4/30/2019 - Watch: Angela Davis and Ayanna Pressley Lead Black Women in Rally Supporting Ilhan Omar

4/30/2019 - GOP Women Senators Raise Alarm About Trump’s Possible Fed Pick Stephen Moore

4/30/2019 - Former Minneapolis Cop Found Guilty of Murder in Death of Australian Native Justine Damond

4/30/2019 - Jussie Smollett Out on Empire Next Season

4/30/2019 - Salt-N-Pepa Are Still in Effect and Playing ‘Black Ass Game’

4/30/2019 - Black Women Are Taking Their Political Power to the Podcast World

4/30/2019 - Ex-Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger's Frantic 911 Call Released: 'I'm Going to Lose My Job'

4/30/2019 - Big Beauty Tuesday: A Tale of 2—No, 3!—Cities

4/30/2019 - Uber Apologizes—And Offers an Explanation For—Its Insanely Racist Tweet on Twitter

4/30/2019 - Now That Obama Boulevard is Officially a Thing, Here's How Los Angeles Plans to Celebrate

4/30/2019 - Here's How Much Money Trickled Down to Wages From Trump's Ingenious Big Business Tax Cuts

4/30/2019 - Does Oprah Regret Getting Involved With Leaving Neverland? Nah.

4/30/2019 - Temptations, Forever: Ain’t Too Proud Scores 12 Nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards

4/30/2019 - John Singleton Introduced Me to a World That Changed My Life

4/30/2019 - Jimmy Butler to 76ers Head Coach After Monster Game: ‘My Name Isn’t James!’

4/30/2019 - For Black Drivers, Traffic Stops Can Be a Matter of Life or Death. Can the 'Not Reaching' Pouch Make Them Safer?

4/30/2019 - Deliciously Diverse: The 2019 Iconoclast Dinner Experience Series Kicks Off in Chicago With an All-Star Culinary Bash

4/30/2019 - Trump Sues 2 Banks to Keep Democrats Out of His Finances

4/30/2019 - Federal Lawsuit Filed Against N.Y. Middle School for Allegedly Strip-Searching 4 Black and Latina Students

4/30/2019 - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: How Does it Feel to Make a Comeback After 14 Years? Devil's Pie - D'Angelo Explores Just That

4/30/2019 - 'We Would Not Have All Been White': Cynthia Nixon Reflects on Sex and the City's White Feminism Problem

4/30/2019 - 1 Petition to Investigate Jussie Smollett Case Dropped, 1 Remains

4/30/2019 - 'Change the Game': Halima Aden Makes Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue History in a Hijab

4/30/2019 - Stacey Abrams Will Not Run for U.S. Senate in 2020; Millions Sigh, 'But What About President, Though?'

4/30/2019 - Broadway’s Ain’t Too Proud Is a Rousing, Joyful Nod to Black American Life and Legacy

4/29/2019 - Northern Virginia Schools Stand Up for Gavin Grimm in Transgender Bathroom Case

4/29/2019 - DOJ’s No. 2, Rod Rosenstein, the Man Who Reportedly Said He Could ‘Land the Plane’ for Trump, Hands in His Resignation

4/29/2019 - From Defendant to Defender: Theo Shaw, Once Almost Railroaded by the Justice System as One of the Jena 6, Is Now Officially a Lawyer

4/29/2019 - They’ll Pass: Baltimore Courts Deny Mosby’s Attempt to Throw Out Some 5,000 Marijuana Convictions

4/29/2019 - Authorities Thwart Deadly Terror Attack by Army Veteran

4/29/2019 - From Ingenue Entrepreneurs to Enduring Icons, Essence Beauty Carnival Brought Out the Best of Black Beauty

4/29/2019 - White Supremacists Descend Upon Book Store, Chant 'This Land is Our Land'

4/29/2019 - Maybe We Wanna Be in Kansas, Dorothy. It Just Became the First State to Recognize the Right to an Abortion Independent of Roe v. Wade

4/29/2019 - Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker John Singleton Dead at 51

4/29/2019 - #NotToday: The Night King nor Kim Kardashian Could Stop Us From Keeping Up With The Battle of Winterfell

4/29/2019 - It’s Not About the Band-Aids

4/29/2019 - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: In Living Color Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary by Telling the Origin Story of Its Catchy Theme Song

4/29/2019 - Queen Latifah Helped 2 Black Women Achieve Their Dream With The Queen Collective

4/29/2019 - White Woman Defaces Nipsey Hussle Memorial

4/29/2019 - Grammy-Winning Singer Peabo Bryson Hospitalized After Suffering Heart Attack

4/29/2019 - Arya Stark Forces Night King to Drop Out of Presidential Race

4/29/2019 - The Ladies of SWV Will Have You 'Weak' With This Black-Ass Interview

4/29/2019 - President Trump Is Personally Trying to Keep Fact Checkers Employed to Boost His Employment Numbers (That’s a Lie)

4/29/2019 - Daughter of Rodney King Launches ‘I Am a King’ Scholarship to Celebrate Black Fatherhood Just in Time for Father’s Day

4/29/2019 - Report: Family Plans to Take John Singleton Off Life Support [Updated]

4/29/2019 - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is Reborn as 'Brilliant' Bel-Air, And Will Smith Loves it Just as Much as the Rest of Us

4/29/2019 - Live to Tell: 25 Years After Genocide, Miracle in Rwanda Sheds Light on a Tragic Legacy

4/29/2019 - Federal Judge and Civil Rights Icon Damon J. Keith Dead at 96

4/29/2019 - NFL Rookie Shot Just Hours After Being Drafted By New York Giants

4/28/2019 - Obama Had Biden Pump His Breaks on '16 Presidential Bid: Report

4/28/2019 - Durham, NC, Mom Arrested on Frontier Airlines After Complaining of Biohazard on Passenger Seats

4/28/2019 - Rapper GameOva Reedy, Creator of the Viral For the D Challenge, Arrested for Alleged Child Desertion [Updated]

4/28/2019 - Trump Sends Migrants to Sanctuary Cities as DHS Asks Defense Department for Assistance at Border

4/28/2019 - If You’ve Ever Wanted to Rock Chaka Khan’s Iconic Hair, Now’s Your Chance

4/28/2019 - John Singleton's Daughter Disputes Coma Claims; Says Filmmaker Could Leave ICU This Week

4/28/2019 - Police Confront Robbery Suspect in Texas, Shoot Three Children

4/28/2019 - Police Say Iraq War Vet Targeted Assumed Muslims in Vehicular Attack

4/27/2019 - Shooter Kills 1, Injures 3 at Synagogue in Poway, Calif., Mayor Calls Incident ‘Hate Crime’ [Update]

4/27/2019 - Ayanna Pressley Tells Pundits 'Don't Dare' Make Inmate Voting Rights About the Boston Marathon Bomber

4/27/2019 - Oliver North Out As NRA President After Wayne LaPierre Exposes Alleged Threats

4/27/2019 - Idris Elba is Officially and Eternally Off the Market

4/27/2019 - Connecticut Police Open Fire on Black Couple Singing Love Song to Each Other

4/27/2019 - Omarosa Still Talks to White House Staffers, Wants Anyone But Trump in 2020

4/27/2019 - Lifetime Announces Surviving R. Kelly Follow-Up Special Hosted By Soledad O’Brien

4/27/2019 - Skin Deep: Appreciation for Dark Brown Flesh-Colored Bandage Goes Viral

4/27/2019 - It's a Beautiful Weekend to Be at the Essence Beauty Carnival!

