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2015 September
9/30/2015 - The 10 Blackest Moments Of 2015 (...So Far, At Least)
9/30/2015 - Del. Couple Sue State Police After Disabled Vet Is Beaten Because His Quadriplegic Wife Could Not Stand Up: Report
9/30/2015 - Tidal Announces 1,000,000 Subscribers and Charity Concert Featuring Prince, Beyoncé and Jay Z
9/30/2015 - College Planning in Today’s Economy
9/30/2015 - Detroit Dad and Daughter Surprised With Furnished, Disability-Friendly Home
9/30/2015 - Chris Brown Says Australia Should Let Him in so He Can Raise Awareness About Domestic Assault
9/30/2015 - 6 Thoughts I Had While Listening to Fetty Wap's Self-Titled Debut Album
9/30/2015 - Calif. Artist Shot Dead While Working on Community Mural
9/30/2015 - Convicted Killer Released From La. Prison by Mistake
9/30/2015 - Soul Train Is Heading to Broadway
9/30/2015 - Michelle Obama’s Advice to Girls: ‘There Is No Boy Cute Enough or Interesting Enough to Stop You From Getting Your Education’
9/30/2015 - 5 Reasons to Pay Close Attention to the Congressional Leadership Race
9/30/2015 - Andre Royo: From Bubbles on The Wire to Thirsty on Empire
9/29/2015 - How to Turn Networking Into Cash
9/29/2015 - Ta-Nehisi Coates Awarded ‘Genius’ Grant; It’s a Rare Honor for a Journalist of Color
9/29/2015 - Elizabeth Warren’s Embrace of Black Lives Matter Is an Example of Moral Leadership
9/29/2015 - A Recurring Dream About Lupita Nyong'o And I Standing In Line At An Omelet Station
9/29/2015 - Review: New Fetty Wap Album Might as Well Be a Long Remix of ‘Trap Queen’
9/29/2015 - Nicki Minaj Will Produce and Star in a Sitcom About Her Trinidadian-American Upbringing
9/29/2015 - New Mom Publicly Thanks ‘Amazing’ Stranger Who Helped Comfort Inconsolable Baby on Plane
9/29/2015 - Watch: Tyrese Is Excited About Playing Cookie’s Love Interest on Empire
9/29/2015 - Ben Carson to NASCAR Fans: Confederate Flag OK ‘if It’s Private Property’
9/29/2015 - John Boehner Didn’t Hate President Obama Enough for 40 House Members, so He Resigned
9/29/2015 - Black Twitter Celebrates #DuragHistoryWeek With Hilarious Memes About the Head Scarf
9/29/2015 - DeRay Mckesson Counters Jeb Bush on ‘Free Stuff’ Expectation: Bush Hasn’t Earned the Stuff He Has
9/29/2015 - They Took Brooklyn And They Took R&B, But We Can't Let White People Take Shea Butter Too
9/29/2015 - Watch: Trevor Noah’s Debut on The Daily Show Was Promising and Will Likely Get Better With Time
9/29/2015 - Raven-Symoné Says ABC Family Sitcom Made Her Wear a Fat Suit
9/29/2015 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 4 Recap
9/29/2015 - Former RI Cop Files Lawsuit Claiming Racial Discrimination in Arrest by Fellow Officers
9/29/2015 - Ta-Nehisi Coates and 23 Others Named This Year’s Winners of the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant
9/29/2015 - Kanye West to Perform at DNC Fundraiser
9/29/2015 - Larry Wilmore Suggests Men Shooting Off Their Genitalia Will Lead to Gun Control
9/29/2015 - Ga. Parents Whose Sons Reportedly Tried to Kill Them: ‘We Forgive Our Boys’
9/29/2015 - We Do Not Need to Be ‘Saved’ From Empire (or Scandal or HTGAWM or ... )
9/29/2015 - Work Out, Then Hang Out in the Perfect Black Leggings
9/28/2015 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 3 Recap
9/28/2015 - Calif. Kindergartner Kicked Out of Christian School for Having 2 Moms
9/28/2015 - The Weirdest Shit That'll Happen To You While You Have A Pregnant-Ass Wife, Ranked
9/28/2015 - Ga. 10th-Grader With Confederate Flag on Backpack Leads to School Lockdown Drill
9/28/2015 - The Joke About Mrs. Ben Carson’s Appearance Is No Laughing Matter
9/28/2015 - Watch: Miko Grimes, Wife of Miami Dolphins Cornerback Brent Grimes, Is Arrested
9/28/2015 - Ask Agatha: How Can Women Tell If A Man's "Packing"?
