3/31/2016 - Pittsburgh Anchor Got Fired for Essentially Pegging Young Black Men as Killers in Facebook Post

3/31/2016 - White Privilege Explained, With Help From Ex-News Anchor Who Lost Her Job Over a Racist Facebook Post

3/31/2016 - Brandy Is Suing Her Record Label, Says It Won’t Let Her Release New Music

3/31/2016 - 6 St. Louis Teens Charged with Robbery After Storming Apartment Armed with AK-47s

3/31/2016 - The Mint App Is An Unreasonably Petty And Penny-Pinching Ho

3/31/2016 - Forget Microsoft and Google! Student Turns Down Full-Time Job Offers to Focus on Black Dating App ‘Bae’

3/31/2016 - Halle Berry Makes Her Instagram Debut With This Sultry Photo

3/31/2016 - Underground Recap: Look, There’s a Smollett!

3/31/2016 - James Earl Jones Reveals How He Accidentally Learned He Had Diabetes 

3/31/2016 - Lead Levels in Flint, Mich., Kids’ Blood Could Rise in Summer Because of Soil

3/31/2016 - D’Angelo Russell Apologizes for Recording Nick Young

3/31/2016 - Chicago Police Union Hires Officer Charged With Murder in Laquan McDonald’s Shooting Death 

3/31/2016 - Empire Recap: Hakeem Takes the Throne

3/31/2016 - Watch: Anthony Hamilton Explains How to Be a Vulnerable Man on His New Album

3/31/2016 - Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time Faith Evans Had Faith In Me

3/31/2016 - Shades of Blue’s Hampton Fluker Says Big Things Will Happen During Season Finale

3/31/2016 - Watch: By Offering Hugs, a Group Proves That Some Trump Supporters Are Raging Lunatics

3/31/2016 - Chicago Man Who Once Posed as Cop as 8th-Grader Pleads Guilty to 3rd Charge of Impersonation

3/31/2016 - White Howard University Student Who Created #BlackWomenAreGorgeous Apologizes for Using N-Word in Old Tweets

3/31/2016 - Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade Become House Flippers in New HGTV Series

3/31/2016 - Whoopi Goldberg Launches Medical-Marijuana Products for Menstrual Cramps

3/31/2016 - A Black Environmental Group Joins Native Alaskans in Calling for Protections of the Arctic Refuge

3/31/2016 - The GOP Won the South, but It Will Lose the White House

3/30/2016 - Pittsburgh TV Anchor Fired After Racist Facebook Post

3/30/2016 - Coca-Cola Divests Significant Support From Republican National Convention

3/30/2016 - Thoughts On WTAE-TV Anchor Wendy Bell (The "White Privilege Turducken") Getting Fired Today

3/30/2016 - Voter Suppression: The Elephant (and Donkey) in the Room

3/30/2016 - On Kehlani, Nick Young, And Gender-Based Double Standards For Cheaters

3/30/2016 - Texas Woman Hides Tape Recorder in Her Hair During Surgery, Records Surgery Staff Making Rude Comments About Her: Report

3/30/2016 - Former Texas Cop Facing Murder Charge Accused of Excluding Details About Employment History 

3/30/2016 - Did I Get White Saviored #OrNah?

3/30/2016 - D’Angelo Russell Is an Idiot for Snitching on Nick Young With Secret Video

3/30/2016 - Prosecutor: Minn. Officers Who Fatally Shot Jamar Clark Will Not Face Criminal Charges

3/30/2016 - WTF Is Going On With Kehlani, Kyrie Irving, PartyNextDoor, And Chris Brown, Explained

3/30/2016 - NYPD Commissioner William Bratton Has ‘Strong Concerns’ About Controversial Arrest of Brooklyn Mail Carrier

3/30/2016 - D’Angelo Russell Secretly Recorded Teammate Nick Young Bragging About Cheating on Rapper Fiancee

3/30/2016 - Little Girl Crying Over President Obama’s Last Days in Office Met the President

3/30/2016 - Archaeologists Digging at Boston Childhood Home of Activist Malcolm X

3/30/2016 - NC University Investigating After White Officer Handcuffs Black Assault Victim

3/30/2016 - Katt Williams and Teen Charged With Disorderly Conduct in Playground Fight

3/30/2016 - Chris Brown Accuses R&B Singer of Attempting Suicide for Attention  

3/30/2016 - 11-Year-Old Lands Lemonade Contract With Whole Foods

3/30/2016 - Empire Is Back, but Do We Still Care?

3/30/2016 - 7 Reasons Why We Can’t Date if You Don’t Vote

3/30/2016 - The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Mark Fuhrman Caught on Tape

3/29/2016 - Microsoft Donates $1,000,000 to National Museum of African American History and Culture

3/29/2016 - San Francisco State University Launches Investigation of Black Student Confronting White Student With Dreadlocks

3/29/2016 - Ways Slavery Wasn't Really All That Bad, At Least According To (Some) White People

3/29/2016 - 13 Detroit Principals Charged in Bribe and Kickback Scheme  

3/29/2016 - 7 Charged in Connection With Killing of Ga. Lottery Winner 

3/29/2016 - Miss. Woman Arrested for Wanting to Join Islamic State Group to Plead Guilty 

3/29/2016 - 10 Thoughts I Had While Watching 'The Art of Organized Noize' Documentary

3/29/2016 - Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Shooting of 15-Year-Old at DC Metro Station 

3/29/2016 - Indecline Founder Speaks Out About Viral ‘Black Lives Matter’ Hollywood Walk of Fame Video

3/29/2016 - The Mint App Is Like That Penny-Pinching Aunt Who Doesn’t Let You Have Any Fun

3/29/2016 - Everything We Know About the Alleged US Capitol Shooter

3/29/2016 - Ask Agatha: Things "Aint Shit" People Say And What To Do When Your BF's Friend Hits On You

3/29/2016 - Actor Wentworth Miller Responds to Meme Criticizing His Weight

3/29/2016 - Watch: This Kid Ran Onto the Basketball Court to Hug Carmelo Anthony

3/29/2016 - Watch: This Video Shows You How to Cut Vegetables With a Pick

3/29/2016 - Fans Create Petition to Honor Phife Dawg by Renaming NYC Street ‘A Tribe Called Quest Boulevard’

3/29/2016 - Chicago Teen Who Spoke Out Against Gun Violence Shot, Critically Wounded

3/29/2016 - Fla. Teen, 15, Fatally Shot After Shooting Armed Guard With BB Gun

3/29/2016 - Can Billy Dee Williams Save Colt 45? Probably Not

3/29/2016 - After Violent Attack, India Must Address Anti-Black Racism

3/29/2016 - Clinton? Trump? How About Neither? It’s Time to Blow the Whistle on Presidential Politics

3/28/2016 - We Don’t Have to Wait for the General Election to See the Harmful Effects of Voter-ID Laws—They’re Already Happening

3/28/2016 - 200 of Silicon Valley’s Diverse Executives and Influencers Meet to Highlight Inclusion-Driven Innovation

3/28/2016 - White House, US Capitol on Lockdown After Officer Shot in Visitors Area 

3/28/2016 - Postal Worker Calls for Disciplinary Action After Controversial NYPD Arrest

3/28/2016 - Tenn. Man Arrested After Bringing Assault Rifle, Handgun to Church Easter Service

3/28/2016 - National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Bill Cosby Exhibit Outrages Accusers

3/28/2016 - Hero: Ala. 10-Year-Old Grabs Wheel, Brings Truck to Stop After Driver Suffers Diabetic Seizure

3/28/2016 - My Facebook Is Really Black

3/28/2016 - Teen Fatally Shot at DC Metro Station 

3/28/2016 - Soul on Ice: A Black Man Goes to His 1st Hockey Game

3/28/2016 - Fuck This Entire Election Cycle

3/28/2016 - Sean Combs Launches Harlem Charter School; Educator Steve Perry to Oversee

3/28/2016 - Pakistan Bombing: At Least 69 Dead, 341 Injured in Suicide Blast Targeting Christians on Easter Sunday

3/28/2016 - T.I. and Tiny Welcome Baby Girl

3/28/2016 - Texas College Student, 24, Surprises Grandparents by Paying Off Their Mortgage

3/28/2016 - Busta Rhymes Pens Moving Tribute to Phife Dawg

3/28/2016 - Hollywood Walk of Fame Receives Black Lives Matter Makeover

3/28/2016 - Motherwit: Onnie Lee Logan’s 4 Decades as a Midwife in Ala.  

