5/31/2016 - Why People Have So Many Dumb Opinions About What Happened With Harambe the Gorilla, Explained

5/31/2016 - 5 Texas Teens Face Charges After Reportedly Confessing to Spray-Painting ‘Whites Only’ Over School Drinking Fountain

5/31/2016 - Columbia University Student Nayla Kidd Is Courageous, Not Selfish or Crazy

5/31/2016 - Parents of 4-Year-Old Boy Who Fell Into Gorilla Habitat Are Under Media Scrutiny

5/31/2016 - Bronx, NY, Man Charged With Fatally Beating Man Who Allegedly Tried to Rape His Wife

5/31/2016 - On Harambe, Worst Case Scenarios, And Being Judgmental When The Rainbow Isn't Enough

5/31/2016 - How To Get Jay Z To Stop Threatening Us With New Music

5/31/2016 - Ill. Woman Charged for Firing Warning Shots After Gunman Fatally Shot Fiance

5/31/2016 - Body of Ariz. Woman Who Went Missing After Date Found; Suspect in Custody

5/31/2016 - Chinese Company Apologizes for Racist Detergent Commercial

5/31/2016 - Rapper Maino’s Girlfriend Plans to Sue NYPD and Irving Plaza After T.I. Concert Shooting

5/31/2016 - Angry About Paying a Speeding Ticket? Pay It in Pennies Like This Dude

5/31/2016 - Snoop Dogg on Roots Miniseries: ‘When You All Going to Make a ... Series About the Success Black Folks Is Having?’

5/30/2016 - 11 Summer Must-Reads for Young Readers

5/30/2016 - Black Don’t Crack, but You Can Still Get Skin Cancer

5/30/2016 - Madonna Claps Back at BET for Its Dig After Her Prince Tribute

5/30/2016 - Native American Activist and Prisoner Leonard Peltier Asks Obama for Clemency

5/30/2016 - Things Your Bitch Ass Better Not Do At A Memorial Day Cookout Today

5/30/2016 - No, Big Boi, Maple Syrup Cannot Cure Cancer—and Yes, You Sound Like a Sexist

5/30/2016 - Missing Ivy League Student Tells Why She ‘Disappeared’

5/29/2016 - Where Do Black People Stand on NC’s Transgender Bathroom Debate? Depends on Who You Ask

5/29/2016 - TV Review: Did We Really Need a Roots Remake? No, but ...

5/29/2016 - Watch: Chilling Video Combines Trump Rhetoric With ’60s-Era Lunch Counter Protests

5/29/2016 - Lack of Diversity Faulted in Daniel Holtzclaw Story Disaster

5/29/2016 - Endangered Gorilla Killed After Boy Falls Into Pen at Cincinnati Zoo

5/29/2016 - Ghana to Ban Skin-Bleaching Products in August

5/29/2016 - Top NFL Draft Pick Eli Apple’s Mom Snags Gig at ESPN

5/29/2016 - NBA Star Bryce Dejean-Jones Reportedly Killed for Entering Wrong Home

5/28/2016 - Red States Aren’t That Red for Trump, Thanks to Latinos

5/28/2016 - Don’t Know Malachi Kirby? He’s About to Become a Household Name for His Searing Portrayal of Kunta Kinte in Roots

5/28/2016 - Kerry Washington: Not Only Are #OscarsSoWhite, but So Is Every Industry

5/28/2016 - LeBron James Goes to His 6th Straight NBA Final

5/28/2016 - Ex-NFL Player Ricky Williams to Open Weed-Based Gym

5/28/2016 - Watch: It’s All About Bossing, Branding and Building When You’re Young, Fabulous and Female in NYC

5/28/2016 - Former Deputy White House Counsel Cassandra Butts Dies at 50

5/28/2016 - Anika Noni Rose on How She Came to Play the Powerful Role of Kizzy in the Roots Reboot

5/27/2016 - Why #AllGritsMatter

5/27/2016 - Who Will Cover This Racialized Presidential Campaign?

5/27/2016 - Will I Attend Your Memorial Day Cookout, Or Nah? (A Flowchart)

5/27/2016 - Arrest Made in the Fatal Shooting of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Aide Carey Gabay

5/27/2016 - La.’s ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bill Signed Into Law

5/27/2016 - Murder Suspect Leads Authorities to Mutilated, Partial Remains of US Air Force Vet Tricia Todd

5/27/2016 - Classmates Pay for Teen’s Mom to Fly From Nigeria to Baltimore to Attend His Graduation

5/27/2016 - Is It Cultural Appropriation? I’ll Be the Judge of That

5/27/2016 - Celebrating Being Young, Fabulous and Female in NYC

5/27/2016 - 10 Randomly Specific Things Specific To Blackness That Always Tickle The Hell Out Of Me

5/27/2016 - Move Over, Jeremy Meeks; the Internet Has Found a New #PrisonBae

5/27/2016 - A Sanders-vs.-Trump Debate Is a Horrible Idea, Unless You Want Trump in the White House

5/27/2016 - Tenn. Mom Who Was Set to Testify Against Suspect in Shooting That Left Her Daughter, 2, Paralyzed Is Found Dead

5/27/2016 - Watch: Bernie Sanders Enters Rally to DMX’s ‘Where the Hood At?’