9/28/2015 - Kanye West Is Like the David Koresh of Hip-Hop, and That’s Only 1 Reason I Don’t Want Him Running for President
9/28/2015 - Watch: Va. Officer Tells Man to Put Hands on Car, and When Man Does, Cop Fires Taser at Him
9/28/2015 - Ind. Teen Dies in Police Custody After Telling Cops He Couldn’t Breathe
9/28/2015 - Autopsy Results Reveal Bobbi Kristina’s Cause of Death, but the Report Has Been Sealed
9/28/2015 - George Zimmerman Solidifies His Lowest-Life-Form Status by Retweeting Photo of Trayvon Martin’s Dead Body
9/28/2015 - Ben Carson Says Kanye West Impresses Him
9/28/2015 - Jeb Bush’s Claim That Blacks Want ‘Free Stuff’ for Votes Insults Our Dignity and History of Struggle
9/28/2015 - The GOP’s Big, White Lie: On Planned Parenthood, Racism and Convenient Christians
9/27/2015 - Pope Champions Diversity
9/27/2015 - Aide’s Death Prompts NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Renew Calls for National Gun Control Laws
9/27/2015 - Aretha Franklin Hit on Social Media for Pope Philly Performance
9/27/2015 - Watch: This Happened When Fans Heard Drake Was at Howard University
9/27/2015 - At Least 1 Cop Warned That Freddie Gray Needed Medical Care
9/27/2015 - Prison Kids: Join the Fight Against the Mass Incarceration of Our Youth
9/26/2015 - Obama Allocates $300,000,000 to Fight HIV Infections in Young Women in Africa
9/26/2015 - Texas City Votes to Leave in Place Street Name Changed to Honor Sandra Bland
9/26/2015 - Ga. Church Votes to Remove Pastor Who Ousted 103-Year-Old Woman
9/26/2015 - Va. High School Teacher Suspended for Using N-Word in Class
9/26/2015 - Emmy Award-Winning Actress Regina King Talks HBO’s The Leftovers
9/26/2015 - No Matter How Long the Odds, UVA’s Coach Meets the Challenge
9/26/2015 - Kente Cloth Klansmen and Paul Rucker’s Art That Provokes
9/25/2015 - Michelle Obama Is Simply Breathtaking at the China State Dinner
9/25/2015 - Drake Discusses His Beef With Meek Mill and the ‘Ghostwriter’
9/25/2015 - Family of Detroit Inmate Who Died Painfully in Custody From Drug Withdrawal Files Lawsuit
9/25/2015 - Unarmed Md. Teen Fatally Shot by Police Officer; Police Claim He Was ‘Whipping Hand Around’
9/25/2015 - 11-Year-Old ‘Guardian Angel’ Helps Mom Deliver Baby Brother
9/25/2015 - Viola Davis Proves She Has More Class Than Nancy Lee Grahn in Response to Grahn’s Criticism
9/25/2015 - Shonda Rhimes Sold Another Show to ABC; That Makes 3 Shows on the Air and 4 in Development
9/25/2015 - Md. High School Football Team Gets New Gold Cleats From NFL Players
9/25/2015 - First I Was His Side Chick, Now I’m His Wife and I’m Having Second Thoughts
9/25/2015 - Kanye Says He Will Run for President, but Here’s How He Wants to Reinvent the Campaign Process
9/25/2015 - Scandal Recap: Happily Ever After? Not So Fast
9/25/2015 - Why This Empire Meme Is The Worst Meme You Will Ever See This Week
9/25/2015 - How to Get Away With Murder Recap: Surprising Kisses and Guess Who Gets Shot?
9/25/2015 - House Speaker John Boehner to Resign From Congress
9/25/2015 - Del. Man in Wheelchair Fatally Shot by Police; Mom Calls Shooting Unjust
9/25/2015 - Black Role Models Go ‘Back to School’ Nationwide to Encourage Students
9/25/2015 - Former Scandal Actor Receives Probation and Anger Management in Restaurant-Brawl Assault Case
9/25/2015 - Watch: Jeremy Lin’s Video About What It’s Like Being a Nonblack Guy in the NBA
9/25/2015 - Janet Jackson Teams Up With Missy Elliott for ‘Burnitup!’
9/25/2015 - Fordham University Giveth, but Now Taketh Away Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degree
9/25/2015 - How Can I Research My Roots Without Spending Money?
9/24/2015 - Black TV Reporter in Va. Is Granted Order of Protection Against White Man
9/24/2015 - Pope Francis Invokes Martin Luther King Jr.’s March to Montgomery While Addressing Congress
9/24/2015 - 20 Things I'm Convinced Taraji P Henson Would Do For You If She Were Your Homegirl
9/24/2015 - Michael B. Jordan, Here’s the Thing About Going for White Roles Only and Wanting to Be Post-Racial
9/24/2015 - Michelle Obama to Appear on Doc McStuffins
9/24/2015 - Texas High School Football Coach, Accused of Ordering Tackle on Referee, No Longer Employed
9/24/2015 - Watch: Brawl Breaks Out at Fla. Publix Supermarket After Customer Allegedly Uses N-Word
9/24/2015 - Why You Should Probably Stop Referring To "Women" As "Females," Explained
9/24/2015 - Empire Recap: It’s Good to Be the King
9/24/2015 - Impromptu Dance-Off Between 2 Texas High School Drill Teams Turns Into All-Out Brawl
9/24/2015 - Viola Davis on Emmy Win: ‘It’s a Mixture of Disbelief and Joy and Acceptance’
9/24/2015 - Texas High School Football Coach Told Principal He Ordered Players to Hit ‘Racist’ Ref: Report
9/24/2015 - Former NBA Champion Devean George Developing Affordable Housing in North Minneapolis
9/24/2015 - Kenan and Kel Reunite for ‘Good Burger’ Sketch on The Tonight Show
9/24/2015 - Return to ShondaLand: 10 Things to Remember for the New Seasons of Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder
9/24/2015 - Wesley Snipes Could Have Run the Empire, but He’s Good With The Player
9/24/2015 - We Don’t All Look Alike, but if You Think We Do, Thank Racism
9/23/2015 - Aisha Tyler Says She Doesn’t Regret Prioritizing Her Career Over Having Children
9/23/2015 - 6 Tips on Approaching Women (Without Scaring Them)
9/23/2015 - Ben Carson Receives Influx of Donations Since Controversial Anti-Muslim Comments
9/23/2015 - Ohio Sheriff’s Deputy Pays for Hotel and Clothes for Homeless Family
9/23/2015 - In a Display of ‘Peak Caucasity,’ a White Man Claims He’s the Reason Another White Man Can Live in Brooklyn, NY
9/23/2015 - Finance Exec Accused of Saying His Client Rihanna Is ‘Hot’ Because She’s ‘Not Too Dark’
9/23/2015 - President Obama Welcomes Pope Francis to the White House
9/23/2015 - The Lightskinned Revolution Is Here, And It Has Been Televised. It's Called "Empire"
9/23/2015 - Report: Pa. Prosecutors Could File Charges Against Bill Cosby; Former Temple U Employee Says She Would Cooperate
9/23/2015 - Detroit Woman Given Ticket Because of HIV Status Reaches Settlement
9/23/2015 - Jimmy Fallon Spoofs Empire With ‘Jimpire’
9/23/2015 - This Is Probably the Most NSFW Family Feud Answer Ever
9/23/2015 - Utah Mom Says Daughter Is Being ‘Racially Profiled’ by School for Being White and Having Dreadlocks
9/23/2015 - Morris Chestnut on Playing a Doctor in His New Series, Rosewood
9/23/2015 - Empire’s Back and So Is Jussie Smollett
9/23/2015 - TV Review: Black-ish Has Some Hilarious Things to Say About the N-Word
9/22/2015 - Should You Talk About Money Problems in the Bedroom? Ask Our Experts
9/22/2015 - Black Reporters Were Threatened After 2 White TV Journalists Were Shot on the Air in Va.
