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2018 September
9/30/2018 - This Man Found Out Those Numbers in Your Fortune Cookie Really Can Help You Win the Lottery
9/30/2018 - A New Tent City in the Texas Desert and Other Changes Being Imposed on Migrant Children in the US
9/30/2018 - Janelle Monae Delivers a Strong Message of Support to Survivors of Sexual Violence
9/30/2018 - Kanye Is Just Being Kanye. That's It, and That's All
9/30/2018 - We Found Nathan: Here's What He Really Thinks About Ghosting
9/29/2018 - White Social Studies Teacher Fired For Teaching a Racist Slavery Lesson Wants to Sue for Reverse Racism
9/29/2018 - André 3000 Said: 'The South Got Something to Say.'
Aquemini,
Which Turns 20 Today,
Said It All
9/29/2018 - Kanye West Is Obviously Still Stuck Deep Down in the Sunken Place. His Visit to The Fader Proves It
9/29/2018 - Gwinnett County, Ga., Swears in First Ever Black Judge to State Court
9/29/2018 - White Mother Accidentally Sends Racist Text to Her Black Nanny Then Fires Her For Possibly Being Offended
9/29/2018 - Lil' Rel Knew His Bestie Tiffany Haddish Would Have a Successful Career
9/29/2018 - A Ridiculous Story About Getting Petty Larcenied by a Crackhead 20 Years Ago to the Day on September 29, 1998
9/28/2018 - Kamala Harris Would’ve Handled Brett Kavanaugh From the Jump
9/28/2018 - I Went to College With Men Like Kavanaugh. That's Why I Know He's Probably Lying About His Drinking
9/28/2018 - Senate Republicans Agree to Reopen FBI Probe Into Sexual Assault Claims Against Kavanaugh [Updated]
9/28/2018 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: My Bad
9/28/2018 - Sexual Assault Survivors Confront Sen. Jeff Flake: 'Look at Me and Tell Me That It Doesn’t Matter What Happened to Me'
9/28/2018 - Rate These Kavanaugh Faces: From Boofed to Let Me Speak to Your Manager
9/28/2018 - Several Democrats Walk Out of Hearing to Protest Brett Kavanaugh Vote Scheduled Friday
9/28/2018 - When You Do Clownery: Fox News Fires Contributor Kevin Jackson After He Called Brett Kavanaugh's Accusers 'Lying Skanks'
9/28/2018 - Brett Kavanaugh and America's Insistence on White Male Virtue
9/28/2018 - Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart Play 'Black Ass Game'
9/27/2018 - D.C. Principal Mocked Student’s Sexual Assault Claim, Lawsuit Says
9/27/2018 - What Black People Should Take Away From the Kavanaugh Hearing: A Lack of Due Process Will Always Hurt Us the Most
9/27/2018 - The Delicious Salt of Brett Kavanaugh’s White Tears
9/27/2018 - Lindsey Graham Is Scared Shitless
9/27/2018 - White Republican Men, Yet Again, Hid Behind a White Woman. And It Backfired, Bigly
9/27/2018 - Free NYC Art Pop-Up Runs Through This Weekend. See How ‘Broken Windows’ Broke Black Lives
9/27/2018 - President Trump Is Reportedly Rage Watching Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony
9/27/2018 - Safety Eric Reid Just Signed With the Carolina Panthers. Here’s Why This Sucks for Colin Kaepernick
9/27/2018 - Bill Cosby Hates You
9/27/2018 - Family and Friends of NCCU Student Shot and Killed by Security Guard Question Guard’s Story: ‘There Is No Way’
9/27/2018 - 10 Thoughts I Had Watching a Kayaker Get the Shit Slapped Out of Him With an Octopus by a Seal
9/27/2018 - Fit for a Queen: Gladys Knight, Ledisi Among Singers Tapped to Honor Aretha Franklin at the American Music Awards
9/27/2018 - Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford Testify on Sexual-Assault Allegations [Live Updates]
9/27/2018 - Botham Jean’s Family Will Sue Amber Guyger, City of Dallas
9/27/2018 - Jussie Smollett: Actor, Activist, Singer, Director and Man Who Leads With His Blackness
9/26/2018 - It Ain’t Worth It: Only Black Woman in Vermont Statehouse Resigns After Sustained Racial Harassment
9/26/2018 - This Cyber Expert Breaks Down How Cyberattacks Can Affect the Midterm Elections
9/26/2018 - Watch: Killmonger Fights Putin and Other Observations From the Official
Creed II
Trailer
9/26/2018 - Inmate No. NN7687: Inside the Violent, Deadly, State-of-the-Art Prison Bill Cosby Now Calls Home
9/26/2018 - Funding Is Top Issue for Trump’s Newly Appointed Board of Advisors on HBCUs
9/26/2018 - Hispanic Heritage Night at a Chicago Cubs Game Turns Into Racist Slug Fest
9/26/2018 - As New Accusations Emerge, It's Time for Brett Kavanaugh to Sit His Ass Down Somewhere
9/26/2018 - Watch: America's Ashiest People
9/26/2018 - Police: Accused Murderer Was Planning 'The Purge': White Supremacist Edition
9/26/2018 - Sen. Ted Cruz Caught Gazing at a Photo of Rival Beto O'Rourke
9/26/2018 -
Night School
Makes the Grade in Depicting Adults With Learning Disabilities
9/26/2018 - Minor Damage: The Criminal Injustice of Black Youth Tried As Adults
9/26/2018 - Texas Attorney General Stands With School That Expelled Teen for Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
9/25/2018 - Senate Judiciary Continues Acting Like They Actually Give a Damn About Investigating Kavanaugh
9/25/2018 - Jesse Williams Is Sorry You Were Offended by His Artistic Expression
9/25/2018 - Before Our Meeting, Michelle Obama Asked Me to Remind You What Happens When We All Vote
9/25/2018 - In Honor of #NationalOneHitWonderDay, Here’s a List of Our Favorite One-Hit Wonders
9/25/2018 - Trump Bashes Brett Kavanaugh’s Second Accuser, Claims Democrats are Running a ‘Con Game’
9/25/2018 - ‘They Treat Us Like Dogs’: Can Wisconsin Lead the Way in Creating a New Vision of Youth Justice?