5/27/2016 - Watch: Erykah Badu and Kids Sing ‘High Hopes’; Random Driver Joins In

5/27/2016 - If NYC Top Cop Bill Bratton Wants to Discuss ‘Thugs,’ He Should Start With the NYPD

5/27/2016 - Former College Football Player Really Wants to Play for the Patriots

5/27/2016 - Music Teacher’s Commitment to Helping Others Catches the World’s Attention

5/27/2016 - Rapper Troy Ave Arrested in NYC Concert Shooting

5/27/2016 - This Harvard Grad’s Spoken-Word Speech Will Blow You Away

5/26/2016 - Roots, Past and Present: A Look Back at the Original Cast and a Sneak Peek at the New Stars

5/26/2016 - The Lynching of My Husband’s Ancestor Shocked a Nation

5/26/2016 - How to Stop Jay Z From Threatening Us With New Music

5/26/2016 - Donald Trump Clinches GOP Nomination

5/26/2016 - Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5, Episode 8 Recap

5/26/2016 - Calif. Father, Accused of Setting House Fire That Killed 5-Year-Old Son, Surrenders to Police

5/26/2016 - Watch: Misty Copeland Bedazzles the World and Offers Food for Thought

5/26/2016 - If You Ever Wanted to Complain About #BlackSalonProblems, Today Is the Day

5/26/2016 - When To Stop Online Dating And Embrace Becoming An Occasionally Slutty Cat Lady Auntie

5/26/2016 - Watch: Commercial for Detergent Aired on Chinese TV Shows Just How ‘Dirty’ Racism Can Be

5/26/2016 - LeVar Burton on Relevancy of the New Roots: ‘Being a Black Man in America Is Still a Dangerous Experience’

5/26/2016 - Mich. Man Survives Gunshot to Start Residency at Same Hospital Where Doctors Saved His Life

5/26/2016 - 2 Ohio Men Charged in Brutal Racist Beating That Left Black Man With Broken Eye Socket

5/26/2016 - Tenn. Principal Wasn’t Having It After Someone Criticized Student Who Was Slain

5/26/2016 - Middle School Choir’s Version of ‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)’ Goes Viral

5/26/2016 - Teen Perfectly Re-Creates Coming to America Dress for Prom

5/26/2016 - 1 Dead, Several Injured at NYC T.I. Concert

5/25/2016 - Sister, Soldier, Voter: Tapping Into the Hidden Vote of the Black Military Woman

5/25/2016 - Confessions of a DC Lawyer-Lobbyist-Turned-L.A. Comedy Writer-Producer

5/25/2016 - Sugar Or Salt Or Who Gives A Shit Because Grits Don't Matter Enough To Have This Debate

5/25/2016 - 1st Look at the Obamas’ New DC Home

5/25/2016 - Protest Outside Donald Trump Rally in NM Turns Violent

5/25/2016 - She’s in Love With a ‘Nice’ Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Trust Her and Still Has a Wife

5/25/2016 - Justice Department to Seek Death Penalty Against Alleged Charleston, SC, Church Shooter

5/25/2016 - Mo. Father Accused of Fatally Shooting Infant Son Surrenders to Police

5/25/2016 - Ursula Burns Stepping Down as CEO of Xerox, Leaving No Black Woman as CEO of an S&P 500 Company

5/25/2016 - Calif. Jury Deadlocks in Case of Man Who Spent 16 Years in Prison Before Murder Conviction Was Dismissed

5/25/2016 - White Idaho High School Football Players Charged in Brutal Sexual Assault of Black, Disabled Teammate

5/25/2016 - VH1’s Hip Hop Honors Returns With Show Honoring Women

5/25/2016 - Queens of Africa Dolls Are Coming to the US

5/25/2016 - Watch: President Obama Beatboxes While Vietnamese Woman Raps

5/25/2016 - One Man's Quest To Find The Perfect Batch Of Mac And Cheese In New York City

5/24/2016 - Old Folks May Hate the Way Young People Use Slang, but Who Are They to Talk?

5/24/2016 - Was Tamar Braxton’s Neck-Rolling Too Real for The Real?

5/24/2016 - Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin Sells for $250,000

5/24/2016 - Trump’s Secret Plan to Win the Presidency: Pitting Minorities Against One Another

5/24/2016 - Black Music Month Means Studio Sessions at The Root

5/24/2016 - ‘It’s a Broken System That We’ll Never Trust’: Baltimore Reacts as Officer Walks in Freddie Gray Case

5/24/2016 - Va. Student Handcuffed, Charged With Larceny for ‘Stealing’ Carton of Milk That Came Free With Lunch: Report

5/24/2016 - Okla. High School Graduate With Cerebral Palsy Walks for the 1st Time to Receive His Diploma

5/24/2016 - Police Searching for Calif. Father Accused of Purposely Setting House on Fire, Killing 5-Year-Old Son

5/24/2016 - Family of Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn Sues Tobacco Industry Over Star’s Cancer Death

5/24/2016 - Bill Cosby Will Stand Trial for Sexual Assault

5/24/2016 - Calif. Toddler Declared Brain-Dead Transferred to Unidentified Hospital Outside the US

5/24/2016 - Dear Black Parents: Please Love Your Children So They Won't Grow Up To Be Clarence Thomas

5/24/2016 - Cosby Admits to Drug-Filled Sexual Encounters With Teens in Deposition: Report

5/24/2016 - Mother Turned Fat-Shaming Jokes of Her Son, ‘Stuff Curry,’ Into Something Positive

5/24/2016 - Mike Epps Receives High School Diploma at 45

5/24/2016 - Skai Jackson Talks Meme Fame and Twitter Beef With Azealia Banks

5/24/2016 - Why Draymond Green Is and Isn’t a Dirty Player, Explained

5/24/2016 - Cornel West and Arturo O’Farrill Speak Truth to Power Through Jazz

5/24/2016 - Why Black Voters Are the Most Rational Voters of 2016

5/24/2016 - People Weren’t Happy With Minn.’s ‘Beyoncé Day’

5/23/2016 - Texas Girl, 12, Severely Injured by Rope Around Neck on School Trip

5/23/2016 - La. Set to Pass ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bill; Would Classify Cop Attacks as Hate Crime

5/23/2016 - Okla. Mom Stops Burglar With Crutch and Vacuum

5/23/2016 - Supreme Court Sides With Black Death Row Inmate Convicted by All-White Jury, Orders New Trial

5/23/2016 - What Happened To Craig Mack? (And Why Do So Many Ex-Bad Boy Artists Become Religious Fanatics?)