9/22/2015 - Exactly How Fired Would Jack Kelly Have Been If He Wrote About The Holocaust Instead Of Slavery?
9/22/2015 - Ben Carson Might Want to Brush Up on the Long and Active History of Muslims in America
9/22/2015 - Guess Who’s Writing the New Black Panther Series? Jay Z Told America to Read His Book
9/22/2015 - Why I Dislike Facebook’s New Dislike Button
9/22/2015 - The Sisterhood of Hollywood Was on Full Display Emmy Night
9/22/2015 - Sean Penn Files $10,000,000 Defamation Lawsuit Against Lee Daniels After Being Compared to Terrence Howard
9/22/2015 - 2 Men Dressed Like Super Fly and Rick James Walk Into a Bank and ... Rob It
9/22/2015 - Ahmed Mohamed Officially Withdraws From School District, Visits Google’s Science Fair
9/22/2015 - Tisha Campbell-Martin Recalls Sexual Assault in New Music Video and Lets Perpetrator Know She’s ‘Steel Here’
9/22/2015 - Cleveland Police Dispatcher Involved in Tamir Rice Case Resigns
9/22/2015 - Ask Agatha: Bullying, How To Trick A Man Into Marriage, And Spoon Booty
9/22/2015 - Photos: A Night of Decadence Hosted by The Root and Infiniti in DC
9/22/2015 - Cover Charge Racism: 3 Black Lawyers Charged to Enter Club While Whites Enter for Free; Wait Till You Read the Club’s Response
9/22/2015 - FBI Offers $5,000 for Information on Vandals of 2 Fla. Churches
9/22/2015 - F. Gary Gray Is the Highest-Grossing Black Director of a Single Film Because of Straight Outta Compton
9/22/2015 - Watch: Regina King Talks About Emmy Win: ‘When Taraji Gasped, I Knew I Had Won’
9/22/2015 - Zendaya Coleman Is Getting the Barbie Treatment From Mattel
9/22/2015 - Idris Elba Is a Suave Rapper in New Music Video
9/22/2015 - 4 Things That Must Happen for Joe Biden to Run for President
9/22/2015 - A Muslim Daughter and Her Christian Mother Struggle to Find Peace
9/22/2015 - Get Ready for a Supersized Season of Empire
9/22/2015 - Nancy Lee Grahn Pulls an #AllLivesMatter in Wake of Viola Davis’ Historic Emmy Win
9/22/2015 - 10 Things President Obama Has NOT Been Accused of Being...Yet
9/21/2015 - Nancy Lee Grahn’s White Tears, Explained
9/21/2015 - The Root 100: People's Choice Award, Sponsored By Infiniti
9/21/2015 - Watch: Tracy Morgan Receives Standing Ovation at the Emmys After His Near-Fatal Accident
9/21/2015 - Ala. Pastor and Congregation Wrestle Gun Away From Assailant
9/21/2015 - Pumpkin-Spice Anything, Besides Pumpkin Pie, Is a Food Travesty
9/21/2015 - Ben Carson Stands Firm: No Muslims in the White House
9/21/2015 - Bomani Jones on Drake, Vick and Iverson, and Stuart Scott’s Impact on His Career
9/21/2015 - Mary, Taraji and Kerry Kick It Like Homegirls in Ad Promoting Apple Music
9/21/2015 - Fla. Teen Who Was Also Arrested for a Science Project Tells Ahmed Mohamed, ‘Keep Moving Forward’
9/21/2015 - Viola Davis's Emmy Win And Speech Was The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week
9/21/2015 - Colo. Father Upset After Teacher Gives Bizarre Letter and Photo to Daughter, 7
9/21/2015 - Everyone Looked So Fashionable at the 2015 Emmy Awards
9/21/2015 - Soap Opera Star Nancy Lee Grahn Apologizes After Negative Tweets About Viola Davis’ Emmys 2015 Acceptance Speech
9/21/2015 - Calif. Teen Who Was Violently Arrested by 9 Cops for Jaywalking Speaks
9/21/2015 - Hockey Player P.K. Subban Donates $10,000,000 to Children’s Hospital
9/21/2015 - Patti LaBelle Shuts Down a Fan Who Tried to Strip Onstage: ‘I Am Not Nicki Minaj’
9/21/2015 - Viola Davis Becomes 1st Black Woman to Win Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama
9/20/2015 - Watch: Boston Cop Probed in Violent Encounter With Female Transit Rider
9/20/2015 - Ben Carson Would Not Back a Muslim for President
9/20/2015 - Watch: Obama Shines Spotlight on Black Women in CBCF Speech
9/20/2015 - NYC Blames Woman’s Murder on ‘Risks’ of Living in Public Housing
9/20/2015 - Guys’ Night Out: The Root manCODE Explores Black Manhood in Washington, DC
9/20/2015 - Ga. Parents Forgive Sons Accused of Trying to Kill Them: ‘Those Were Not Our Boys’
9/20/2015 - Artist Puts the Funk in NYC’s Newest Subway Station
9/20/2015 - Growing Up as a Black Trans Man
9/19/2015 - FBI Arrests Ex-Roommate of Dylann Roof on Charges of Lying and Hiding Information
9/19/2015 - Texas Man Arrested in Hoax Claiming Members of #BlackLivesMatter Vandalized His Truck
9/19/2015 - Will Smith Wishes Jada Happy Birthday in Gushing Facebook Post
9/19/2015 - Robert Champion’s Family Settles Lawsuit With FAMU for $1,100,000 in Hazing Death
9/19/2015 - From Cookie’s Closet to Yours: It Could Be Fast, Affordable and Fabulous
9/19/2015 - Emmys 2015 Viewers’ Guide: Will Black Stars Make History?