4/26/2019 - 'God Bless America': Are Supporters of the Kate Smith Version Trying to Protect the Song—or the Singer?

4/26/2019 - Family of Boy Tossed Over 3rd-Floor Railing at Mall of America Say Child Now ‘Alert’ and ‘Conscious’

4/26/2019 - Folks Busted by Killer Cop Amber Guyger Have Been Getting Some Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Passes by Dallas Prosecutors

4/26/2019 - Dazed and Confused: R. Kelly, Claiming He Was ‘Overwhelmed,’ Reportedly Wants to Fight Sex Assault Case He Just Lost

4/26/2019 - Hip-Hop Legend Fab 5 Freddy Confronts America's Complicated History With Marijuana in New Documentary, Grass Is Greener

4/26/2019 - Trump Now Claims His 'Very Fine People on Both Sides' Comment Wasn't About White Supremacists

4/26/2019 - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: Shaolin Meets Steinbeck in Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men

4/26/2019 - Teacher Resigns After Being Outed as an Alleged White Supremacist

4/26/2019 - Reel Life: Model Slick Woods’ Feature Film Debut in Goldie Blurs Reality and Fiction

4/26/2019 - Penitentiary Prada? Incarcerated Fashion Designer Debuts New Clothing Line From Behind Bars

4/26/2019 - Sen. Cory Booker Is Leading All Democratic Presidential Hopefuls in This Category, and It's a Good Look for Him

4/26/2019 - Color Her Conscious: Nathalie Emmanuel Is the Latest to Advocate for Accurately ‘Melanated’ Casting

4/26/2019 - Kellyanne Conway's Husband Nicknames the President 'Deranged Donald' and the Internet Loves It

4/26/2019 - Watch: The Root’s Clapback Mailbag, Explained

4/26/2019 - Baltimore Man Killed By Neighbor After Order of Protection Request Was Denied

4/26/2019 - A Fun, Spoiler-Free, Plot-Free Review of Avengers: Endgame in 10 Two-Word Sentences

4/26/2019 - Paradise, Privilege and the Mysterious Death of Kenny Mitchell

4/26/2019 - TGIF: Beyoncé Teases Her Ivy Park/Adidas Collab with Help from Grambling State (and Serena Williams Puts More ‘Love on Top’)

4/26/2019 - John Singleton Reportedly in a Coma After Suffering Stroke; Celebrities Offer Prayers on Social Media

4/26/2019 - Avengers: Endgame Is the Longest Running TV Show We've Ever Watched at the Movies

4/26/2019 - Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Reportedly Not ‘Lucid’ Enough to Make a Decision on Resigning

4/26/2019 - Just Us: These Black Poets Use the Power of Their Words to Highlight Injustice

4/26/2019 - It's a Boy! Tamron Hall Gives Birth to Son Moses

4/25/2019 - A Michigan Town Wants the Cops to Crack Down on the #BBQBeckys of the World — and We’re Here for It

4/25/2019 - Policing the Police: Database of Corrupt Cops Opened to Public View

4/25/2019 - Anita Hill on Joe Biden: He’s Not Sorry Enough

4/25/2019 - Star Power: Mellody Hobson and George Lucas Vie for Control of Ebony, Jet Photo Archives

4/25/2019 - LeBron James Leads the Charge to Rename Crayola Crayon Bluetiful to Nipsey Blue

4/25/2019 - Uncle Joe Got a Whole Lotta 'Splainin’ to Do

4/25/2019 - What It Means to Be Lucky in America

4/25/2019 - Redlining: The Origin Story of Institutional Racism

4/25/2019 - The White House Just Held Their First Press Briefing in Over a Month. They Only Took Questions From Kids

4/25/2019 - FBI, IRS Agents Search City Hall, Homes of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh

4/25/2019 - Racist Asshole Shows Racist Ass

4/25/2019 - Bernie Sanders Has a Black Woman Problem, and That's Going to Prove Impossible to Get Beyond

4/25/2019 - Is This the New Poll Tax? Florida House Passes Bill Requiring Former Felons to Pay Up Before They Can Vote

4/25/2019 - More Than Words: These Poets Aren't Afraid to Mix It Up With Music, Visual Arts to Tell Black Stories

4/25/2019 - Omarosa Confirms the President Has a List of Crazy Policy Ideas He'll Leak to Distract From Bad Press

4/25/2019 - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: The Apollo Provides a Soul-Stirring Tribute to the Iconic Sanctuary for Blackness

4/25/2019 - Frankie Beverly Calls Beyoncé’s ‘Before I Let Go’ Cover ‘One of the High Points of My Life’

4/25/2019 - For Essence's Mother's Day Issue, Diddy and Family Pay Tribute to Kim Porter

4/25/2019 - Caucasity Broadcasting System: Former Exec Calls Out CBS for Its 'White Problem'

4/25/2019 - Being ‘The Black Snob’ Was a Joke, Until the Day I Actually Became One

4/25/2019 - R. Kelly Loses Sexual Abuse Case After Failing to Show Up in Court

4/25/2019 - Shannon Sharpe Is Dead Serious About HBCUs

4/25/2019 - Children of Incarcerated Parents Remain Unseen; We Have to Do Better

4/25/2019 - Respect or Respectability Politics? A Houston Principal Sparks Controversy With a Parental Dress Code [Updated]

4/24/2019 - African American Film Critics Association Launching New Awards Show Honoring #BlackExcellence in TV

4/24/2019 - #MeToo: Tarana Burke Bolts From Sexual Violence Forum at FAMU in Dispute With HBCU

4/24/2019 - We Got ‘Zucked’: Facebook Censors Speech That Calls Out Racism, Black Activists Charge

4/24/2019 - The Gospel According to Ye: Kanye West Wants to Take His Sunday Service to Church—for Real

4/24/2019 - With Games People Play, BET Intends to Deliver What Black Millennials Have Been Waiting For

4/24/2019 - ‘Somebody Can Send Your Luggage’: Matthew Knowles to Bring to Life the Story of Destiny’s Child

4/24/2019 - Too Much Breaking Bad: Trump Claims Mexican Troops Pulled Guns on Border Guards as Diversionary Tactic for Drug Smugglers

4/24/2019 - Philly, Get Ready ... VSB and The Glow Up Are 'Taking Charge'!