5/23/2016 - Report: Software Used to Predict Future Crime Shows Racial Bias

5/23/2016 - Baltimore Officer Found Not Guilty in Death of Freddie Gray

5/23/2016 - Fight Breaks Out at Ga. High School Graduation After Parents Told They Won’t Be Able to See Their Children Graduate

5/23/2016 - Stacey Dash Endorses Donald Trump for President

5/23/2016 - Teen’s White Teacher Said Wearing an African-Print Dress Wasn’t Prom-Appropriate; Teen Proved That Idea Wrong

5/23/2016 - Things I’d Like To See (And Not See) From BET’s Prince Tribute

5/23/2016 - Here Are the Funniest Reactions to Madonna’s Train Wreck of a Prince Tribute; BET Throws Shade

5/22/2016 - Mary J. Blige Dancing At The Bad Boy Reunion Tour Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week

5/22/2016 - Watch: Morris Brown’s Herndon Stadium Now in Shambles

5/22/2016 - Danielle Belton Named Managing Editor of The Root

5/22/2016 - ‘Negro,’ ‘Oriental’ and ‘Indian’ to Be Scrubbed From All Federal Laws

5/22/2016 - Tamar Braxton Reportedly Fired From The Real

5/22/2016 - Convicted Rapist Daniel Holtzclaw Speaks: And We Wish He Hadn’t

5/22/2016 - Meet the King of Golden Krust, Who Wants to Make Caribbean Cuisine Mainstream

5/22/2016 - This Emergency Room Doctor Was Tired of Seeing Gunshot Victims Who Looked Like Family, So He Did Something About It

5/21/2016 - African-American Woman Named as Head of Teen Vogue

5/21/2016 - Camille Cosby on Bill’s Infidelities and Drugging Women: ‘I Have No Opinion’

5/21/2016 - Watch: NYC Cop Loses Badge for Punching, Drawing Gun on Bystanders During Violent Arrest

5/21/2016 - Ex-NBA Baller Blows Up Racist Woman on Amtrak

5/21/2016 - Yes, Bernie Sanders, the System Is Rigged—What Else Is New?

5/20/2016 - 1 Person Shot Near White House, Prompting Lockdown

5/20/2016 - 20 Things I've Tried Really, Really, Really, Really Hard To Care About But Just Can't

5/20/2016 - Ariz. TV Reporter Arrested After Reportedly Defecating on Lawn While Covering Story

5/20/2016 - Trial Set to Begin for Pittsburgh Man Who Was Sued by Target After He Stopped a Stabbing Inside the Store

5/20/2016 - Questions Arise Around Culpability in 2nd Officer’s Trial Over Death of Freddie Gray

5/20/2016 - Things I’d Like to See (and Not See) at the BET Awards’ Prince Tribute

5/20/2016 - The Root 100 2016: Time to Nominate Your Choices

5/20/2016 - The Three Types Of Men You Will Date, Based On The Black Guys In Captain America: Civil War

5/20/2016 - Watch: Mother Shows Daughter the Real ‘Running Man’

5/20/2016 - You Can Now Own a Drake Figurine

5/20/2016 - Should Skinny Jeans and Tight Clothing Be Banned From Schools? One NC School District Thinks So

5/20/2016 - San Francisco Police Chief Resigns Hours After Black Woman, 27, Fatally Shot by Cop

5/20/2016 - 2nd Nigerian Schoolgirl Rescued, Army Says

5/20/2016 - Los Angeles Lawyer Who Wore KKK Hood to Council Meeting Arrested

5/20/2016 - Security Guard at Giant Grocery Store Charged With Assault After Allegedly Forcing Transgender Woman Out of Restroom 

5/20/2016 - Mothers of Black Fla. Teens Who Drowned After a Police Chase Speak Out

5/20/2016 - O.J.: Made in America Paints a Complex Picture of a Sports Icon-Turned-Pariah

5/20/2016 - My Boyfriend Wants Me to Pay My Share on a Trip, but Why Should I Chip In When He Makes More Than I Do?

5/20/2016 - Am I Related to Black Nationalist Martin R. Delany?

5/20/2016 - The Voice Cancels Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston Hologram Duet 

5/19/2016 - Prominent Black Lives Matter Activist Arrested for Pimping 17-Year-Old Girl

5/19/2016 - Why ‘Make America Great Again’ Is an Insult (and a Lie), Explained

5/19/2016 - Amina Ali, Recovered Chibok Schoolgirl, Meets With Nigeria’s President

5/19/2016 - Centenarian Runner Sets New World Record for 100-Meter Dash

5/19/2016 - Local Media Miss a Mother’s Death in Jail

5/19/2016 - The 3 Types of Black Men You Can Date, as Defined by Captain America: Civil War

5/19/2016 - How To Get Over Your Inane Fear Of Taking A Dump Next To Transgender People

5/19/2016 - Leon May Be From All Your Favorite Movies, but He’s Also the Lead Singer of a Band

5/19/2016 - Former US Attorney General Eric Holder Named to NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s Board of Directors

5/19/2016 - The Billboard Music Awards Show Is So White, It Looks Like a Donald Trump Rally

5/19/2016 - Empire Recap: Here Comes the Bride ... Just Not the One You Expected

5/19/2016 - NYC Woman Receives Death Threats After Wearing ‘America Was Never Great’ Hat: Report

5/19/2016 - EgyptAir Flight Carrying 66 Vanishes; ‘More Likely’ Terrorism Than Tech Failure: Report

5/19/2016 - Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, Season 5, Episode 7 Recap

5/19/2016 - George Zimmerman Thanks ‘God’ After Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin Is Reported Sold for More Than $120,000

5/19/2016 - Pregnant Mother and Son, 3, Shot in the Face; Boyfriend Arrested 

5/19/2016 - Scandal’s Joe Morton and Dick Gregory Talk Turn Me Loose, a New Play About the Activist-Comedian’s Life

5/18/2016 - Blake Lively's Gentrified Booty, Explained

5/18/2016 - Beyonce's "Freedom" Is Her First Anthem I Can Appreciate Too, And I Really Appreciate That!