9/25/2018 - Watch: That Awkward Moment When the President of the United States Addresses the UN and Gets Laughed At
9/25/2018 - Breaking: Bill Cosby Sentenced to 3 to 10 Years, Judge Rules Disgraced Comedian Is 'Sexually Violent Predator'
9/25/2018 - Colin Kaepernick Thrills Girls With Suprise Visit
9/25/2018 - 6 Legit Reasons Why the San Francisco 49ers Should Sign Colin Kaepernick and 1 Reason They Won't
9/25/2018 - Tarana Burke Tops The Root 100, Our Annual List of the Most Influential African Americans
9/25/2018 - Watch: Sen. Ted Cruz Chased Out of Restaurant by Hecklers For Being Ted Cruz
9/25/2018 - Don't Let Hurricane Florence's Aftermath Make Us Forget That Two Women Died Unnecessarily in Police Custody
9/25/2018 - SC Math Teacher Accused of Coercing Student Into Having Sex, Changing Grades When He Refused
9/25/2018 - Did Beyoncé Drop More 'Becky' Hints in L.A.?
9/25/2018 - But First, Let Me Take a Racist Selfie: Detroit Police Officer Out of a Job After Snapchat Goes Viral
9/24/2018 - Bill Cosby Will Likely Only Get a 3-Year Sentence For Drugging and Sexually Assaulting Andrea Constand
9/24/2018 - Tomcat Licorice Tells Michelle Obama to ‘Sit Down,’ And She Really Don’t Want Those Problems
9/24/2018 - Brett Kavanaugh Thinks Being a Virgin Means You Can’t Sexually Assault Anyone
9/24/2018 - Dear Jesse Williams: Oh No, Baby! What Is You Doing?
9/24/2018 - The VSB Group Chat:
Insecure
Season 3, Episode 7, ‘Obsessed-Like’
9/24/2018 - It’s a Wrap! Urbanworld Closes Its 22nd Year With a Very Promising Slate of Fall Films
9/24/2018 - Amber Guyger, the Dallas Officer Who Killed Botham Jean, Has Been Fired But It’s Not Enough
9/24/2018 - Seattle Throws Out 15 Years of Marijuana Convictions
9/24/2018 - Murder Burgers Go Green as White Castle and Wu-Tang Team Up
9/24/2018 - T.I. Will Curate New Atlanta Pop-Up Museum Dedicated to Trap Music
9/24/2018 - Nike Donates Millions to Republicans While Making Billions From Kaepernick Endorsement
9/24/2018 - Chicago Judge Exonerates 18 People
Framed By Crooked Cops
9/24/2018 - Kanye's Homecoming Tour Continues—With a Very Poignant Stop in Chicago
9/24/2018 - Baller Alert: Michael Kors Set to Buy Versace for More Than $2 Billion
9/24/2018 - Why They Kneel: Injustice and Inequality in the Land of the Steelers and Buccaneers
9/24/2018 - Racist Charged With Stabbing Black Man in Times Square Says It Was 'Practice' for Killing Interracial Couples
9/24/2018 - Trump Continues to Back Brett Kavanaugh, Calls Latest Allegations 'Totally Political'
9/24/2018 - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Is Expected to Resign or He's Being Fired. Either Way, He's Gone: Report [Updated]
9/24/2018 - It's Bigger Than a Hip-Hop Exhibit: What the Controversy Around White Curators in Black Spaces Reveals [Updated]
9/24/2018 - An Argument for Why Donald Glover in
The Martian
Is the Greatest Magical Negro Ever
9/24/2018 - There's No Such Thing as a Republican Party
9/24/2018 - Savage x Stunna Week: Damn It, Fenty! Are We Done Yet?
9/24/2018 - NJ Sheriff Caught Making Racist Remarks About 'The Blacks' Resigns
9/24/2018 - Hot Chocolate: Fenty Beauty 'Unveiled' a New Stunna Lip Paint, and My Life Just Got Made
9/23/2018 - Christine Blasey Ford to Testify on Thursday
9/23/2018 - Why Blocking Racist Robocalls Is So Difficult To Do
9/23/2018 - White Male Privilege Strikes Again: Man Strangles and (Allegedly) Masturbates on Victim, Gets No Jail Time
9/23/2018 - White School Superintendent Resigns After Facebook Post Saying 'You Can't Count On A Black Quarterback'
9/22/2018 - 25 Things Overheard When Watching
Girls Trip
In a Hotel Room Full of Men During a Bachelor Party in New Orleans
9/22/2018 - White Sorority Under Investigation For Making Racist Remarks Towards Black Students at a Greek Life Event
9/22/2018 - GOP Congressman Poses in Photo With Man Using White Nationalist Hand Gesture
9/22/2018 - Newseum Honors Alice Allison Dunnigan, The First
Black Woman to Serve as a White House Reporter
9/21/2018 - Cosby Accusers May Not Testify at Sentencing Hearing, Judge Says
9/21/2018 - Get Your Girl: Did Kat Von D’s Beauty Brand Repost a Promo Referencing ‘Hard Work’ and a Cotton Field?
9/21/2018 - John Legend: Brett Kavanaugh Doesn’t Have the Integrity
9/21/2018 - Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Tried to Finesse White House Funds to Pay Legal Fees of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates: Report
9/21/2018 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Wypipology 101
9/21/2018 - Noma Dumezweni on Being Hermione, a Mom and a Brit on Broadway
9/21/2018 - Rihanna for President! No, Seriously. Rihanna Has a New Government Job in Barbados
9/21/2018 - #WhyIDidntReport: A List of Reasons for Every Time It Happened
9/21/2018 - Is Otis Williams of The Temptations the Pettiest Man Alive? An Analysis
9/21/2018 - Brett Kavanaugh Belonged to a Frat That Once Chanted 'No Means Yes, And Yes Means Anal'
9/21/2018 - 'Hey, Auntie': Michael B. Jordan Just Became Coach's New Campaign Star
9/21/2018 - Conservative Ed Whelan Posts Bizarre Conspiracy Theory About the Alleged Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault
9/21/2018 - Color of Change: Remember the Outcry Over Princess Tiana's Makeover in
Wreck-It Ralph 2
? Disney Listened!
