1/31/2016 - UN Reveals New Cases of Child Sex Abuse by European Peacekeepers in Africa 

1/31/2016 - Is White America Ready for Truth and Reconciliation Commissions? 

1/31/2016 - Ky. Civil Rights Leader Georgia Davis Powers Dies

1/31/2016 - Fla. Toddler Dies in Drive-By Shooting

1/31/2016 - Black Stars Shine at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

1/31/2016 - President Obama to Visit US Mosque for 1st Time in His Presidency

1/31/2016 - Goodbye, Foolery. Hello, Vote: It’s Finally About to Go Down in Iowa

1/31/2016 - He Wants to End Obamacare, but What Else Is on the Agenda? Where Ted Cruz Stands on the Issues

1/31/2016 - I Wish Barbie Had Gotten Her ‘Curvy’ New Body in the 1990s

1/30/2016 - Watch: Did Beyoncé Culturally Appropriate Indian Culture in Her New Video?

1/30/2016 - The SAG Awards Can Teach the Oscars a Thing or Two About Diversity

1/30/2016 - Elizabeth Warren Scolds President Obama for Being Weak on Wall Street

1/30/2016 - Ky. Detention Staff Used Aikido on 16-Year-Old Hours Before Her Mysterious Death

1/30/2016 - Why We Need to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15

1/30/2016 - He’s a Doctor, but Does He Have a Prescription for Black America? Where Ben Carson Stands on the Issues

1/30/2016 - A Who’s Who of Who’s Black on the Campaign Trail

1/30/2016 - Do Biracial Men Have It ‘Easier’ Than Biracial Women?

1/29/2016 - 4 Theories on Why Kanye Is Still So Obsessed With Amber Rose

1/29/2016 - Jury Awards Black Bartender $687,000 in Racial-Discrimination Case Against DC Sports Bar

1/29/2016 - NYC Has Paid Firefighter $125,000 for More Than 2 Years to Do Nothing: Report 

1/29/2016 - Lil’ Kim Tweeted the Haters Who She Said Photoshopped Her Butt to Appear Fake and Mangled

1/29/2016 - Mich. State Workers in Flint Got Fresh Bottled Water 8 Months Before Residents Were Told Water Wasn’t Safe

1/29/2016 - Is Will Smith on His ‘New Black’ Ish Again? Says #OscarsSoWhite ‘Is Not a Civil Rights Issue’

1/29/2016 - 4 Simple Life Rules For Living A Simple Life

1/29/2016 - Watch: ‘Mean’ Joe Greene Reunites With Coke Kid From Iconic Super Bowl Ad

1/29/2016 - ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch Back in US, Booked in Texas Juvenile-Detention Center

1/29/2016 - Stacey Dash Says Blacks Are Being Bamboozled by Liberals Into Limiting Black History to 1 Month

1/29/2016 - The 3 Big Takeaways From the Trumpless, Final Debate Before Iowa

1/29/2016 - No Cash? No Problem! Homeless Detroit Man Accepts All Major Credit Cards for Donations 

1/29/2016 - Texas Woman, 26, Killed in Road Rage Shooting

1/29/2016 - Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum, Killed in Ore. Arrests, Reached for Gun, Authorities Say 

1/29/2016 - Kevin Hart and Marlon Wayans Respond to Accusations of Making Stereotypically Black Movies

1/29/2016 - Amber Rose on Kanye West: ‘He’s a F--king Clown’

1/29/2016 - Academy Says It’s Not Responsible for Not Inviting Straight Outta Compton Cast

1/29/2016 - Donald Trump: Politician or Comic Book Supervillain?

1/29/2016 - Was My Grandma the Daughter of Her Mother’s White Employer?

1/28/2016 - Commentators Say Ore. Government Takeover Would Not Have Lasted 3 Weeks if Militants Weren’t White 

1/28/2016 - Why We Need More Films About Slavery

1/28/2016 - I'm In Love With Black People Who Love Being Black People. And Love Black People

1/28/2016 - Va. Mother Arrested After Allegedly Knocking Assistant Principal Unconscious During Meeting

1/28/2016 - SC Judge Orders Jury Pool of 600 People to Be Summoned in Trial of Accused Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof 

1/28/2016 - President Obama on #OscarsSoWhite Debate: Hollywood Storytelling Should Reflect Makeup of Country

1/28/2016 - Chicago Cop Involved in Fatal Shooting of Quintonio LeGrier, Bettie Jones to Sue Teen’s Estate

1/28/2016 - Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time I Lied My Way Into A Job With The Source

1/28/2016 - Think Green: Jill Stein on ‘Abusive’ Political Relationships, Restorative Justice and Bernie Sanders

1/28/2016 - Concussion Doctor Suspects That O.J. Simpson Has CTE Brain Disease

1/28/2016 - In a New Documentary, Spike Lee Celebrates the Genius of Michael Jackson and Leaves Everything Else Out

1/28/2016 - Ariz. NAACP President Issues Expletive-Laced Apology After Being Caught on Audio Commenting on Reporter’s ‘T--s’

1/28/2016 - Neil deGrasse Tyson Drops the Mic on B.o.B’s Flat-Earth Claims: ‘The World Isn’t F--king Flat’

1/28/2016 - Straight Outta Compton Cast Not Invited to Oscars

1/28/2016 - Joseph Fiennes Says He’s Closer to Michael Jackson’s Color; Singer Previously Said He Didn’t Want a White Person Portraying Him

1/28/2016 - Ferguson, Mo., and Justice Department Reach Tentative Deal on Police Reform, Use of Force

1/28/2016 - Top Ga. Department of Education Official Fired After Racially Charged Facebook Post 

1/28/2016 - Tyra Banks and Boyfriend Welcome Baby Boy via Surrogate

1/28/2016 - Come on, Ma. Can’t You Stop Wearing That Mink?

1/28/2016 - He Talked About Black Lives Matter, but Will He Act? Where Marco Rubio Stands on the Issues

1/28/2016 - A Magical Presence on the Stage and Screen: Condola Rashad  

1/27/2016 - A Tweet-By-Tweet Breakdown Of Peak Kanye Going Peak Kanye And Breaking The Internet

1/27/2016 - The Real Housewives of Potomac Is a Show That ‘Bravely’ Asks, ‘Who Is Black in America?’

