8/31/2016 - Green Party VP Hopeful: Obama’s a ‘Tom’

8/31/2016 - President Obama Grants 111 Additional Commutations 

8/31/2016 - You Can Walk, Chew Gum, Be Pro-Black … and Stand Up for the National Anthem

8/31/2016 - Texas Death Row Inmate May Have Faked Mental Illness

8/31/2016 - Cicely Tyson to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

8/31/2016 - The Root Creates #BlackBoyJoy and the Internet Is Rejoicing

8/31/2016 - Trump Wants Kaepernick to Find a Better Country, but Here Are Some Places Trump Can Go

8/31/2016 - SC Teacher Accused of Trashing 6-Year-Old Girl’s Sandals as Punishment for Fidgeting 

8/31/2016 - How To Talk To A Woman In A Diabetic Coma

8/31/2016 - Woman Sets Herself on Fire in Congressman’s Office

8/31/2016 - Mother Thanks FSU Football Player for Having Lunch With Autistic Son

8/31/2016 - South African School Ordered to Suspend 'Racist' Hair Regulations

8/31/2016 - Fla. Teen Accused of Posing as Doctor Is Arrested on New Theft Charges

8/31/2016 - Chicago Police Move to Fire 5 Cops Involved in Shooting Death of Laquan McDonald

8/31/2016 - Donald Trump’s Factory of Ignorant Black Surrogates

8/31/2016 - Colin Kaepernick and America's Black Hype Men

8/31/2016 - Why Black People Are Being Left Out of the Weed Boom

8/30/2016 - #VeteransForKaepernick: Veterans Stand in Solidarity With Colin Kaepernick

8/30/2016 - Jim Brown on Colin Kaepernick: 'I Am With Him 100 Percent'

8/30/2016 - T-Pain Asks for Help in Finding Niece's Killer

8/30/2016 - Apollonia Pens Emotional Letter Remembering Prince

8/30/2016 - Chris Brown Arrested for Assault With a Deadly Weapon

8/30/2016 - Hey Y’all, I Think My Mother Is Voting For Donald Trump

8/30/2016 - Texas High School Cheerleader Fighting to Wear Her Hair How She Wants

8/30/2016 - Watch: George Clinton Says, ‘We’ve Always Been Afropunk’

8/30/2016 - Thanks to Chance the Rapper, #BlackBoyJoy Is a Thing

8/30/2016 - Man Shot, Killed for Not Holding Door Open for Woman at Las Vegas McDonald's

8/30/2016 - Young Girl Finds and Returns Stolen Olympic Gold Medal 

8/30/2016 - Chris Brown on Cops Swarming Home: 'F--k the Police'

8/30/2016 - White Lives Matter Classified as a Hate Group 

8/30/2016 - Former NFL Player Rodney Harrison on Colin Kaepernick: ‘He’s Not Black’

8/30/2016 - Watch: James Corden Joins Teyana Taylor in ‘Fade’ Video

8/30/2016 - The Conveniently Missing Racial Politics of EpiPen Access

8/30/2016 - Ask Agatha: "I Want My Ex Back, But She Moved Across The Country. Should I Fly Out There?"

8/30/2016 - Rudy Giuliani: 'I've Saved More Black Lives Than Beyoncé'

8/30/2016 - Colin Kaepernick's Birth Mother 'Scolds' Him on Twitter Over National Anthem

8/30/2016 - Ohio Woman Shot and Killed After Car Accident Caused by Shooter

8/30/2016 - Black South African Girls Protest Racist Hair Policies

8/30/2016 - Stanford Rapist Brock Turner to Be Released From Jail This Friday

8/30/2016 - Mass. Man Allegedly Stockpiled Weapons to Attack Police, Muslims and Obama

8/30/2016 - 10 Tips for Postpartum Survival

8/30/2016 - The School for Magical Negroes

8/30/2016 - Don’t Read the Comments ... Especially if You’re a Black Woman

8/30/2016 - Jerry Rice on Colin Kaepernick: 'All Lives Matter; Don't Disrespect the Flag'

8/29/2016 - Jackie Robinson in 1972: 'I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem; I Cannot Salute the Flag'

8/29/2016 - #MelaninOnFleek: Afropunk 2016

8/29/2016 - Colin Kaepernick Isn't Too Rich To Protest. This Is America, Remember? We Only Listen To Rich People.

8/29/2016 - Willy Wonka Star Gene Wilder Dead at 83

8/29/2016 - Eagles Linebacker Myke Tavarres Is Standing With Colin Kaepernick by Not Standing Either

8/29/2016 - How Censoring Facebook Affects the Fight for Black Lives

8/29/2016 - The 10 Best (And Worst) Moments From The Blackest VMAs I've Ever Seen

8/29/2016 - 3 Inmates Escape From La. Detention Center

8/29/2016 - Phylicia Rashad Joins Empire in Recurring Role

8/29/2016 - More Beyoncé, Less Britney: How MTV Can Improve the VMAs

8/29/2016 - Ithaca College Student Stabbed to Death During Brawl at Cornell University 

8/29/2016 - Donald Trump to Visit Black Church in Detroit 

8/29/2016 - Beyoncé Brings Mothers of the Movement to VMAs

8/29/2016 - Drake Confesses Love for Rihanna During VMA Vanguard Award Presentation

8/29/2016 - Teyana Taylor's Video Appearance Upstages Kanye West's Rambling VMA Speech

8/29/2016 - 2 Brothers Charged With Murder in Shooting Death of Nykea Aldridge 

8/29/2016 - Ga. Mom Accused of Pepper-Spraying Students Who Attacked Her Son

8/29/2016 - Colin Kaepernick Shows That #BlackLivesMatter Even When His Career May Not

8/29/2016 - It’s Been 11 Years Since Hurricane Katrina Ravaged New Orleans

8/29/2016 - 4 Questions Parents Should Ask a Principal or Teacher to Ensure Their Child’s Success

8/29/2016 - Hey, Katrina Pierson: When It Comes to Utter Stupidity, That’s Donald Trump’s Job!