9/18/2015 - NY Times Hires Pulitzer Prize Winner Wesley Morris as Cultural Critic at Large
9/18/2015 - No, DeRay Mckesson Is Not Getting $40,000 to Speak at Yale
9/18/2015 - 10 Things President Obama Has Not Been Accused of Being
9/18/2015 - Denzel Washington Is Bringing All 10 of August Wilson’s Plays About Black Life to HBO
9/18/2015 - Fla. Teen Passes Up Fixing Car, Buys Cross-Country Teammates New Running Shoes Instead
9/18/2015 - Aaliyah’s Mom and Brother Helped Company Create a Perfume Inspired by Scents the Late Singer Wore
9/18/2015 - Former Ole Miss Student Gets 6 Months in Jail for His Part in Hanging Noose Around Statue’s Neck
9/18/2015 - #IStandWithAhmed: Texas Teen Who Built Clock Receives Outpouring of Support
9/18/2015 - T.I. Says Iggy Azalea and Her Team Didn’t Handle the ‘Cultural Appropriation’ Firestorm Well; Iggy Fires Back
9/18/2015 - So, Sanaa Lathan Has A Thing For a Cokeboy. Good For Her.
9/18/2015 - Calif. Girl, 14, Shot Twice Shielding Baby Nephew From Gunfire in Drive-By Shooting
9/18/2015 - Tyra Banks Surprises Teen Fashion Designer Whose Prom Dress ‘Broke the Internet’
9/18/2015 - Va. High School Students Suspended for Wearing Confederate-Flag Merchandise
9/18/2015 - This Is What Happened When a Texas Officer and a Man He Arrested Saw Each Other 8 Years Later
9/18/2015 - Lupita Nyong’o Graces the Cover of Vogue for the 2nd Time; Discusses Race and How It Came Into Play at Hampshire College
9/18/2015 - NBA Rookie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Says He Has Roommates Because NYC Rent Is Too High
9/18/2015 - Lee Daniels Defends Terrence Howard’s Abusive Behavior
9/18/2015 - Beyond Soul Food: 25 Black Restaurant Owners Who Are Dishing Out Diverse Eats
9/18/2015 - Did My Ancestor Own the Former Slave Whose Info I Found Online?
9/17/2015 - How I Discovered And Fell In Love With Phyllis Hyman
9/17/2015 - Baltimore High School Student Charged With Attempted Murder in Violent Cafeteria Attack
9/17/2015 - Denver Mother Says Fetty Wap Inspired Her Son to Go Outside Without His Prosthetic Eye
9/17/2015 - 9 Calif. Police Forcefully Arrest Black Teen for Jaywalking
9/17/2015 - Watch: Sheryl Underwood on Her Natural-Hair Comments: I Understand Why I Was Called an Uncle Tom
9/17/2015 - Seattle Cop Who Arrested an Elderly Man Using Golf Club as a Cane Is Fired for Racial Bias
9/17/2015 - An Argument For Why We Need Five PTOWB (Paid Time Off While Black) Days A Year
9/17/2015 - Richard Sherman Uses Press Conference to Clear Up His Position on Black Lives Matter
9/17/2015 - Family: Carey Gabay, Aide to NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Dies
9/17/2015 - NC News Anchor Questions Natural Hair in the Workplace and Advises Intern to Straighten Her Hair
9/17/2015 - Vulture Creates the Perfect Idris Elba-as-James Bond Trailer
9/17/2015 - Tyra Banks Reveals Fertility Struggles During Emotional Talk Show Segment
9/17/2015 - The Gang-Up on Trump and Carson’s Catch-Up: 6 Takeaways From the 2nd GOP Debate
9/17/2015 - Emmys 2015: And the Winner Is ... Viola Davis or Taraji P. Henson?
9/17/2015 - Keep Your Hair Fly and Your Heart Rate High With These Tips
9/16/2015 - Doctor Who Performed Surgery on Kanye West’s Mother Says He’s Not Responsible for Her Death
9/16/2015 - Grillz
9/16/2015 - White Guy Kicks Black Guy's Ass. Cops Come. Black Guy Gets Cuffed. White Guy Gets...A Conversation
9/16/2015 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 2 Recap
9/16/2015 - Lawyer for NY Governor’s Administration Who Was Shot During West Indian Celebration Is Brain-Dead, Family Says
9/16/2015 - Matt Damon Says He’s Sorry His Comments on Diversity Offended Some People
9/16/2015 - Unsung on Rapper YoYo: 25 Years Later, You Still Can’t Play Her Out
9/16/2015 - President Barack Obama Tweets Support for Texas High School Student Ahmed Mohamed
9/16/2015 - Can You Afford That Home Away From Home?
9/16/2015 - Sanaa Lathan Might Not Be Who We Think She Is
9/16/2015 - NC Police Chief Forced to Retire After Calling Black Lives Matter ‘an American-Born Terrorist Group’
9/16/2015 - Our #WCW: How Wendy Williams Tended to Her Teen Son’s Addiction to Synthetic Marijuana
9/16/2015 - Toni Braxton Will Play Herself in a Biopic That Will Air on Lifetime
9/16/2015 - Muslim Teen Arrested After Texas School Believes Homemade Clock Is a Bomb
9/16/2015 - Detroit Activists: White People Are Being Cast as the Saviors of Our City—It’s Inaccurate
9/16/2015 - Why PTOWB (Paid Time Off While Black) Needs to Happen
9/16/2015 - Black Cuba Declares, ‘Obama Brought Us Internet!’