1/27/2016 - Kanye West in Twitter Beef With Wiz Khalifa, Tells Rapper He Owns His Child

1/27/2016 - Mo. Lawmakers Get Into Alley Fistfight Over Right-to-Work Legislation

1/27/2016 - Rihanna Releases New Dancehall Tune, ‘Work,’ With Drake

1/27/2016 - Monica Explains Why She Took 4 Years Off to Raise Her Kids

1/27/2016 - Perfume Company Sues Jay Z, Says He Didn’t Promote His Fragrance As Promised

1/27/2016 - ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch to Return to Texas to Face Charges

1/27/2016 - 1 Dead as Feds Arrest Ammon Bundy, 7 Others in Oregon Wildlife-Refuge Takeover

1/27/2016 - How Can I Start a Family-Dinner Tradition When My In-Laws Hate My Cooking?

1/27/2016 - The Tragic Mulattos Of The Real Housewives Of Potomac

1/27/2016 - Medical Examiner Rules Death of Fla. Inmate, Locked in Scalding Shower, an ‘Accident’

1/27/2016 - Chicago Teen Killed by Police Called 911 3 Times Asking for Help, and Dispatcher Hung Up on Him

1/27/2016 - Gabrielle Union Explains Why Her Role in The Birth of a Nation Isn’t a Speaking Role

1/27/2016 - Ben Carson Defends Black History Month—Then Goes Full ‘Carson’ on Us

1/27/2016 - Rapper B.o.B Says the Earth Is Flat; Neil deGrasse Tyson Says ‘Nah.’ Then They Battle It Out Over Diss Tracks

1/27/2016 - White British Actor Joseph Fiennes Is Set to Play Michael Jackson in British TV Dramedy 

1/27/2016 - She Has Black Support, but Can She Keep It? Where Hillary Clinton Stands on the Issues

1/27/2016 - Infrastructure Failures, Like Flint, Are a Crisis for Black America

1/26/2016 - Media Debates Whether to Show the Faces of White Teens Who Assembled to Spell the N-Word With Their Shirts

1/26/2016 - Quiz: Exactly How Hotep Are You?

1/26/2016 - NBA Forward Blake Griffin Reportedly Hit a Los Angeles Clippers Staff Member

1/26/2016 - Michelle Obama Hilariously Described a Young Barack Obama on The Real: ‘He Was a Bum’

1/26/2016 - 14 Citadel Cadets Disciplined After Caroling in KKK-Style White Hoods 

1/26/2016 - Twitter Reacts to Historic $17,500,000 Sale of ‘the Nat Turner Movie’ After Its Sundance Premiere

1/26/2016 - Aretha Franklin Donates Hotel Rooms and Meals to Victims of Flint, Mich., Water Crisis

1/26/2016 - Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation Sells for Record Price at Sundance

1/26/2016 - Man Transforms Home Into Museum of Love in Tribute to Late Wife

1/26/2016 - Shonda Rhimes: Hollywood Producers, I Got Black Leads Because I Simply Asked for Them

1/26/2016 - The Real Housewives of Potomac and the Tragic-Mulatto Syndrome

1/26/2016 - Ariz. High School Girl Apologizes After Human N-Word Collage

1/26/2016 - Ask Agatha: "He Lies About Everything. How Can I Get Him To Be Honest With Me?"

1/26/2016 - SC Barber and Customer Open Fire on Armed Robbers Inside Barbershop

1/26/2016 - How Does Hillary Clinton Really Feel About #BlackLivesMatter? Let’s Look at Lincoln, Her ‘Favorite’ President

1/26/2016 - President Obama Bans Solitary Confinement for Juveniles in Federal Prison

1/26/2016 - NYC Man Posts Facebook Video in Hopes of Finding His Biological Parents

1/26/2016 - Gabrielle Union on Stacey Dash Comments: ‘Crazy Lady’  

1/26/2016 - Fla. State University Settles With Jameis Winston’s Accuser for $950,000

1/26/2016 - Ind. City Councilman, Charged With Murder, Sworn In While in Jail  

1/26/2016 - Danny DeVito, Don Cheadle and Mark Ruffalo Chime In on #OscarsSoWhite

1/26/2016 - Donald Trump Says He’ll Win the Black Vote, but How? Where Trump Stands on the Issues

1/26/2016 - Feeling Anxious About the 2016 Election? You Should Be ... It’ll Make You Smarter

1/25/2016 - BET's #NeverForget "N*gga Wake Up" Call To Stacey Dash Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened Last Week

1/25/2016 - Why Macklemore’s ‘White Privilege II’ Still Misses the Mark, Explained

1/25/2016 - US Capitol Police Officer Dies Shoveling Snow

1/25/2016 - Make ’Em Cry, Cam: How Newton Will Drink Reporters’ White Tears

1/25/2016 - Damon Dash Thinks Fox News Is Paying His Cousin Stacey Dash to Coon

1/25/2016 - Chris Rock Scraps His Old Oscar Monologue and Writes a New One to Address Race Head-On

1/25/2016 - 9-Year-Old Va. Girl Collects Dolls for Homeless Girls Her Age

1/25/2016 - Teen’s Impromptu Piano Performance at Mich. Mall Goes Viral 

1/25/2016 - Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, Site of Massacre, Gets New Pastor

1/25/2016 - Her Name Was Janese Talton-Jackson and She Was Killed Because She Said No

1/25/2016 - Watch: Michelle Obama Was Apprehensive About Dating Barack in This New Movie Clip 

1/25/2016 - 10 Reasons You Need a BMW in 2016

1/25/2016 - What Kind of Luxury BMW Are You?

1/25/2016 - Pa. Mother Fatally Shot After Reportedly Rebuffing Man’s Advances

1/25/2016 - Her Name Was Janese Talton-Jackson. And She Was Killed Because She Said "No"

1/25/2016 - Saturday Night Live Spoofed the White Oscars, but Who’s Going to Spoof White SNL?  