9/21/2018 - Kamala Harris Talks Brett Kavanaugh and Addresses Those 2020 Rumors
9/21/2018 - President Rape Culture Has Spoken: Kavanaugh Is Totally Innocent
9/21/2018 - A Look Back at the Reaction to 'Straight Black Men Are the White People of Black People' a Year Later
9/21/2018 - Doria and the Duchess: Meghan Markle and Mom Reunite for the Launch of the
Together
Cookbook
9/21/2018 - Black Magic? Beyoncé's Former Drummer Accuses Her of 'Extreme Witchcraft'
9/20/2018 - Suge Knight, the Red Menace,
Hit With 28 Years in Prison
9/20/2018 - Drake Sues Layla Lace for Fraud, Extortion Over Pregnancy and Rape Claims
9/20/2018 - Steve Harvey Loses One of His Fifty-’Leven Gigs to Kelly Clarkson
9/20/2018 - It’s Official. New Orleans Is My Favorite City in America. Here Are 10 Reasons Why
9/20/2018 -
Night School
: The Urbanworld Film Festival Launches With a Lesson in Black Creativity
9/20/2018 - Kanye West Tells Drake, Nick Cannon and Tyson Beckford to Keep His Wife’s Name Out Their Mouth
9/20/2018 - Michelle Obama Unveils Text Message Campaign That Makes It Easier to Register to Vote
9/20/2018 - Colin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle Awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Black Culture Medal; Rachel Dolezal Snubbed Again
9/20/2018 - Brett Kavanaugh's Accuser Wants to Testify, Even Next Week, But Still Prefers Full Investigation First
9/20/2018 - Snochia Moseley Identified as Alleged Mass Shooter in Maryland [Updated]
9/20/2018 - Is Waldorf, Maryland Really That Far? An Analysis
9/20/2018 - Fellow Media Friends, It's Time for Us to Talk (Again) About How We Identify Black Women
9/20/2018 - ‘Shoot Them on Sight’: Stacey Abrams’ Campaign Harassed by White Nationalists; Republican Brian Kemp and Georgia Media Say Nothing
9/20/2018 - Watch:
Nappily Ever After
's Sanaa Lathan Says You Don't Need Marriage to Be Complete
9/20/2018 - Widow Asks Donald Trump Jr. to Stop Using Her Dead Husband's Photo to Spread Conspiracy Theory
9/20/2018 - White College Admissions Counselors Don't Want 'Woke' Black Students: Study
9/20/2018 - A Man Called Police on a Black Candidate and her Family Campaigning in a White Neighborhood, Suspected Them of Buying Drugs
9/20/2018 - 'Everything Is Love': Beyoncé's Reconciliation Tour Continues As She Reunites With LaTavia Roberson
9/20/2018 - Watch: Barry Jenkins' Official Trailer for
If Beale Street Could Talk
Does James Baldwin Proud
9/20/2018 - Better Than the First Time? Space Jam 2 Lines Up Constellation of All-Stars
9/19/2018 - Trump Says He's Not Worried About Paul Manafort Talking to the Feds. Good Luck With That
9/19/2018 - Former ESPN Anchor Jemele Hill to Narrate LeBron James’ Basketball Documentary
Shut Up and Dribble
9/19/2018 - Texas School Superintendent: You Can't Count on Black Quarterbacks, but I Don't Mean That in a Racist Way
9/19/2018 - NFL Picks Maroon 5 For Super Bowl in America's Biggest Black Music Scene Because... Of Course
9/19/2018 - Ja-Rule Called Himself the LeBron James of Rap. Let's Help Him Find Some More Appropriate Analogies
9/19/2018 -
Forever
Bae: Why Maya Rudolph Is So Relatable—and Rightfully Back on Hollywood's Radar
9/19/2018 - Our Trash President Visits North Carolina, Cracks Jokes With Hurricane Victims
9/19/2018 - Trump Continues His Junior-High Break-Up With Jeff Sessions
9/19/2018 - Video: #BaggageClaimBecky Calls Police on Black Woman for Asking to Speak to a Manager [Updated]
9/19/2018 - This Is Not a Drill: Your New Best Friends, Michelle Obama, Janelle Monáe and Angela Rye Want to See You at Spelman
9/19/2018 - John Legend and Time's Up Publicly Protest the Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh
9/19/2018 - Call It Evolution, Not a Comeback: Kelis Covers Essence's Global Beauty Issue
9/19/2018 - A Prayer of Financial Stability for Those Who Keep Losing Their Weaves in the Streets
9/19/2018 - Senator Marco Rubio Is Salty at Salt Bae
9/19/2018 - What Can Botham Jean and Amber Guyger's Locks Tell Us About What Happened the Night of His Killing?
9/19/2018 - Watch: Amara La Negra Shares Her Natural Hair Journey
9/19/2018 - 'Something I Cannot Accept': Rihanna Urges Support for Global Access to Education in New Op-Ed
9/19/2018 - Australian Athletes Donned Full-Body Blackface to Impersonate Williams Sisters
9/19/2018 - Living Doll: Serena Williams' 'Granddaughter' is Named Qai Qai—and She's Full of Teachable Moments
9/19/2018 - Exclusive: An Interview With the 3 Most Important Figures in the NFL Anthem Protests
9/18/2018 - The Way Kavanaugh Defenders and Republican Senators Are Handling the Christine Blasey Ford Accusation Is Disgusting
9/18/2018 - Christine Blasey Ford Says She Will Not Appear at a Public Hearing Without an FBI Investigation
9/18/2018 - Anita Hill to Joe Biden: I’m Good Luv, Enjoy
9/18/2018 - The VSB Group Chat:
Insecure
Season 3, Episode 6, 'Ready-Like'
9/18/2018 - Trump Feels Bad for Brett Kavanaugh; Won't Say Christine Blasey Ford's Name
9/18/2018 - Reach Higher! Michelle Obama and Her Celebrity Friends Want to Know: Are You 'Worth It'?