3/28/2016 - Enter @Wingstop and The Root’s #Smoke9 $50 Gift Card Giveaway  

3/27/2016 - ‘Everything Was Wrong’ in Coverage of Native Child Custody Case

3/27/2016 - Watch: NYC Police Officers Bind Man’s Hands and Feet, Throw Him in Body Bag

3/27/2016 - Kadeem Hardison and Jasmine Guy of A Different World Reunite On-Screen

3/27/2016 - Watch: Don Lemon Goes Off on Omarosa for Skirting Donald Trump Question

3/27/2016 - Bernie Sanders Takes Wash., Hawaii, Alaska

3/27/2016 - An Opera for a Jazz Virtuoso: The Apollo Theater Honors Charlie Parker

3/26/2016 - Tyler Perry Slams Ga. Anti-Gay Bill

3/26/2016 - Chris Christie Demands Return of Assata Shakur From Cuba (Again)

3/26/2016 - Alicia Keys to Join The Voice as Coach

3/26/2016 - Order of Black Nuns in Harlem Celebrates 100 Years

3/26/2016 - 3 Black Congresswomen Create 1st Caucus on Black Women and Girls

3/26/2016 - How Race, Economics Affect Treatment of Adult Sickle Cell Anemia

3/26/2016 - As a Playwright, Danai Gurira Gives Voice to African Women

3/25/2016 - Why a Black Person Would Support Trump, Explained

3/25/2016 - Duke’s Grayson Allen and Coach K Appear to Be Really Sore Losers

3/25/2016 - Gospel Artist Israel Houghton Says He Didn’t Cheat on Estranged Wife With Adrienne Bailon

3/25/2016 - How Social Media Turned Microsoft’s Teen Chatbot, ‘Tay,’ Into a Nazi-Loving Racist in Less Than a Day

3/25/2016 - Michael Jordan’s Rep Denies Rapper N.O.R.E.’s Claim That M.J. Dissed Rap Music

3/25/2016 - Ga. Police Arrest 9 People After Brawl Leaves Teen Dead

3/25/2016 - Yes, My Ex and I Broke Up, but Did He Have to Ignore My Child’s Calls?

3/25/2016 - JetBlue Flight Attendant Who Surrendered After Ditching 70 Pounds of Cocaine Makes Court Appearance

3/25/2016 - The White Person's Guide To Surviving A Terrorist Attack

3/25/2016 - NoVo Foundation Announces $90,000,000 Investment in Young Women of Color in US

3/25/2016 - Wendy Williams and The Real Nab Daytime Emmy Nominations

3/25/2016 - Scandal Recap: High Jinks on the Campaign Trail

3/25/2016 - Family’s Portrait of Education Goes Viral

3/25/2016 - Boxer Adrien Broner Accused of Violent Robbery; Warrant Issued for His Arrest

3/25/2016 - Former Ole Miss Student Pleads Guilty to Tying Noose on Statue of 1st Black Student 

3/25/2016 - Sesame Street Actor David Smyrl Dead at 80

3/25/2016 - Tracy Morgan Says He Contemplated Suicide After Surviving Tragic Accident

3/25/2016 - Kevin Hart to Publish Memoir

3/25/2016 - Watch: Tracee ‘T-Murda’ Ellis Ross and Regina Hall Rap to ‘Jumpman’

3/25/2016 - Madame Tussauds Unveils Stephen Curry Wax Figure

3/25/2016 - Dear Black Men, Please Go to the Damn Doctor

3/25/2016 - Did My Black American Ancestor Fight Under Custer?

3/25/2016 - ‘Calm’ May Not Fit Country’s Mood, but It’s Obama’s Only Choice

3/24/2016 - Media Blasts Ted Cruz’s Suggestion to Monitor Muslim Neighborhoods Following the Brussels Attacks

3/24/2016 - 22 Killed in Nigerian Mosque Bombing 

3/24/2016 - In Search of the Church of Trump

3/24/2016 - Cardi B's New Mixtape...Isn't As Bad As You Thought It Would Be (It's Actually...Good)

3/24/2016 - Photo of Coffee Shop Workers Praying With Recent Widow Goes Viral

3/24/2016 - Chicago Teen Charged in Accidental Shooting of 14-Year-Old Girl

3/24/2016 - CoverGirl Releases a Makeup Collection Inspired by the Ladies of Empire

3/24/2016 - Watch: The View Hosts Tear Into Ben Carson for Endorsing Donald Trump

3/24/2016 - Kelly Rowland Describes All the Times Makeup Artists Botched Her Chocolate Face 

3/24/2016 - Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time Ex-Drug Kingpin Frank Lucas Wanted To Marry Me

3/24/2016 - 2 Calif. High School Students Charged With Hate Crime After Vandalizing Latino Coach’s Car

3/24/2016 - Loretta Devine Says Waiting to Exhale Sequel May Still Be in the Works

3/24/2016 - Katt Williams: I Punched Kid Because He Threatened Me During Soccer Game

3/24/2016 - Morehouse Senior, Originally From Zimbabwe, Selected as 2016 International Rhodes Scholar 

3/24/2016 - To Black Men Who've Survived Sexual Assault: We Must Speak

3/24/2016 - Ronda Rousey’s Great-Grandfather Was Dr. Alfred E. Waddell, One of North America’s 1st Black Physicians

3/24/2016 - Did the Rams Only Draft Openly Gay Player Michael Sam to Avoid HBO’s Hard Knocks?

3/24/2016 - Amandla Stenberg to Star in Black Lives Matter Young-Adult Novel Film Adaptation

3/24/2016 - Prosecutor Recommends No Jail Time for Cop Who Fatally Shot Akai Gurley

3/24/2016 - Watch: President Obama Dances the Tango During State Dinner in Argentina

3/24/2016 - Flight Attendant Who Ran From LAX Airport, Leaving Behind Gucci Shoes and 70 Pounds of Cocaine, Surrenders

3/24/2016 - Underground Recap: ‘The Lord’s Day’ or Finding the Right Moment to Run  

3/24/2016 - 23 Black Political Pundits You Should Know

3/24/2016 - Obama Legacy: A First Lady Like No Other  

3/23/2016 - The Caucasian’s Guide to Living Under a Terrorist Threat

3/23/2016 - To Black Men Who Have Survived Sexual Assault: We Have to Speak Up

3/23/2016 - Wis. Teenager Who Thought She Had the Flu Gives Birth to Baby in Toilet

3/23/2016 - Watch: Ga. Weather Man Weaves Phife Dawg’s Lyrics Into His Traffic Report to Pay Respect

3/23/2016 - Why "Well-Meaning" White People Like WTAE-TV's Wendy Bell, The White Privilege Turducken, Are The Worst