1/25/2016 - Watch: Shaquille O’Neal Surprises Fla. Kids Whose Neighbor Called Police on Them for Shooting Hoops 

1/25/2016 - Cam Newton Proves Doubters Wrong; Carolina Panthers Headed to Super Bowl 50

1/25/2016 - 2 Chainz Gives Family of 11 Facing Eviction a New Home

1/25/2016 - Spike Lee Says He Commends Academy Changes but Will Still Attend Knicks Game Instead

1/25/2016 - Should You ‘Feel the Bern’? Where Bernie Sanders Stands on the Issues

1/25/2016 - For Don Cheadle, Miles Davis Film Is Personal

1/24/2016 - Julie Delpy: Hollywood Treats Women Worse Than It Treats African Americans

1/24/2016 - Black Lives Matter Wants Cop Charged for Urging Drivers to Run Over Demonstrators   

1/24/2016 - Madame Noire Tops Black-Oriented Websites

1/24/2016 - Police Searching for White Man Suspected of Leaving KKK Robe at Black-Owned Consignment Shop  

1/24/2016 - Mich. Governor Suspends 2 State Workers Over Flint Water Crisis

1/24/2016 - Black Films at Sundance That Could Help Cure #OscarsSoWhite

1/23/2016 - The Root Gathered an All-Black Panel to Discuss #OscarsSoWhite

1/23/2016 - After #OscarsSoWhite Backlash, Academy Approves Radical Changes to Improve Diversity

1/23/2016 - Emails Reveal That Republicans Dismissed Desperate Flint, Mich., Residents

1/23/2016 - Duck Dynasty Star Adopts Black Baby

1/23/2016 - National Black Republican Association Endorses Donald Trump for President

1/23/2016 - Phoenix High School Seniors Face Wrath for Human N-Word Collage; School’s Black Student Union Weighs In

1/23/2016 - Does Winning an Oscar Really Help Black Actors?

1/23/2016 - Grand Jury’s ‘Rare’ ‘No Vote’ in Tamir Rice Shooting Points to Bigger Issue

1/22/2016 - Former Md. Police Chief, 2 Officers File Civil Rights Lawsuit Claiming Racial Discrimination

1/22/2016 - Texas Teen Suspended After Carrying Classmate Suffering From Asthma Attack to Nurse

1/22/2016 - Pa. Man’s Final Wish in Obit: ‘Please Do Not Vote for Donald Trump’

1/22/2016 - 20 People, Places, And Things Still Somehow Less Petty Than Janet Hubert

1/22/2016 - Video of Fla. Police Officer’s Response to 911 Call About Basketball Game Goes Viral

1/22/2016 - #OscarsSoWhite: Michael Caine Thinks Blacks Should Be Patient; Charlotte Rampling Says Diversity Complaints Are Racist Against Whites

1/22/2016 - Ga. Police Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Anthony Hill 

1/22/2016 - Aliya S. King’s True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time Jay-Z Clowned Me For An Entire Summer

1/22/2016 - Watch: Anthony Anderson vs. Tracee Ellis Ross on Lip Sync Battle

1/22/2016 - Ga. Lottery Winner Who Bought Christmas Gifts for Families in Need Killed in Home Invasion

1/22/2016 - Watch: Fla. Mom Stops Armed Carjackers Attempting to Steal Car With Children Inside

1/22/2016 - Big Sean Launches #HealFlintKids Fundraiser, Donates $10,000 to Kick It Off

1/22/2016 - Viola Davis on Oscars Boycott: The Problem Is With Moviemaking  

1/22/2016 - I Am Black but Discovered I Have Jewish DNA. Where Is It From?

1/21/2016 - Latinos Are the Largest Nonwhite Group but Will Be Underrepresented Among Voters in 2016 

1/21/2016 - 22 People, Places and Things Less Petty Than Janet Hubert

1/21/2016 - Why Is Stacey Dash So Damn Stupid? An Investigation

1/21/2016 - A List Of Things You Can Do In The 263 Years Daniel Holtzclaw Will Be Rotting In Prison

1/21/2016 - Watch: Wendy Williams Cries Tears of Joy Since Her Show Was Renewed Until 2020

1/21/2016 - Former OKC Officer Daniel Holtzclaw Sentenced to 263 Years in Prison to Be Served Consecutively

1/21/2016 - John Singleton’s Son Creates a GoFundMe Page to Pay for College

1/21/2016 - Jamie Foxx Rescues a Man From a Burning Truck 

1/21/2016 - Who Causes More White Tears: Cam Newton Or Serena Williams?

1/21/2016 - Former Detroit Mayor Hopes Supreme Court Will Overturn His 28-Year Prison Sentence

1/21/2016 - Do You Have the Right to Post Things About Your Parents Online Without Their Knowledge?

1/21/2016 - Will Smith Says He’s Not Attending Oscars, Says Diversity Is America’s Superpower 

1/21/2016 - Meek Mill Donates 60,000 Bottles of Water to Flint, Mich., Charity

1/21/2016 - Former NC KKK Leader Who Killed Teen With Crossbow Is Denied Parole

1/21/2016 - ‘Shopping While Black’ Victim Receives $45,000 Settlement From NYC

1/21/2016 - Jada Pinkett Smith Responds to Janet Hubert's Oscar Video and Academy President’s Statement on Diversity

1/21/2016 - 17 Unsung Heroes of Black Lives Matter

1/21/2016 - More Than Half of Chicago Wants Him Gone, so Why Are Democrats Protecting Rahm Emanuel?

1/21/2016 - Playwright Lynn Nottage Exposes Racial Dynamic of the Eroding Middle Class

1/21/2016 - Dear Stacey Dash, You Are Fine. I Hate You.

1/20/2016 - Poisoned Water in Flint, Failing Schools in Detroit: How 1 Law Is Hurting Mich.