5/18/2016 - Grand Jury Declines to Indict Former Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed, Naked Teen 

5/18/2016 - Report: Chicago 13-Year-Old Charged With Murder After Stabbing Another Teen With Knife Provided by Her Mother

5/18/2016 - Comedians Call Out Politicians on Refugees

5/18/2016 - Hey Parents, Let Your Kids Be Free. Just Not Too Free

5/18/2016 - KKK Fliers Offer Miss. Neighborhood Protection 

5/18/2016 - 2nd Officer’s Trial Doesn’t Provide Many Answers to Mysteries Surrounding Freddie Gray’s Arrest, Death

5/18/2016 - Kidnapped Chibok Girl Found More Than 2 Years After Mass Abduction by Boko Haram

5/18/2016 - Symone Marshall Moved to Texas Looking for a Fresh Start. So How Did She End Up Dead in a Texas Jail?

5/18/2016 - How Andre Harrell and Uptown Records Ushered in the Era of Music Created for Us by Us

5/18/2016 - New Fox Series Shots Fired Tackles Police Shootings and Racial Tensions

5/18/2016 - George Zimmerman on Trayvon Martin’s Parents: ‘They Didn’t Raise Their Son Right’

5/18/2016 - Rick Ross and Wingstop Launch Scholarship Program

5/18/2016 - Ciara Denied Sole Custody of Baby Future

5/18/2016 - There’s More Than 1 Kind of Black: HBCUs Celebrate the Diversity of the Diaspora

5/18/2016 - Scold-in-Chief? The Love-Hate Relationship Between HBCUs and President Obama

5/17/2016 - Melania Trump Says Her Husband Isn't Hitler. Which Totally Makes Me Think He's Actually Hitler

5/17/2016 - ‘My Family Is Just as Good as Anyone Else’s’: Same-Sex Couples and Their Children Speak Out

5/17/2016 - Conservative Congressional Candidate Forgets to Close Porn Tabs While Posting Screenshot in Facebook Blast

5/17/2016 - Former Marine Attacked and Taunted With Racial Remarks in Wyo.

5/17/2016 - Wis. 9-Year-Old Who Was Struck by Stray Bullet Dies Days After Asking if Police Could Keep Her Safe

5/17/2016 - Five Thoughts On The Launch Of ESPN's The Undefeated

5/17/2016 - Average Age of Chicago’s Shooters Is 15 or 16, Top Cop Says 

5/17/2016 - Watch: Houston Police Looking for Drivers in Road Rage Brawl

5/17/2016 - Missing Ivy League Student Found Safe; Rented Apartment in Brooklyn, NY: Report

5/17/2016 - Watch: Willing & Able Gives Insight Into Transgender Job Discrimination

5/17/2016 - Russell Wilson on Dating: ‘If You’re Dating a Woman That’s Way Out of Your League, Ask Her to Marry You’

5/17/2016 - Representatives for Beyoncé’s Ivy Park Line Respond to Sweatshop Claims

5/17/2016 - Black Girls Rock! Founder Says Hillary Clinton Is Sincere With Outreach to Black Women

5/17/2016 - Actor Wendell Pierce Cancels Commencement Address at Rutgers’ Newark Campus After Arrest

5/16/2016 - Damon Young And Panama Jackson On "The Extraordinary Negroes" Podcast

5/16/2016 - Candidate for US Senate Refuses to Apologize for Calling Obama ‘an Animal’ 

5/16/2016 - Are You Young, Fabulous and Female in the NYC Area?

5/16/2016 - Final Suspect in Killing of 9-Year-Old Tyshawn Lee Arrested 

5/16/2016 - The Sugar Baby Chronicles: That Time I Was Forced To Walk Home On The Freeway

5/16/2016 - RushCard Settles Lawsuit Over Prepaid-Card Outage for $19,000,000

5/16/2016 - Texas Pastor Who Accused Whole Foods Employee of Writing Homophobic Slur on Cake Drops Suit

5/16/2016 - Racist Michelle Obama Cartoon Is Just Another Example of Conservatives’ Blatant Hypocrisy

5/16/2016 - Pa. Man Accused of Pouring Gasoline on Smoking Girlfriend

5/16/2016 - Beyond the Black Panther: 7 More Great Black Comic Book Characters You Should Know

5/16/2016 - Russian Safari Park Adopts Black Goat Named ‘Obama’ 

5/16/2016 - I Wish I Cared About The Frank Ocean Sophomore Album That Will Never Ever Be Released

5/16/2016 - Calif. 2-Year-Old to Be Given 1 More Week on Life Support, Judge Rules

5/16/2016 - NJ Girl, 3, Mauled by Pit Bulls

5/16/2016 - Report: Missing Ivy League Sophomore Nayla Kidd Changed Bank Account and Cellphone Numbers Before She Disappeared

5/16/2016 - Ayesha Curry Has Words for Instagram Follower Who Said She’s Profiting Off Husband’s Success

5/16/2016 - Watch Ellen DeGeneres and Wanda Sykes’ Version of Beyoncé’s Lemonade

5/16/2016 - John Amos Says Roots Remake Shows Hollywood Is ‘Creatively Bankrupt’

5/16/2016 - Misty Copeland Biopic Movie in Development

5/16/2016 - Actor Wendell Pierce Charged With Battery in Alleged Fight Over Bernie Sanders

5/16/2016 - Rachel Howzell Hall Crafts a New Type of Hero in Her Detective Mysteries