9/18/2018 - NYFW: With a New Collaboration With Rado Watches, Romeo Hunte Is Right on Time
9/18/2018 - Betsy DeVos Tells Students Not to be Mean on Twitter. Student Responds: What About Your Boss?
9/18/2018 - Georgia Women Arrested for Selling Weed Edibles at Church
9/18/2018 - She Got That Glow: Writer Nnedi Okorafor Gets the Escort of a Lifetime to the 2018 Emmys
9/18/2018 - What Just Happened Between Tiffany Haddish and Katt Williams?
9/18/2018 - Who Would Have Thought Touring a Louisiana Plantation Was a Good Activity for a Bachelor Party Weekend?
9/18/2018 - White Man Sues for Minority Business-Owner Status After DNA Test Shows He's 4 Percent African
9/18/2018 -
Together
: Meghan Markle's Latest Project Garners Praise from Friend Serena Williams
9/18/2018 - Stormy Daniels' New Book Makes It Hard to Look at the President or Mario Kart Without Gagging
9/18/2018 - Tennis Is a White Man's Sport. Here's Why.
9/18/2018 - Think Pink: Our Faves Were Coming Up Roses at the 2018 Emmys ... and in Nike ... and Whiteface?
9/18/2018 - Officer Jason Van Dyke Is Accused of Murder, But Laquan McDonald Is on Trial
9/18/2018 - 'It’s Just Draining': 14-Year Employee of University Gets Cops Called on Him for Looking 'Agitated'
9/18/2018 - Is It Safe? How
Insecure
Can Be a Force in Shaping Black Women’s Sexual Health
9/18/2018 - Don't Talk About It, Be About It: The 2018 Emmys Prove Diversity Is Still a Work in Progress
9/17/2018 - Amber Guyger Is Free on Bail, but Activists Who Peacefully Protested Her Are Still in Jail
9/17/2018 - Does Ronan Farrow Have the Infamous
Apprentice
Tapes of Donald Trump Using the N-Word?
9/17/2018 - Brett Kavanaugh Hid in the White House For 9 Hours. Related: His Accuser Testifies Before Senate Monday
9/17/2018 - White-on-White Crime: Tom Arnold's Posse and Mark Burnett Gang Throw Hands at Emmy Party
9/17/2018 - A Winning Design: Nominee Chloe Arnold Taps Designer and Dancer Anissa Lee for Her Emmy Awards Look
9/17/2018 - Urbanworld Returns! One of the World's Largest and Most Diverse Film Festivals Launches Its 22nd Year
9/17/2018 - Texas Senator Ted Cruz Thinks Beto O'Rourke Shouldn't Blame Dallas Officer For Shooting Botham Jean in His Home
9/17/2018 - Vontae Davis, the Buffalo Bills Cornerback Who Retired at Halftime, Is All of Us
9/17/2018 - A Week 2 Roundup of NFL Players Who Protested Police Brutality During The National Anthem
9/17/2018 - A Look at the Resumé of Oklahoma's Nazi Police Officer
9/17/2018 - Cynthia Erivo Responds to Backlash Over Harriet Tubman Biopic Casting
9/17/2018 - Donald Trump Jr. Continues to Be Trash; Mocks Brett Kavanaugh's Rape Accuser on Instagram
9/17/2018 - Police Issue Arrest Warrant for White Man Who Brandished Gun at 4 FAMU Students Attempting to Get on Elevator
9/17/2018 - Respect the Fenty Effect: Rihanna Covers Allure's 'Best of Beauty' Issue as Fenty Beauty Turns 1
9/17/2018 - Terence Nance and Damon Young on Random Acts of Flyness, Intentional Acts of Blackness, and the Beauty of Lotion
9/17/2018 - Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Wins 'Everybody’s Favorite Cousin' and Other Awards From Congressional Black Caucus Weekend
9/17/2018 - Watch: In New Ad, Jordan Davis’ Mother Says Son’s Death Inspired Her Congressional Campaign
9/17/2018 - Trial Begins Today for Chicago Officer Who Shot and Killed Laquan McDonald
9/17/2018 - Stop Eating Before Reading: Florida Prisoner Kills Cellmate, Uses Ears for Necklace
9/17/2018 - Ahead of the 2018 Emmys, Tracee Ellis Ross and Issa Rae Bring Us #BlackGirlMagic—on a Boat!
9/16/2018 - Donald Trump Conveniently Ignores Anniversary of One of America's Worst Acts of Terror
9/16/2018 - 'What About Our Aftermath?': Tiffany Crutcher Remembers Her Brother, Terence, Two Years After His Death
9/16/2018 - Texas Farm Bureau and Mississippi Dept. of Public Safety Ban Employees From Wearing Nikes
9/16/2018 - Despite Being Asked to 'Stand Down,' Cops Arrest 5 for 'Looting' Family Dollar in Hurricane Aftermath
9/15/2018 - Police Accidentally Tweet Screenshot Showing That They Monitor Anti-Racism and Anti-Police Brutality Groups
9/15/2018 - Mississippi Senate Candidate Tells Black People to 'Stop Begging' For Scraps
9/15/2018 - 15 Things, Other Than Weed, That Might Make Me Care About What Cops Found in Botham Jean's Apartment
9/15/2018 - Coast Guard Member Flashes White Power Sign on Live TV
9/14/2018 - #Flint: County Officials Accused of Faking Children’s Blood Lead Test Results
9/14/2018 - New York Fashion Week Taught Me the Importance of Being on the Grind, Black Influence and Sleep
9/14/2018 - #StephonClark: Brace Yourselves, Sacramento’s Mayor Says Shooting Investigation Is Nearing Conclusion
9/14/2018 - Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Doesn’t Know What #OnHere Means
9/14/2018 - The One Area Where Trump is Better Than Obama
9/14/2018 - Watch: Boxer Adrien Broner Continues Quest to Become Undisputed Champion of Assholes
9/14/2018 - 'Safe Space for White Students' Backfires at University of Maryland
9/14/2018 - #NYFWSoWhite, But We Still Showed Up (and Showed Out)—So Who Won NYFW?