1/20/2016 - Texas Department of Public Safety Director: Escalation of Sandra Bland’s Traffic Stop Was Trooper’s Fault

1/20/2016 - Why Awards Like The Oscars Matter To Black Artists, Explained

1/20/2016 - Celebrating 15 Years of Finding Forrester

1/20/2016 - Stacey Dash: Black History Month, BET and NAACP Image Awards Shouldn’t Exist Because They’re Segregated

1/20/2016 - 11-Year-Old Girl Launches #1000BlackGirlBooks, a Book Drive Dedicated to Black Girl Characters in Books

1/20/2016 - Trial of NYC Police Officer Involved in Shooting Death of Akai Gurley to Begin Thursday

1/20/2016 - Sarah Palin’s Oldest Son Arrested; Reportedly Punched Girlfriend in the Face

1/20/2016 - Herman Cain: The ‘Trump Phenomenon’ Is Winning Over Black Women

1/20/2016 - Straight Outta Compton’s O’Shea Jackson Jr. on the Oscars’ Lack of Diversity: ‘We Just Gotta Get Back to the Drawing Boards’                    

1/20/2016 - Mos Def on Recent Arrest: ‘There Are Political Motivations Behind Why I’m Being Targeted in South Africa’

1/20/2016 - Tyler Perry’s Madea Is Going to Be Fending Off Ghosts in a New Madea Halloween Movie

1/20/2016 - George Clooney Agrees With the #OscarSoWhite Outcry, Says There Were Black Nominations ‘Left Off the Table’

1/20/2016 - Why Are Democrats Still Chasing White Voters When Brown and Black Is Where It’s At?

1/19/2016 - Watch: The Root Chats With Director Ryan Coogler at #MLKNow

1/19/2016 - How to Fix Will Smith’s Career

1/19/2016 - Idris Elba Scolds the Lack of Diversity in His Homeland: ‘I Had to Leave the UK to Get a Leading Role’

1/19/2016 - Supreme Court to Take on Obama’s Immigration Plan

1/19/2016 - Janet ‘Aunt Viv’ Hubert’s Video Rant Misses the Point About #OscarsSoWhite

1/19/2016 - Want to Make Hollywood Pay Attention to Diversity? Boycott the Box Office, Not the Oscars

1/19/2016 - African American Policy Forum Demands Justice for Holtzclaw Survivors

1/19/2016 - Neb. Man With ‘N-Word Obama’ Sign in Window Admits: ‘It Might Be a Little Racist’

1/19/2016 - Ask Agatha: My Girl And My BFF (Also A Woman) Don't Get Along. What Should I Do?

1/19/2016 - Introducing the Leaders of the New School: 6 Black Actresses Are Dubbed #GenerationNoir 

1/19/2016 - Minn. Cop Allegedly Urged Drivers to Run Over Black Lives Matter Protesters

1/19/2016 - Meek Mill, Big Sean and Sean Combs Rally to Get Entertainers to Donate to Flint, Mich., Water Crisis

1/19/2016 - Ride Along 2 Bumps Star Wars Out of the No. 1 Spot at the Box Office

1/19/2016 - Why I Will Never Spank My Daughter

1/19/2016 - How Come Nobody Talks About En Vogue Anymore?

1/19/2016 - Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Releases Statement About Oscars’ Lack of Diversity

1/19/2016 - Ky. Teen Dies in Police Custody; Family Left With Few Answers

1/19/2016 - Mother Thanks Ind. Target Cashier for Kindness; Facebook Post Goes Viral

1/19/2016 - Janet Hubert, Aunt Viv From Fresh Prince, to Jada Pinkett Smith on Oscar Boycott: ‘Does Will Smith Have a Mouth of His Own?’

1/19/2016 - Hannibal Buress Says He Didn’t Expect the Aftermath From Cosby ‘Rape Joke’

1/19/2016 - Barbershop: The Next Cut’s Newest Trailer Shows the Movie Isn’t All Laughs as It Looks at Chicago Gang Violence

1/19/2016 - Stop Treating Black People Like a One-Issue Voting Pony

1/19/2016 - Fighting Racism in the Age of Obama

1/19/2016 - The Deadening of Blackness in the Age of Obama

1/18/2016 - Two Students Frame Muslim Classmate in Bomb Hoax

1/18/2016 - Spike Lee Announces Oscar Boycott

1/18/2016 - Dear #AllLivesMatter Crew: Dr. King Would Have Thought You Were A Dickhead Too

1/18/2016 - Samuel Dubose’s Family Reaches Settlement of Wrongful Death Lawsuit

1/18/2016 - Jesse Jackson: Flint, Mich., Is a Crime Scene

1/18/2016 - Some Idiot Wrote A Couple Weeks Ago That Kanye West Might Suck At Music Now. Ha!

1/18/2016 - Top 3 Takeaways From the 4th Democratic Debate

1/18/2016 - GoFundMe Terminates Woman’s Campaign to Recoup Money Spent on Powerball Tickets

1/18/2016 - #ReclaimMLK: My Apology to the ‘Most Dangerous Negro’ in America

1/18/2016 - Clinton Backs Obamacare and Appeals to Black Voters in Final Debate Before Primaries

1/18/2016 - 30 Years of MLK Day: What We’ve Gained and What We’ve Lost 

1/18/2016 - Finding Your Roots: Shonda Rhimes, Maya Rudolph and Keenen Ivory Wayans Learn Shocking Facts About Their Families

1/18/2016 - A Call For African Americans to Join a Study on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

1/17/2016 - Jada Pinkett Smith on Oscars: Stop Chasing Others’ Recognition

1/17/2016 - Mom of Denver Broncos Wide Receiver Who Was Pardoned by Obama Will Attend Her 1st NFL Game

1/17/2016 - Dallas Morning News Cuts Community Pages and Lays Off Only Native Journalist

1/17/2016 - Homeless Man Saves Family From Fire 

1/17/2016 - Black Pastors Boycott Rahm Emanuel’s MLK Breakfast

1/17/2016 - Former Prosecutor Could Be Key to Cosby’s Defense

1/17/2016 - President Obama Approves Emergency Aid to Flint, Mich.

1/17/2016 - After Outrage, Publisher Pulls Happy-Slaves Children’s Book

1/17/2016 - I Went to Bikram Yoga and Here’s What Happened (Hint: It Was Horrible)

1/17/2016 - Stand With Her: Black Men as Anti-Rape Activists

1/16/2016 - FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Bank Robber Nabbed in Colo.

1/16/2016 - Ga. Doc Arrested After 12 Patients Overdose on Prescription Meds  

1/16/2016 - Almost 2 Dozen Confirmed Dead in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack

1/16/2016 - 23 Cops Called Before Laquan McDonald Federal Grand Jury

1/16/2016 - A Sweet Way to Take Your Cocktails to the Next Level

1/16/2016 - Where Are the Democrats as the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is Under Attack?

