Ex-Gangster

5/2/2015 - We’ve Been Here Before: Charges Don’t Guarantee Conviction  

5/2/2015 - Update: Baltimore Mayor Lifts Curfew

5/2/2015 - 6 Baltimore Officers Released on Bail Set Lower Than the $500,000 for Jailed Protester

5/2/2015 - Who Runs Baltimore? Black Women ... and Their Hair?

5/2/2015 - How to Help Your Kids Understand Revolution

5/2/2015 - Abuse and Torment: When Reality Television Finally Gets Real

5/2/2015 - ‘It’s an Amazing Time in American History’: Councilman and Others Talk Charges for 6 Officers

5/1/2015 - Baltimore PD Releases Mugshots of Officers Charged in Freddie Gray's Death

5/1/2015 - News Media Struggle to Present a Balanced Picture of Baltimore Unrest

5/1/2015 - Watch the Reactions When Charges Were Announced in the Freddie Gray Case

5/1/2015 - Ga. Mom Calls Police About ‘Disrespectful’ 10-Year-Old

5/1/2015 - Baltimore Police Union Defends Officers in Gray Case, Questions ‘Relationship’ of State’s Attorney With Gray Family

5/1/2015 - Sign Up for The Root's Video Newsletter

5/1/2015 - Meet the Prosecutor Who Charged 6 Officers in Freddie Gray’s Death: ‘This Was a Homicide’

5/1/2015 - Bad-Ass, Kick-Ass Black Female Lawyers Are Running 2015

5/1/2015 - Watch: Freddie Gray’s Death Ruled Homicide; 6 Baltimore Officers Charged in His Death

5/1/2015 - R&B Legend Ben E. King Dies at 76

5/1/2015 - Man Who Recorded Freddie Gray Video Arrested, Claims Police Harassment Ever Since Footage Went Viral

5/1/2015 - 6th-Grader Who Interrupted President Obama During Interview Said He Did It for Lunch

5/1/2015 - Prince Will Release an Ode to Baltimore and Freddie Gray

5/1/2015 - Md. Legislator Thinks Cutting Parents’ Food Stamps Would Stop Baltimore Protest

5/1/2015 - Larry Wilmore Visits Baltimore and Interviews Bloods and Crips on The Nightly Show

5/1/2015 - And the Presidential Library Goes to ...

5/1/2015 - How Black Women Can Rescue the Labor Movement

5/1/2015 - Am I Related to Slave-Revolt Leader Nat Turner?

5/1/2015 - Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: A Fight of Extremes

5/1/2015 - Media’s Biased and Dehumanizing Coverage of Baltimore Fails to Tell the City’s Real Story