4/24/2019 - Michelle Obama and a Host of Celebrities to Celebrate Students Aiming to Reach Higher

4/24/2019 - Trill OG for Real: Rapper Bun B Shoots Armed Intruder at His Home

4/24/2019 - Exclusive Clip: Politics and Classism Collide as The Red Line's Emayatzy Corinealdi and Glynn Turman Face Off

4/24/2019 - Iowa Rep. Steve KKKing Claims He Knows What Christ 'Went Through' After Congress Shut Him Down for Being Racist

4/24/2019 - Meghan McCain Meghan McCained Again, So Whoopi Shut That Shit Up By Cutting to a Commercial

4/24/2019 - Trump Threatens to Get His Cousins If Democrats Keep Threatening Impeachment

4/24/2019 - Sustainability Starts at Home: Buy Black and Go Green at All-Natural Marketplace BLK + GRN

4/24/2019 - Manhunt Underway After Dame Lillard Commits 1st-Degree Murder on National Television

4/24/2019 - 'A Gumbo of Unhealthiness': A New Report Reveals How Air Pollution Disproportionately Affects Black Americans

4/24/2019 - Avengers: Endgame Is a Master Class in the Perfect Goodbye

4/24/2019 - The Root’s Guide to the 10 Blackest Experiences of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival

4/24/2019 - These Poets Are Dedicated to Elevating and Preserving the Artform

4/23/2019 - Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Seems Poised to OK Citizenship Question on 2020 Census—No Matter the Cost to Heavily Immigrant Communities

4/23/2019 - 69-Year-Old Militia Leader Accused of Harassing Migrants on the US-Mexico Border Boasted of Aim to Kill Obama, Clinton: Report

4/23/2019 - Drivers, Rejoice! That Parking Ticket Just May Be a Violation of Constitutional Proportions

4/23/2019 - ‘He Is My Son’: Lee Daniels Speaks Up for Jussie Smollett

4/23/2019 - With Hints of the Central Park Five, Activists Charge That Disabled Black Man Possibly Railroaded Into Murder Charge

4/23/2019 - Texas Couple Who Held Girl as a 'Slave' for 16 Years Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

4/23/2019 - Bruh, Rabbit? Easter Bunny Puts Paws on Florida Man Attacking Black Woman

4/23/2019 - Osundairo Brothers File Defamation Lawsuit Against Jussie Smollett's Legal Team

4/23/2019 - Dear Nigel Shelby and the Rest of the LGBTQ+ Community, You Are Loved and There Is Nothing Wrong With You

4/23/2019 - John Delaney Believes a Moderate Democrat Will Beat Trump, Says He's a 'Compassionate Capitalist'

4/23/2019 - Waiting Is for White People: The Privilege of Not Impeaching Trump

4/23/2019 - After Securing the Bag, Russell Wilson Delivers a Prime Package to His Teammates

4/23/2019 - James Byrd Jr. Was Dragged to Death More Than 20 Years Ago. One of His Killers Is Scheduled to Be Executed This Week

4/23/2019 - United Airlines Employee Accused of Calling Actress Cacilie Hughes a 'Shining Monkey'

4/23/2019 - Alabama Deputy Suspended After Making Homophobic Comments About LGBTQ Teenager Who Took His Own Life

4/23/2019 - What Would Black America Be Like Under President Pete? Ask South Bend

4/23/2019 - 'Feeling Cute' Corrections Officers Feeling Jobless After Controversial Social Media Posts

4/23/2019 - 46 Chromosomes and a Mule: Falsely Romanticizing Our Complex Genetic Identities for Profit

4/23/2019 - These Queer Poets Expand on Black Life Through Their Work

4/23/2019 - Welfare for the Wealthy: Trump Administration Tax Loophole Is Government Assistance for Gentrifiers

4/22/2019 - Teacher Charged With Hiring a Hitman to Kill a Child He Allegedly Molested

4/22/2019 - Fearing a Serial Killer Has Been Targeting Black Women in Chicago for 20 Years, Activists Push Police to Start a Probe

4/22/2019 - Knocking Down the PJs? NYC Considers Building Mixed-Income Residence on Site of Public Housing

4/22/2019 - #FreeMumia: Former Journalist and Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets Another Chance to Appeal in Cop Murder

4/22/2019 - Newest Presidential Candidate Seth Moulton Says White People Need to ‘Look Ourselves in the Mirror’ When Dealing With Racism

4/22/2019 - Arrivederci! Two More States Kiss Columbus Day Goodbye

4/22/2019 - Yeezus Price: Kanye Charges $255 for 'Holy Spirit' Hoodies, $50 'Jesus Walks' Socks

4/22/2019 - Connecticut Protesters Continue Week of Demonstrations After Officer-Involved Shooting of Unarmed Black Couple Near Yale Campus

4/22/2019 - Herman Cain Takes Himself Out Of Federal Reserve Board Consideration

4/22/2019 - Ridin' Solo: Cory Booker May Be 'Boo'd Up' But It's Not Too Late to Appeal to Us Single Folk

4/22/2019 - Watch: See You Yesterday, Produced By Spike Lee, Tackles the Blackest Instance of Wanting To Turn Back Time

4/22/2019 - 'Exhibit C' Is Almost 10 Years Old. Jay Electronica Has Completely Squandered His Career

4/22/2019 - Langston’s Legacy: These Young Black Poets Rep Their Cultures to the Fullest

4/22/2019 - My Brother's Keeper: JoJo Smollett Rides for His Brother in Powerful Essay: 'What if Jussie is Telling the Truth?'

4/22/2019 - New York State Democratic Senators Launch Ad Campaign Encouraging Parents to Vaccinate Their Kids Amid Measles Outbreak

4/22/2019 - 'International Network' Involved In Deadly Sri Lanka Attacks; Social Media Blocked Amid National Emergency

4/22/2019 - Sunday’s Episode of Game of Thrones Was a Master Class on How to Survive in White Spaces

4/22/2019 - Elizabeth Warren Proposes $50 Billion in Aid to HBCUs, Student Debt Forgiveness in Radical Higher Ed Reform Package

4/22/2019 - T.I., New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Join Forces to Bail Out Nonviolent Offenders for Easter

4/22/2019 - Soon You Can Get a License Plate in Mississippi that Includes a State Flag Without the State's Racism

4/22/2019 - Color Me Shocked: 2 Virginia Police Officers Fired for Ties to White Supremacist Orgs

4/22/2019 - On Earth Day, Our Fight for Environmental Justice and Against the Trump EPA’s Toxic Agenda Continues

4/22/2019 - 'A Grave Threat to Public Safety': John Legend Calls Out Chicago Police Union in Op-Ed

4/22/2019 - A Blessing from Beyond: Prince Memoir The Beautiful Ones to Arrive in October

4/21/2019 - Kodak Black Didn't Know How to Change the Route on His GPS system

4/21/2019 - 26-Year-Old Influencer Faces 20 Years for Hiring Cousin to Break into Domain Owner's Home

4/21/2019 - Congress Considering Making Pell Grants Available to Inmates, Reversing Decades-Long Ban

4/21/2019 - Oregon County to Pay Black Employee $100k Over 'Blue Lives Matter' Flag

4/21/2019 - The Blood of Christ: Sri Lanka Easter Tragedy That Killed Over 200 Called “An Attack Against Humanity”; Blood Donations Help Over 450 Wounded

4/21/2019 - Black Twitter Explodes With Rumors of Resurrection

4/21/2019 - Wife of Ku Klux Klan Leader Admits to Murder of Her Husband, Sentenced to Life in Prison