9/16/2015 - University of Mo. Student Posts Epic Facebook Response After Being Called ‘N--ger’
9/16/2015 - Batman Comic Tackles Police Brutality and Gentrification
9/16/2015 - ‘Oh My God, I Just Shot Vista’: Wis. Teen Charged as Adult in Shooting Death of Teen Girlfriend
9/16/2015 - Straight Outta Compton’s Success Could Yield a Def Jam Biopic
9/16/2015 - Serena Williams ‘Bummed’ After US Open Loss, but Served Up Affordable Style and Fashion at NYFW
9/16/2015 - Black Stars Shine in 15 New TV Shows Worth Watching This Fall
9/16/2015 - CBC Week Tackles Social-Justice Reform
9/16/2015 - 7 Ways to Make The Perfect Guy a Less Horrible Movie
9/15/2015 - Facing a Downturn? Stop Making Excuses, Start Making Money
9/15/2015 - Detroit Activists: White People Are Being Cast as the Saviors of Our City—It’s Inaccurate
9/15/2015 - 20 Names For "Cuffing Season" Much More Appropriate And Practical Than "Cuffing Season"
9/15/2015 - Police: Ky. State Trooper Was Trying to Help Man Who Fatally Shot Him
9/15/2015 - Black Journalists Group Denounces Op-Ed That Diminishes Slavery’s Legacy
9/15/2015 - NYC Woman Caught on Camera Punching 10-Year-Old
9/15/2015 - BET Picks Up 3 Series From Black&Sexy TV—the Content Provider Commonly Referred to as the ‘Black Netflix’
9/15/2015 - Report: ER Doctors Less Likely to Give Pain Meds to Black Kids
9/15/2015 - Ice Cube Ended Concert With Son After a Fight Broke Out in the Crowd
9/15/2015 - 103-Year-Old Ga. Woman Banned From Church for Criticizing Pastor’s Preaching Style
9/15/2015 - President Obama’s Advice to Malia About Going to College Is Something All Students Should Hear
9/15/2015 - Tenn. Woman Called Racial Slur, Threatened at Stoplight: ‘I’ll Punch the F--k Out of You’
9/15/2015 - Watch: Stevie Wonder and The Late Late Show Host James Corden Do ‘Carpool Karaoke’
9/15/2015 - Ask Agatha: Self-Diagnosed Medically Small Vaginas And The Ethics Of Man Weave
9/15/2015 - Man Sues NYC and the Cop Who Allegedly Stole His Cash During a Stop and Frisk
9/15/2015 - Many Families of Inmates Struggle to Meet Basic Needs: Report
9/15/2015 - Gabrielle Union Expresses Difficulties Juggling Career and Starting a Family
9/15/2015 - Bill Cosby’s Accusers Will Appear on A&E’s Cosby: The Women Speak
9/15/2015 - Matt Damon Probably Doesn’t Have Any More Black Fans After Arguing With Black Producer About Diversity
9/15/2015 - Watch: Ala. Gym Teacher Has Students Doing Whip and Nae Nae Toward Good Health
9/15/2015 - Sanders May Lead the Polls in Iowa and NH, but It’s Black Voters Who Really Count
9/15/2015 - #Justice4Abe: More Than a Year Later, the Family of Conn. Lawyer Gugsa Abraham Dabela Still Searches for Answers
9/15/2015 - Being Black at Google
9/14/2015 - Helen Burns Jackson, Mother of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mourned in SC
9/14/2015 - Terrence Howard’s Bizarre Interview With Rolling Stone Will Leave You Asking, ‘What Did I Just Read?’
9/14/2015 - Jack Kelly Of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Is A Fucking Disgrace, And (Probably) Needs To Get Fired
9/14/2015 - Entertainment Site Asks if Taylor Swift Is the Next Michael Jackson; Twitter Laughs
9/14/2015 - The Miss America Pageant Doesn’t Owe Vanessa Williams an Apology
9/14/2015 - Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock and Arsenio Hall Will Honor Eddie Murphy at Kennedy Center
9/14/2015 - Whitney Houston’s Estate Says Singer’s Hologram Will Go on Tour
9/14/2015 - Ben Carson: Black Lives Matter Is ‘Bullying’ People
9/14/2015 - Baltimore Pastor Jamal Bryant Announces Bid for Congress
9/14/2015 - Bobby Brown: Whitney Houston ‘Had a Part’ in God Calling Bobbi Kristina Home
9/14/2015 - Since Drake Is Serena's Bad Luck Charm, Can He Please Do The Same With The New England Patriots?
9/14/2015 - Black Star Power: The Perfect Guy Tops Weekend Box Office
9/14/2015 - 7 Things Black Folks Haven’t Been Arrested for ... Yet
9/14/2015 - Report: Jailed St. Louis Man Denied ER Visit, Found Unconscious in Cell
9/14/2015 - This Is What Happened When a Cop in NC and the Man Who Tried to Stab Him Saw Each Other a Year Later
9/14/2015 - Danny Glover and Nigerian Actress Bimbo Akintola to Star in Movie About Nigeria’s Ebola Efforts
9/14/2015 - Miss America CEO Apologizes to Vanessa Williams During Pageant Broadcast
9/14/2015 - Are You Young, Black and Drowning in Student-Loan Debt?
9/14/2015 - Black Americans Don’t ‘Appropriate’ African Culture
9/14/2015 - 227: Where Are They Now?