8/28/2016 - Aisha Hinds Cast as Harriet Tubman on Undergound

8/28/2016 - Al Sharpton Urges Revival of Emerge Magazine

8/28/2016 - Rochester, NY, Teen Gives Sneakers to Peers for Start of School

8/28/2016 - Don Cheadle Calls Trump ‘POS’ for Exploitation of Dwyane Wade Family Death

8/28/2016 - Ice Cube Makes It Plain: ‘I Will Never Endorse a Mothaf--ka Like Donald Trump’

8/28/2016 - SF Fans Burn Kaepernick’s Jersey In Protest of His Stance; Some Players Criticize Him

8/28/2016 - The Night Of Illuminates Issues of Class and the Justice System

8/28/2016 - How Afrofuturism Progressed From Sci-fi Literature to Fashion

8/27/2016 - Chicago Rapper and Activist Rhymefest Robbed at Gunpoint; Criticizes Treatment He Received From Chicago Police

8/27/2016 - Nate Parker Breaks His Silence on Rape Allegations

8/27/2016 - NBC Reportedly Upset Over Al Roker’s ‘You Lied’ Rant

8/27/2016 - Ariz. High School Student Forced to Remove ‘Black Lives Matter’ Shirt

8/27/2016 - Colin Kaepernick on Protesting the National Anthem: ‘There Are Bodies in the Street’

8/27/2016 - LAPD Creates Program to Support Families Killed by ... LAPD

8/27/2016 - Watch: Did Okla. Police Go Too Far by Pepper-Spraying an 84-Year-Old Woman?

8/27/2016 - George Curry, a Fierce Journalist Who Never Backed Down From a Fight

8/27/2016 - Nate Parker’s ‘R’ Scarlet Letter Belonged to Mike Tyson 25 Years Ago

8/26/2016 - ‘Enough Is Enough’: Dwyane Wade Reacts to Cousin’s Shooting Death on Chicago’s South Side

8/26/2016 - Los Angeles Massage Therapist Charged in Alleged Sexual Assault

8/26/2016 - Unique Views Podcast, Episode 8: Mathew Knowles Knows Talent 

8/26/2016 - Stunning Photos of the Obamas' Love That Will Melt Your Heart

8/26/2016 - Don’t Be So Quick to Blame Tamar Braxton for the ‘Domestic Dispute’ With Her Husband

8/26/2016 - Family 'Devastated' After Brain-Dead 2-Year-Old Is Removed From Life Support

8/26/2016 - Yung Joc's New Hairstyle Has Twitter Dishing Out the Memes

8/26/2016 - 10 Black-Ass Mysteries You Always Wanted To Know About But Never Thought To Solve

8/26/2016 - Should You Only Date People With High Credit Scores?

8/26/2016 - Rio Police Charge Ryan Lochte With Filing False Robbery Report

8/26/2016 - Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs: 'People Need to See’ The Birth of a Nation

8/26/2016 - Outgoing Ala. Mayor Denies Posting Racist Facebook Comment: 'I Lost. The N--ger Won' 

8/26/2016 - Racists Anonymous Meetings Held at NC Church 

8/26/2016 - 2 Suspects Charged in Death of Tenn. Teen Who Protected Friends From Gunfire 

8/26/2016 - Mom Turns in Son Accused of Public Masturbation on NYC Train in Viral Video, Police Say 

8/26/2016 - Southside With You Turns First Couple’s 1st Date Into a Sweet Romance

8/26/2016 - My Family Is West Indian. How Did I Get Melanesian DNA?

8/25/2016 - Let White Leaders Defend Institutional Racism; Let Black Leaders Defend Black Lives

8/25/2016 - How Twitter Made Me A Better Man

8/25/2016 - Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand White People

8/25/2016 - Autopsy Reports in-Custody Death of Mich. Man as Accidental  

8/25/2016 - Kan. Woman Receives Racist Letter: 'This Neighborhood Does Not Need Any Blacks In It' 

8/25/2016 - Some Advice for the Blacks Trying to Get Blacks to Vote for Donald Trump

8/25/2016 - FBI Launches Investigation Into Leslie Jones Website Hacking

8/25/2016 - The Insult And Intimidation Of Black Women Is As American As Apple Pie

8/25/2016 - Paisley Park to Open for Tours in October

8/25/2016 - 911 Audio Released From Tamar Braxton and Vince Herbert's Alleged Fight

8/25/2016 - Ga. Man Who Threw Boiling Water on Gay Couple Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison 

8/25/2016 - 1st-Year Chicago Teacher's 'Back to School' Video Goes Viral

8/25/2016 - Army Reservist Who Killed 5 Dallas Officers Showed PTSD Symptoms: Documents 

8/25/2016 - High School Alumni Raise Money to Create Scholarship in Philando Castile's Name 

8/25/2016 - Exclusive: Nate Parker's Former Classmates, Penn State Alumni Speak Out in Support 

8/25/2016 - As Summer Ends, Tensions Remain High Between Black Community and Police

8/25/2016 - Why Tika Sumpter Was So Nervous About Playing Future First Lady Michelle Obama

8/24/2016 - Andrea Lewis, Former Degrassi Star, Announces Women's #EmpowermentWknd

8/24/2016 - While We Were on a Break, He Got His Ex Pregnant. Now I’m Torn About What to Do

8/24/2016 - Mother of Boy Who Cried 'Affluenza' Released From Home Confinement

8/24/2016 - NJ Man Told 2-Year-Old to Put Up His Fists Before Punching Him to Death: Report 

8/24/2016 - Dear People Who Created The Prisma App, You're The Real MVP.