3/23/2016 - Watch: Larry Wilmore Found Some Black Donald Trump Supporters to Interview

3/23/2016 - 9 Rikers Island Guards to Go on Trial for Brutal Beating of Inmate

3/23/2016 - The Most Dope, Tribed-Out Social Media Reactions to Phife Dawg’s Passing

3/23/2016 - Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Laquan McDonald Wants to Skip Court Appearances

3/23/2016 - Tracee Ellis Ross Reveals What She Did to Gain Self-Acceptance

3/23/2016 - Watch: 4 Cops Forcefully Arrest NYC Mail Carrier After They Almost Hit Him With Unmarked Car

3/23/2016 - Man Accused of Slashing Woman’s Neck Because She’s White Is Charged With Hate Crime

3/23/2016 - NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo Unharmed After Terrorist Attack at Brussels Airport

3/23/2016 - Investigatory Task Force Finds Mich. Government ‘Fundamentally Accountable’ for Flint’s Water-Contamination Crisis

3/23/2016 - Darren Sharper Likely to Serve 15-20 Years in Prison for Rape

3/23/2016 - Homeland and the Brussels Attacks: When Life and Art Imitate Each Other

3/23/2016 - I'm Buggin' Out: RIP To The Five Foot Assassin, Phife Dawg, My Favorite Underdog

3/23/2016 - Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed and Naked Teen Is Fired by Austin, Texas, Police Department

3/23/2016 - Men in Easter Bunny Brawl Caught on Camera Make 1st Court Appearance

3/23/2016 - Unsung Hollywood: Before Empire, Fox Had New York Undercover, the Original Hip-Hop Drama

3/23/2016 - NYC Man Sentenced for Assaulting Woman Who Didn’t Thank Him for Holding Door Open

3/23/2016 - Howard Students Demand Better Treatment for Victims of Sexual Assault 

3/23/2016 - Caption This Vine of President and First Lady at Baseball Game in Cuba

3/23/2016 - Katt Williams Fought Someone His Own Size and Got Beat Up by a Kid

3/23/2016 - A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg Dead at 45

3/23/2016 - The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: We, the Jury ... Have Had Enough of This Mess

3/22/2016 - New Film by Gina Prince-Bythewood, Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Is Based on Novel by Roxane Gay

3/22/2016 - Former Nixon Aide Claims ‘War on Drugs’ Invented to Suppress Black People

3/22/2016 - Cuban President Insinuates That Cuba Has No Political Prisoners

3/22/2016 - Artistic Depictions Of Jesus, Ranked

3/22/2016 - New Orleans Teen Aces Popeyes Job Interview After Foiling Attempted Robbery

3/22/2016 - Chicago Man Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison for Providing Niece With Gun in Fatal Shooting of Girl, 14

3/22/2016 - I Think My Facebook Is Too Black

3/22/2016 - Malia Obama Is Practicing Her Spanish as She Translates for President During Historic Cuba Trip

3/22/2016 - Kim Fields Quits The Real Housewives of Atlanta

3/22/2016 - Watch: Mizzou Students’ Short Film Concerned Student 1950, About Campus Protests and Racism

3/22/2016 - Did Bill Clinton Attack President Obama’s ‘Awful Legacy’?

3/22/2016 - Community Mourns 3 Houston Teens Killed in Car Crash

3/22/2016 - Yaaas, Watch the Trailer for the Unsung Episode of New York Undercover

3/22/2016 - Embattled Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Dead at 46

3/22/2016 - Cardi B’s Mixtape Is ... Kinda Not That Bad

3/22/2016 - Help

3/22/2016 - The 10 Most Important Black Memes Of All-Time

3/22/2016 - At Least 31 People Killed in Brussels Terror Attacks; Security Increased in Major US Cities

3/22/2016 - Here’s What Could Happen if You Accidentally Text Someone With News About Your New Baby

3/22/2016 - Watch: Kirk Franklin Proves There’s Nothing Wrong With Milly Rocking for Jesus

3/22/2016 - Ga. Mall Kicks Disabled Boy, 5, Out of Play Area

3/22/2016 - There’s a Sam Cooke Biopic Coming, but It May Not Be Authorized by His Estate

3/22/2016 - SC Boy, 11, Dies Playing Online Pass-Out Game, Mother Says

3/22/2016 - Brandy Norwood Fan Styled a Doll That Looks Exactly Like the Singer

3/22/2016 - 10 Female Artists of Color on the Rise

3/22/2016 - Afro-Cuban Issues Must Be Part of the Dialogue in Cuba

3/22/2016 - NeNe Was Here: Take a Trip to Drama With These 6 RHOA Vacation Spots

3/22/2016 - Contact Us

3/21/2016 - Why Conservatives Are So Upset About President Obama's Photo In Front Of A Che Guevara Mural, Explained

3/21/2016 - The 10 Most Important Black Memes of All Time

3/21/2016 - The Definition, Danger and Disease of Respectability Politics, Explained

3/21/2016 - #MCM: Hustle Man From Martin—His Work Ethic Was Unparalleled

3/21/2016 - Texas Police Officer Caught on Camera Pepper-Spraying Handcuffed Man Inside Police Van

3/21/2016 - Kevin Hart Tweets Google, Asking It to Remove His Photo From a Search of ‘Bill Cosby’s Net Worth’

3/21/2016 - Ind. Mom of 5 Gunned Down in Front of Her Home

3/21/2016 - That Night Stevie Wonder Showed Up At Liv In DC

3/21/2016 - DC Teen’s Google Doodle Honoring African-American Culture Is Talk of Internet

3/21/2016 - Chicago Mom Outraged After Daughter, 6, Placed in Handcuffs for Taking Candy

3/21/2016 - Va. Mother of 4, Reportedly Holding Fake Gun, Killed by Police

3/21/2016 - Twitter Is Drooling Over Beyoncé’s Cousin in the Blue Dress

3/21/2016 - Twitter User Captures Video of Easter Bunny Fight in NJ Mall 

3/21/2016 - The Whitman College Coach With A Different Dap For Each Player Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen This Week

3/21/2016 - Obama Welcomed in Cuba During 2-Day Historic Trip 

3/21/2016 - Filmmaker Nate Parker Launches School Dedicated to Film and Drama at Texas HBCU Wiley College

3/21/2016 - Ad Agency CEO Out After Claims of Rape and Talk of ‘Apes’

3/21/2016 - Fla. Man Arrested on Charges He Stole BMW He Initially Tried to Buy Using EBT Card 

3/21/2016 - 1 Dead, 4 Injured in Fla. Spring Break Party Shooting

3/21/2016 - Maybe You Shouldn’t Use Social Media to Put Your Former or Current Employer on Blast

3/21/2016 - Gabby Douglas Wins 2nd Straight Competition of Olympic Year

3/21/2016 - Director of Nina Simone Documentary Says Zoe Saldana Film Is ‘Ugly and Inaccurate’

3/21/2016 - Serena Williams Loses at Indian Wells and Responds to Event CEO’s Sexist Comments

3/21/2016 - How NASA’s Katherine Johnson Had the Right Stuff to Win the Space Race

3/20/2016 - Talib Kweli Calls Gene Simmons of Kiss Out of His Name Over Hip-Hop

3/20/2016 - Famed Civil Rights Photographer Dies at 85

3/20/2016 - Va. Church Awards $2,100,000 to HBCU Students

3/20/2016 - Thousands Protest Donald Trump in NYC; Protesters Stop Traffic in Ariz.