9/14/2018 - Employee's Racial Slurs, Videos of White Student Declaring Her Love For N-Word Causes Uproar at Alabama High School
9/14/2018 - Grand Closing: After 123 Years, Luxury Retailer Henri Bendel Is Going Out of Business
9/14/2018 - 10 Days After Wypipo Burned Their 'Winn Dixie 5s', Nike Stock is Soaring
9/14/2018 - Too Sexy? Model Slick Woods Goes Into Labor While Walking Savage x Fenty Runway [Updated]
9/14/2018 - 'I Have Been a Victim of Abuse': Tamar Braxton Reveals Childhood Molestation on Wendy Williams Show
9/14/2018 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: White People Did It First
9/14/2018 - Trump's Ex-Camapiagn Chair Paul Manafort AKA Paulie Walnuts Pleads Guilty [Updated]
9/14/2018 - Shine Bright: Issa Rae, Childish Gambino and More Make an Impact at Rihanna's 4th Annual Diamond Ball
9/14/2018 - So, What's Marijuana Got to Do With It?
9/14/2018 - With Primary Win, Letitia James Inches Closer to Being 1st Black Woman to Win Statewide Office in New York
9/14/2018 - Meet Latroya Pina: Howard University's Star
Swimmer Will Represent Cape Verde at the 2020 Olympics
9/13/2018 - Sounds About White: Admitted Sexual Offender Avoids Jail and Keeps Teaching Certificate
9/13/2018 - 2 Different Versions of Amber Guyger’s Story Appear on 2 Different Warrants Related to the Shooting of Botham Jean
9/13/2018 - #Flint: City Admits It Doesn’t Know Where All the Water Is Going
9/13/2018 - Hilfiger and Hamilton Hope for a Hit: TommyXLewis Launches at New York Fashion Week
9/13/2018 - Jay-Z Tops Forbes List of Highest-Paid Rappers; Soulja Boy Snubbed Again
9/13/2018 - Black Magic: Fenty Beauty,
Black Panther
and More Are Shortlisted for Beazley Designs of the Year
9/13/2018 - South Carolina Refuses to Evacuate Prisons in Hurricane Florence's Path
9/13/2018 - Everything You've Been Told About Botham Jean is Wrong
9/13/2018 - The Message: To Champion Inclusivity This NYFW, the Best Said It With Their Chests
9/13/2018 - As Ugly As President Trump Is, He's Just A Mirror For White America
9/13/2018 - X-Rated: After a Big Buildup, Savage x Fenty Closes New York Fashion Week with an All-Inclusive Show
9/13/2018 - President Who Campaigned on Dangerous Conspiracy Theories Again Peddles Dangerous Conspiracy Theory
9/13/2018 - There's a New Report on Black America's Digital Habits and I Have Some Questions
9/13/2018 - Jenifer Lewis Calls on Cardi B and Nicki Minaj to Get Out the Vote!
9/13/2018 - Reunited (and It Feels So Good!): LeToya Luckett and Beyoncé Share a Sweet Moment on the 'Gram
9/13/2018 - #ForeverFirstLady Michelle Obama Announces New Memoir and Book Tour
9/13/2018 - Cicely Tyson Will Be the 1st Black Woman Awarded an Honorary Oscar—But She's Always Been 1st to Us [Updated]
9/12/2018 - Amber Guyger’s Family Denies They Are Racist Despite Photos That May Suggest Otherwise
9/12/2018 - Clear Your Calendar: Kenya Barris Spills Some Scalding Tea on His Split With ABC
9/12/2018 - Domestic Violence Survivor Wins Settlement Against City That Evicted Her for Calling 911
9/12/2018 - This Donald Trump Story Reveals the True Power of Whiteness
9/12/2018 - Creating Trends, One Tress at a Time: How Ursula Stephen Does NYFW
9/12/2018 - NY Gov. Cuomo's Cannabis Policy Will Leave Black People Out of the Money
9/12/2018 - Cardi B and Drake Dominate BET's Hip Hop Awards Nominations
9/12/2018 - I Want to Build a Wall Around Anyone Who Thinks Taco Bell Is the Best Mexican Restaurant in the Country
9/12/2018 - Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones and Wide Receiver Dez Bryant Had a Date Night With Beyoncé and Jay-Z
9/12/2018 - An Open Letter to the People Who Drive This Snitch-Ass, Cop-Ass Ford Explorer
9/12/2018 - Botham Jean Attorney: Nothing In Amber Guyger's Story Makes Sense
9/12/2018 - About Aibileen: Viola Davis Says She Regrets Playing Maid in
The Help
9/12/2018 - As Hurricane Florence Approaches, Trump Trapped in Tornado of Lies
9/12/2018 - For Devon Windsor, Kim Kardashian and White Girls Who Have Considered Highlights When Big Butts Are Enuf
9/12/2018 - I Ended Up in the Middle of a Street Fight Yesterday. Here's What Happened
9/12/2018 - Black College Students Speak Out About White Man Who Pulled Out a Gun While Stopping Them from Getting In 'His' Elevator
9/12/2018 - She's Got the Juice: Angela Yee Wants You to Hone Your Hustle
9/12/2018 - Here's What's Going to Happen at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 48th Annual Conference
9/12/2018 - The Shook Ones: Umpires Reportedly Considering Boycott of Serena Williams' Matches
9/12/2018 - Can Letitia James Win the NY Attorney General's Race and Make History?
9/11/2018 - Trump Doesn't Really Understand What Success Means
9/11/2018 - When You Hate a Black Man's Silent Protest So Much, You Ban Nike In Your City
9/11/2018 - Barry Jenkins on Racism: ‘If It Can Happen to Me, It Can Happen to Anyone’
9/11/2018 - Celebrating the Natural Hair Journey:
Behind the Scenes at Texture on the Runway
9/11/2018 - Breaking Barriers: Prabal Gurung Stages an Inclusive Extravaganza for Spring-Summer '19
9/11/2018 - Afropunk’s Owners Get Real About the Festival's Growth, Recent Controversies
9/11/2018 - The NRA is So Mad About Thomas the Tank Engine's Black Friends, They Put a KKK Hood on Him
9/11/2018 - Has Valerie Scogin, the Teacher Who Said Black People Should Go Back to Africa, Ever Taken a DNA Test? Because, Well ...