4/21/2019 - Bernard Arnault May or May Not Have Confirmed Secret Rihanna Venture During LVMH’s Shareholder Meeting

4/21/2019 - Hennessy and The Thurgood Marshall College Fund Team Up for $10 Million HBCU Scholarship Initiative [Corrected]

4/20/2019 - Man Shot Alongside Nipsey Hussle Released from Jail, Has Arrest Dismissed

4/20/2019 - FBI Arrests 69-Year-Old Militia Leader Whose Group Boasts Ties to U.S. Border Patrol

4/20/2019 - Trump Hits Golf Course With Rush Limbaugh and Without a Hint of Style

4/20/2019 - Prayers Up: John Singleton is Hospitalized in Intensive Care after Suffering a Stroke

4/20/2019 - Calling All Parents: Your Son or Daughter Could be Life Cereal’s New Mikey

4/20/2019 - Five-Year-Old Boy Pushed from Third Floor of Mall of America 'Showing Real Signs of Recovery'

4/20/2019 - All in the Family and The Jeffersons Episodes Will Feature Jamie Foxx, Wanda Sykes, Woody Harrelson, and More for a Live ABC Prime-Time Special

4/20/2019 - Go Green but Buy Black: 10 Black-Owned Cannabis Companies For 4/20

4/20/2019 - Howard U's President Dropped a Statement About Walking Dogs On The Yard; Here's How It Reads In My Head

4/20/2019 - Buds and Beauty: What Is CBD (Cannabidiol) and Why Is it in Everything?

4/19/2019 - A Group of Wannabe Feds Is Going Around Pointing Guns at Immigrants at the US-Mexico Border and Calling It Citizen's Arrest; ACLU Calls It Kidnapping

4/19/2019 - Omar, Tlaib and Booker Hit With Death Threats, Feds Say in Case Against Florida Man

4/19/2019 - Just in Time for 420: Carl's Jr. Laces Us With a CBD-Laced Burger

4/19/2019 - ‘Fire Me Good Friday’: Veteran Journalist April Ryan Calls for Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Head on a Platter

4/19/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Every Friday Is Good Friday

4/19/2019 - Army Sergeant Exonerated of Assault Charges After Surveillance Video Proves She Acted in Self-Defense

4/19/2019 - Watch: Grown Ass Cop Pepper Spray, Beat and Arrest Black Teen for Allegedly Taking a Defensive Stance

4/19/2019 - House Democrats Issue Subpoena For Full Mueller Report, Not The William Barr Remix

4/19/2019 - Cardi B Ain't Copping Pleas, Rejects Deal in Connection with August Strip Club Brawl

4/19/2019 - Fox News for Negroes? Upcoming 'Black News Channel' Looks Pretty Conservative

4/19/2019 - Yes, Issa Rae Is Too Booked and Busy for Insecure Right Now. No, 'Busy' Doesn't Mean 'Baby'

4/19/2019 - 'Move the Campus': #GentrifyingGeorge Says Students Should Move Howard University If They Have A Problem With Gentrification

4/19/2019 - 10-Year-Old Raniya Wright Died of Natural Causes, Prosecutor Says

4/19/2019 - Mueller Report Reveals How Black Activists, White Tears and Racism Helped Trump Become President

4/19/2019 - The Alleged Mistress of Pizza Godfather Herman Cain Is Ready to Describe His Sausage to a Senate Committee

4/19/2019 - Russia Report Catches Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a Lie and When Pushed on It, She Lies Again

4/19/2019 - Remy Ma Under Investigation for Allegedly Punching Love & Hip-Hop Co-Star

4/19/2019 - Wait? Was Ariana Grande Paid Twice As Much As Beyoncé For Coachella Performance? [Updated]

4/19/2019 - Lil Yachty Is Behind the 'Real Ass Bitch' Aura of 'Act Up' by City Girls, Says He Wrote Most of the Lyrics

4/19/2019 - Roxane Gay and Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom to Release 'Badass' Podcast Called Hear to Slay

4/19/2019 - First Look: When They See Us Full Trailer Released 30 Years After Attack That Forever Changed the Lives of the Central Park Five

4/19/2019 - Racial Profiling or Nah? TSA Scanners Are Singling Out Black Women

4/19/2019 - Slavery, But Make It a Bodice-Ripper: Ancestry.com to Pull Offensive, Ahistorical Ad

4/19/2019 - Revisiting Zhané's Debut Album, the Perfectly 90s Album, Pronounced Jah-Nay

4/19/2019 - Black Millennials Are More Likely to Have a Second Job Than Their Peers, But Don’t Want to Drive Your Uber, According to New Survey

4/18/2019 - 3 Years After the World Lost Prince, His Heirs Still Have Yet to Receive a Penny: Report

4/18/2019 - NYC Council Votes to Bar Companies From Testing Job Applicants for Marijuana

4/18/2019 - Fox News Host Laura Ingraham's Gonna Learn Today: Don't Come for Chrissy Teigen Unless You Want That Smoke

4/18/2019 - Pioneering Hip-Hop Journalist Dee Barnes, Now Homeless, Gets a Hand-Up From Wendy Williams

4/18/2019 - Beyoncé and Michelle Obama Are Drunk in Love

4/18/2019 - #StayWoke: Don’t Let Russia Report Blind You, Trump’s Trying to Put Undocumented Immigrants Out of Public Housing

4/18/2019 - Oops Upside Your Head: 65-Year-Old Woman (and Her Bat) Give Burglar the Business

4/18/2019 - Donald Glover Presents a New Adidas Collection and — Plot Twist — Mo’Nique Is Involved

4/18/2019 - Trial Over Black Man Shot by Alabama Police Officer, Now on Its 9th Judge, Set for Trial

4/18/2019 - Beyoncé, Queen of Benevolence, Is Re-Releasing Lemonade Across All Streaming Platforms

4/18/2019 - For The Love of Money

4/18/2019 - HBO Tells Real-Life Night King to Kill It With Game of Thrones Memes

4/18/2019 - Oops Pow Surprise: Kodak Black Arrested at U.S. Border, Faces Weapon and Weed Possession Charges

4/18/2019 - WNBA Star Lindsey Harding Becomes Philadelphia 76ers' First Female Coach

4/18/2019 - Finally! 24-Hour Black News Channel to Debut in November

4/18/2019 - Michelle Obama Compares President Picture Book to 'Divorced Dad' in London, Fails to Adopt Any of Us

4/18/2019 - Black People Are Fighting Against Gentrification and for the Heart and Soul of Their Cities

4/18/2019 - 2019 Cannes Film Festival: Atlantique Is the First Film By a Black Female Director to be Selected in the Competition Section

4/18/2019 - Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund Water Infrastructure Improvements

4/18/2019 - How the Russia Collusion Investigation Turned Into the Greatest Political Joke Ever

4/18/2019 - ‘Feeling Cute, Might Shoot Your Baby Daddy Today’: Corrections Officers Show Their Collective Asses in Social Media Challenge

4/18/2019 - You Should Watch High Flying Bird Because André Holland Is a Star

4/18/2019 - Philadelphia Barber Wants Answers After Police Told Him to Stop Providing Free Haircuts to Homeless