9/13/2015 - Watch: James Blake Calls for Firing of NYPD Cop
9/13/2015 - Moses Malone Dies at 60
9/13/2015 - Watch: Black Designer Tackles Police Brutality With Fake-Blood-Spattered Clothing and Video at NY Fashion Week
9/13/2015 - Woman Committed to Mental Hospital After Cops Doubt BMW Ownership Speaks Out
9/13/2015 - 15 Songs to Crank Up While You’re Working Out
9/13/2015 - Roland Martin: NewsOne Now’s Activist Anchor Debuts New Time Slot
9/13/2015 - Get the Salary You Want: 4 Tips on How to Negotiate From the Experts
9/13/2015 - Support for TV Mistresses? Experts Suggest Millennials Place Too Much Emphasis on Love and Not Obligation
9/12/2015 - Trinidadian Family Sentenced to Combined 418 Years in Prison in $1,800,000 Scam
9/12/2015 - Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade Celebrate 1st Wedding Anniversary With Rom-Com Trailer
9/12/2015 - Man Targeted in James Blake NYPD Arrest Also Misidentified
9/12/2015 - Darrien Hunt’s Mom Rejects $900,000 Settlement in Son’s Police Shooting Death
9/12/2015 - Jussie Smollett Talks Cleaning Floors, Just Like You Like It
9/12/2015 - Should You Swipe Right on These Dating Apps?
9/12/2015 - 5 Promising Careers to Consider if You Can’t Stand Your Job and Are in the Throes of a Quarter-Life Crisis
9/12/2015 - Married to Medicine: From UFC-Style Brawls to Southern Shade, and How I’ve Come to Love It All
9/12/2015 - 5 Things I Learned From Our Fall TV Role Models
9/11/2015 - The 10 Saltiest, Pettiest Possible Reactions To Serena Losing In The U.S. Open Semifinals
9/11/2015 - Serena Williams Upset at US Open, Falls Short of Grand Slam
9/11/2015 - Watch: Video Released of James Blake Arrest; NYPD Cop Involved Has Been Sued Before for Excessive Force
9/11/2015 - On Being Almost Famous And Feeling Like Otis
9/11/2015 - Watch: New Trailers for Scandal and HTGAWM Reveal Divorces and Murders in Upcoming Seasons
9/11/2015 - Police Told to ‘Be on Lookout’ for Black Lives Matter Attacks on 9/11: Report
9/11/2015 - Ore. Police Officer Who Turned in Chief for Racist Comments Says He’s Received Death Threats
9/11/2015 - Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Will Not Seek Re-Election: Report
9/11/2015 - Vivica Fox Cast as Cookie Lyon’s Sister in the Upcoming Season of Empire
9/11/2015 - I Write For A Living, And I Have The Shittiest Handwriting You'll Ever See, And I Don't Care
9/11/2015 - Black Girl Called ‘Lazy Lucy’: Minn. Residents Upset After School Texts Full of Racist Stereotypes
9/11/2015 - Black Women, Girls Trigger My PTSD: Iowa Man Who Called Black Girls Racial Slurs
9/11/2015 - Unbroken Spirits: Black Family Legends About Rebellious Forebears
9/11/2015 - Ava DuVernay on Moving Beyond the Black-Film ‘Trend’ and Becoming the Norm
9/11/2015 - Black-ish to Kick Off Season 2 With the N-Word Episode
9/10/2015 - Survey: Alternative Press Still Have Super-White Newsrooms
9/10/2015 - Va. Sheriff’s Office Releases Video of Deputies Restraining Natasha McKenna
9/10/2015 - 12 Moments From The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air That We’ll Never Forget
9/10/2015 - Officers’ Trials in Freddie Gray Case to Stay in Baltimore
9/10/2015 - Tyra Banks Says Clothes Don’t Always Look Better on Smaller Models and She Looks Better Now Than She Did as a Skinny Model
9/10/2015 - Aisha Harris Is A Writing Ass Chick We Love
9/10/2015 - Man Indicted on Manslaughter for Fatal Crash That Killed 5 People, Including 2 Mothers and 2 Children
9/10/2015 - Vanessa Williams Explains Why She’s Returning to the Miss America Pageant 32 Years After They Snatched Her Crown
9/10/2015 - Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 1 Recap
9/10/2015 - Hillary Clinton Learns How to Do the Nae Nae
9/10/2015 - Serena Williams Pays Homage to Venus on Instagram
9/10/2015 - Former Tennis Star James Blake Slammed to the Ground and Cuffed by Undercover NYPD
9/10/2015 - Beverly Johnson Says She Forgives Bill Cosby
9/10/2015 - Ga. Death Row Inmate Wants New Hearing Following Juror’s Affidavit Claim: ‘That’s What That N--ger Deserved’
9/10/2015 - Grace Jones Shades Today’s Pop Stars, and the World Wonders, ‘Who Is Doris?’
9/10/2015 - Black Twitter Responds to Shady Forbes Tweet During Venus and Serena Match
9/10/2015 - I Want to Get to Know the Guy I’m Sleeping With Better, but He Only Cares About the Sex
9/10/2015 - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Where Are They Now?
9/10/2015 - Survey: Race Relations Worse Than a Decade Ago
9/10/2015 - Chris Christie Believes That Harassing and Profiling Black and Latino Communities Kept NYC Safe
9/9/2015 - James Blake Slammed And Arrested For...Smiling While Black? Being Lightskinned While Black?