5/16/2016 - #AirbnbWhileBlack: It’s Time to Seek Alternatives. Here Are a Few

5/15/2016 - Morehouse College Honors 3 Valedictorians for 1st Time in History

5/15/2016 - John Lewis’ Graphic Novel to Be Taught in NYC Public Schools

5/15/2016 - Watch: Cancer-Free Leah Still Dances at Her Father’s Wedding

5/15/2016 - Watch: Wash. Teen Knocked Off Her Bike, Choked and Tased by Police, Is Suing

5/15/2016 - Poor Training, Dysfunctional Police Dept. Highlighted in 2nd Officer’s Trial in Freddie Gray’s Death

5/15/2016 - How Dating Sites, Thanks to Princeton Review, Know More About You Than You Do

5/14/2016 - Houston Paper Sorry After Quoting Dominican Player’s Broken English

5/14/2016 - A 1st Look at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

5/14/2016 - Ivy League Sophomore Nayla Kidd Missing for More Than a Week

5/14/2016 - Ala. Sorority Under Fire For T-Shirts Featuring Watermelon-Eatin’, Cotton-Pickin’ Black Folk

5/14/2016 - Michael B. Jordan Joins Black Panther Cast, Possibly as a Villain

5/14/2016 - NJ Mom With 7 Kids Wins $429.6M Powerball Jackpot

5/14/2016 - Can You Have Good Sex When You Can’t See Your Genitals?

5/14/2016 - Ser Negro Es Hermoso Campaign Seeks to Teach Afro-Colombians That Black Is Beautiful

5/13/2016 - Photo of NC Cop and Autistic Teen Talking Goes Viral

5/13/2016 - Report: Campaign Manager for Angela Corey Helped Limit Fla. State Attorney Vote to Republicans

5/13/2016 - Here Is the Darth Becky Mount Rushmore

5/13/2016 - A Leaked Email Exchange Between Drake And The Beard He Just Cut Off

5/13/2016 - Ind. Man Charged After Reportedly Making Threats Against Donald Trump

5/13/2016 - It’s Been 10 Years Since Tweet’s Last Album, and This One Is Well Worth the Wait

5/13/2016 - Former BET Host Jeff Johnson Has $5 Million to Convince Black Voters to Support Hillary Clinton

5/13/2016 - ‘Racist McShootFace’ Pushes Bidding for Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin to $65,000,000

5/13/2016 - Keyshia Cole Finds Biological Dad

5/13/2016 - Serena Williams Learned a Harsh Lesson About Eating Dog Food

5/13/2016 - Was My Black Texan Ancestor Fathered by a White Judge?

5/13/2016 - Scandal Recap: That’s My Girl

5/13/2016 - Ferguson, Mo., Settles With 4 Reporters After Charges of Abuse

5/13/2016 - Yeah, What Lauryn Hill Did Was Wack, But Artists Are ALWAYS Late To Concerts

5/13/2016 - Atlanta Woman Who Fought Off 2 Armed Carjackers: ‘I Forgive You’

5/13/2016 - Susannah Mushatt Jones, World’s Oldest Person, Dies at 116

5/13/2016 - Taraji P. Henson Announces Memoir Release Date

5/13/2016 - Lupita Nyong’o in Talks to Appear in Black Panther

5/13/2016 - Afrika Bambaataa Denies Sexual Abuse Allegations in 1st Interview

5/13/2016 - Artist Turns Racist Flirtations on Tinder Into Compelling Look at Race and Sex

5/12/2016 - Showing Up Late for Concerts Isn’t a Lauryn Hill Thing

5/12/2016 - I Don’t Care About Frank Ocean or His Sophomore Album That Will (Probably) Never Be Released

5/12/2016 - Trump’s Butler: Obama Should’ve Been Shot in His 1st Term 

5/12/2016 - If I Give You A Kidney, We Pretty Much Go Together Forever

5/12/2016 - Lee McCollum, Featured in Chicagoland Documentary, Shot Dead on South Side

5/12/2016 - Azealia Banks’ Twitter Account Gets Suspended

5/12/2016 - Did Jussie Smollett Announce His Exit From Empire?

5/12/2016 - Great Hashtags For All The Guys Who Weren't Able To Participate On #BigGuyTwitter Day

5/12/2016 - South African Judge Placed on ‘Special Leave’ After Facebook Rant Claiming Rape Is Black People’s Pastime

5/12/2016 - Empire Recap: No. 1 With a Bullet

5/12/2016 - Pistol Owned by Sammy Davis Jr. Purchased in Los Angeles Gun Buyback

5/12/2016 - Watch: In Her Own Words: Michael Brown’s Mother Tells Her Truth 

5/12/2016 - ‘I Don’t Do Black Hair’: SC Barber Arrested for Pulling Gun on Black Man

5/12/2016 - George Zimmerman Reminds Us (Again) That Nothing Has Killed Him, Yet

5/12/2016 - ‘Affluenza’ Teen to Serve 720 Days in Prison

5/12/2016 - George Zimmerman Is Auctioning the Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin

5/12/2016 - Black Trump Exec’s Love for Her ‘Boss’ Makes Her Cry

5/12/2016 - 5 Times This Season When Scandal Kept It Real With Plots Straight From the Headlines

5/11/2016 - Donald Trump Can Become President. Here’s How

5/11/2016 - 2nd Officer’s Trial to Begin in Freddie Gray Case

5/11/2016 - Del. Teen Didn’t Expect High School Bathroom Assault to End in Death, Attorney Says 

5/11/2016 - The Stages Of Getting Dragged By A 14-Year-Old (A Short Story Inspired By Beyonce’s "Lemonade")

5/11/2016 - Ex-SC Cop Who Shot Walter Scott Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Charges 

5/11/2016 - There's A Video Called "Hoteps Hoteppin" And You Should Watch It Right Now

5/11/2016 - Susan Rice Promotes Diversity in National Security at Fla. International University Commencement 

5/11/2016 - Detroit Girl, 5, Dies After Accidentally Shooting Herself With Gun Found Under Her Grandmother’s Pillow

5/11/2016 - Mich. Teen Graduating From College With 2 Degrees, Still Hasn’t Finished High School

5/11/2016 - That Time Getting Hit On By A Lame Dude Made Me Sympathize With Women

5/11/2016 - Female West Point Cadets Who Raised Fists in Photo Won’t Be Punished

5/11/2016 - Watch: Kids React to Birdman’s ‘Respek’

5/11/2016 - Hispanic Officer Sues NYPD Over English-Only Policy, Claiming Violation of Civil and Constitutional Rights 

5/11/2016 - Angela Davis’ Life Is Getting Biopic Treatment, but Who Should Play Her?