1/15/2016 - NYC Man Looking for Cop Who Gave Him a Lift to a Job Interview: ‘I Owe You Lunch’

1/15/2016 - Black Twitter Scolded Whole Foods for Telling People to Cook Collard Greens Like This

1/15/2016 - How to Fix That #OscarsStillSoWhite Problem

1/15/2016 - Jury in Trial of Baltimore Officer William Porter Was 1 Vote From Acquittal: Report 

1/15/2016 - How Come Nobody Cares About En Vogue Anymore?

1/15/2016 - Trinidad and Tobago Gymnast Creates New Move, Eyes Rio Olympics 

1/15/2016 - Texas Middle Schooler Who Had Asthma Attack Is Punished for Accepting Classmate’s Inhaler

1/15/2016 - Empire Renewed for 3rd Season

1/15/2016 - Videos of Cedrick Chatman Shooting Death Show Teen Was Fleeing, Lawyers Say

1/15/2016 - Mos Def Was Arrested in South Africa for Overstaying His Visitor’s Permit

1/15/2016 - Tichina Arnold Reportedly Sent a Mass Text to Friends and Family Blasting Her Husband for Cheating

1/15/2016 - NYC Gang-Rape Suspects Released as Investigation Continues

1/15/2016 - Rutina Wesley Cast in Ava DuVernay’s OWN Series, Queen Sugar  

1/15/2016 - Ice Cube on Straight Outta Compton Oscar Snubs: ‘I’m Not Surprised’

1/15/2016 - Kendrick Lamar Will Receive the Key to Compton  

1/15/2016 - Black Lives Matter in Germany, but Not the Way You Might Think  

1/15/2016 - The Impact of Absent Fathers on the Mental Health of Black Boys

1/15/2016 - Were My Black Texan Ancestors Free and Half-Blackfeet?

1/14/2016 - Critics Say Obama’s State of the Union Speech Didn’t Home In on the Black Lives Matter Movement 

1/14/2016 - Ala. Police Officer Who Partially Paralyzed Indian Grandfather Acquitted 

1/14/2016 - Ben Carson Finance Chair Quits Amid Questions About Use of Campaign Funds 

1/14/2016 - Report: Rihanna Is the Most Marketable Celebrity for Brand Endorsements

1/14/2016 - ‘Super Intoxicated’ Mont. Cop Pulled Gun on Asian Man He Called ‘an ISIS’ at Party 

1/14/2016 - #OscarsStillSoWhite ... but What Did You Expect?

1/14/2016 - NY Town Votes to Keep Seal That Appears to Show White Man Choking Native American

1/14/2016 - Police Examining Cellphone Footage in NYC Gang-Rape Case

1/14/2016 - They Say The Best Marriage Is When You Marry Your "Best Friend." I Think They're Wrong

1/14/2016 - DJ Khaled Is Taking Over Snapchat One ‘Major Key’ Alert at a Time

1/14/2016 - Watch: Adele Raps Nicki Minaj’s ‘Monster’ Verse Word for Word

1/14/2016 - Elle, You Just Don’t Understand #BlackGirlMagic

1/14/2016 - Not So Smart: Pa. Kidnapper-Robber Caught After Scheduling Follow-Up Meeting With Elderly Victim, Cops Say

1/14/2016 - Like Mother, Like Daughter: Lisa Bonet and Daughter Zoë Kravitz Appear in Calvin Klein Ads

1/14/2016 - Sidney Poitier to Receive British Film and Television’s Highest Honor at Film Awards  

1/14/2016 - Run-DMC Will Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Grammys

1/14/2016 - 5 Signs You’re About to Be Racially Fetishized

1/14/2016 - Do You Think Spanking Is an Acceptable Part of Our Culture, or Is It a Form of Child Abuse?

1/13/2016 - Black Girls Matter in Brownsville, Too

1/13/2016 - Ohio Students Claim Classmates Dress Up as KKK, Utter Racial Slurs

1/13/2016 - Nikki Haley Makes the Case for Old-School Racism

1/13/2016 - I'm Reading James Baldwin For The First Time And I'm Falling In Love With His Work

1/13/2016 - Sylvester Stallone Tweets This Apology to Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan

1/13/2016 - Former NFL Running Back Lawrence Phillips Found Dead in Prison

1/13/2016 - I’m Raising My Boyfriend’s Kids and He Refuses to Help in Any Way

1/13/2016 - Ore. Family Receives Handwritten Racial Death Threats

1/13/2016 - Kat Graham Will Play Jada Pinkett Smith in the Tupac Shakur Biopic

1/13/2016 - Watch: Taraji P. Henson and Tyrese’s Audition Tape for Baby Boy

1/13/2016 - 12-Year-Old Pa. Girl Shot Dead by Police Who Came to Enforce an Eviction Order

1/13/2016 - Do The Knowledge: An Atlanta Story About The Infamous North Avenue IHOP

1/13/2016 - Viola Davis and Taraji P. Henson Slay in Elle Magazine’s Women in TV Issue

1/13/2016 - The State of the Union Was Obama’s Exit Interview With the Nation

1/13/2016 - 4 People in NYC Arrested and Charged With Attempted Robbery of Undercover Cop, but Video Tells a Different Story

1/13/2016 - Journalists Take Aim at Sean Penn’s Interview With Drug Lord in Rolling Stone

1/13/2016 - Michelle Obama’s $2,095 State of the Union Dress Sells Out Fast

1/13/2016 - Exactly How Black Was President Obama's Final State Of The Union Address?

1/13/2016 - Mich. National Guard Deployed to Aid Flint’s Water Crisis

1/13/2016 - Ohio Father Mistakenly Shoots, Kills 14-Year-Old Son He Thought Was Intruder

1/13/2016 - The End Equals the Beginning: There Is No Black America, Says the President  

1/12/2016 - I’m Reading James Baldwin for the 1st Time as an Adult, and I’m in Love

1/12/2016 - Online Dating in the Age of Netflix and Chill

1/12/2016 - That $1.3 Billion Powerball Meme Went Viral Because People Suck At Reading (And Math Too. But Mostly Reading.)