3/20/2016 - Obama in Cuba: A Step Into History

3/20/2016 - With Iron Fist, Marvel and Netflix Make a White Man Lord of the Urban Jungle

3/19/2016 - Cuba Gooding Jr. Says He Wept Uncontrollably on The People v. OJ Simpson Set

3/19/2016 - ‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender Teen

3/19/2016 - Prince Will Release a Memoir in 2017

3/19/2016 - Baltimore Ravens’ Tray Walker Dies in Dirt Bike Accident

3/19/2016 - Michelle Obama Is Dope. These Pictures Explain Why 

3/19/2016 - Ever Had a Dream but No Idea How to Make It Happen? Harriette Cole Wants to Help

3/19/2016 - The Story Behind President Obama’s Cuba Policy

3/18/2016 - 2 Ky. Juvenile-Detention Staffers Indicted on Misconduct in Death of Gynnya McMillen 

3/18/2016 - Texas Man Who Raped Girls and Infected Them With HIV Sentenced to Life in Prison

3/18/2016 - Gayle King Shuts Down Rumors That Oprah and Tyler Perry Are Feuding

3/18/2016 - GRILLZ | Saturday, March 19th!

3/18/2016 - Student at Exclusive Sidwell Friends School in DC Reports on Campus Rape by Ex-Boyfriend

3/18/2016 - Zoë Kravitz: Black People Can Act; Stop Asking Us to Play the ‘Best Friend’ or a Caricature of Ourselves

3/18/2016 - No Hope, No Change: The GOP Buries Its Own Autopsy

3/18/2016 - ‘As Healthy and Beautiful as Ever’: Jahi McMath’s Family Posts New Photo of Teen Declared Brain-Dead 2 Years Ago

3/18/2016 - On the Closing of Bohemian Caverns and the Void It Leaves in DC

3/18/2016 - Ashanti Is Grilled With Sexual Questions by Her Stalker, Who’s Representing Himself 

3/18/2016 - Will and Jada Pinkett Smith Donate $30,000 to NYU Film School

3/18/2016 - Why The Flats Are The Best Part Of Chicken Wings (Yes, Better Than The Drums), Explained

3/18/2016 - Scandal Recap: A Billionaire Runs for President. Sound Familiar?

3/18/2016 - FBI Investigating Death of Va. Man Who Died While Handcuffed in Police Custody

3/18/2016 - #ByeAnita: Change the Prosecutor, Change How the Police Are Policed

3/18/2016 - Pa. High School Football Coach Resigns Amid ‘No Gay Thursday’ Hazing 

3/18/2016 - 50 Cent to Star in New Variety Series for A&E    

3/18/2016 - Universal Admits to Whitewashing Trailers for Straight Outta Compton

3/18/2016 - Baylor’s Taurean Prince Gives the Perfect Answer to a Reporter’s Stupid Question

3/18/2016 - Seeking the Origins of a Pioneering Desegregationist

3/18/2016 - Is DeRay Mckesson the Change-Maker Baltimore Needs?

3/17/2016 - News Outlets Agree That Obama’s Pick for Supreme Court Justice Should Be Considered Accordingly

3/17/2016 - Rihanna Reportedly Acquired the Masters to All Her Previous Recordings 

3/17/2016 - 13 Times Trump or His Supporters Got Ugly at His Events

3/17/2016 - Boston English Teacher Asks Black Student, ‘What’s Up, My N--ger?’ During Lesson on Huckleberry Finn

3/17/2016 - 35 Types of Post-Racial Racism

3/17/2016 - Watch: Man’s Apology Song to Judge and His Victims Before Sentencing Goes Viral

3/17/2016 - Seven Remarkably Simple-Ass And Cheap-Ass Tips For Men Having Trouble Meeting Women

3/17/2016 - Toronto Dad With Albinism Forced Off Bus After Someone Told Police He Abducted His Son

3/17/2016 - Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot 16-Year-Old Is Charged With Murder 

3/17/2016 - Gay Ga. Couple Severely Burned After Mother’s Boyfriend Throws Boiling Water on Them

3/17/2016 - BET Founder Robert L. Johnson on Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone: ‘Who’s to Decide When You’re Black Enough?’

3/17/2016 - #BlackDontCrack: Naomi Campbell’s Mother Slays at 64

3/17/2016 - Meagan Good Says Some Christians Can Be Backward When It Comes to Judging Her Clothes

3/17/2016 - Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time I Asked Ja Rule's Wife About His Affair With Karrine Steffans

3/17/2016 - Michelle Obama on Running for President: ‘No, Nope, Not Going to Do It’

3/17/2016 - Jussie Smollett Says His Family Would Beat Lyon Family in a Fight

3/17/2016 - Black Girl Who Punches White Girl for Calling Her the N-Word Becomes a Meme

3/17/2016 - 5 NC Deputies Suspended After Assault at Trump Rally 

3/17/2016 - Toronto Server Sent Home Because Her Natural Hair Wouldn’t Lie Down

3/17/2016 - When Life Imitates Art: Shonda Rhimes Says the Elections Are Imitating the Zany Stuff Writers Develop for Scandal

3/17/2016 - Watch: Oprah’s New Series, Greenleaf, About a Megachurch Family 

3/17/2016 - 5 Theories on Why President Obama Made the White Choice for the Supreme Court  

3/17/2016 - Questlove’s New Jam: Throwing Cool Dinner Parties With Celebrity Chefs and Writing a Book on Food

3/17/2016 - Whether You’re #TeamNaked or #TeamClothed, It’s Time to Stop Arguing Over What Women Wear

3/17/2016 - HBCU Students at SXSW Dispel Myths That Blacks Aren’t Interested in Tech 

3/16/2016 - The Deets on Mariah Carey’s New Reality Show 

3/16/2016 - At SXSW, Michelle Obama Revealed the Spark That Inspired Her to Help Empower Girls Around the World

3/16/2016 - How to Deal With Unconscious Bias in the Tech Industry

3/16/2016 - Donald Trump: He Was Made in America

3/16/2016 - GOP Debate Cancellation Triggered By Trump Pullout

3/16/2016 - Press

3/16/2016 - Advertise on The Root

3/16/2016 - Ga. Teacher Who Told Student Her Purpose Was to Have Sex and Babies ‘Because You Ain’t Never Gonna Be Smart’ Resigns

3/16/2016 - Mich. High School Students Suspended for Posting Racist Photos Online

3/16/2016 - Nicki Minaj Explains Why Her Relationship With Meek Mill Works 

3/16/2016 - By Nominating Merrick Garland, President Obama Is Trolling Republicans The Way Parents Troll Kids

3/16/2016 - Michelle Obama Enlists Missy Elliott, Janelle Monáe, Zendaya for New Song ‘This Is for My Girls’

3/16/2016 - Amber Rose: People Are OK With Beyoncé’s Half-Nakedness but Trash Me and Kim

3/16/2016 - Daryl Coley, Gospel Singer and Minister, Dies at 60

3/16/2016 - All He Does Is Not Win: Rubio Drops Out, and 3 Other Surprises From Super Tuesday 2

3/16/2016 - President Obama Picks Merrick Garland as Supreme Court Nominee 

3/16/2016 - Watch: Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson in New Central Intelligence Trailer

3/16/2016 - Prosecutors in Police Shootings of Laquan McDonald and Tamir Rice Voted Out 

3/16/2016 - Cheap-Ass Travel-Related Things I'm Just Too Damn Old To Continue Doing

3/16/2016 - Former Subway Spokesman Jared Fogle Beaten in Prison Attack

3/16/2016 - Bernie Mac’s Widow Discusses Final Moments of His Life

3/16/2016 - Watch: Motivational Speaker Gets Real With High School Students Who Keep Interrupting Him

3/16/2016 - Clinton Sweeps 4 States, Kasich Wins Ohio, Rubio Drops Out, Trump Is Still the Talk of the Night