9/9/2015 - Types Of Pork, Ranked
9/9/2015 - Houston Mom Accused of Leaving Children at Fire Station: ‘These Allegations Were Made Up’
9/9/2015 - Our #WCW: Taraji P. Henson Cried When She Busted Through the Myth That Black Actresses Don’t Do Well Overseas
9/9/2015 - I'm 29, And I'm An Aspiring Rapper (I'm Also A Lawyer, But Don't Let That Stop You From Judging)
9/9/2015 - Michael Slager, Former SC Officer Who Killed Walter Scott, ‘Felt Threatened’
9/9/2015 - UFC Fighter Ronda Rousey Says It’s Surreal That Beyoncé Used Her Prefight Feminist Rant for Her Show
9/9/2015 - Baltimore Approves $6,400,000 Settlement With Freddie Gray’s Family
9/9/2015 - Jury Recommends Death Sentence for Kan. Jewish-Center Shooter
9/9/2015 - There's A Rapper Named "Slim Jesus" And He's A White Chief Keef And I Have SO MANY QUESTIONS
9/9/2015 - Donald Trump on Black Lives Matter: ‘I Think They’re Trouble’
9/9/2015 - Ore. Police Chief Who Allegedly Compared African Americans to Monkeys Resigns
9/9/2015 - Possible Illegal Day Care Is Under Investigation Over Photo of Teen’s Toe in Baby’s Mouth
9/9/2015 - DMX’s Son Is Selling His Father’s Platinum Records on eBay Without Permission to Fund His Own Music Career
9/9/2015 - US Open 2015: Serena Beats Venus in Sister-Act Battle
9/9/2015 - Shonda Rhimes Tops The Root 100 List of Top Influencers
9/9/2015 - The Root 100 2015
9/9/2015 - Sanaa Lathan and Michael Ealy Talk Sex, Stalkers and Sociopaths
9/9/2015 - Black Hair Business Is Booming—You In?
9/8/2015 - 10 Things You Need To Know About The Black Barbershop
9/8/2015 - Sister Act: 5 Facts About Serena vs. Venus
9/8/2015 - Damon Wayans Wants People to Stop Twisting His Words
9/8/2015 - Ind. Boy, 14, Shot and Called Racial Slur While Walking Home With His Mother
9/8/2015 - Dismembered Black Child Found in Chicago’s Garfield Park Lagoon
9/8/2015 - Baltimore Agrees to $6,400,000 Settlement With the Family of Freddie Gray
9/8/2015 - When Will They Stop Making These Boring-Ass Black People Who Obviously Hate Black People?
9/8/2015 - Wal-Mart Truck Driver in Tracy Morgan Crash Wants Criminal Charges Dismissed
9/8/2015 - LeBron James Expands Educational Program to Help Akron, Ohio, Adults Obtain GED Diplomas
9/8/2015 - Lawyer for NY Governor Critically Wounded in Shooting Before West Indian Day Parade
9/8/2015 - Club Promoter Alleges Chris Brown Bailed on Atlanta Black Gay Pride Appearance; Brown Says He Was Never Booked
9/8/2015 - Octavia Butler’s Dawn Is Coming to TV
9/8/2015 - NC Teen Charged as Adult Faces 10 Years in Prison for Having Naked Photos of Himself and Teen Girlfriend
9/8/2015 - Political Predictions and the November Election No One’s Talking About
9/8/2015 - Supreme Vintage: 29 Top Black Winemakers You Should Know
9/8/2015 - Jon Batiste Brings His ‘Social Music’ to Late Night
9/7/2015 - Kanye vs. Trump in 2020?
9/7/2015 - Ohio Parents Publicize Daughter's Heroin Overdose to Spark Dialogue
9/7/2015 - The Preseason Is Over: 3 Things to Look for in 2016’s Political Season
9/6/2015 - Watch: Black Man Pulled Over in RI for Driving With Air Freshener in Windshield
9/6/2015 - Ga. Brothers Accused of Stabbing and Beating Parents in Death Plot
9/6/2015 - White Mom Mistakenly Impregnated With Black Man’s Sperm Loses Court Battle
9/6/2015 - Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot Christian Taylor Was Hired After 2 Rejections
9/6/2015 - History Repeats Itself With Backlash Against Black Empowerment
9/6/2015 - Dear Damon Wayans: How Attractive Must a Woman Be to Be Rapeable?
9/5/2015 - Tyler Perry Posts Moving Facebook Tribute to Bobbi Kristina
9/5/2015 - Fla. Teen Flees Cop Because He Does Not ‘Like White People Touching’ Him
9/5/2015 - Watch: Damon Wayans Dismisses Bill Cosby Sex Scandal as a ‘Money Hustle’
9/5/2015 - Watch: Serena Williams Advances at US Open in Rally Over Bethanie Mattek-Sands
9/5/2015 - Do the Math on #AllLivesMatter and It Equals White Supremacy
9/5/2015 - Grief Over the Loss of Their Baby Led to a Plan to Help Others
9/4/2015 - After Feeling the Wrath of Black Twitter, Creators of the Slave Trade Video Game Make Changes
9/4/2015 - Twitter Loses Its Collective Mind Over Denzel Washington’s Son
9/4/2015 - Since Straight Outta Compton Did So Well, a Welcome to Death Row Film Is Being Shopped Around as Its Sequel
9/4/2015 - Residents of Calif. County Rally Around Black Family Terrorized on Camping Trip
9/4/2015 - Va. Police Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Unarmed Teen
9/4/2015 - Minn. Teen With Autism Suffered Seizure After Police Slammed Him to the Ground: Report
9/4/2015 - 5 Rutgers Football Players Arrested, Face Criminal Charges
9/4/2015 - Here Are a Bunch of Things White People Can Do That Black People Probably Couldn’t Get Away With
9/4/2015 - Shonda Rhimes and Viola Davis Reflect on ‘Angry Black Woman’ Comments 1 Year Later
9/4/2015 - Janet Jackson Announces Album-Release Date and Shares New Single ‘Unbreakable’
9/4/2015 - ‘Whereas’ #BlackLivesMatter Did Not Accept Crumbs From the DNC’s Table
9/4/2015 - Black Lives Matter Backlash Gets Real
9/4/2015 - Quiz: How Much Do You Know About the Caribbean?
9/4/2015 - From Where in Africa Were the Slaves Who Landed in Va.?
9/3/2015 - Things Your Bitch Ass Better Not Do At A Labor Day Cookout
9/3/2015 - Black Twitter Wonders Why There Aren’t Any Black Africans in Taylor Swift’s New Video; Director Explains
9/3/2015 - SC Prosecutor to Seek Death Penalty Against Alleged Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof
9/3/2015 - Donald Trump Reportedly Sends Childish Handwritten Note to NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
9/3/2015 - Detroit Man Shoots Armed Teen Who Tried to Steal Sunglasses
9/3/2015 - How Come Nobody Cares About Boyz II Men Anymore?