4/18/2019 - ‘The Truth Is the Truth’: Sparkle May Testify Against R. Kelly Once Again

4/17/2019 - Trolls Gonna Troll: Kid Killer George Zimmerman Reportedly Using Fake Name to Trap Girls on Tinder

4/17/2019 - The Rent Is Too Damn High and Now Los Angeles City Council Says It Wants to Help by Banning Section 8 Bans Targeting the Poor

4/17/2019 - Really? Arkansas, the Birthplace of the Little Rock 9, to Replace Its Confederate-Era Statues in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol

4/17/2019 - Cory Booker Proposes Getting a Day Off to Get Your Vote On

4/17/2019 - Mom Says Arizona Teacher Had Class Shame Black 9-Year-Old to Teach a Very Important History Lesson on Racism

4/17/2019 - About that Trip to Cuba ... Trump Delivers Another Blow to Obama Policy, Announces Limits on Travel to the Island

4/17/2019 - Prosecutors Set to Release Pixelated Video of New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Receiving Sexual Services

4/17/2019 - A Tale of Two Churches: How the Notre Dame Cathedral Illustrates America's Unwillingness to Acknowledge Black Suffering

4/17/2019 - Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Texts Leaked, Refers to Jussie Smollett as a 'Washed Up Celeb' and R. Kelly as a 'Pedophile'

4/17/2019 - #RepublicansSoWhite: Why Black Voters Don't Mess With the GOP

4/17/2019 - Trump's Still Big Mad That Fox News, His Personal YouTube Channel, Had a Bernie Sanders Town Hall

4/17/2019 - Why Is Ivanka Trump Visiting the Ivory Coast and, More Importantly, Why Is She Dancing?

4/17/2019 - Rihanna Comes Through Drippin' in Rainbow Goodness for Harper’s Bazaar May Cover, Teases New Fenty

4/17/2019 - Tennessee Just Passed a Bill That Could Suppress Black Votes

4/17/2019 - Attention Black People: It’s Your Fault Should Donald Trump Get Re-Elected in 2020

4/17/2019 - 6 Ways Beyoncé's Cover of 'Before I Let Go' From Homecoming: The Live Album Just Changed the Game

4/17/2019 - Angela Bassett and DeWanda Wise Named as Jurors For the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival

4/17/2019 - Prosecutor Kim Foxx to Expunge Marijuana Convictions in Chicago

4/17/2019 - A New Beyoncé Album Came Home, Too

4/17/2019 - Now That We Know There’s a Maternal Mortality Crisis, How Can We Help Fix It?

4/17/2019 - White Coaches Pick the Wrong Side When They Talk Down to Their Black Athletes

4/17/2019 - Beyoncé’s Homecoming on Netflix Is an Historically Black Experience

4/16/2019 - US Supreme Court to Weigh In on Whether Census Can Ask Citizenship Status

4/16/2019 - White People Don’t Live in Flint or Puerto Rico, So President Sends Aid to France

4/16/2019 - 1-Year-Old South Carolina Girl Dies in Burning Car After Police Say Father Abandoned Her to Escape Arrest

4/16/2019 - Trans Bathroom Panic: HS Girl Expelled for Kicking a Boy in the Groin After He and Others Crash Girls Room in Transgender Protest

4/16/2019 - White Man Gets 10 Years in Prison for Attempting to Hire the KKK to Lynch His Black Neighbor

4/16/2019 - Lynne Patton Took to Instagram to Mock Death Threats Against Rep. Ilhan Omar

4/16/2019 - 'You Told Me To': North Carolina Police Officer Shoots Black Man As He Was Lowering His Weapon

4/16/2019 - Blackness Is Coming: SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott to Release 'Power is Power' for Game of Thrones Soundtrack

4/16/2019 - Future’s Baby Daddy Just Made the Seattle Seahawks Level Up, Becomes NFL’s Highest Paid Player

4/16/2019 - Everyone Knows There's a Racial Wealth Gap. How Do We Fix It?

4/16/2019 - Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Continues To Walk The Walk—Will Build a New Theater and Implement Grants for Filmmakers of Color

4/16/2019 - 'Stacey Abrams Won That Election': Eric Holder Stays Ready to Scrap Against Anti-Democratic Principles

4/16/2019 - Just Like Herpes, He's Back: Accused Child Molester Roy Moore Is Leading GOP Candidate to Challenge Doug Jones for Senate Seat

4/16/2019 - Those Left Behind: Charles Johnson Wants to Support Families Reeling After Black Women Die in Childbirth

4/16/2019 - Hot Girl Shit: Megan Thee Stallion Lands On BillBoard Hot 100 With 'Big Ole Freak'

4/16/2019 - Hollywood's Biggest Names Are Lining Up to Throw Their Support Behind Kamala Harris

4/16/2019 - You Scared? Trump's Tweeting Fast and Furious as Redacted Russia Probe to be Released Thursday

4/16/2019 - Trump Calls Rep. Ilhan Omar 'Very Disrespectful' During Visit to Minnesota, Refuses to Apologize for Incendiary Tweet

4/16/2019 - Nia Wilson's Family Proposes Tracking Fare Evaders in Wrongful Death Suit Against BART

4/16/2019 - Reefer and Records: Grass Is Greener Explores Marijuana's Relationship With Music in New Trailer

4/16/2019 - Jemele Hill Remains 'Unbothered' with New Podcast

4/16/2019 - Dear Game of Thrones Fans, I'm Going to Try Really Hard to Catch Up Because the FOMO Is Killing Me

4/16/2019 - Louisiana Man Accused of Burning 3 Black Churches Faces Hate Crime Charges

4/16/2019 - Lena Waithe's Passion Project Twenties Scores a Series Order at BET

4/16/2019 - Big Beauty Tuesday: Tabi Bonney's ITADI Body Honors His Late Father's Legacy

4/15/2019 - A Late-Night Food Run at Barnard College Turns Into a Racial Hashtag for One Black Student

4/15/2019 - Rejection From Women Led Suspect to Throw 5-Year-Old Over Railing at Mall of America: Report

4/15/2019 - Trump Tweets He Will Award Tiger Woods Presidential Medal of Freedom

4/15/2019 - Flags Fly Half-Staff to Honor NJ Principal Who Died After Donating Bone Marrow to Help a Boy He Did Not Even Know

4/15/2019 - The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners Are Brimming With Black Excellence—and a Posthumous Appearance by Aretha Franklin

4/15/2019 - Issa Rae’s Insecure Won’t Return Until 2020

4/15/2019 - Stacey Abrams Says There Was ‘Incompetence’ in Media Coverage of Her Campaign, Will Announce Her Future Political Plans in the Coming Weeks

4/15/2019 - T.I., Tank, The Game, Call for Firing of Fox News Host Laura Ingraham After Mocking Memorial of Nipsey Hussle

4/15/2019 - Come on Nancy Pelosi, Not Like This: Speaker of the House the Latest to Try and Come for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