3/16/2016 - Cuteness Overload: Riley Curry Sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to Her Daddy

3/16/2016 - Basketball Player Kawhi Leonard Isn’t Wasting a Penny of His $94,000,000 Contract

3/16/2016 - Watch: 107-Year-Old Virginia McLaurin Dances With the Harlem Globetrotters

3/16/2016 - The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: It Doesn’t Fit

3/16/2016 - Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles Are ‘Sisters’ in Competition

3/15/2016 - Ben Carson Endorsed Donald Trump for a Job, Which Is One of the Blackest Things He’s Ever Done

3/15/2016 - If Media Were More Diverse, They Would Call Out Trump’s Racism and Xenophobia More Readily

3/15/2016 - 4 Things I Refuse to Do While Going on Vacation

3/15/2016 - Why Some Men Are So Damn Upset About Ciara’s Relationship With Russell Wilson, Explained

3/15/2016 - A 4th-Grader Shouldn’t Have Her Blackness Questioned

3/15/2016 - Iowa Man Who Wears Surgical Mask Because He’s ‘Allergic to Black People’ Charged With Hate Crime

3/15/2016 - Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Ken Burns Discuss How Race and Class Are Still America’s Fault Line

3/15/2016 - Jaden Smith: ‘I Don’t See Man Clothes and Woman Clothes’

3/15/2016 - Homeless NH Man Who Won Lawsuit Against Cops Is Found Dead in Cell

3/15/2016 - Super Tuesday 2: Donald Trump Prepares to Burn GOP to the Ground

3/15/2016 - San Bernardino, Calif., 12-Year-Old Killed in Hail of Gunfire While Walking to Convenience Store 

3/15/2016 - Ben Carson Endorsed Trump For A Job Hook-Up, Which Reminds Us Ben Carson Is Black As Fuck

3/15/2016 - Somali Teen Shot by Utah Police Awakes From Coma

3/15/2016 - Kerry Washington Lays Out Her Strategy for Knocking Down Those Marital-Discord Rumors

3/15/2016 - To the New York Post Columnist Offended by Willow and Jaden Smith

3/15/2016 - Watch: T.I. Records a Stern Video Message for Donald Trump

3/15/2016 - Ask Agatha: "I'll Be A Dad Soon, And I'm Worried About What Type Of Dad I'll Be"

3/15/2016 - To the Men Who Are Hating on Ciara for Getting Engaged: Get Over It 

3/15/2016 - This Father-Daughter Duo Will Give You Hair Envy

3/15/2016 - Report: Md. Cop Was Killed by Friendly Fire in Ambush; Shooter’s Brothers Filmed Attack

3/15/2016 - Zendaya Coleman Strikes Back at Comedienne Who Accused Her of Having Eating Disorder

3/15/2016 - Watch: ‘You’re Going to Live!’ Moment Teen Learns He’s Going to Receive a Heart Transplant

3/15/2016 - Rihanna Will Be Honored at This Year’s Black Girls Rock! Award Show

3/15/2016 - Watch: President Obama Assists Lin-Manuel Miranda With His Freestyle in the Rose Garden

3/15/2016 - If You Don’t Love Our Kids, Stay Out of Our Schools

3/14/2016 - Obama: My Daughters Have a Tall, Gorgeous Mom With Curves That Their Father Appreciates

3/14/2016 - 10 Things Elise Neal Looks Like Today, On Her 50th (!!!) Birthday

3/14/2016 - Michelle Obama Stuns in Photo Shoot for Verge’s 3-D Interview

3/14/2016 - Former SC Trooper Pleads Guilty to Shooting Unarmed Man Who Was Reaching for License

3/14/2016 - Wrongly Convicted NC Man Found Dead in Car

3/14/2016 - How To Talk To Kanye Stans About Kanye. Because We All Have To.

3/14/2016 - Tisha Campbell-Martin Reveals How ‘That Ain’t No Damn Puppy’ Episode of Martin Came to Be

3/14/2016 - Humans of New York Founder in Open Letter: Donald Trump ‘Encouraged Prejudice and Violence’

3/14/2016 - Man Fatally Shot by Houston Police After Allegedly Ripping Down Road Sign, Charging at Officers 

3/14/2016 - Watch: Syncopated Ladies Tap Dancing Troupe Goes Viral With ‘Formation’ Routine

3/14/2016 - Dear White People: Donald Trump Is Happening Because You're Scared Of Black People, So Don't Be!

3/14/2016 - Watch: Dascha Polanco and Charlamagne Debate Whether Dominicans Are Black, Too

3/14/2016 - Report: Police Aren’t Charged in 96 Percent of Civil Rights Complaints 

3/14/2016 - Stacey Dash on Donald Trump: He’s Not Violent, He’s Just ‘Street’

3/14/2016 - Donnell Rawlings’ Cigarette Break Turns Into Brawl Amid Accusations of a Dine and Dash  

3/14/2016 - Md. Officer Killed in ‘Unprovoked Attack’; 2 Suspects in Custody

3/14/2016 - Need to Remove Racial Bias in Hiring for Tech Jobs? There’s an App for That

3/14/2016 - Lisa Raye Admits She Got Stacey Dash Fired From Single Ladies

3/14/2016 - Reporter Questioned the Price of Malia and Sasha Obama’s State-Dinner Dresses; Black Twitter Questioned Her Sanity  

3/14/2016 - Father of Slain 9-Year-Old Chicago Boy Charged With Shooting 3 People

3/14/2016 - John Legend Schools Donald Trump Jr. on His Father’s Racism

3/14/2016 - Queen of the Courts: How Ora Washington Helped Philly ‘Forget the Depression’ 

3/13/2016 - Ugliness Among Trump Fans Spreads to Journalists

3/13/2016 - Kerry Washington at SXSW: We Wouldn’t Have Had a 2nd Season of Scandal Without Social Media

3/13/2016 - Attack at Ivory Coast Resort Leaves 12 Dead, More Wounded

3/13/2016 - Digitalundivided Launches BIG Innovation Center in Atlanta for Black and Latina Women in Tech

3/13/2016 - 9-Year-Old NYC Girl Youngest to Ever Publish Chapter Book

3/13/2016 - Watch: Ben Carson Manhandled at Donald Trump Rally on SNL

3/13/2016 - Muslim-American Olympian Asked to Remove Her Hijab at SXSW

3/13/2016 - If ‘Thick Thighs Save Lives,’ Why Are You Fat-Shaming Women? 5 Reasons You Should Stop

3/12/2016 - Bowie State to Offer 1st Minor in Hip-Hop Studies

3/12/2016 - Los Angeles Celebrates Native Daughter Octavia Butler

3/12/2016 - Was That Mr. T at Nancy Reagan’s Funeral? Sho Nuff

3/12/2016 - President Obama Down to 3 Finalists for Supreme Court: Report 

3/12/2016 - Donald Trump Cancels Chicago Rally Because of Protests; Black Twitter Is Thrilled

3/12/2016 - How I Found Inner Peace Through Ballet

3/12/2016 - How a Woman’s Startup Is Helping Sow Seeds for Kids’ Financial Future

3/12/2016 - Who Murdered My Aunt in 1920s Detroit?