1/12/2016 - Study: Doctors Have Less-Sympathetic Nonverbal Communication With Dying Black Patients

1/12/2016 - How David Bowie Inspired—and Was Inspired by—Black Artists

1/12/2016 - Kevin Hart Jokingly Recalls Saving Lady Gaga’s Life at the Golden Globes

1/12/2016 - 5th Suspect in NYC Gang Rape Is in Police Custody

1/12/2016 - NFL Player Devon Still Declares That His 5-Year-Old Daughter Leah Is Cancer-Free

1/12/2016 - Six Things I Hope President Obama Says At Tonight's SOTU Address

1/12/2016 - These Instagram Posts Reveal That 50 Cent Has Had It With the Way the Hollywood Machine Ignores Power 

1/12/2016 - Tonya Couch, Mom of ‘Affluenza’ Teen, Is Released From Jail

1/12/2016 - Ky. 8-Year-Old Shot and Killed by Neighbor in ‘Big Accident’

1/12/2016 - Look at Kendrick Lamar’s Big Smile When He Met the President

1/12/2016 - NYC Taxi Driver Fined After Refusing to Pick Up Al Roker

1/12/2016 - Ask Agatha: "Why Doesn't My Family Believe I Don't Want Kids?" And The Best Way To Approach Women

1/12/2016 - Sad Sack: How Redskins Quarterback RGIII Bows Out in Washington

1/12/2016 - DC: GRILLZ | Saturday, January 16 || Lit. District. | Tuesday, January 26th

1/12/2016 - GOP Rhetoric Makes 2016 the New 1964

1/12/2016 - Obama’s Final State of the Union: ‘I’m Out’

1/12/2016 - Rape Culture: Why Prison Rape Needs to Be a Part of the Discussion

1/12/2016 - Hillary Clinton Is Asked for an Example of Her White Privilege

1/12/2016 - Ohio Fugitive Hated Warrant Mug Shot, so He Sent Cops a Better Photo

1/12/2016 - Walking Dead Actress to Star as Afeni Shakur in Tupac Biopic

1/12/2016 - Creed Sequel May Hit Theaters in 2017

1/12/2016 - Lamar Odom Won’t Face Drug Charges After Brothel Overdose

1/11/2016 - Watch: 2016 Iowa Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum

1/11/2016 - Why I Would Never Marry My Best Friend 

1/11/2016 - How Black-ish Became the Blackest and Best Comedy on TV

1/11/2016 - Am I A Thief? Asking For A Friend

1/11/2016 - Watch: Kendrick Lamar Turns Up in a Promo Trailer for Black-ish

1/11/2016 - Sylvester Stallone Forgets to Thank Creed’s Director and Lead Actor

1/11/2016 - Ohio Judge Mocks Inmate in Poem About How He Soiled His Pants

1/11/2016 - Watch: Quentin Tarantino Says ‘Ghetto’ During Golden Globes Speech, but It’s Not a Slight Against Blacks

1/11/2016 - Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: Lady Luck Speaks

1/11/2016 - 4 Teens Accused of Gang-Raping 18-Year-Old at NYC Park Are in Police Custody

1/11/2016 - Freddie Gray Case: Baltimore Court Delays Trial of Caesar Goodson Jr., Officer With Most Severe Charges

1/11/2016 - Thanks, Obama.

1/11/2016 - ‘Affluenza’ Mom Complains About the Conditions of Her Texas Jail Cell

1/11/2016 - Ore. Militants: We Need Eggs, Cigarettes and ‘French Vanilla Creamer’ 

1/11/2016 - RZA Attempts to Clarify Recent Comments About Black People and Police Brutality

1/11/2016 - Kevin Durant Comes Through on Granting Fan’s Wish

1/11/2016 - Tiny Says She Was Caught Off Guard but Now Feels Good About Being Pregnant at 40 

1/11/2016 - David Bowie Dies of Cancer at 69

1/11/2016 - Taraji P. Henson Becomes 3rd Black Woman to Win Golden Globe for Best Actress in TV Drama

1/11/2016 - Denzel Washington Honored at Golden Globes With Cecil B. DeMille Award

1/11/2016 - Will Black Millennials Dance With the ‘Party of Our Parents’?

1/11/2016 - Top 5 Travel Destinations for 2016

1/10/2016 - Black Investigative Reporters on Why This Important Beat Remains a ‘White Male Crowd’

1/10/2016 - Eric Garner’s Widow: No Rest Until All Cops Involved in Husband’s Death Face Justice

1/10/2016 - Arson Suspected at House of SC Cop Who Killed Walter Scott

1/10/2016 - Canada Denies Refugee Status to African-American Man Who Fears US Police 

1/10/2016 - Baby? Yes. Ring? No. Has Parenthood Become More Appealing Than Marriage?

1/10/2016 - Baltimore Settles Sex-for-Repairs Lawsuit With Female Public Housing Tenants 

1/9/2016 - ‘El Chapo’ Allegedly Captured Because He Wanted to Make a Biopic

1/9/2016 - Muslim Woman in ‘Peace’ T-Shirt Kicked Out of Trump Rally 

1/9/2016 - Drake Violates NCAA Rules, Again, by Posing With Kentucky Wildcat Player

1/9/2016 - Md. Cop Sentenced to 5 Years for Putting Gun to Man’s Head Says Victim Should Apologize to Him

1/9/2016 - How a Racist System Has Poisoned the Water in Flint, Mich.