4/15/2019 - I’m Not Black, I’m Tiger

4/15/2019 - Who Asked You, Though? Reggie Bush and Lilit Avagyan Unsuccessfully Tried To Raise Money for Nipsey Hussle

4/15/2019 - Measles Climbs to 2nd-Highest Level in 25 Years

4/15/2019 - Fox’s The Resident Partners With Activist to Shine Light on America’s Maternal Mortality Crisis

4/15/2019 - The Season Premiere of Game of Thrones Was Too Realistic

4/15/2019 - Black in Boston

4/15/2019 - I’m Gonna Go On Ahead and Count Tiger Woods’ Win as Another One for the Black Community. Cool? Let’s Fight

4/15/2019 - Eartha Kitt and the Slap Unheard Around the World—Until Jackée Harry Told Everyone About It

4/15/2019 - Finding Beauty in the Battle: GSK and NARS Team Up at Sephora to Support Lupus Sufferers

4/15/2019 - Rep. Ilhan Omar: ‘I Have Experienced an Increase in Direct Threats on My Life’ Since Trump’s 9/11 Video Lie

4/15/2019 - What Gentrification and the New NFL Stadium Mean for Longterm Black Residents of Inglewood, Calif.

4/15/2019 - New Video Shows Student's Account of What Chicago Police Did to Her Was Exactly as Bad as She Said

4/15/2019 - 4-Year-Old Becomes 5th Family Member to Fall Victim to Gun Violence After Accidentally Shooting Himself

4/15/2019 - Chicago Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot Confirms Jussie Smollett's Case 'Doesn't Rank as a Matter of Any Importance'

4/15/2019 - Lena Waithe Heads West, Cast in Season 3 of Westworld

4/14/2019 - Tiger Woods Is Back!

4/14/2019 - Florida Man Meets Tragic Death After Being Killed by Rare Cassowary Bird

4/14/2019 - Presidential Hopeful Kamala Harris Released Her Tax Documents. Trump Still Hasn't.

4/14/2019 - C.J. Wallace, Son of Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans, Launches Cannabis Line to Benefit the Prison Arts Project

4/14/2019 - Pennsylvania DA Declines Charges Against Cop Who Shot Inmate in Holding Cell

4/14/2019 - Colorado Signs 'Red Flag' Bill Giving Judges Power to Remove Guns From High-Risk Owners

4/14/2019 - Trump Refuses to Renominate Obama's Pick for U.N. Committee on Racism, Won't Name Replacement

4/14/2019 - Details Emerge on Suspect in Attempted Homicide of 5-Year-Old in Mall of America

4/14/2019 - Amazing Grace Is a Cinematic Blessing and a Transcendental Spiritual Experience

4/13/2019 - Morehouse College To Admit Transgender Students

4/13/2019 - Breastfeeding Mother Hit with $115 Ticket for Breastfeeding in Midtown NYC Traffic

4/13/2019 - Richard Neal Won't Back Down From Hunt for Trump's Tax Returns

4/13/2019 - Donald Trump Handed Rare Victory as 9th Circuit Rules in Favor of Returning Asylum Seekers to Mexico

4/13/2019 - Who is Leaving Bowls of Mashed Potatoes around Jackson, Mississippi?

4/13/2019 - Newark Residents Hope Cory Booker Will Represent Them In The White House

4/13/2019 - 'To Be Young, Queer, and Black': Janelle Monae Gets Revealing with Lizzo for Them.

4/13/2019 - Playing the Gentrification Game: In Ike Holter's Lottery Day, the Audience Wins

4/13/2019 - Sound the Navy: Rihanna’s Launching Fenty Skincare

4/13/2019 - Jesus and Jollof Podcast: Pepper Soup for the Soul

4/13/2019 - Man Reportedly Throws a 5-Year-Old Over a Three-Story Balcony at Mall of America

4/13/2019 - Peggy Alford Poised to Make History as Facebook Nominates a Black Woman to Its Board...Finally

4/13/2019 - #IStandWithIlhan: Trump Targets Rep. Ilhan Omar in Yet Another Islamophobic Tweet and People Are Repulsed

4/13/2019 - Nipsey Hussle’s Community Legacy: 10 Hip-Hop Artists Continuing The Marathon

4/12/2019 - Police in Texas Investigating After Off-Duty Cop Tackles Young Woman to Ground in Altercation at Apartment Complex

4/12/2019 - A Trump Dream Comes True: Pentagon Ban on Transgender Soldiers Took Effect Today

4/12/2019 - 8-Year-Old Florida Boy Donates Bone Marrow and Saves His Brother and Sister From Sickle Cell Disease

4/12/2019 - Daddy's 'Baby': Donald Trump Considered Naming Daughter Ivanka to Lead World Bank

4/12/2019 - LeBron's I Promise School Boasts 'Extraordinary' Results

4/12/2019 - Illinois Senate Issues An Ultimatum to Trump: Release Your Tax Returns or You Won't Be on the 2020 Ballot

4/12/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Something New Every Day

4/12/2019 - Julian Assange Kicked Out Embassy for Smearing Feces on the Wall, Bad Hygiene and Skateboarding Indoors: Report

4/12/2019 - Applauding Our Own: The Black Design Collective Honors Ruth E. Carter

4/12/2019 - America's Iron Throne: The Presidential Candidates and Their Game of Thrones Counterparts

4/12/2019 - It's Here! Check Out the Trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX

4/12/2019 - Wisconsin Teacher Reportedly Asks 7th Graders to Create 'Slave Games'

4/12/2019 - Citing a Disturbance in the Force, Disney Presses Pause on the Star Wars Franchise

4/12/2019 - Have You Ever Thought About Your Funeral?

4/12/2019 - We Need to Talk About President Trump's Sister Maryanne

4/12/2019 - Cory Booker Addresses Whether Democratic Leadership Is Supporting Progressive Congresswomen Enough

4/12/2019 - Trump Administration Wanted to Release Detained Immigrants to Sanctuary Cities to Target Those Who Opposed the President's Border Wall: Report

4/12/2019 - Georgetown Students Agree to Pay Reparations. No, Really

4/12/2019 - Make It Last Forever: Cory Booker Says Relationship With Rosario Dawson Is the Real Deal

4/12/2019 - Do You 'Know Your Girls'? New FDA Guidelines and an Influencer Campaign Encourage Black Women to Prioritize Breast Health

4/12/2019 - Tarana Burke's #MeTooHBCU Tour Is Creating a Safe Space for Students to Speak Out

4/12/2019 - Redefining the Role: LaTanya Richardson Jackson Finds a Well-Deserved Spotlight in Broadway's To Kill a Mockingbird

4/12/2019 - Having a 'Little' Fun: Marsai Martin, Issa Rae and Regina Hall Play a 'Black Ass Game'

4/11/2019 - Dallas Police Chief Defends Decision to Charge Black Woman Seen on Video Being Brutally Beaten in Assault

4/11/2019 - Mystery Surrounds Deaths of Couple Who Went Missing in Dominican Republican

4/11/2019 - Nipsey Hussle Celebrated as a Visionary Activist at Public Memorial in Los Angeles

4/11/2019 - Former Migrant Baby Stealer Kirstjen Nielsen’s Colleagues Think She’s ‘Completely and Totally Unhirable’