9/11/2018 - The
Other
Fashion Week Takes Flight: Gabourey Sidibe, Lizzo, Venus Williams and More Celebrate the Curvy Con 2018
9/11/2018 - Why the Serena Williams Cartoon is Racist, Sexist Trash, Explained
9/11/2018 - President Trump Doesn't Understand That 9/11 Was a Tragedy
9/11/2018 - Keep It Classy: Kelly Rowland Speaks Out About Witnessing the Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj Melee
9/11/2018 - VS Show 2018: The World's Largest Lingerie Runway Event Keeps That Same Energy of Diversity
9/11/2018 - The Black Lives That Don't Matter
9/11/2018 - Marshawn Lynch Looked Like a State Farm Agent in High School, and the Internet Got Jokes
9/11/2018 - Louisiana Teacher Makes Racist Facebook Post but It's OK, She's No Longer Employed: [Updated]
9/11/2018 - NYFW/NSFW: For Spring-Summer '19, LaQuan Smith Continues to Take Us
On the Run
9/10/2018 - Omarosa’s Latest Mixtape Drop Is a Doozy
9/10/2018 - When in Doubt, Blame the Dead
9/10/2018 - The Manic Pixie Lightskint, Explained
9/10/2018 - A 15-Hour Shift, Parking on the Wrong Floor and an Unlocked Door: New 'Reasons' Given Why Amber Guyger Shot Botham Jean [Updated]
9/10/2018 - Omarosa Claims White House Staff Joked About Removing Trump From Office So Much They Had A Hashtag
9/10/2018 - Did 2 White Fraternities Go Too Far Dissing an HBCU? [Corrected]
9/10/2018 - Amber Guyger Charged with Manslaughter; Officials Dispute Story Over Potential Murder Charge
9/10/2018 - West Side Story: Telfar Global Puts a Nostalgic Spin on Streetwear for Spring-Summer '19
9/10/2018 - The VSB Group Chat:
Insecure
Season 3, Episode 5, 'High-Like' Recap
9/10/2018 - NFL Players Have Stopped Kneeling Because That's What Black America Wants
9/10/2018 - This Is (Miss) America: New Yorker Nia Franklin Takes the Crown in Revamped Beauty Pageant
9/10/2018 - 6 Women, Endless Inspiration: Black Girls Rock! 2018 Reminds Us of Our Infinite Potential
9/10/2018 - When You're Black and in America, Even Victories Sometimes Feel Like Defeats
9/10/2018 - America’s Biggest Conspiracy Theory Is Real: The Racist Truth Behind the Myth of Voter Fraud
9/10/2018 - 19 Different Spoiler-Free Thoughts and Emotions (With GIFs) I Had While Watching the Season 5 Finale of
Power
9/10/2018 - Sterling K. Brown Responds to
Predator
Backlash After Olivia Munn Calls Out Cast for Shunning Her
9/10/2018 - Homecoming: Pyer Moss Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary with FUBU, Reebok and a NYFW Cookout
9/10/2018 - He's Got a Big EGOT: With Emmy Win, John Legend Is 1st Black Man to Secure Prestigious Achievement
9/10/2018 - Signature Shade: Tom Ford Gives Cardi B Her Own Lipstick Color—and It Flies Off the Shelves
9/9/2018 - During Black Girls Rock, Michelle Obama Had a Special Message to Black Women
9/9/2018 - Of Course, Serena Williams Was Fined $17,000. Of Course.
9/9/2018 - Competition, Compassion and the Stories We Don't Hear About Black Women Athletes
9/9/2018 - American Beauty: Brandon Maxwell Makes Old-School Glamour Accessible for All
9/9/2018 - College of Caucasity: A Peek into the Missouri School That Dropped Nike Over its Colin Kaepernick Ad
9/9/2018 - Here Comes the Sun: For 2019, Christian Siriano Envisions a Tropical Getaway—and a New Governor
9/9/2018 - Fabulous at 50: Iman, Oprah, Kanye, Chance & More Celebrate a Half-Century of Ralph Lauren
9/9/2018 - Dallas Cop Who Killed Botham Shem Jean After Intruding into His Home Identified [Updated]
9/8/2018 - She Comes in Color: Cushnie's First Solo Collection Proves Spring Is a Season of Rebirth
9/8/2018 - Meet the Black Woman Behind
Reversing Roe
, Netflix's New Documentary About the Legal Battle Over Abortions
9/8/2018 - Wet and Wild: Chromat Makes Every Body a Beach Body; Offset Gets Bad and Boujee for Jeremy Scott
9/8/2018 - Walking Pile of Fecal Matter George Zimmerman Allegedly Threatened Beyoncé Over Trayvon Documentary
9/8/2018 - White Boycotts Don’t Work: How Nike Secured the Bag By Supporting Colin Kaepernick
9/8/2018 - Family, Mourners Remember the Life of Botham Shem Jean, Killed in His Own Home by a Dallas Cop
9/8/2018 - Catfight in Couture?!? Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Make a Mess of the Harper's Bazaar 'ICONS' Party [Updated]
9/7/2018 - #Flint: As Lead Service Lines Slowly Get Replaced, Petty Fights Between the City and the State of Michigan Continue
9/7/2018 - Sarah Sanders’s Misguided Call to Action Has the Opposite Effect
9/7/2018 - #StephonClark: Family Files $35 Million Wrongful Death Claim With City of Sacramento
9/7/2018 - Stranger Danger: Random White Woman Narrowly Avoids Catching Hands After Touching Black Woman’s Hair
9/7/2018 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Feeding the Trolls
9/7/2018 - Further Proving Les Moonves Is Trash, He Reportedly Tried to Ruin Janet Jackson’s Career After ’04 Super Bowl
9/7/2018 - When Black Women Rock the Vote
9/7/2018 - No More Sneak Dissing: Wakandan President Barack Obama Calls Trump Out By Name
9/7/2018 - Why I Hate Biopics
9/7/2018 - Got Em? Harlem's Fashion Row Scores a Hit as HFR x LeBron 16 Sells Out Within 5 Minutes!