8/24/2016 - Yes, Zendaya in Spider-Man Is the Mary Jane We All Hope For

8/24/2016 - Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton to Memorialize Journalist George Curry

8/24/2016 - South Africa’s 1st Black Female Pilot Sets Stage for Others to Follow

8/24/2016 - The Trailer For Same Kind Of Different As Me Is Exactly Why White People Must Be Stopped

8/24/2016 - Leslie Jones' Website Hacked, Nude Photos and Personal Info Exposed

8/24/2016 - Minn. Man Accused of Beating 7-Month-Old to Death After Discovering He Wasn't the Father 

8/24/2016 - Wash. Community Bands Together to Remove Racist Vandalism Covering Black Family's Home

8/24/2016 - Questions Remain After Indianapolis Cop Shoots Homeowner 

8/24/2016 - Investigation Launched After NC State Trooper Fatally Shoots Deaf Man 

8/24/2016 - Martin Lawrence Returning to Showtime for 3rd Stand-Up Special

8/24/2016 - Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Reportedly Called Stacey Dash 'the Black Girl'  

8/24/2016 - Harry Belafonte on Nate Parker: 'What Has He Done That Requires This Kind of Animus?'

8/24/2016 - NC Lottery Winner Will Get Her Life 'Fixed' by Iyanla Vanzant

8/24/2016 - Consent Expires

8/24/2016 - Demonization of Simone Biles' Birth Mother Shows National Addiction to Shaming Black Women [Retracted]

8/24/2016 - Where Recreational Marijuana Is Legal, Should Those in Prison for Weed Crimes Get a Puff, Puff, Pass?

8/23/2016 - Biopic About Olympic Boxer Claressa Shields Is Happening 

8/23/2016 - Mr. Church: Just Another Film About a Black Man Being a White Woman’s Servant

8/23/2016 - 1st Child With Double Hand Transplant Is Making Amazing Progress

8/23/2016 - We Didn't Deserve Michelle Obama: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale Of Immortan Trump And American Stupidity

8/23/2016 - Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Giving Butt Injections to Woman Who Later Died

8/23/2016 - MAC Cosmetics Launches Taraji P. Henson Collection

8/23/2016 - White People Deserve Tyler Perry Mediocrity, Too

8/23/2016 - John Legend Developing Black Wall Street Series for WGN

8/23/2016 - Ask Agatha: "I'm Losing My Best Friend To Her Boyfriend. What Should I Do?"

8/23/2016 - Man Dead After Date With Woman He Met Online

8/23/2016 - White Lives Matter and the Lost Art of Shutting the F Up

8/23/2016 - Newark, NJ, Police Chased 10-Year-Old Boy With Guns Drawn in Case of Mistaken Identity

8/23/2016 - Amy Robach Apologizes for Using 'Colored People' on Good Morning America

8/23/2016 - Michelle Obama Graces Cover of Variety Magazine, Talks Being a Product of Pop Culture

8/23/2016 - Los Angeles Declares Aug. 24 Kobe Bryant Day

8/23/2016 - Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter 'Self-Radicalized' Online, Prosecutors Say

8/23/2016 - Federal Judge Finds Ferguson, Mo., School Elections Unfair to Black Voters 

8/23/2016 - Ohio Inmate Who Survived Botched 2009 Execution Appeals 2nd Attempt 

8/23/2016 - $17,500,000 Reasons The Birth of a Nation Is Coming to a Theater Near You, No Matter What Anyone Says

8/23/2016 - No, Zendaya in Spider-Man: Homecoming Is Not the Progress We’re Looking For

8/22/2016 - The Cast of OWN's Queen Sugar Explains Why Being a Part of This All-Black Production Is Important

8/22/2016 - So, Let's Talk About This Frank Ocean "Blonde/Blond" Album.

8/22/2016 - 2 Body Cameras Captured Footage of Sylville Smith Shooting Death, Attorney General Says 

8/22/2016 - Tenn. Father Accused of Killing 11-Year-Old Daughter Fails Drug Test

8/22/2016 - American Lynching: 4,000 Unpunished Crimes

8/22/2016 - What's The "Blackest" Last Name? Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Or Jenkins?

8/22/2016 - Watch: New Trailer for Halle Berry's Kidnap

8/22/2016 - Speedo, Ralph Lauren Give Ryan Lochte the Boot

8/22/2016 - President Obama to Visit Baton Rouge

8/22/2016 - Broadway Dancer Admits to Killing Boyfriend Via Facebook Post

8/22/2016 - Gabby Douglas Says That Despite Backlash, She Had a Fantastic Time in Rio

8/22/2016 - Carmelo Anthony Calls for National Unity After Team USA Basketball Win

8/22/2016 - 6 Notre Dame Football Players Face Disciplinary Action After Arrests

8/22/2016 - ‘White Lives Matter’ Group Protests Outside Houston NAACP 

8/22/2016 - Say Goodbye to Rio, Where Black Women's Bodies Were Celebrated

8/22/2016 - The Politics of Lying White People and the Black People Who Bear the Burden

8/22/2016 - Black Women Were Too Lazy to Find Work and 4 Other Myths of Welfare Reform

8/21/2016 - Donald Trump Spends All of a Minute ‘Helping’ La. Flood Victims

8/21/2016 - At Last: Frank Ocean Releases Long-Awaited Album, Blonde

8/21/2016 - George Curry, Black Press Champion, Dies at 69

8/21/2016 - U.S. Justice Department Says Poor Defendants Can’t Be Held If They Can’t Afford Bail

8/21/2016 - White Supremacist Stabs Interracial Couple in Olympia, Wash.

8/21/2016 - Media Turn on the Olympics’ ‘Ugly American’

8/21/2016 - What Would Nat Turner Do?

8/21/2016 - Luvvie Ajayi Is Only Judging You Because She Wants You to Do Better

8/20/2016 - Watch: Al Roker Takes No Tea for the Fever on Ryan Lochte—‘He Lied’

8/20/2016 - Al Sharpton on Nate Parker: Hollywood Trying to ‘Smear the Messenger’

8/20/2016 - Ex-NFL Player Ray Lewis’ Son Indicted on Sex Assault Charges

8/20/2016 - Black Writers Rally to Save Langston Hughes’ Home

8/20/2016 - Rio Rundown: Women’s 4x100 Team Retains Gold, Men Appeal Disqualification

8/20/2016 - 10 Things Afro-Brazilians Want You to Know

8/20/2016 - Gabby Douglas and the Damning of Black Women

8/19/2016 - Unique Views, Episode 7: White Lies, the Birth of a Scandal and Celebrity Crushes

8/19/2016 - The Story of Bresha Meadows: Who Will Sing a Black Girl's Song?