4/11/2019 - Black-Owned Bank OneUnited Offers the Blackest Royalty Bank Card Money Can Buy

4/11/2019 - Lawyer Michael Avenatti Indicted on 36 Charges, Including Embezzling Settlement Money From a Paraplegic

4/11/2019 - MAGA-Loving, Colin Kaepernick-Hating Top NFL Draft Prospect Seems to Hate Everything Black

4/11/2019 - Privacy, Please: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Opt for a Non-Traditional Birth Announcement and Oprah Defends the Duchess

4/11/2019 - Will Packer Has 10 No. 1 Films and Counting. Here’s How He Got Them

4/11/2019 - Finally! Wendy Williams Files for Divorce From Husband Kevin Hunter After 2 Decades of Marriage

4/11/2019 - Suspect Charged in String of Black Church Fires in Louisiana Identified as Son of Local Deputy Sheriff

4/11/2019 - Cory Booker Shares Frustrations Over Presidential Candidates’ Focus on Race When Talking to Black Voters

4/11/2019 - Julian Assange Arrested in London: Here Are 5 Facts About Wikileaks' White Walker

4/11/2019 - ‘Save Yourself’: Oprah Joins Stacey Abrams, Mae Jemison and More at the 10th Annual Women in the World Summit

4/11/2019 - Marsai Martin, Youngest Executive Producer in History, Reminds Us That Closed Mouths Don't Get Fed

4/11/2019 - Try Again: Lori Loughlin and Husband Face Harsher Charges After Rejecting Plea Deal

4/11/2019 - Racism by the Numbers: How the Internal Revenue Service Targets Poor Black Taxpayers

4/11/2019 - Los Angeles Mourns Its Native Son Nipsey Hussle Today. Here's How to Watch

4/11/2019 - Mommy & Me: Serena Williams and Olympia Ohanian Are the Pick-Me-Up We Need Today

4/11/2019 - Adidas, But Make It Childish: Did Donald Glover Debut the Design of His 1st Sneaker Collab in September?

4/11/2019 - Staycation: Donald Glover Announces Guava Island Will Stream on Amazon During Weekend 1 of Coachella

4/11/2019 - Black Maternal Health: When the Village Itself May Be Too Toxic

4/10/2019 - Not a Good Look: UK Grocer Pulls 'Ugly'-Named Chocolate Duckies After Complaints of Racism

4/10/2019 - Warner Bros. Shuts Down Trump 2020 Video for Using Dark Knight Rises

4/10/2019 - Women Could Face Death Penalty for Having an Abortion Under Proposed Texas Law

4/10/2019 - Trump to Screen Controversial Anti-Abortion Film at White House

4/10/2019 - The Category Is ‘Booked And Busy’: Pose Season Two Premieres in June

4/10/2019 - A Gif Response to Van Jones’ Claim That Kim Kardashian Unleashed the ‘Most Effective’ Intervention He’s Ever Seen in American Politics

4/10/2019 - #SheMatters: Chicago’s Black Women’s Expo Celebrates 25 Years of Black Girl Magic

4/10/2019 - Wait, What? Attorney General Claims Spying Occurred on Trump's Campaign Then Provides No Evidence

4/10/2019 - Nipsey Hussle's Mother Shares Words of Encouragement: 'He’s Even Greater Because He Has No Limits'

4/10/2019 - Keep Your Homophobia Away From Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union's Support of Their Child

4/10/2019 - Trump Calls Mueller Probe an 'Attempted Coup' In Another Unhinged Rant That's Become a Staple of His Presidency

4/10/2019 - Man on Death Row for 33 Years Will Get New Hearing After 'Damning Revelations' of Police Misconduct

4/10/2019 - A Standing O for Addressing Mental Health: Oprah Teams Up With Prince Harry for an Upcoming Apple TV+ Series

4/10/2019 - Texas Tech Medical School Will No Longer Consider Race in Admissions, Caving to Pressure From the Trump Administration

4/10/2019 - Trump Keeps Lying on Obama's Good Name, Claims the Former President Separated Migrant Families at the Border

4/10/2019 - Ready for a New Adventure? The Glow Up, VSB and Toyota Are Taking Charge in Philly!

4/10/2019 - Maxine ‘Reclaiming My Time’ Waters Still Has No Time for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s Shit

4/10/2019 - Woman Violently Arrested After Calling Miami-Dade Police for Help Files Civil Rights Lawsuit

4/10/2019 - Crenshaw and Slauson Intersection to be Named in Honor of Nipsey Hussle

4/10/2019 - Harford County Sheriff Finds 'Lawyering While Black' Complaint Unfounded; Officials Say Deputy Is the 'Real Victim'

4/10/2019 - He’s Your King to Be: The Lion King Trailer Welcomes Us to the Jungle

4/10/2019 - Watch: Trailer for Emanuel, the Viola Davis and Steph Curry-Produced Documentary About the Charleston, SC, Church Massacre

4/9/2019 - Watch: Man Turns NYC Subway Car Into an Urban Jungle; Strange but True

4/9/2019 - Iconic Johnson Publishing, the Company That Was Once Behind Ebony and Jet Magazines, Files for Bankruptcy

4/9/2019 - Big Pimpin': Ex University Employee and AKA Adviser Among 7 Indicted in Fort Valley State Prostitution Case

4/9/2019 - Stop-and-Frisk Policing Can Make Criminals of Black and Brown Boys, Study Finds

4/9/2019 - With ‘Shades of Black,’ The Guardian Enters the Colorism Conversation

4/9/2019 - White Performers Temporarily Switch Races to Perform Porgy and Bess

4/9/2019 - Chicago’s New GPS-Tracking Ankle Monitors Can Record Kids Without Their Consent

4/9/2019 - Candace Owens Is Racist White America’s Black Friend and She Just Told Congress That White Nationalism Isn’t a Thing

4/9/2019 - Tickets to Nipsey Hussle Memorial at 21,000-Seat Staples Center Gone in Minutes

4/9/2019 - Finding My Voice: With Her New Memoir, Valerie Jarrett Shares the Wisdom of Life's Many Chapters

4/9/2019 - Confederate-Loving Couple Arrested for Vandalizing Slave Memorial

4/9/2019 - Black Twitter Gathers Meghan McCain After She Disrespects Joy Behar, Patron Saint of Decorum, on The View

4/9/2019 - Black Mothers Matter: Reps. Alma Adams and Lauren Underwood Launch the Black Maternal Health Caucus

4/9/2019 - Attorney General William 'Big Fred Flintstone' Barr to Release Redacted Mueller Report Within a Week

4/9/2019 - Report: White People Still Tripping

4/9/2019 - India.Arie's Acoustic Soul Was Successful in Its Time. I Think It Would Be Even More Successful in Today's Pro-Black Climate

4/9/2019 - Washington State Bans Free Books to Prisoners for No Logical Reason

4/9/2019 - Beautycon 2019 Put Black Women Front and Center

4/9/2019 - D.C. Fights Back Against Colonizers Who Want to Ban Go-Go Music From an Iconic City Corner

4/9/2019 - DC Young Fly, Lil Yachty Light Up the Screen in How High 2 Trailer

4/9/2019 - Time's Up for Abusers in the Workplace: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Introduces Sweeping Anti-Harassment Legislation

4/9/2019 - Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls Trump Adviser Stephen Miller a 'White Nationalist'; Her Critics Accuse Her of Anti-Semitism

4/9/2019 - 'America Supports Sheriff Clarke' Billboard Is the Horrifying Us Follow-Up Nobody Asked For

4/9/2019 - Fashion Putting Us First: Pyer Moss Is Having a Pop-Up in NYC!