9/3/2015 - Al Roker’s Weather Channel Show Canceled After Tense Emails Over Katrina-Anniversary Coverage
9/3/2015 - Autopsy: Texas Teen Shot by Rookie Officer in Car-Dealership Break-In Had Synthetic Drugs in His System
9/3/2015 - Roger Goodell Is A Turducken Of Shitty
9/3/2015 - Watch: Calif. Man Risks Life and Limb to Save Family and Ribs From Apartment Fire
9/3/2015 - Former Texas Cop Extradited From Indonesia, Charged With Murder
9/3/2015 - Idris Elba Deserves To Be James Bond, Because They Both Have Fuckboy Tendencies
9/3/2015 - Gatorade Unveils Serena Williams Murals in Brooklyn, NY, and a Moving Tribute Commercial
9/3/2015 - Raising Dion: Comic Book About a Single Black Mother Raising a Superpowered Son Is a Must-Read
9/3/2015 - Ex-Police Chief Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Black Man Sentenced to House Arrest
9/3/2015 - How Jadakiss and Styles P of the Lox Went From Dropping Bars to Opening Juice Bars
9/3/2015 - Calif. Family Threatened on Camping Trip: ‘I Didn’t Come Here to Sleep Next to Any F--king N--gers’
9/3/2015 - Dear Serena: We Are You
9/3/2015 - Don’t Bet on Ben Carson in Iowa
9/3/2015 - Watch: A Hand Towel Is All You Need for a Great Workout
9/2/2015 - Our #WCW: Venus Williams Quietly Earned Her Business Degree While Kicking Butt in Tennis
9/2/2015 - Wetin E Dey Talk? Nigerians on Twitter Are Side-Eyeing Will Smith’s Nigerian Accent in Concussion
9/2/2015 - Baltimore Police Commander’s Son Charged With Murder in Death of Roommate
9/2/2015 - Md. Officer Pays for Food, Hotel Room for Woman Escaping Abusive Home
9/2/2015 - Black Twitter Weighs In on How Kermit the Frog Allegedly Left Miss Piggy for Some New Chick Named Denise
9/2/2015 - He Has Been Separated for a Year and Is Treating Me Like Wifey. Should I Wait for His Divorce?
9/2/2015 - 10 Surefire Ways To Catch The Black Man Of Your Dreams
9/2/2015 - Protesters Gather at 1st Hearing in Freddie Gray Death Since Baltimore Officers Charged
9/2/2015 - Hunger Games’ Amandla Stenberg Creates Black-Woman-Warrior Comic Book
9/2/2015 - Texas Teen Posing With Gun in Selfies Accidentally Shoots, Kills Himself
9/2/2015 - Fox Anchor Harris Faulkner Sues Hasbro for $5,000,000 Over ‘Harris Faulkner’ Toy Hamster
9/2/2015 - James Bond Author Anthony Horowitz Apologizes for Idris Elba ‘Too Street’ Comments
9/2/2015 - Rapper Kevin Gates Charged With Battery After Concert Attendee Is Kicked in the Chest
9/2/2015 - Meet Presidential Hopeful ‘Deez Nuts’
9/2/2015 - Ga. Officers Arrive at Wrong House, Shoot Unarmed Man, Kill His Dog
9/2/2015 - New Poll: Birthers and Bigots Fill Trump Supporters’ Ranks
9/2/2015 - Former Rapper Luther Campbell Wants Black People to ‘Stop Hating on Each Other’
9/1/2015 - Does Mobile Banking Increase Your Risk of Identity Theft?
9/1/2015 - Media Is Being Accused of Perpetuating Anti-Police Attitudes
9/1/2015 - Exclusive: A Leaked Email Exchange Between Kanye West And President Obama
9/1/2015 - Watch: T-Pain Knock ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Out of Dodger Stadium
9/1/2015 - If #BlackLivesMatter Is A Hate Group, So Are A Few Others
9/1/2015 - Video Appears to Show Texas Officers Shooting Man Who Had Arms Up
9/1/2015 - Tenn. Teen Badly Beaten After Reportedly Using the N-Word
9/1/2015 - Watch: Janet Jackson Breaks Down in Tears During Her 1st Concert Stop in Vancouver
9/1/2015 - Jill Scott and Loretta Devine Are Joining the Being Mary Jane Cast
9/1/2015 - Fla. Man Finds N-Word Burned Into Front Lawn
9/1/2015 - PBS NewsHour Launches a Yearlong Conversation on Race, Diversity and Intolerance
9/1/2015 - Here’s What the White House Had to Say About Kanye West’s 2020 Presidential Run
9/1/2015 - To Hasselbeck and Others: Here’s a List of Hate Groups, None of Which Are Black Lives Matter Activists or the Organization
9/1/2015 - UCLA Football Player Reportedly Robs Uber Driver
9/1/2015 - The Absurdity of Blaming #BlackLivesMatter for Killing Cops
9/1/2015 - Fleece Johnson, aka ‘Booty Warrior,’ to Be Released From Prison
9/1/2015 - James Bond Author Says Idris Elba Is ‘Too Street’ to Play James Bond
9/1/2015 - Black Men Usher Kids Into Conn. School With Cheers and Applause
9/1/2015 - Serena Williams Advances to 2nd Round of US Open After ‘Crunchy Hors D’Oeuvre’ Opponent Quits
9/1/2015 - President Obama Will Be Running Wild With Bear Grylls During Alaska Visit
9/1/2015 - Former Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver on Assata Shakur and #BlackLivesMatter
9/1/2015 - Movie Review: How the Black Panthers Fought to Make Black Lives Matter in the ’60s and ’70s