8/19/2016 - Al Sharpton to Question 'Right-Wing Motives' in Bringing Up Nate Parker College Rape Accusations 

8/19/2016 - Judge Declines to Try 16-Year-Old in Fatal High School Bathroom Fight as an Adult 

8/19/2016 - White Lies: A Brief History of White People Lying About Crimes

8/19/2016 - How Ryan Lochte Is The Worst Type Of "White Boy Bro," Explained

8/19/2016 - Michael Phelps' Gold Medals Can't Outshine Usain Bolt's Black Brilliance

8/19/2016 - Miss. Cop Fired After Viral Video Shows Him Soliciting Sex

8/19/2016 - Emmett Till's Casket Is ‘One of Our Most Sacred Objects’ at African-American History Museum 

8/19/2016 - Boy Who Lost Parents in 2015 Murder-Suicide Gets Trip to Disney World From NYPD

8/19/2016 - La. Flood Worst Natural Disaster in the US since Hurricane Sandy, Red Cross Says

8/19/2016 - Attorney Monique Pressley Drops Bill Cosby as Client

8/19/2016 - Did My Black Ancestors Enter the US via Ellis Island?

8/19/2016 - Frank Ocean Drops New Visual Album, Endless, on Apple Music

8/18/2016 - Zendaya Coleman Lands Role of Mary Jane in New Spider-Man Movie

8/18/2016 - Naming Black Excellence: The Root 100 List Release Reception

8/18/2016 - DOJ to End Use of Private Prisons

8/18/2016 - Donald Trump Picks White Nationalists’ Dream

8/18/2016 - NYC Family Loses 2nd Son to Gun Violence

8/18/2016 - 'We Need Real Democracy': On the Choice of Stein-Baraka This Fall

8/18/2016 - Diana Ross Buys Ad Congratulating Daughter Tracee Ellis Ross on Emmy Nom

8/18/2016 - Darren Sharper Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Rape

8/18/2016 - This Sorority Recruitment Video Is The Scariest Fucking Thing I've Ever Seen And Will Give You Nightmares

8/18/2016 - ProPublica Releases Video Showing in-Custody Death of Vachel Howard 

8/18/2016 - Finding Carly: Whatever Happened to the Breakout Stars, Heroes and Flops of the 2016 Primary Season?

8/18/2016 - White Thugs Destroy Gas Station, Fight Attendant, but Will Get Away With It Because White Privilege

8/18/2016 - Fla. Man Dies Saving Wife From Rip Current Off Miami Beach 

8/18/2016 - These 4 Court Rulings Give Police Powerful Weapons to Abuse Your Rights. They Need to Go

8/18/2016 - Experience A Rape Trial Through The Perspective Of A Victim

8/18/2016 - Dwyane Wade's #SoGoneChallenge Wasn't Well-Received by Fans

8/18/2016 - LeBron James Wants to Own an NBA Team After Retirement

8/18/2016 - Bob Costas Should Never Interview People Again

8/18/2016 - Milwaukee Officer Who Fatally Shot Sylville Smith Knew Him From High School, Family Says 

8/18/2016 - Facebook Dispute Sparked Fight That Left 23-Year-Old Man Dead

8/18/2016 - Abused 4-Year-Old Thought Her Name Was 'Idiot,' Police Say 

8/18/2016 - To Those Who Think Women Who Enjoy the Club Aren’t Marriage Material: Stop Judging

8/18/2016 - Why Is It So Hard for Pundits to Admit That America's Racism Is What's Driving Trump's Campaign?

8/18/2016 - Nonprofit BMe Deposits $1,000,000 in Black-Owned Bank, Calls on Others to #BankBlack

8/17/2016 - A Hip-Hop Hall of Fame for the ‘Other Guy’

8/17/2016 - Black Lotus Is a Woman’s Search for Racial Identity in a Racist World

8/17/2016 - Dear Men Who Very Obviously Hate Women: Do Yourselves A Favor And Just Admit It!

8/17/2016 - SC Teens Fatally Shoot Man Who Helped Pull Their Car Out of Ditch: Report

8/17/2016 - LeBron James Upsets White Fans After Praising Black Olympic Athletes

8/17/2016 - Mom Who Went Viral After Dragging Son Out of Baltimore Protests Seeks Help After Fire Destroys Home

8/17/2016 - Milwaukee Officer Threatened Online After Fatal Shooting of Sylville Smith 

8/17/2016 - NY Man Builds Barbed Wire Fence to Protect Donald Trump Sign 

8/17/2016 - LeBron James Took 5,000 Kids to Cedar Point Amusement Park

8/17/2016 - An Open Letter to Nate Parker

8/17/2016 - Nate Parker on Rape Case: 'The Encounter Was Unambiguously Consensual'

8/16/2016 - 2016 Rio Olympics Day 11 Open Thread

8/16/2016 - Aspiring Journalist Joins Chicago’s Gun Fatalities

8/16/2016 - Spoilers (and Spoiler Alerts) In The Age of Social Media

8/16/2016 - Report: Nate Parker’s Rape Accuser Is Dead

8/16/2016 - DC Police Investigating Twitter Video of Black Woman Being Pinned to Cruiser by Cop

8/16/2016 - Simone Biles Finishes Rio Olympics With 4 Gold Medals

8/16/2016 - Democrats for Education Reform Seek to Empower Parents and Strengthen Black Communities

8/16/2016 - Ellen DeGeneres Responds to Usain Bolt Tweet Controversy

8/16/2016 - Baltimore Police Lieutenant Suspended After Email Calling Protesters ‘Thugs’

8/16/2016 - How to Explain Black Lives Matter to White People

8/16/2016 - Noose Display Along Okla. Highway Shocks Drivers

8/16/2016 - If Your Pastor Says “Racism Isn’t A Skin Problem, It’s A Sin Problem” You Need To Find Another Church