5/11/2016 - Prince Put an End to the Kardashians’ Cameos on His Episode of New Girl

5/11/2016 - Riley Curry Stole the Show as Dad Gets 2nd MVP Award

5/11/2016 - He Proposed, but Now He Wants to Go to Counseling Before Planning the Wedding

5/10/2016 - That Time Getting Hit On by a Lame Dude Made Me Sympathize With Women

5/10/2016 - #BigGuyTwitter Is for Those Who Love Men With Height and Meat on Their Bones

5/10/2016 - Ga. Police Looking for 5 People Who Got Into an All-Out Brawl Inside Restaurant on Mother’s Day

5/10/2016 - 10 People of Color Hillary Clinton Could Pick as Her Vice President

5/10/2016 - On Ta-Nehisi Coates And The Very Real Danger Of "Writing While Black"

5/10/2016 - 4 Beloved Contemporary Classics That Would Be Hated if They Came Out Today

5/10/2016 - Report: Ray Lewis and Cris Carter Out at ESPN, Network Hires Randy Moss

5/10/2016 - SC Man Who Shot, Burned, Buried Men in Backyard Claims Self-Defense, Is Granted Bail

5/10/2016 - Stephen Curry Becomes 1st Unanimous MVP

5/10/2016 - Claims of Racial, Gender Discrimination at NY Times Nothing New, According to Former Staffer

5/10/2016 - Cellphone Footage Captures Huge Lunchtime Fight at Calif. High School

5/10/2016 - Media Glare Claims Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Dream House

5/10/2016 - NYC Man Found Guilty in Shooting That Killed 14-Year-Old Girl 

5/10/2016 - Cosmopolitan Listed 9 Problems With Mac and Cheese, but Here Are 9 Reasons It Should Be Celebrated

5/10/2016 - Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5, Episode 6 Recap

5/10/2016 - Career, Husband and Baby, Too: Janet Jackson Can ‘Have It All’ at 49, but Can You?

5/10/2016 - Obama to Make Another Historic Presidential Visit, This Time to Hiroshima 

5/10/2016 - Watch: Dick Gregory Says Prince Was Killed 

5/10/2016 - Lee Daniels Leaves Richard Pryor Biopic

5/10/2016 - An Investigation On Why Good Sex Sometimes Sounds Exactly Like Mac And Cheese Being Stirred

5/10/2016 - Ferguson, Mo.’s New Police Chief Was Ready to Retire; Then Ferguson Exploded and He Knew the City Needed Him

5/10/2016 - 3 Del. Teens Charged in Beating Death of Girl, 16, Inside High School Bathroom

5/10/2016 - To Prevent Prince Exploitation, Minn. Lawmaker Proposes ‘PRINCE Act’

5/10/2016 - Houston Police Organization Got in ‘Formation’ to Boycott Beyoncé’s Concert

5/10/2016 - James DeBarge Claims Janet Jackson Could Have a Secret Child

5/10/2016 - Will Party Loyalty Trump Fears About Donald Trump for Black Republicans?

5/9/2016 - Where Are More of the Wealthiest Africans Calling Home?

5/9/2016 - Family Members of SC Church Massacre Victims Upset With Donation Payout

5/9/2016 - Larry Wilmore: Using the N-Word Was Fitting for President Obama’s Final Year in Office

5/9/2016 - Rihanna Launches Global Scholarship Program

5/9/2016 - How Being A Little Racist Sometimes Can Be A Form Of Self-Care For Black People, Explained

5/9/2016 - Cold War: Russian Company Makes ‘Little Obama’ Chocolate-Flavored Ice Cream Bars

5/9/2016 - Muslim Calif. High School Student Misidentified as ‘Isis Phillips’ in Yearbook 

5/9/2016 - Nia Long Said That J. Cole Isn’t Too Young For Her and I Got Hype!

5/9/2016 - UAB Football Player Declared Brain-Dead After Being Shot

5/9/2016 - Sinead O’Connor on Arsenio Hall Lawsuit: ‘He Can Suck My D--k’

5/9/2016 - MAC Cosmetics Says New Summer Collection Isn’t Appropriating Native American Culture

5/9/2016 - Watch New Trailer for Nas’ Skateboard Drama, The Land

5/9/2016 - The Wire: The Ultimate ‘Where Are They Now?’

5/8/2016 - Where Are the Teachers of Color?

5/8/2016 - The Zulu Nation Cuts Ties to Afrika Bambaataa

5/8/2016 - Lauryn Hill Claps Back at Her Detractors

5/8/2016 - Darth Becky With The Good Hair And The Not-So-Good Understanding Of Math Is The Real Terrorist

5/8/2016 - #BlackDerbyHorseNames Is Better Than the Hats This Year

5/8/2016 - President Obama’s Commencement Address to Howard University (Full Transcript)

5/8/2016 - Wendy Williams Tears Up While Talking About Her Son, Kevin Jr.

5/8/2016 - Who’s the Keeper of Your Mother’s Memories When She Can’t Remember Them?