3/12/2016 - 100 Years of Perpetual Occupation: Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy in Haiti

3/11/2016 - Watch: Donald Trump Cancels Rally in Chicago After Supporters and Protesters Clash

3/11/2016 - Ciara And Russell Wilson Are Engaged Now And I Have 10 Important Thoughts About What This Means

3/11/2016 - Obama at SXSW: Tech Isn’t Just About the Next Cool Thing; It’s About Creating Opportunity

3/11/2016 - ‘Post-Racial’ Racism, Explained

3/11/2016 - Trump Supporter Who Punched Black Man at NC Rally: ‘Next Time We Might Have to Kill Him’

3/11/2016 - Trump Watch: St. Louis Rally Turns Ugly as Protesters and Supporters Face Off

3/11/2016 - Baltimore Mayoral Debate Lacked Fireworks, but Not Candidates

3/11/2016 - Russell Wilson Proposes to Ciara

3/11/2016 - Texas School Assembly on Rape and Domestic Violence Goes Awry After Speaker Tells Girls She Wouldn’t Feel Bad if They Were Raped

3/11/2016 - Chicago Board of Ed Seeking $65,000,000 From Former District Superintendent Barbara Byrd-Bennett

3/11/2016 - Black Stereotypes in White Hollywood: Leslie Jones’ Ghostbusters Controversy More Complicated Than Meets the Eye

3/11/2016 - Minneapolis NAACP Calling for Action After Lynching Photo Found in Joe’s Crab Shack Table

3/11/2016 - Watch: The Women of ShondaLand Make a Bold Video Endorsing Hillary Clinton

3/11/2016 - Zootopia: Yes, Disney Made a Movie About White Supremacy and the War on Drugs

3/11/2016 - Beyoncé on Her Biggest Hero, Proudest Moment and the Book She Wants Her Young Fans to Read

3/11/2016 - Why I'm Over The Carefree Black Girl Label

3/11/2016 - Tisha Campbell-Martin Finally Reveals What Tommy Did for a Living on Martin

3/11/2016 - IHOP Waiter in NYC Charged With Giving Away $3,000 in Soft Drinks; Says He’s the Modern-Day Robin Hood

3/11/2016 - Dancing The Blues Away: How Ballet Became My Therapy

3/11/2016 - Scandal Recap: The Fish Rots From the Head

3/11/2016 - Malia and Sasha Obama Attend Their 1st State Dinner; President Says ‘They Grow Up Too Fast’

3/11/2016 - Ala. Honor Roll Student, 7, Faced Suspension Over Part in Haircut 

3/11/2016 - Why I’m Over the ‘Carefree Black Girl’ Label

3/11/2016 - Calif. Dad Outraged at Racist Comments During High School Girls Basketball Game 

3/11/2016 - GOP Donors Pushing for an Independent Candidate to Stop Trump, and You Won’t Believe Who It Is

3/11/2016 - 2nd Annual Truth Awards Honors African Americans in the LGBTQ Community

3/11/2016 - Gospel Singer James Fortune Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Wife

3/11/2016 - Chris Brown Urges Donald Trump Protesters to Defend Themselves at Rallies

3/11/2016 - 2 Former Los Angeles Gang Rivals Created a Catering Business

3/10/2016 - 6 Killed—Including a Pregnant Woman—in a Backyard Massacre Near Pittsburgh

3/10/2016 - 2 Black Reporters Describe Their Experiences at Major Conservative Conference

3/10/2016 - Ben Carson to Endorse Donald Trump: Report

3/10/2016 - Ammon Bundy and Crew Face New Federal Charges After Armed Occupation in Ore. 

3/10/2016 - How to Talk About Kanye With Kanye Stans 

3/10/2016 - Here’s Why Iyanla Vanzant Says She’ll Never Marry Again After 3 Divorces

3/10/2016 - Armed Man Tries to Rob Taxi in Pa. With Police Car Behind Him

3/10/2016 - Biggie’s Childhood Friend Pens Revealing Facebook Post About the Brooklyn MC

3/10/2016 - Trump Watch: Video Catches Donald Trump Supporter Sucker Punching Black Protester at NC Rally

3/10/2016 - 5 Reasons We Should Be Celebrating Harriet Tubman Every Day

3/10/2016 - 5 Ways Black People Will Benefit From a Trump Presidency

3/10/2016 - Charlamagne: Donald Trump Bumper Sticker Is New Confederate Flag

3/10/2016 - Discrimination Linked to High Stress Levels, Poor Health: Study 

3/10/2016 - Video: Brawl Breaks Out After 2 Women Reportedly Tried to Turn Spirit Airlines Flight Into Soul Plane

3/10/2016 - Is Hillary Clinton a ‘Natural Politician’? 3 Things We Learned During Univision’s Democratic Debate

3/10/2016 - Wilkinsburg, The Side Of America's "Most Livable City" Pittsburgh Doesn't Want You To See

3/10/2016 - Johnny Gill and New Edition Release New Video, ‘This One’s for Me and You’

3/10/2016 - Wis. Woman Sought in Shooting Death of Pregnant Woman and Unborn Child in Dispute Over Loud Music

3/10/2016 - Spike Lee’s Upcoming Short Film Will Focus on Mizzou Campus Protests

3/10/2016 - Gabby Douglas’ Oxygen TV Series Premieres in May

3/10/2016 - 50 Cent Reaches Bankruptcy Deal With Creditors

3/10/2016 - Photo of Baltimore Teen Praying Over Homeless Man Goes Viral

3/10/2016 - 7 Music Festivals You Must Attend This Year

3/10/2016 - Review: 9 Short Stories in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

3/10/2016 - Meet 15 Black Tech Innovators Who Are Bringing Diversity to South by Southwest 

3/9/2016 - The Gay Agenda, Explained

3/9/2016 - Rubio and Cruz Opposed the Violence Against Women Act, so Voters Must Oppose Their Candidacy

3/9/2016 - Media Call Out Republican Maya Angelou Haters in Congress

3/9/2016 - Katt Williams Arrested for 2nd Time in 8 Days

3/9/2016 - Jeremy ‘#PrisonBae’ Meeks Is Now a Free Man

3/9/2016 - 6 Feel-Good Moments From Christopher George Latore Wallace 

3/9/2016 - The Increasingly Inane And Problematic Obsession With Ayesha Curry, Explained

3/9/2016 - Why Teaching Computer Science to Students of Color Is Vital to the Future of Our Nation

3/9/2016 - 2 Baltimore Officers Charged After 1 Caught on Video Smacking Teen

3/9/2016 - People Are Petitioning for Fetty Wap to Perform ‘Trap Queen’ at Nancy Reagan’s Funeral

3/9/2016 - President Obama Headed to South by Southwest; Will Skip Nancy Reagan’s Funeral

3/9/2016 - ‘Whites Only’ Texas Cemetery Reverses Decision After Denying Widow Place to Bury her Hispanic Husband’s Ashes

3/9/2016 - Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time I Learned The Legend Of Biggie's Belt

3/9/2016 - Pa. Mom Wanted by Police in Cyberbullying of Teen Son’s Ex-Girlfriend

3/9/2016 - Accused Serial Killer Charged With 5 New Counts of Murder

3/9/2016 - Univision and the Washington Post Host Democratic Presidential Debate Tonight

3/9/2016 - 50 Cent Says He Flaunts Fake Cash in Social Media Photos to Keep Up His Image

3/9/2016 - Q-Tip Named Kennedy Center’s 1st Artistic Director for Hip-Hop Culture

3/9/2016 - Vogue Spain Declares ‘Black Is Beautiful’ With Black Cover Model Rocking Cornrows

3/9/2016 - Serena Williams Comments on Maria Sharapova’s Failed Drug Test

3/9/2016 - Jurnee Smollett-Bell Gets Deep About Underground, a Slave Narrative That Will Make You Proud to Be Black

3/9/2016 - The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Poor Marcia Clark Can’t Catch a Break

3/9/2016 - President Obama Didn't Create Donald Trump; the People Who Hate Obama Did