8/16/2016 - Twitter Hilariously Reacts to Shaunae Miller's Gold-Medal-Winning Finish Line Dive

8/16/2016 - Donald Trump's 'Titties in Detroit' Is Now a House Music Anthem

8/16/2016 - Police Officer Gets Into ‘Formation’ With Beyoncé Dance Routine

8/16/2016 - Actor Wendell Pierce Loses Home in Baton Rouge, La., Flooding

8/16/2016 - NYC to Settle With Family of Akai Gurley for $4,100,000

8/16/2016 - NM Restaurant Is Now Selling 'Black Olives Matter' Shirts, Hats

8/16/2016 - Vanderbilt University to Pay $1,200,000 to Rename Its Confederate Memorial Hall 

8/16/2016 - A Black Man’s Coming of Age in the Age of Obama

8/15/2016 - Cam Newton Says Black People Are Over Racism; Black People Just Want Cam To Stop Dressing Like Our Aunties On A Cruise

8/15/2016 - Simone Biles Medals Up Again, Secures Bronze for Balance Beam 

8/15/2016 - 10 Reasons To Get Down With "The Get Down"

8/15/2016 - Marion Christopher Barry Overdosed After Smoking K2. Here Is What We Know About the Drug

8/15/2016 - Family of Martin Luther King Jr. Settles Dispute Over 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Medal

8/15/2016 - Texas Mom Charged With Murder After Bodies of Her 2 Kids Found Under Neighbor's House 

8/15/2016 - Why Nate Parker's College Rape Accusations Resurfacing Isn't Because Of Some Conspiracy, Explained

8/15/2016 - Is Cam Newton Delusional to Think Racism Isn’t a Factor in the Criticism He Receives?

8/15/2016 - Former Aston Villa Footballer Dalian Atkinson Dies After Police in England Use Taser on Him 

8/15/2016 - Social Media Celebrates Gabby Douglas With #Love4GabbyUSA

8/15/2016 - Comedy Central Cancels Larry Wilmore's Nightly Show

8/15/2016 - Usain Bolt's Smiling-Face Meme Is the Newest Olympic Sensation

8/15/2016 - Tenn. Dad Accused of Fatally Shooting 11-Year-Old Daughter Released on Bond 

8/15/2016 - At Least 2 Injured During 2nd Night of Milwaukee Protests

8/15/2016 - Simone Biles Continues Gold Streak, Wins Women's Vault

8/15/2016 - Spelman College to Consider Admitting Transgender Women 

8/15/2016 - When Black Lives Don't Matter to Black Athletes

8/15/2016 - How My Story on Black Students Surviving PWIs Led to Death Threats

8/14/2016 - Gabby Douglas Tearfully Speaks About Social Media Bullying, While Mother Asks What She Has Done to Deserve It

8/14/2016 - ‘Missing’ Frank Ocean Fliers Are Popping Up in NYC

8/14/2016 - CBS Apologizes for Lack of Diversity in Fall Lineup Even Though It Was Preventable 

8/14/2016 - Entire Black Church Endorses Donald Trump for President

8/14/2016 - Bill Clinton to Asian Americans: Bigger ‘Us,’ Smaller ‘Them’

8/14/2016 - Kevin Hart Jumps the Broom

8/14/2016 - Ruby Wilson, ‘Queen of Beale Street,’ Has Died at 68

8/14/2016 - Mayhem Erupts as Milwaukee Police Kill Black Man

8/14/2016 - 2016 Rio Olympics Weekend 1 Open Thread

8/14/2016 - Marion Christopher Barry, Son of Former DC Mayor, Dies at Age 36 of Drug Overdose

8/14/2016 - Om Space: 1 Man’s Mission to Heal His Community Through Yoga

8/13/2016 - 73-Year-Old Hampton U Alumna Joins Peace Corps

8/13/2016 - Fencer Daryl Homer Makes Olympic History, Too

8/13/2016 - Nate Parker Addresses College Rape Accusations

8/13/2016 - More #BlackGirlMagic: Michelle Carter Wins Gold for Shot Put

8/13/2016 - Why the Black Lives Matter Movement Has to Take on Charter Schools

8/13/2016 - A Dear John Letter to the Democratic Party

8/12/2016 - #BlackGirlsSwimFast: On Simone Manuel and Swimming to Freedom

8/12/2016 - 2016 Rio Olympics Day 7 Open Thread

8/12/2016 - Instagram Video Shows Cops Attacking Bronx, NY, Man

8/12/2016 - Panama Jackson + ORS Olive Oil = #NoStereotypes

8/12/2016 - Baltimore’s Reaction to the DOJ Report: ‘Well, Duh’

8/12/2016 - Shooting Leaves 6-Year-Old Philadelphia Boy 'Riddled With Bullets' 

8/12/2016 - The GOP Hires Black ‘Suicide Squad’ to Save It From Trump

8/12/2016 - The Simones Sprinkled #BlackGirlMagic In Rio Last Night Like Bawses

8/12/2016 - Simone Manuel Becomes 1st African-American Female Swimmer to Win Olympic Gold in Individual Event 

8/12/2016 - Rihanna to Receive Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at 2016 MTV Video Music Awards

8/12/2016 - Miss. Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Trying to Help Islamic State 

8/12/2016 - New Bad Boys Film Gets Pushed Back and Finally Gets a Title

8/12/2016 - Lawyer: NC Man Who Fatally Shot Black Man After 911 Call About 'Hoodlums' Is 'George Zimmerman 2.0' 

8/12/2016 - Simone Biles on Her Legacy: 'I'm Not the Next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I'm the 1st Simone Biles'

8/12/2016 - Leslie Jones Meets Olympians Simone Biles and Aly Raisman in Rio

8/12/2016 - Outraged Mom Sues Chicago Public Schools Claiming 6-Year-Old Daughter Was Handcuffed for Taking Candy 

8/12/2016 - Legal, Media Experts Say White Supremacists Are Using Trump to Grow Numbers

8/12/2016 - How Do I Save a Family Bible That Is Falling Apart?