9/7/2018 - Trump Wants Department of Justice to Investigate Who Wrote New York Times Op-Ed
9/7/2018 - Play Like a Girl: Serena Heads to the US Open Finals with Love from Family and Opponent Naomi Osaka
9/7/2018 - Watch: Trump Sounds Drunk or White-Supremacist-Wasted as He Slurs His Words, Again
9/7/2018 - With Great Power Comes ... Less Responsibility? How New DNC Rules Hurt a New Generation of Black Officials
9/7/2018 - So Black Thought, Phonte and Rhymefest Are Forming a SuperGroup. I
Really
Hope This Ends Up Dope
9/7/2018 - Police To Seek Manslaughter Charge Against Dallas Cop Who Shot and Killed Man After Mistaking Victim’s Apartment for Her Own [Update]
9/7/2018 - Chicago Police Will Have to Notify Dispatchers Whenever They Point a Gun at Someone: Report
9/7/2018 - Famously Fly: Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed 2018 Includes Some of Our Most Fashionable Faves!
9/6/2018 - Serena Williams Serves Up Victory Once Again, Stands 1 Win Away From 24th Grand Slam Title
9/6/2018 - Sacramento Police Shoot and Kill Teen They Say Pointed a Pellet Gun at Them [Updated]
9/6/2018 - Janelle Monae Explains Why Getting Out and Voting Is So Important to Her
9/6/2018 - In the Absence of Colin Kaepernick, Is Malcolm Jenkins the New Face of NFL Player Protests?
9/6/2018 - After Backlash, the Oscars Backtrack on the Best Popular Film Category (for Now)
9/6/2018 - A Completely Insane but Very Possible Conspiracy Theory That Ben Carson Authored the NYT Op-Ed
9/6/2018 -
Insecure
Has Secured the Bag for Season 4
9/6/2018 - Chicago Police Officer Who Killed Laquan McDonald Violated Bail Conditions, Judge Rules
9/6/2018 - Brett ‘B-Killa’ Kavanaugh Claims He Grew Up Around Guns, Drug and Gang Violence
9/6/2018 - Behind the Seams: Do You Know the Black Female-Focused Design Story of Nike’s HFR x LeBron 16?
9/6/2018 - Cory Booker Goes Full ‘Rick James’ on Senate, Releases Brett Kavanaugh’s Confidential Emails
9/6/2018 - What Does $750,000 Worth of Shirts Look Like? Tisha Campbell-Martin Says It Looks Like Alimony
9/6/2018 - Michael B. Jordan Takes the Lead in New Warner Bros. Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
9/6/2018 - Donald Trump Jr. Used His Father's Face to Make His Own Nike Ad
9/6/2018 - An Ohio School Resource Officer Really Thought It Was a Good Idea to Activate a Taser to Wake a Sleeping Student
9/6/2018 - Trump Claimed He Never Used The Word ‘Retarded.’ Video Proves That Is a Lie
9/6/2018 - Time Traveling: Tom Ford Kicks Off NYFW Spring-Summer 2019 With Retro-Inspired Glamour
9/6/2018 - A Harlem Restaurant Owner Tried to Help an Unconscious White Woman. Now, He’s Suing the NYPD for False Arrest
9/6/2018 - Cops Cuff Black Teen Riding With White Grandmother Because Someone Thought He Was Robbing Her
9/6/2018 - Dear People Who Don't Respect Personal Space: WTF Is Wrong With You? I Hate You
9/6/2018 - For Decades, a Predominantly Black and Latinx Indiana Town Suffered from Toxic Contamination. Mike Pence Looked the Other Way
9/6/2018 - Jasper Williams and the Stupidity of Respectability
9/6/2018 - Welcome Back to New York Fashion Week—Where Are All the Black People?
9/6/2018 - Black Cops Tell National Police Organization: Nah, Bruh. We Support Kaepernick
9/6/2018 - Man Convicted of Punching 'Unite the Right's' Jason Kessler Ordered to Pay a Whopping $1 Fine
9/5/2018 - Kanye West’s Explanation Tour Makes a Stop to Apologize to Drake
9/5/2018 - You Are Not Part of the 'Resistance' If You Are Hiding Behind Anonymity
9/5/2018 - Smart, Funny and Black: Amanda Seales Has Created the Blackest Game Show Ever
9/5/2018 - Film Noir: Issa Rae Gets Dramatic for Glamour's October Issue—and Claps Back at Melania's Camp
9/5/2018 - Watch Alex Jones And Sen. Marco Rubio Almost Get Into A Fight
9/5/2018 - LeBron Loves the Ladies: King James Pays Tribute to Black Women and Girls at Harlem's Fashion Row
9/5/2018 - Nike Trolls NFL With New Ad Featuring Colin Kaepernick, Set to Debut on
Thursday Night Football
9/5/2018 - Woman Who Took Photo of Geoffrey Owens Working at Trader Joe's Apologizes After Backlash: 'It Wasn't Malicious'
9/5/2018 - What We Not Gon' Do Is Act Like Janet Jackson Wouldn't Be With Bobby Brown, Who Was the Absolute Man in the '80s
9/5/2018 - Made for Now: Janet Jackson's Beauty Is Eternal on October's InStyle
9/5/2018 - There Was Another Mass Shooting This Weekend But No One Cares
9/5/2018 - Brett Kavanaugh Is a Dick and the Look He Gave Fred Guttenberg Proves It
9/5/2018 - Woman Who Lost 9 Family Members in Duck Boat Crash Demands They Be Redesigned in New Lawsuit: 'These Boats Can Never Kill Again'
9/5/2018 - Aspiring to the A-List? Viola Davis Talks Inclusion, Inequities and Acting in Her Natural Hair
9/5/2018 - Watch: Common Rallies Behind Michelle Obama to Get Out the Vote [Corrected]
9/5/2018 - New Study Says the Record of Chicago Cop Who Killed Laquan McDonald Could Have Predicted Deadly Encounter
9/5/2018 - A Black Man Was Accused of Shooting at a Cop. Now the District Attorney Is Saying There's No Evidence That He Even Had a Gun
9/5/2018 - Midnight in the Garden of Good and RiRi: Rihanna Plays Muse for Artist Deana Lawson
9/5/2018 - Watch: Ayanna Pressley, Who May Become 1st Black Massachusetts Rep Elected to Congress, Reacts to Upset Victory
9/4/2018 - Serena Williams Advances to the Semifinals at US Open
9/4/2018 - Did a Woman Sitting Behind Kavanaugh Flash the White Power Symbol During His Hearing?