5/7/2016 - 15-Year-Old Memphis, Tenn., Student Gets Perfect ACT Score

5/7/2016 - Man Who Found Prince Could Face Charges: Report

5/7/2016 - Lauryn Hill Shows Up Late for Concert Again, Is Dragged (and Defended) on Twitter

5/7/2016 - Nate Moore, the Secret Weapon Behind Marvel’s on-Screen Blackness

5/7/2016 - Despite Racist Smears, London Gets 1st Muslim Mayor

5/7/2016 - In Search of the Truth About James Brown

5/7/2016 - One Woman’s Crusade to Ban the Box on College Applications 

5/6/2016 - 20 Things 50-Year-Old Black Men Get to Do Without Giving a Damn

5/6/2016 - NC High Schooler Who Passed Drug Test Suspended for Smelling Like Weed

5/6/2016 - Shooting Suspect in Custody After Attacks at 2 Md. Malls 

5/6/2016 - Pittsburgh Kindergarten Teacher Arrested After Allegedly Pinning Student to Floor With Chair

5/6/2016 - Ind. Man Posed as Millionaire and Gave Girlfriend Stolen SUV and Home: Report

5/6/2016 - When Nia Long Told Larry King That J. Cole Wasn’t Too Young, I Lost My Mind

5/6/2016 - My God Too: New Campaign Launched at Morgan State Spotlights LGBTQ Life on HBCU Campuses

5/6/2016 - Why Black People Care So Damn Much About Potato Salad, Explained

5/6/2016 - Scandal Recap: Playing the ‘Trump Card’ 

5/6/2016 - Report: NYPD Chief Accused of Chasing and Sleeping With ‘Pregnant, Married’ Women

5/6/2016 - Reporter Captures Footage Both ‘Graphic and Frightening’ on Camera

5/6/2016 - ‘Grim Sleeper’ Serial Killer Found Guilty of Murdering 10 Black Women

5/6/2016 - There Are People Out There Who Really Think Beyoncé Has Been Cloned 

5/6/2016 - Denzel Washington Event Raises $17,000,000 for Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture 

5/6/2016 - Arsenio Hall Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Sinead O’Connor Over Prince Drug Claims

5/6/2016 - Black Travelers Tell Stories of Discrimination With #AirbnbWhileBlack

5/6/2016 - 50 Cent Donates $100,000 to Autism Speaks

5/6/2016 - The Real MVP: TV Movie About Wanda Durant’s Life Offers a Powerful Tribute to Single Moms

5/6/2016 - Was My Ancestor Lynched in Ga.?

5/5/2016 - Chicago Prosecutor Withdraws From Laquan McDonald Case

5/5/2016 - Report: Painkiller Percocet Found in Prince’s System

5/5/2016 - Va. 1st-Grader Born Without Hands Wins Penmanship Award

5/5/2016 - Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison” Is The Most 90s Song Of All Time!

5/5/2016 - Black Panther Party Alumni Release Official Statement on Afeni Shakur’s Death

5/5/2016 - Dear White People TV Series Heading to Netflix

5/5/2016 - Ga. College Freshman Fatally Stabbed After Confronting Man Groping Women

5/5/2016 - US Military Academy at West Point Investigates Photo of Black Female Cadets Raising Fists

5/5/2016 - Ludacris Has Ludicrous Hospitality Rider Requirements And We Need To Talk About This!

5/5/2016 - Empire Recap: She’s a Bad Mama Jama

5/5/2016 - #RapedByMorehouse: Allegations of a Rape Cover-Up at Spelman Spark Controversy

5/5/2016 - FBI Arrests Mich. Man Who Allegedly Sprayed Mouse Poison on Food 

5/5/2016 - Lee Daniels and Sean Penn Resolve $10,000,000 Defamation Lawsuit With Apology

5/5/2016 - Lupita Nyong’o Claps Back at Vogue, Sets the Record Straight About Met Gala Hair Inspiration

5/5/2016 - University in Ohio Pays Former Football Player $712,000 to Settle Concussion Lawsuit 

5/5/2016 - Jada Pinkett Smith Shares Heartfelt Words About Afeni Shakur 

5/5/2016 - Captain America: Civil War Is the Blackest Movie Marvel Has Ever Made

5/5/2016 - Mom of the Year: Holly Robinson Peete’s Reality Is All Too Real

5/4/2016 - #TeamTayja: Md. Artist Creates a Masterpiece for the Bullied High Schooler the World Fell in Love With

5/4/2016 - Will There Ever Be A Lemonade Moment For Black Men? (If So, Who Will Create It?)

5/4/2016 - Obama Drinks Filtered Flint, Mich., Water Following Meeting With Federal Officials 

5/4/2016 - Sources Say Janet Jackson Pregnant With Her 1st Child

5/4/2016 - Wintley Phipps Is Inspiring Dreams by Keeping at-Risk Youths Out of Prison

5/4/2016 - What a Trump Presidency Would Mean for Black America, Explained

5/4/2016 - University of Iowa Student Severely Injured in Racially Motivated Beating, Family Says 

5/4/2016 - The List of Demands Ludacris Made for His 15-Minute Performance at the University of Ga. Is Pretty Ridiculous

5/4/2016 - The Guy I’m Dating Wants to Put Us on Pause While He Studies. Should I Be Offended?

5/4/2016 - Meet National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes

5/4/2016 - Hey, Aisha Tyler, Going to a PWI Isn’t ‘Brave’ and Not Everyone at an HBCU Is the Same

5/4/2016 - May the 4th Be With You: A History of Black Stars in Star Wars

5/4/2016 - Tamir Rice’s Mom to Speak at Commemoration of Kent State Shootings 

5/4/2016 - President Obama Surprised by Larry Wilmore’s N-Word

5/4/2016 - Arrest Made in Case of La. Couple Who Were Shot Dead in Bed

5/4/2016 - #TeamTayja: Social Media Praises High School Girl Bullied Because of Prom Photo

5/4/2016 - So It Finally Happened: Donald Trump Is the Presumptive GOP Nominee for President

5/4/2016 - Rest In Power Afeni Shakur, You Are Appreciated.