8/11/2016 - 2016 Rio Olympics Day 6 Open Thread

8/11/2016 - An Ode to Lisa Nicole Carson

8/11/2016 - Simone Biles Proves She's the Best, Wins Gold in Individual All-Around in Rio

8/11/2016 - Why Not Cover Race? 

8/11/2016 - 5 Mysteries Surrounding the Life and Death of Dr. Sebi

8/11/2016 - The POTUS Nighttime Playlist Proves President Obama Saved All Of His Remaining Fucks For The Bedroom

8/11/2016 - Ray Rice Isn’t Being Blackballed by the NFL for Domestic Violence. He’s Just Not Good Anymore

8/11/2016 - Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5 Reunion Shows Recap

8/11/2016 - Los Angeles Serial Killer 'Grim Sleeper' Sentenced to Death 

8/11/2016 - The 7 Most Outrageous and Racist Acts Found in DOJ’s Report on Baltimore Police Department

8/11/2016 - President Obama Drops His Summer Playlist

8/11/2016 - Pushback Against the NAACP's Anti-Charter School Stance Is Misguided and Self-Serving

8/11/2016 - Gabby Douglas Apologizes for Not Placing Hand Over Heart During National Anthem—but Who Really Cared Besides Some Wypipo?

8/11/2016 - A Vote For Jill Stein Is A Vote In The Trash

8/11/2016 - #SoGoneChallenge Pays Homage to Missy Elliott and Monica's 2003 Song

8/11/2016 - 2 Charged With Prostitution Following Human Trafficking Incident in Md.

8/11/2016 - The Weeknd Donates $250,000 to Black Lives Matter

8/11/2016 - Mom of Miss. Infant Who Died in Hot Car Wants Charges Against Father Dropped 

8/11/2016 - Black Man Killed by L.A. Sheriff's Deputy Was Not a Suspect in Carjacking, Officials Say 

8/11/2016 - How a Ga. Mom Is Promoting Social Awareness Through Black-Themed School Supplies 

8/11/2016 - That 1 Time Donald Trump Was Right

8/11/2016 - Yes, We Innovate: These 8 Engineers and Scientists Are Creating the Future Today

8/11/2016 - New York Life Insurance Co. Fires Director for Calling BLM Activist 'Racist Pig Whore' on Facebook

8/10/2016 - Following Michael Brown Protest, Shots Fired as Car Hits Protester

8/10/2016 - From Mike Brown To Simone Biles: How Yesterday Exemplified Black America’s Complicated Relationship With America

8/10/2016 - Gwen Ifill Wins John Chancellor Award

8/10/2016 - John Saunders of ESPN Dies at 61

8/10/2016 - Gabby Douglas Only Has 1 Job—and It Isn’t to Fix Her Hair to Please You  

8/10/2016 - English Premier League Soccer, Anyone?

8/10/2016 - Don’t Throw Your Vote Away on Jill Stein

8/10/2016 - ESPN Host John Saunders Dead at Age 61

8/10/2016 - George P. Bush’s Spineless Move to Endorse Trump Is About Power, Not Principle

8/10/2016 - Justice Department Releases Long-Awaited Report on Baltimore Police Department 

8/10/2016 - I Want to Travel Solo for My Birthday, but My Boyfriend Wants to Tag Along

8/10/2016 - In Another Astonishing Upset, Serena Williams Is Ousted From Rio Olympics 

8/10/2016 - Tyler Perry Offers to Pay Funeral Expenses of Twins Killed in Hot Car

8/10/2016 - Simone Biles, Team USA Take Gold in Rio 

8/10/2016 - Highest-Ranking Baltimore Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Case Likely to Get Nearly $127,000 in Back Pay

8/10/2016 - Texas Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing Orphans in Malawi

8/10/2016 - The GOP’s Obsession With Detroit Is a Dangerously Coded Attack on Black Leadership

8/10/2016 - 20 Black Films Made After She’s Gotta Have It That You Should See

8/10/2016 - Not a Victim: Korryn Gaines Was Standing Her Ground

8/9/2016 - MLK’s Daughter Calls Out Trump for His 2nd Amendment Comments

8/9/2016 - 1 Year Later: BLM Protester Who Interrupted Bernie Sanders’ Rally Discusses the Moment and the Movement

8/9/2016 - It's Been 2 Years Since Ferguson: Where Are They Now?

8/9/2016 - Rio Olympics 2016 Day 4 Open Thread

8/9/2016 - Dear Mike: Another Year Has Passed and We’re Still Fighting for You

8/9/2016 - Chicago Gang Leaders Allegedly Plotting an Attack on Police

8/9/2016 - Janet Jackson’s Albums Are Better Than Michael’s. Fight Me.

8/9/2016 - NY Mother Charged in 'Painful, Horrible' Death of Toddler

8/9/2016 - Judge Considers Adult Charges in High School Student’s Homicide

8/9/2016 - Things I'm Just Too Damn Old To Give Any Fucks About Anymore, Ranked

8/9/2016 - Black Families Are 228 Years Away From Accumulating the Same Amount of Wealth as White Families 

8/9/2016 - Questions Remain in Fatal Shooting of 11-Year-Old Tenn. Schoolgirl 

8/9/2016 - NC Man Charged in Fatal Shooting After 911 Call About 'Hoodlums'

8/9/2016 - ‘It’s Powerful’: The State of the Movement Post-Ferguson in St. Louis

8/9/2016 - #PhelpsFace: Michael Phelps' Stare at Rival Goes Viral

8/9/2016 - 2 Years After Ferguson, Mo., the Fight Grows, Goes On for Black Lives Matter

8/9/2016 - Baltimore Ravens Ben Watson Says Planned Parenthood Founded to 'Exterminate Blacks'

8/9/2016 - Michael Jordan Donates $5,000,000 to National Museum of African American History and Culture

8/9/2016 - Let's Not Try to Act as if R. Kelly Dating a 19-Year-Old Is OK

8/8/2016 - Gabby Douglas Cannot Advance to All-Around Finals in Gymnastics Because of '2 per Country' Rule 