1/9/2016 - A Story of Perseverance: Hadiyah-Nicole Green Shares Her Path to a Million-Dollar Research Grant  

1/8/2016 - Whether or Not You Support Bill Cosby, You Have to Admit, His Attorney Monique Pressley Is Pretty Dope

1/8/2016 - Thanks, Obama

1/8/2016 - NYC Police Sgt. Stripped of Gun and Badge Following Internal Charges in Eric Garner Case

1/8/2016 - Philadelphia Officer Shot in ‘Attempted Assassination’

1/8/2016 - Beyoncé’s Creative Director, Frank Gatson, Says LaTavia and LeToya ‘Messed Up’ Destiny’s Child

1/8/2016 - Newly Released Audio Captures Fla. Woman’s Dying Words After She Was Forced From Hospital and Arrested

1/8/2016 - Amandla Stenberg: ‘As a Black Bisexual Woman, I’ve Been Through It, and It Hurts’

1/8/2016 - Kanye West Returns to GOOD Fridays Campaign and Releases New Music

1/8/2016 - Why I Kinda, Sorta Hate It When Black People Call Other Black People "King" And "Queen"

1/8/2016 - Christine Beatty Hopes Reality-TV Show Will Help Her Escape Shadow of Scandalous Affair With Detroit Mayor

1/8/2016 - NYC Teacher Claims She Was Fired Over Central Park Five Lessons

1/8/2016 - An Ode To Jaleesa Vinson: The Unsung Hero Of A Different World

1/8/2016 - Maine Governor Believes Guys Named ‘D-Money’ and ‘Shifty’ Are Bringing Heroin Into the State and Impregnating ‘Young White Women’

1/8/2016 - Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson Off the Wall Documentary Heads to Showtime

1/8/2016 - Ben Carson Embarrasses Elementary School Student at School Assembly 

1/8/2016 - NYC Dad Arrested, Charged With Murder in Death of Pregnant Daughter Found in Basement

1/8/2016 - In Defense of Breast-Feeding in Public: Hey, Wendy Williams, Breasts Are Not ‘Fun Bags’  

1/8/2016 - André 3000 Hints at New Music, Talks Working With Erykah Badu

1/8/2016 - Were My Ancestors in an Interracial Love Triangle?

1/7/2016 - Obama’s Proposed Gun Control Measures Would Not Have Stopped Recent Mass Shootings: Newswire

1/7/2016 - This Dad Has Seen How Brutal the Internet Battles Over Motherhood Can Get

1/7/2016 - BET Co-Founder Bob Johnson Is Engaged; Initially Proposed to His Fiancee on Their 1st Date 5 Years Ago 

1/7/2016 - Jan. 7, 2008: The Day Hillary Clinton Lost the Black Vote

1/7/2016 - MTV Caught Itself Shading Destiny’s Child Member Michelle Williams While Trying to Big-Up Michelle Obama

1/7/2016 - Ga. Prosecutor to Seek Murder Indictment for White Officer Who Killed Anthony Hill

1/7/2016 - This Mara Brock Akil Interview Begs the Question, Why Do Shonda Rhimes’ Casts Get More Accolades Than Akil’s?

1/7/2016 - I Can Live Without All This ‘Hashtag Activism’

1/7/2016 - Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time I Pretended To Be A High School Kid For A Story On Lady Luck

1/7/2016 - Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Saved My Life

1/7/2016 - George Zimmerman Bashes Obama for ‘Crocodile Tears’ on Gun Control 

1/7/2016 - Sister of Sandra Bland Calls Indictment of Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia ‘Bittersweet’

1/7/2016 - The Once Great NABJ Is Spiraling Down. Here's Why, And Here's How To Fix It

1/7/2016 - Homeless Man Took His Last $30 and Bet on Himself

1/7/2016 - Las Vegas Police Mistake Cellphone for Gun, Fatally Shoot Unarmed Man

1/7/2016 - #NewBlack Alert: Wu-Tang Clan Founder RZA Says Dressing Better Could Prevent Police Harassment and All Lives Matter, Which Is Why He Doesn’t Eat Meat

1/7/2016 - Camille Cosby Wins Emergency Motion to Delay Deposition

1/7/2016 - Literary Women Pay Homage to Zora Neale Hurston on Her 125th Birthday

1/7/2016 - Janet Jackson Responds to Health Rumors: ‘I Do Not Have Cancer’

1/7/2016 - Watch: This Baby Loves the Word ‘Donkey’

1/7/2016 - Lil Boosie Opens Up About Cancer Diagnosis in Interview

1/7/2016 - Actress Thandie Newton Calls Out Starbucks for Store Display of Black Child in Loincloth

1/7/2016 - 5 Things to Watch This 2016 Election Year

1/6/2016 - Janet Jackson Is Reportedly Undergoing Tests for Throat Cancer

1/6/2016 - Texas Trooper Who Arrested Sandra Bland Indicted on Perjury Charges 

1/6/2016 - Chicken Soup For The Fuck-Less Soul: 10 Great Books For Those Who Give No Fucks

1/6/2016 - Watch: Netflix Teases The Get Down, New Musical Series About Hip-Hop in the 1970s

1/6/2016 - Black Women Should Be Like Ayesha Curry? How Many Black Men Are Willing to Be Like Steph?

1/6/2016 - Pa. Councilman-Elect Prohibited From Taking Office Because of 1993 Felony 

1/6/2016 - Watch: 3 Things We Learn From the New Trailer of Toni Braxton’s Unbreak My Heart TV Biopic

1/6/2016 - Five Common Facebook Villains And How To Defeat Them

1/6/2016 - Freddie Gray Case: Baltimore Officer Caesar Goodson’s Trial Begins

1/6/2016 - Tuskegee University Scientist Wins $1,100,000 Cancer Research Grant

1/6/2016 - In Praise of Jaleesa Vinson, the Unsung Hero of A Different World

1/6/2016 - Ask Agatha: How To Hurt Someone Who Doesn't Give A Damn About You, And A Plan For Oprah's Money

1/6/2016 - No, Tyler Perry, People Don’t Dislike Your Work Because Your Characters Are Fat

1/6/2016 - Update: Ore. Standoff Leader Did Not Compare Armed Group’s Effort to Rosa Parks’

1/6/2016 - Black Ky. Judge Adds 60 Days to Man’s Jail Sentence for Yelling ‘Punk-Ass N--ger’ 

1/6/2016 - ‘Obama Wants Your Guns’: Ted Cruz Campaign Reacts to President’s Speech on Gun Control

1/6/2016 - Watch: Samuel L. Jackson Discusses Donald Trump Feud He Didn’t Know Existed  

1/6/2016 - A Mother Explains Why Her Daughters Were Happy to Receive Black Dolls for Christmas, Unlike the Girls Crying in Viral Video

1/6/2016 - VH1 Soul Is Now BET Soul, Will Offer Original Programming

1/6/2016 - Raven Taught Her: Whoopi Goldberg Says She’s American, Not African American  

1/6/2016 - Beyoncé’s Rep Says She’s Not Making a Movie About Saartjie Baartman  

1/5/2016 - Exploring the Double Standard: What if the Ore. Militants Were Black or Muslim?