3/8/2016 - Loretta Lynch Asks to Be Withdrawn From Supreme Court Consideration

3/8/2016 - White House: President Obama in Tip-Top Shape

3/8/2016 - Maybe Black People Aren't Feeling Bernie Sanders Because We're Tired Of People Saying We Should Be

3/8/2016 - Justice Department Won’t File Charges Against NYC Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Teen

3/8/2016 - Chanel Names Willow Smith Its Newest Brand Ambassadress

3/8/2016 - Watch: Common Surprises Compton, Calif., Youth Choir During Performance of ‘Glory’

3/8/2016 - Suspected Gunman Charged in Execution-Style Murder of 9-Year-Old Tyshawn Lee 

3/8/2016 - It's Official, Love & Hip Hop New York Made Me A Fan of Papoose

3/8/2016 - Baltimore Officer William Porter Must Testify Against Colleagues in Freddie Gray Case, Court Rules 

3/8/2016 - Ohio Cop Fired After Commenting That BLM Activist MarShawn McCarrel II’s Suicide Was ‘Happy Ending’

3/8/2016 - Naked Woman Dancing Atop Big Rig Shuts Down Houston Traffic

3/8/2016 - Ask Agatha: "Help! I'm Dating A One Minute Man!" And Why You Should Never Date A DJ

3/8/2016 - Bernie Sanders’ ‘Ghetto’ Gaffe Gave Clinton Supporters the Ammunition They Needed

3/8/2016 - Ga. Teacher to Student: ‘Your Purpose’ Is to ‘Have Sex and Have Children Because You Ain’t Gonna Never Be Smart’: Report

3/8/2016 - Flint Residents File Lawsuit Against Mich. Government Over Contaminated Water

3/8/2016 - Janelle Monáe Joins Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer in Hidden Figures

3/8/2016 - India.Arie Calls Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone ‘Tone-Deaf Casting’

3/8/2016 - Watch: High School Janitor Performs Sam Cooke Song With School Orchestra

3/8/2016 - Free of Prison, Shaka Senghor Looks Back on a Life of Violence, Trauma and Child Abuse

3/8/2016 - The Other N-Word: To Germans, There’s Something Familiar About Donald Trump

3/7/2016 - Maria Sharapova Must've Had Some Shitty Drugs If They Made Her Lose To Serena 18 Straight Times

3/7/2016 - Missionary From Okla. Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing Kenyan Orphans

3/7/2016 - Watch: Cincinnati Man Slammed Into Wall and Arrested for ‘Jaywalking’

3/7/2016 - Watch: Kerry Washington as Anita Hill in Confirmation Trailer

3/7/2016 - 10 Types Of Black-On-Black Crime Black People Need To Stop Committing

3/7/2016 - Colin Powell Slams GOP Candidates for ‘Junior High School Tricks’ and ‘Belittling’ the Country

3/7/2016 - Los Angeles Rams Running Back Tre Mason Tased During Weekend Arrest

3/7/2016 - Sterling K. Brown on Playing Christopher Darden, the Man We Called ‘Uncle Tom’ for Trying to Take Down O.J.

3/7/2016 - Jada Pinkett Smith Responds to How Chris Rock Came for Her at the Oscars

3/7/2016 - BET Honors 2016, a Celebration of Black Excellence: Lee Daniels, Patti LaBelle, Eric Holder Jr. and More

3/7/2016 - I Just Can't Stop Eating Food That's Bad For Me (Because It's So Damn Good!)

3/7/2016 - Photo Showing 3 Pa. High School Students Dressed as KKK Resurfaces on Web

3/7/2016 - PTA Queen Beyoncé Reportedly Performed at a Benefit Gala Hosted by Blue Ivy’s Grade School

3/7/2016 - Ebony Celebrates Team Thickums on Its March Cover 

3/7/2016 - 2 Injured in Shooting During Air Jordan Sneaker Release in Minn.

3/7/2016 - Ona Judge Staines: She Challenged George Washington and Won Her Freedom      

3/7/2016 - While I Don’t Ever Want to Go to Prison, if I Did, I Would Want a Papoose in My Life

3/6/2016 - The Movement for Black Lives Has Literally Forged a New Media Landscape

3/6/2016 - Nancy Reagan Dead at 94

3/6/2016 - The Somali Child Sex Trafficking Ring That Wasn’t

3/6/2016 - Election 2016 Super Saturday Recap

3/6/2016 - Gymnast Gabby Douglas Clinches Gold at the American Cup

3/6/2016 - They’ve Done the Time but Are Still Paying for the Crime

3/6/2016 - Mavis Staples Tells Her Own Story in HBO Doc

3/5/2016 - Va. 7th-Grader Told to Cut His Locks if He Wanted to Stay in School

3/5/2016 - Did Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes Get Hitched? 

3/5/2016 - Police Sources: Knife Found on O.J. Simpson Property Inconsistent With Murders

3/5/2016 - LAPD Disproportionately Shoots Blacks and the Mentally Ill: Report

3/5/2016 - Medgar Evers’ Brother Endorses Donald Trump for President

3/5/2016 - Hotep, Explained

3/5/2016 - Stop Lying. If Donald Trump Wins the Presidency, You Aren’t Moving Anywhere

3/4/2016 - Ex-Ala. Trooper Accused of Raping Woman in Cruiser Gets 6 Months in Plea Deal

3/4/2016 - Does a 19th-Century Census Record Prove My Interracial Ancestry?

3/4/2016 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner: Why Vitriol Toward Cosby, but Less Toward Woody Allen and Stephen Collins?

3/4/2016 - Baltimore Shooting Suspect Identified

3/4/2016 - Here’s Your Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving the ‘KKW Signature Braid’

3/4/2016 - Ohio Police to Person Who Lost Drug Baggie: We Feel ‘Horrible for Your Loss’

3/4/2016 - When Will I Realize ‘2-Piece and a Biscuit’ Is Not My Friend?

3/4/2016 - An Open Letter To Everybody Involved in the Creation of Rihanna's "Higher"

3/4/2016 - SC Toddler Calls 911 for Help Getting Dressed

3/4/2016 - Knife Reportedly Recovered From Former O.J. Simpson Property Being Tested by LAPD

3/4/2016 - 5-Year-Old Celebrity Kid Produced Song on Kendrick Lamar’s New Surprise Album 

3/4/2016 - That Rihanna Reign Just Won’t Let Up: Deets on Her Shoe Deal With Manolo Blahnik 

3/4/2016 - DC Family Did Not Recognize Grandmother in Casket Because of Funeral Makeup and Lighting

3/4/2016 - Dear White People: Here's 10 Ways To Tell If A Black Person Actually Likes You

3/4/2016 - 911 Audio: Gym Employee About Seahawks Player Kam Chancellor: ‘I Know There Used to Be a Lot of Heroin Addicts Around Here’ 

3/4/2016 - Watch: Michael Jackson Impersonator Does Spot-On Impression of Late Singer

3/4/2016 - Report: New Orleans Woman Charged With Rape of Younger Male Relative

3/4/2016 - Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Autopsy Results Revealed

3/4/2016 - Lawyer for Teen in False NYC Park Rape Case Speaks Out 

3/4/2016 - Gladys Knight Serenades Officer During Traffic Stop

3/4/2016 - BET’s Founder Defends Zoe Saldana’s Role in Nina Simone Biopic

3/4/2016 - ABC Renews Entire ShondaLand TGIT Lineup, Black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat

3/4/2016 - Can a Radical Black Movement Find a Place in the Democratic Party?