8/8/2016 - A Fake Trump Jr. ‘Insults’ NABJ-NAHJ

8/8/2016 - NBC's Al Trautwig Apologizes for Rude Comments About Simone Biles' Parents

8/8/2016 - Muslim Teen Whose Homemade Clock Led to Arrest Sues School District 

8/8/2016 - Drake Is The Donald Trump Of Hip-Hop

8/8/2016 - I Deserve More of Momma Dee’s Music, and I’m Not Kidding

8/8/2016 - Leslie Jones’ Hilarious Live Tweets of the Olympics Got Her an Invitation to Rio

8/8/2016 - Donations Pour In for 10-Year-Old Boy Who Asked to Mow Lawns to Pay for School Supplies

8/8/2016 - Brazil’s New Black Power Movement

8/8/2016 - Serena, Venus Williams Lose Doubles Olympic Match as Partners for 1st Time 

8/8/2016 - 'It's OK to Cry': Martial Arts Instructor's Inspirational Speech to Student Goes Viral 

8/8/2016 - Tony Dungy, 1st African-American Head Coach to Win a Super Bowl, Pays Homage to Those Before Him 

8/8/2016 - How to Survive, Be Safe and Thrive at a Predominantly White Institution

8/7/2016 - Marc Lamont Hill on Voting Green, Not Being Afraid of Trump: 'We Can Afford to Lose an Election; We Can't Afford to Lose Our Values'

8/7/2016 - President Obama Celebrates His 55th Birthday With Star-Studded Bash

8/7/2016 - Inez Y. Kaiser, 1st Black Woman to Own National Public Relations Firm, Dies at 98

8/7/2016 - Simple Changes to Your Diet Can Help With Mental-Health Issues

8/7/2016 - Longtime Friends Start Mobile Shower Facility for the Homeless in Fla.

8/7/2016 - Man Who Beat Up Dylann Roof Is Out on Bond

8/7/2016 - She's Gotta Have It, 30 Years Later: Where Are They Now?

8/6/2016 - Was Hillary Clinton Asked the Right Questions at the NABJ-NAHJ Convention?

8/6/2016 - Watch: Obama Gets Hype for Blistering DNC Speech by Listening to Eminem's 'Lose Yourself'

8/6/2016 - Prince’s Paisley Park May Be Sold to Highest Bidder

8/6/2016 - Ga. Father Charged in ‘Hot Car’ Death of Twins

8/6/2016 - South Jersey Man’s Wife, Girlfriend Place Competing Obituaries in Same Paper

8/6/2016 - 5 Hot Takes From the Olympics’ Opening Ceremonies

8/6/2016 - How Both Hillary Clinton and Black and Latino Journalists Blew Their Big Shot

8/6/2016 - Rio Olympics: 11 Black Athletes in Less Popular Sports Who Are Worth Your Time

8/6/2016 - How Your Smartphone Can Help You Be the Boss You Are and Destress

8/5/2016 - Chicago Police Officers Allegedly Caught High-Fiving After 'Execution' of Paul O'Neal

8/5/2016 - Shaping Conversations Around What #SafetyIs in Black Communities

8/5/2016 - White Neighbor Arrested After Fire Erupts in Home of Only Black Firefighter in Tonawanda, NY

8/5/2016 - Check Out "Worth A Thousand" (A TIFFxInstagram Short From Tonja Renee Stidhum)

8/5/2016 - Korryn Gaines May Have Been a Sovereign Citizen. Here’s What You Need to Know

8/5/2016 - Unique Views, Episode 6: Hotep vs. Being Woke

8/5/2016 - The Black Model's Reaction To The TODAY Show's Makeover From Hell Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week

8/5/2016 - Charles Kinsey, Therapist Shot by North Miami Police, Files Federal Lawsuit

8/5/2016 - NYC Dad Shot Dead Trying to Retrieve Son's Stolen Baseball Hat

8/5/2016 - George Zimmerman Punched in the Face After Bragging About Killing Trayvon Martin: Report

8/5/2016 - Take the Shot: Adults Need Vaccinations, Too

8/5/2016 - 40 Black Athletes to Watch at the Rio Olympics

8/5/2016 - Antonio Sabato Jr. and Stacey Dash Believe Stumping for Trump Got Them Blacklisted From Hollywood

8/5/2016 - Did My Black Forebear Have Kids With a White Employer?

8/4/2016 - Va. Officer Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Shooting Death of 18-Year-Old William Chapman

8/4/2016 - Activist DeRay Mckesson Sues City of Baton Rouge, La., Over Arrest 

8/4/2016 - Family of Korryn Gaines Questions Police Use of Deadly Force 

8/4/2016 - #SomedayIsToday: Members of Black Hollywood Launch PSA to Speak Out Against Mistreatment of Black Americans 

8/4/2016 - Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter Dylann Roof Attacked by Inmate

8/4/2016 - Worst Behavior: How Donald Trump’s Self-Inflicted Wounds Let Hillary Clinton Off the Hook

8/4/2016 - 8 GIFs to Celebrate Obama’s Birthday

8/4/2016 - Video Shows Houston Officer Attack Woman at Traffic Stop Who Called 911 Because She Feared Him

8/4/2016 - Trump Campaign Turns Down Joint Black and Hispanic Journalists Convention

8/4/2016 - Apple's Focus on Diversity

8/4/2016 - "Niggas In Paris" Are Still Niggers To Parisians

8/4/2016 - Open Letter to White People Who Are Obsessed With Black-on-Black Crime

8/4/2016 - Hillary Clinton to Address NABJ-NAHJ Convention

8/4/2016 - Black Volunteer Firefighter's Home Engulfed in Flames 2 days After Receiving Racist, Threatening Note 

8/4/2016 - Ava DuVernay Becomes the 1st African-American Woman to Direct a $100,000,000 Film 

8/4/2016 - Racist Message Delivered to Charter Cable Customers in North Texas 

8/4/2016 - President Barack Obama Commutes Sentences for 214 Federal Inmates 

8/4/2016 - What Unity? Twitter Reveals a Great Divide Within Both Political Parties