1/5/2016 - African Boy Attacked by Chimps to Receive Reconstructive Surgery in NY

1/5/2016 - Watch: Idris Elba Explains Why Stringer Bell Was Such an Important Role 

1/5/2016 - President Obama Just Made Gun Control an Election Issue in 2016

1/5/2016 - Authorities Make Arrest in Fla. Mosque Vandalism

1/5/2016 - President Obama's Gun Control Tears Are The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week

1/5/2016 - Serena Williams: I Know I Get Flak for My Physique, but Curves Are In and I’m Happy

1/5/2016 - 5 Common Facebook Villains and How to Defeat Them

1/5/2016 - Report: ‘Affluenza’ Teen Spent $2,000 on Strippers and Alcohol in Mexican Bar; Mom to Appear Before Los Angeles Judge

1/5/2016 - Obama Announces Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence

1/5/2016 - ‘The Year We Mispronounce Back’ Takes Off as Black South Africans Shed Light on Their Reality by Butchering White Names

1/5/2016 - Chicago Pays $5,500,000 to 57 Victims of Police Torture

1/5/2016 - Does Kanye West Suck At Music Now?

1/5/2016 - Move Over, Patti Pies. Now There Are Patti Cakes

1/5/2016 - Dear VH1, The Breaks Was Dope, But You Played Me.

1/5/2016 - NC Pastor Calms, Disarms Man Who Brought Assault Rifle to Church 

1/5/2016 - Men, Want to Avoid Paying Child Support? Here Are 5 Tips to Help You Out  

1/5/2016 - Miss. Councilman Who Asked Residents to Throw Rocks at Cops Defends Comments

1/5/2016 - South African Chief Says Beyoncé Is ‘Not Worthy’ of Writing or Acting in a Movie About Saartjie Baartman

1/5/2016 - Ryan Coogler Will Direct Upcoming Black Panther Movie

1/5/2016 - 14-Year-Old Girl Says Tyga Sent Her ‘Uncomfortable’ Instagram Messages

1/5/2016 - Watch: Kanye West ‘Auditions’ for American Idol  

1/5/2016 - Don’t Blame Your Hysterectomy if He’s Not Happy

1/5/2016 - Finding Your Roots Returns to PBS With New Episodes

1/5/2016 - She Botched the George Zimmerman Trial, but Will Angela Corey Get Re-Elected in Fla.?

1/4/2016 - How #YallQaeda Is Nothing but a Big Bucket of Highly Armed White Tears, Explained

1/4/2016 - Your Confusing Relationship With Cliff Huxtable Doesn’t Justify Victim-Blaming

1/4/2016 - Future on Ciara and Custody Issues: ‘This Bitch Got Problems’

1/4/2016 - Vandal Trashes Fla. Mosque With Machete, Leaves Bacon Near Door

1/4/2016 - Bill Cosby’s Lawyer Claims the Comedian Is ‘Legally and Functionally Blind’

1/4/2016 - Atlanta’s Ron Clark Academy Founder Shows Off His Slick Dance Moves With Students  

1/4/2016 - Calif. Woman Confronts Starbucks Worker Who She Claims Stole Her Credit Card 

1/4/2016 - Photo of the Day: Jaden Smith Bucks Gender by Modeling in a Louis Vuitton Womenswear Campaign

1/4/2016 - Chris Brown Denies Accusation That He Assaulted a Woman in Las Vegas

1/4/2016 - Shitfishing: The Thing No One Tells You About Getting Older Because It Would Scare The Shit Out Of You

1/4/2016 - Obama to Discuss Possible Executive Action on Gun Violence With Attorney General Loretta Lynch

1/4/2016 - George Lucas Explains and Apologizes for Referring to Disney as ‘White Slavers’

1/4/2016 - Camille Cosby Ordered to Testify in Defamation Lawsuit Against Bill Cosby

1/4/2016 - #DearStuartScott: On the Anniversary of His Death, Scott’s Daughters Share Touching Video

1/4/2016 - Armed Ore. Militants Vow to Stay in Wildlife Center ‘for Years’; Sheriff Says They Want to Overthrow Government

1/4/2016 - ‘Sausage Scandal of 2014’ May Have Led to Vulgar Messages on Mich. Woman’s Pizza Receipt

1/4/2016 - Viral Instagram Prankster Learned Not to Prank Teyana Taylor Ever Again  

1/4/2016 - Twitter Names Crazy White Ore. Terrorists #YallQaeda and #VanillaIsis  

1/4/2016 - Idris Elba and David Oyelowo Make Queen’s Honors List

1/4/2016 - One Woman's Twitter Story About How She Put a White Coworker in His Place Goes Viral

1/4/2016 - Seeking Justice: 6 High-Profile Cases to Watch This Year

1/4/2016 - A Summary Of VSB's Very Good But Not Quite As Good As We Want It To Be Yet Year

1/3/2016 - Watch: Mall of America Security Guards’ Forceful Restraint of Black Teen Girl for Curfew Violation

1/3/2016 - A Media Circus Flanks Bill Cosby As He Faces Charges

1/3/2016 - Miss. Governor Wants Councilman Investigated for Possible Criminal Threat Against Cops 

1/3/2016 - Waist Training Is More Like a Waste of Time  

1/3/2016 - Samaria Rice Is ‘Mad as Hell’ Over the Grand Jury’s Failure to Indict Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice

1/3/2016 - Terrorist Recruitment Video Targeting African Americans, Muslims Uses Trump Comments

1/2/2016 - TCU Quarterback to Miss Bowl Game After Arrest for Bar Fight

1/2/2016 - Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Dead at 80

1/2/2016 - Kanye West Drops Surprise New Year’s Eve Track Dissing Bill Cosby

1/2/2016 - Philadelphia Mummers Parade Marred by Brownface, Anti-Gay Slurs

1/2/2016 - When White Girls Get Black Dolls for Christmas, Watch a Cycle of Bias Begin

1/1/2016 - Natalie Cole Dead at Age 65

1/1/2016 - My Ancestor’s Name and Race Changed in Census Records. Why?