9/4/2018 - Los Angeles District Attorney Will Not Pursue Sexual Assault Case Against Anthony Anderson
9/4/2018 - Issa Rae Says
Insecure
Would Not Work With a Predominantly White Staff
9/4/2018 - Paul Manafort's Daughter Wants to Change Her Last Name. I Have Some Suggestions
9/4/2018 - Tyler Perry Offers $200,000, Announces Lawsuit Over Missing Black Man
9/4/2018 - The Breakthrough: 3 Designers Find Support and Success on Harlem's Fashion Row
9/4/2018 - Terence Nance's WhitePeopleWontSaveYou.org and the Never-Ending Loop of White Saviors on Screen
9/4/2018 - Bob Woodward's Strange Call With Trump Catches the President in a Lie
9/4/2018 - Woman Who Claimed She Was Kidnapped and Robbed by Black Men Was Lying to Get Out of a Debt: Police
9/4/2018 - Celebrating 'Bey Day'? Treat Yo' Self on eBay!
9/4/2018 - Hero Siblings Flip Over Car That Crashed in Retention Pond, Save Couple, 11-Day Old Baby
9/4/2018 - GOP Favorite and Congressional Confirmation 'Sherpa' Jon Kyl to Replace Sen. John McCain: Report
9/4/2018 - Billionaire BET Founder Bob Johnson Wasn't Allowed to Check In at Florida Hotel
9/4/2018 - White People Just Keep White Peopleing
9/4/2018 - Trump Thinks Everyone's 'Out to Get Him,' and Called Jeff Sessions 'Mentally Retarded', New Book Claims
9/4/2018 - Kansas Man Sues After Spending 17 Years in Prison for Crime Committed by Look-Alike
9/4/2018 - Couple Thrown Out of Afropunk for Protest T-Shirt Questioning Festival's Inclusivity, Eroding Punk Nature [Updated]
9/4/2018 - Air MAGA: Trump's Base Is So Pissed at Nike's Kaepernick Ad, They're Burning Their 'White Supremacy 7s'
9/4/2018 - Rahm Bows Out
9/4/2018 - Happy Birthday, Fenty Beauty! Rihanna's Anniversary Releases Shine Bright Like a Diamond
9/4/2018 - The VSB Group Chat:
Insecure
Season 3, Episode 4, 'Fresh-Like' Recap
9/4/2018 - Sisters in Style: In Tennis and Fashion, It Runs in the Family for the Williams Sisters
9/4/2018 - Geoffrey Owens Just Wants to Remind Y'all Basement-Dwellers That 'Every Job Is Worthwhile and Valuable' [Updated]
9/4/2018 - '
Loving
: But Make it Nazi?' New WW II-Era Amandla Stenberg Film Has Disturbing Implications
9/4/2018 - Capture the Crown: Who Designed Cicely Tyson's Famous Hat for Aretha Franklin's Funeral?
9/4/2018 - It's Bey Day and Miss Tina Just Shared the Most Adorable Baby Photo of Baby Beyoncé
9/4/2018 - Double Exposure: Nicki Minaj Performed Through a Major Wardrobe Malfunction at Made in America
9/4/2018 - It's Official: Aretha Franklin's Family Thought That Eulogy Was Just as Trash as You Did
9/4/2018 - Florida Man Who Shot and Killed Black Man Over Parking Space Dispute in 'Stand Your Ground' Case Claims He Was 'Very Scared'
9/3/2018 - Fla. Governor's Race: Democratic Nominee Andrew Gillum Calls Racist Robocalls Targeting Him 'Deeply Regrettable'
9/3/2018 - Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Serena Williams Makes US Open Quarterfinals for 10th Straight Time
9/3/2018 - 8 Wounded in Shooting During a Dice Game at San Bernardino, Calif., Apartment Complex [Updated]
9/3/2018 - Omarosa Used Her Phone to Secretly Record Nearly All Her White House Conversations: Report
9/2/2018 - Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. Defends Eulogy He Delivered at Aretha Franklin's Funeral
9/2/2018 - Childish Gambino Drops Animated Video for 'Feels Like Summer,' Featuring Our Hip-Hop Faves Hanging Out in the Coolest Neighborhood Ever
9/2/2018 - 15 Inmates Died In Mississippi In August. Now Prison Officials are Seeking Help From the FBI to Find Out Why
9/2/2018 - 99-Year-Old Man Who Walks 6 Miles Each Day to Visit His Wife in Hospital Is an Inspiration to Us All
9/2/2018 - Pennsylvania GOP Official Resigns After Calling Protesting NFL Players 'Baboons' and 'Ignorant Blacks' on Facebook
9/2/2018 - The Root's 2018 Cookout Awards
9/1/2018 - Barack Obama Delivers Touching Eulogy at John McCain's Funeral
9/1/2018 - The 10 Best, Blackest, Messiest and Ugliest Moments From Aretha Franklin's Epic Marathon Homegoing
9/1/2018 - 911 Dispatcher Questioned BBQ Becky's Mental Health
9/1/2018 - Serena Williams Says Everyone Should Be 'Grateful and Honored' For Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid
9/1/2018 - Detroit Bishop Apologizes for Comparing Ariana Grande's Name to a Taco Bell Item and Grabbing Her Breast
9/1/2018 - Meet RBRM, the Artists Formerly Known as New Edition
9/1/2018 - From Get-Out-the-Vote to Respectability Politics, Aretha Franklin's Homegoing Was a Dramatic, Political Affair