8/4/2016 - 8 Olympic Athletes Embrace Their Black Girl Magic in Rio

8/3/2016 - All of a Sudden My Boyfriend Doesn’t Believe in Marriage

8/3/2016 - In France, Black Lives Struggle to Matter, Too

8/3/2016 - Korryn Gaines Doesn’t Need to Be Perfect for Black Men to #SayHerName

8/3/2016 - Kevin Young Named Director of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

8/3/2016 - On Accepting And Acknowledging That America Is A Uniquely Dangerous Place For Black Women

8/3/2016 - Ala. Pastor Says He Was Fired for Wanting to Invite Black People to Church 

8/3/2016 - Report: Ex-University Cop Beat Girlfriend to Death With Help From Best Friend

8/3/2016 - Dear Centrists: The Left Has Something to Say Whether You Like It or Not [Retracted]

8/3/2016 - Black Folks Don’t Need Education Reform; We Need a System We Can Call Our Own

8/3/2016 - 16th Street Baptist Church Bomber Is Denied Parole

8/3/2016 - 10 Thoughts About the Malia Obama Lollapalooza Non-Story Story

8/3/2016 - Homeless Teen Says Dispute Over $184,000 in GoFundMe Donations Has Been Resolved 

8/3/2016 - Queen Sugar Gets Renewed for 2nd Season on OWN

8/3/2016 - #KatrinaPiersonHistory Trends After Trump Spokesperson Revises History

8/3/2016 - Michelle Obama Stuns in Brandon Maxwell-Designed Dress at State Dinner

8/3/2016 - Woman Shouts N-Word, Spits on Black Couple at Chicago's Margarita Festival 

8/3/2016 - Website Allows White People to Offer 'Reparations' to People of Color 

8/3/2016 - Black Activist Group Sues Detroit Police Department on Mistreatment of Members

8/3/2016 - The Mediocrity of Dope: How Donald Trump Hides His Averageness in 'Crazy'

8/3/2016 - Brutal Crackdowns, Hidden Poverty: How Preparations for the Rio Olympics Hurt Afro-Brazilians

8/2/2016 - Green Alert: Presidential Hopeful Dr. Jill Stein Taps Human Rights Activist Ajamu Baraka as Her VP Pick

8/2/2016 - Cops Pulling Over People to Hand Out Ice Cream Is Dangerous, Not Funny

8/2/2016 - Apparently Dashikis Are Popular In (Local) DC Now

8/2/2016 - Not Voting for Hillary Because You’re Petty? Get Over It

8/2/2016 - Everything We Know About Korryn Gaines

8/2/2016 - Milwaukee Man Arrested After Reportedly Drowning 3-Month-Old Son in Pond

8/2/2016 - NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton to Step Down in September 

8/2/2016 - Attorneys Argue Against 'Unconstitutional' Death Penalty for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter 

8/2/2016 - A Dummy's Guide To Chicago Gun Violence From Somebody Who Lives There

8/2/2016 - Ga. Police Sergeant Terminated for Having Confederate Flag

8/2/2016 - Donald Trump Eats Fried Chicken Like A Gotdamn Alien In A Human Skinsuit. Do Not Vote For This Daft Psychopath.

8/2/2016 - #HowToughAmIBlackEdition Will Have You Reminiscing About Your Childhood

8/2/2016 - Va. Police Prank Drivers in Traffic Stops to Give Them Ice Cream

8/2/2016 - Kanye West Wants to Make Affordable Sneakers

8/2/2016 - Baltimore County Police Fatally Shoot 23-Year-Old Black Woman After Hourslong Standoff 

8/2/2016 - Body Camera of Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Teen Was Not Recording During Incident: Police 

8/2/2016 - Yale May Reconsider Keeping Name of Calhoun College

8/2/2016 - Jesse Owens Wasn’t Alone: New Film Explores Untold Story of the 17 Other Black Olympians of 1936

8/1/2016 - #M4BL: New Policy Agenda Centers Black Demands as Presidential Campaign Hits Full Stride

8/1/2016 - The Many Levels Of Peak Stupid In Bow Wow's "I'm Too Mixed To Relate To Civil Rights," Explained

8/1/2016 - 10 Things I’ll Miss When the Obamas Leave the White House

8/1/2016 - Texas Campus-Carry Law Goes Into Effect 

8/1/2016 - Black on Broadway: Now Is the Time for People of Color to Star in Major Roles on Broadway

8/1/2016 - If You’re Not Voting This Election, You’re Ridiculous

8/1/2016 - #ShutDownCityHallNYC: Protesters Demand That NYPD Commissioner Is Fired

8/1/2016 - What’s Really Going On With Chicago’s Gun Violence, From Someone Who Actually Lives There

8/1/2016 - Hillary Clinton to Address 2016 NABJ-NAHJ Convention

8/1/2016 - Kidz Bop Is The Best Hustle Ever

8/1/2016 - Misty Copeland Marries Longtime Boyfriend Olu Evans

8/1/2016 - La. 'Blue Lives Matter' Bill Goes Into Effect

8/1/2016 - Ga. Teenagers Hired on the Spot After Asking for Jobs to Avoid Gangs

8/1/2016 - Miss Teen USA 'Apologizes' for Using the N-Word on Twitter

8/1/2016 - Minneapolis Will Hold a Prince Tribute Concert In October

8/1/2016 - Someone Thought It Was a Good Idea for Charles Barkley to Host a Series on Race

8/1/2016 - Teen Choice Awards Pays Tribute to Victims of Gun Violence

8/1/2016 - Golden State's Draymond Green Apologizes for Snapchat Penis Pic

8/1/2016 - Frank Ocean Is Toying With His Fans' Emotions With Website Live Stream

8/1/2016 - Intruder Dead After Being Tied to Tree by Ala. Homeowner 

8/1/2016 - Insurrections: Rion Amilcar Scott’s Debut Short Story Collection Hits All the Right Notes

8/1/2016 - Where Education Reform and Sexism Collide: Firing Female Teachers and Expelling Black Girls Props Up Patriarchy