3/3/2016 - President Obama Reveals His Family Will Stay in DC After He Leaves Office

3/3/2016 - Expectant Miss. Mother Includes Late Husband in Family Photo Shoot

3/3/2016 - Oakland Tribune, Once a Model of Newsroom Diversity, Is Folding 

3/3/2016 - Confrontation vs. Conversation: Yelling at Hillary Won’t Get You an Answer, but It Will Get You a Response

3/3/2016 - Join The Root in Celebrating #BlackHistoryForever

3/3/2016 - Will Smith and Bad Boys Producer Have Reportedly Put Things in Motion for the Trilogy

3/3/2016 - Fla. Teen Who Posed as Doctor Arrested Again

3/3/2016 - There Isn’t a Black Female Scientist in the Ghostbusters Reboot, and People Aren’t Happy

3/3/2016 - The Red or the Blue Pill? When Black Voters Refuse to Get High on Political Promises

3/3/2016 - Fla. Basketball Cop Surprises Kids With Brand-New Basketball Court

3/3/2016 - This Empire Actor Reportedly Wants Out of the Show

3/3/2016 - Brother Accused of Fatally Shooting Ohio Pastor Pleads Not Guilty

3/3/2016 - Dear Black Men: Black Women Always (Always!) Show Up To Events. Why Don't You?

3/3/2016 - An Open Letter to Melissa Harris-Perry From a Grateful Student

3/3/2016 - Venus Williams Says Serena Encouraged Her to Return to Tournament After Racist Experience

3/3/2016 - Seattle Seahawks Kam Chancellor Wanted to Buy a Gym and Gym Employees Called the Cops on Him 

3/3/2016 - Why Successful Black Men in Brazil Won’t Marry Black Women

3/3/2016 - Aliya S. King's True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time Sean "Puffy" Combs Made Me Hate Him

3/3/2016 - Ala. Officer Charged With Murder in Death of Unarmed Black Man

3/3/2016 - Texas Officer Who Arrested Sandra Bland Is Finally Fired

3/3/2016 - Dustin Hoffman Says the Oscars Have Always Been Racist and They’re a Reflection of Society

3/3/2016 - Black Couple Upset Over Description Written on IHOP Receipt

3/3/2016 - Sherri Shepherd Loses Appeal in Court Battle Over Child Born via Surrogate

3/3/2016 - Nina Simone’s Estate Claps Back at Zoe Saldana on Twitter

3/3/2016 - President Obama and the First Lady Will Give Keynotes at SXSW

3/2/2016 - How Ashley Hicks of Black Girls Run! Is Literally Running It

3/2/2016 - Where Are the Men?

3/2/2016 - An Open Letter to Everybody Involved in the Creation of Rihanna’s ‘Higher’

3/2/2016 - Watch: Tyrese Tsk-Tsks Chris Rock for Dissing Jada Pinkett Smith

3/2/2016 - Jesse Matthew Jr. Convicted of Murdering 2 Va. College Students

3/2/2016 - Where Chris Rock Went Wrong in His Oscars Monologue

3/2/2016 - Trump Watch: White Supremacist Given Press Credentials and Interview With Donald Trump Jr.

3/2/2016 - Ben Carson Tells Supporters There Is No ‘Path Forward’ After Trouble-Ridden Campaign

3/2/2016 - Melissa Harris-Perry Just Showed What It Means To Give No Fucks About What White People Think

3/2/2016 - Why People Are Upset That Zoe Saldana Is Playing Nina Simone, Explained

3/2/2016 - Jazz Singer Sarah Vaughan Is Being Honored With a Postage Stamp

3/2/2016 - Baltimore City School Officials Investigating Video Showing Cop Slapping Young Man 

3/2/2016 - Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Case Is Put on Hold

3/2/2016 - DC Family Says Grandmother’s Body Is Missing After Finding Another Woman in Her Casket

3/2/2016 - Read Melissa Harris-Perry’s No-Holds-Barred Tweets Ethering Her Old Employer MSNBC 

3/2/2016 - 11 Actresses Who Could Play Nina Simone Without Blackface

3/2/2016 - Trump Surge or Revolt? Black Voter Turnout Skyrockets in Ga., Va. GOP Primaries

3/2/2016 - An Ode To Ben Carson: Our Favorite Gifted-Handed Clusterfuck

3/2/2016 - The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Johnnie Cochran Gets Inside Christopher Darden’s Head

3/2/2016 - Trump Watch: Young Black Woman Assaulted at Ky. Rally

3/2/2016 - San Antonio Officer Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Man Suspended Indefinitely

3/2/2016 - Obama Meets With Republican Leaders Over Scalia’s Supreme Court Seat

3/2/2016 - After More Than a Century, Madam C.J. Walker’s Hair Products Are Back

3/1/2016 - Super Tuesday Results: Clinton Sweeps the South Plus Mass.; Sanders Takes Colo., Vt., Okla. and Minn.

3/1/2016 - People Who Watch Public TV Are Browner Than You Think

3/1/2016 - Nina, Starring Zoe Saldana, Finally Has a Release Date, and Folks Are None Too Happy

3/1/2016 - Congressional Republicans Vote Against Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou

3/1/2016 - Zoe Saldana As Nina Simone Is What Happens When Diversity Doesn't

3/1/2016 - J.J. Reddick Says He’s Sick of the ‘White Duke Villain Myth,’ but He Should Consider This Angle 

3/1/2016 - Darrell Wallace Jr. Continues to Pave New Roads in NASCAR

3/1/2016 - Symone Sanders Differs From Bernie Sanders in Almost Every Way—Except in Name and Politics

3/1/2016 - 4 Miss. Men Ordered to Pay $840,000 for Brutal, Racially Charged Killing of Black Man 

3/1/2016 - Louis Farrakhan on Donald Trump: ‘I Like What I’m Looking At’

3/1/2016 - Police Shooting in Utah Triggers Protests

3/1/2016 - Louis Farrakhan Admires...Donald Trump (And Yes, This Is A Real Thing That Really, Actually Happened)

3/1/2016 - NC Man Shot 7 Times While Running Away from Police, Mother Says 

3/1/2016 - Model Ajak Deng Recants Her Retirement, Says She’ll Fight Colorism War for ‘Black Girls Like Me’

3/1/2016 - Angela Bassett Reveals the Iconic and Historically Significant Role She Wants to Play

3/1/2016 - Thank You, Ben Carson

3/1/2016 - Watch: Ciara Visits Students in Nigeria and Masters the Country’s Dances During Her Show

3/1/2016 - Texas Man Accused of Screaming ‘F--k the N--gers’ While Shooting at Campaign Office of Black Candidate for Sheriff

3/1/2016 - Ask Agatha: "Unrealistic" Dating Standards And When She's Just Not That Into You

3/1/2016 - Public Enemy Members Take Issue With Oscars’ Use of ‘Fight the Power’

3/1/2016 - Russell Wilson Launches Clothing Line

3/1/2016 - Family of Ala. Man Fatally Shot by Cop Outside His Home Wants Answers

3/1/2016 - Katt Williams Arrested, Charged With Punching Pool-Supply Store Employee

3/1/2016 - Army Sgt. Accused of Killing Wife and Va. Cop Working Her 1st Shift

3/1/2016 - Delonte West Is on the Road to Recovery in New Treatment Facility: Report

3/1/2016 - How Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Tristan Walker Turned a Close Shave Into a Booming Business

3/1/2016 - Bernie vs. Hillary: Who’s Better for Black Voters? 

3/1/2016 - Trump Watch: CBS CEO Thinks Bigot Is Good for Ratings and Ad Money

3/1/2016 - ‘It’s About Revolution’: Underground Gets Real About Escaping Slavery