5/4/2016 - Actor Tray Chaney Creates Touching Mother’s Day Video, ‘Love for You’

5/4/2016 - Report: Before Prince Died, Doctors Were Staging a Painkiller-Addiction Intervention

5/4/2016 - Afrika Bambaataa’s Former Bodyguard Speaks Out on Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘He’s a Pedophile’

5/4/2016 - Va. Jail Recorded Over Video Footage Outside Cell of ‘Severely Emaciated’ Man Who Died in Custody

5/4/2016 - 50 Cent Asked to Donate $1,000,000 to Avoid Lawsuit Over Bullying Video; Issues Apology

5/4/2016 - Stevie Wonder Writes Touching Tribute to Prince

5/4/2016 - Creators of the Running Man Challenge Receive $10,000 Scholarships on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5/4/2016 - Afeni Shakur Lived a Life of Resistance

5/4/2016 - Director Steve McQueen’s Art Project Offers a Haunting Look at the FBI Surveillance of Paul Robeson

5/4/2016 - A Dream Deferred? Will Prison Reform Be Prioritized if Hillary Clinton Is Elected?

5/3/2016 - Bye-Bye, Contested Convention: Donald Trump Wins Ind. Primary; Ted Cruz Drops Out

5/3/2016 - A List Of People Ted Cruz Has Maybe Probably (Definitely) Murdered

5/3/2016 - Baby Found Alive 4 Days After Building Collapse in Nairobi, Kenya

5/3/2016 - Rest in Power, Afeni Shakur; ‘You Are Appreciated’

5/3/2016 - DC Is Black As Fuck. Which Must Suck If You're A Racist On Vacation There.

5/3/2016 - John McCain’s Son Blasts ‘Ignorant Racists’ Mad at Old Navy Ad With Interracial Couple

5/3/2016 - Man Attacks DC Bus Driver, Then Hijacks Bus, Kills Pedestrian

5/3/2016 - Ore. Mom Dies After Jumping to Rescue Son, 3, Who Fell Down Embankment

5/3/2016 - Ask Agatha: "Is My Girlfriend Just Not That Into Me Anymore?"

5/3/2016 - Legally Blind 5th-Grader Sees Mother for 1st Time With Electronic Glasses: ‘She Was Very Pretty’

5/3/2016 - 50 Cent Under Fire for Mocking Disabled Teenager Working at Airport

5/3/2016 - For Cruz and Sanders, the Ind. Primary Signals the Beginning of the End

5/3/2016 - Hamilton Sets Record With 16 Tony Award Nominations

5/3/2016 - Met Gala Hits and Misses

5/3/2016 - Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5, Episode 5 Recap

5/3/2016 - Tupac’s Mother, Afeni Shakur, Dead at 69

5/3/2016 - Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Retiring From Music to Focus on Acting

5/3/2016 - Kerry Washington Cradled ‘Bump’ on the Met Gala Red Carpet

5/3/2016 - Smithsonian Museum Looks to Preserve Cleveland Gazebo Where Tamir Rice Was Fatally Shot

5/3/2016 - LeBron James Is Heading to Space

5/3/2016 - Former NFL Player Dana Stubblefield Charged With Rape of Disabled Woman: Report

5/3/2016 - Asthma Rates Among Blacks Will Take Your Breath Away

5/3/2016 - A Tech Entrepreneur Gets Inspiration From Afrofuturism

5/2/2016 - Watch: Misty Copeland on Becoming the Firebird Barbie

5/2/2016 - Ida Keeling, 100 Years Old, Sets World Record for 100-Meter Dash at Penn Relays 

5/2/2016 - Oprah Winfrey to Star in and Executive-Produce HBO’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

5/2/2016 - White House Defends Larry Wilmore’s Use of the N-Word While Addressing Obama at Correspondents’ Dinner 

5/2/2016 - Pa. Churchgoer Fatally Shot in Fight Over Seat at Sunday Service 

5/2/2016 - Pregnant Md. Woman Stabbed 7 Times, Court Documents Reveal 

5/2/2016 - Drake's VIEWS Is A Sadder, Colder, And Worse Version Of Every Drake Album

5/2/2016 - Teacher Sick-Out in Detroit Shuts Down More Than 90 Public Schools 

5/2/2016 - Ballerina Misty Copeland Gets Her Own Barbie Doll

5/2/2016 - Ariz. Del Taco Manager Fired After Claiming: ‘I Am the Boss. My Dad’s Actually the F--king Owner, so Good Luck With That’

5/2/2016 - George Lopez Donates Money to Help Prince’s Family During Estate Case: Report

5/2/2016 - KRS-One Defends Afrika Bambaataa Against Molestation Allegations

5/2/2016 - Stevie Wonder Performs ‘Purple Rain’ for Crowd at Rainy New Orleans Jazz Fest

5/2/2016 - Racist Trolls Shed White Tears Over Old Navy Ad

5/2/2016 - Pregnant Texas Mother of 6 Arrested After 2 Toddlers Found Tied Up in Backyard

5/2/2016 - Helen Mirren Stuns in Purple as a Tribute to Prince

5/2/2016 - Watch Aretha Franklin Sing Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ at the White House

5/2/2016 - The 4 Black People Most Likely to Be Hired by ‘President Trump’

5/2/2016 - Black and Brown Boys Don’t Need to Learn Grit; They Need Schools to Stop Being Racist

5/1/2016 - President Obama’s Top 10 Jokes From the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

5/1/2016 - How The Reaction To Larry Wilmore's "Nigga" Drop At The WHCD Was Peak White Tears, Explained

5/1/2016 - Malia Out: The First Daughter Chooses Harvard

5/1/2016 - Watch: Chicago Cops Beat Pastor in Front of Her Children

5/1/2016 - East Texas Flash Flood Kills Great-Grandmother and 4 Children

5/1/2016 - MayBeWell: Shining a Spotlight on Mental Health in the Black Community

5/1/2016 - What Black Man Would Put Himself Behind Bars at San Quentin? W. Kamau Bell