4/9/2019 - 'Old Town Road' Rides to the Top: Lil Nas X Lands No. 1 Song in America

4/8/2019 - Taraji P. Henson Tears Up Describing Mental Health in the Black Community as a 'National Crisis'

4/8/2019 - Top Prosecutor in Brooklyn Wants to Decriminalize Prostitution

4/8/2019 - Mom of 10-Year-Old Girl Who Died After a Classroom Fight Says the School Failed Them

4/8/2019 - Watch: Nipsey Hussle on Eritrean Pride as Eritrean American Community Mourns One of Its Own

4/8/2019 - Trump Administration Kills Major League Baseball’s Deal With Cuba Because It Hates Obama and Brown People

4/8/2019 - St. Louis Police Request Permission to Use Mace, Tear Gas on Non-Violent Protesters

4/8/2019 - Texas Teacher Accused of Being an Online White Supremacist

4/8/2019 - ‘A’ for Effort? Kylie Jenner Says She’s Loving Learning to Do Daughter Stormi’s Hair

4/8/2019 - Trump Continues Reshuffling the Deck Chairs on the White House Titanic, Fires Secret Service Director

4/8/2019 - Countdown to Candace Owens: Auntie Ruckus Will Participate in Hearing on Hate Crimes, White Nationalism

4/8/2019 - President Mocks Rep. Ilhan Omar Day After Trump Supporter Who Threatened to Kill Her Is Arrested

4/8/2019 - Prosecutor Kim Foxx Defends Decision in Jussie Smollett Case, Calls Police Backlash 'Disheartening'

4/8/2019 - Exclusive: Sen. Cory Booker Introduces Senate Bill to Study Reparations

4/8/2019 - Brexit Reporter Declares He’s ‘Never Seen So Many White People in One Place.’ The Lie Detector Determined ... That’s a Lie

4/8/2019 - Hats Off to Black Excellence: How the Trifecta Gala Became the Kentucky Derby’s Best Party

4/8/2019 - White Cop to Black Kids: ‘Wait Till Your Asses Turn 18. Then You’re Mine’

4/8/2019 - How 'Make America Great Again' Has Become a Global Symbol for Hate

4/8/2019 - Kirstjen Nielsen Out as Homeland Security Secretary Amid Reports That She Wasn't Willing to Break All the Laws

4/8/2019 - Motel 6 Provided Personal Info of Guests with 'Latino-Sounding Names' to ICE Agents, Settles $12M Lawsuit

4/8/2019 - Watch: Beyoncé-Helmed Homecoming Trailer Promises a Powerful, Affirmative Behind-the-Scenes Look at Beychella

4/8/2019 - R. Kelly Fans Pay Up to $100 to Watch Human Trashbag Sing for 28 Seconds

4/8/2019 - 'He Said YES!': Don Lemon to Marry Partner Tim Malone

4/8/2019 - Solange Pulls Out of Coachella 2019 Due to 'Major Production Delays'

4/7/2019 - Watch: Washington Wizards’ Wizdom Dance Squad Milly Rocks, Twerks and Tootsie Rolls, and They're All Older Than 50

4/7/2019 - Beyoncé Is Coming to Netflix With New Documentary Titled ΗΘΜΣCΘΜΙΝG

4/7/2019 - More than 750K Could Lose Food Stamp/SNAP Benefits Under Proposed National Changes

4/7/2019 - New York Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Rep. Ilhan Omar

4/7/2019 - Memorial Service for Nipsey Hussle Will Not Be Ticketed Event, According to Karen Civil

4/7/2019 - Trump Bashes Mueller, Democrats and New York Times in Latest Round of Tweets

4/7/2019 - Los Angeles Gangs Reportedly Host Largest Peace Rally Since L.A. Riots in Honor of Nipsey Hussle

4/7/2019 - 36-Year-Old Father Arrested for Allegedly Beating 5-Year-Old Daughter to Death for Not Doing Her Homework

4/7/2019 - Phenomenal Woman: Maya Angelou’s Legacy Will Be Adapted for the Stage

4/6/2019 - Serengeti: Lupita Nyong’o and John Boyega to Narrate New Series on African Wildlife

4/6/2019 - President Obama Warns of In-fighting Among Progressives

4/6/2019 - Robert Mueller to Leave DOJ Soon, According to Department

4/6/2019 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reminds Code-Switch Critics: 'I’m From the Bronx'

4/6/2019 - Three Black Churches Burned in One Louisiana Parish

4/6/2019 - Trump Declares Country 'Full' As States Sue to Block Wall Funding

4/6/2019 - Surprise Surprise: Michael Cohen Stumbles Upon 14 Million Files A Month Before His Sentence Begins

4/6/2019 - Don’t Believe the Hype? Cosby Claims He Never Settled

4/5/2019 - All in Their Feelings: Chicago Suburban (Read:White) Cops Call for Kim Foxx's Resignation Over Jussie Smollett Case

4/5/2019 - Oh, Joe: Biden Jokes About Personal Space Called Tone-Deaf

4/5/2019 - Here They Go Again: Trump Faves Diamond and Silk Drop 'Gems' of Wisdom on Climate Change and More

4/5/2019 - Nah, I'll Pass: Trump Declines Invite to White House Correspondents' Dinner—Again

4/5/2019 - 'I'm Living Proof': On the Heels of Her Own Recovery, Wendy Williams Releases PSA for New Substance Abuse Hotline

4/5/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: A Conspiracy of Dunces

4/5/2019 - Valerie Jarrett, Obama's Top Adviser, Reflects on Trump's Win, the Obamas and Finding Her Voice

4/5/2019 - If You Thought the Lakers Were Bad This Season, Space Jam 2 Could Be Even Worse

4/5/2019 - How to Be a Strong Black Family Man: The World According to Gabriel Wilson in Jordan Peele’s Us

4/5/2019 - Belgium Prime Minister Apologizes to African Nations for Colonization, Kidnapping of Mixed-Raced Children

4/5/2019 - Post-Black Artist and Director Rashid Johnson Breathes New Life Into HBO's Native Son

4/5/2019 - We've Been Talking About Education All Wrong. Wyatt Cenac Wants to Change That

4/5/2019 - The Artist Formerly Known As Rachel Dolezal Avoids Trial, Settles Welfare Fraud Case

4/5/2019 - Best Thing They Never Had: Beyoncé Reportedly Walked Out on Reebok for Lacking Diversity

4/5/2019 - Nipsey Hussle to be Honored on House Floor Next Week by Rep. Karen Bass

4/5/2019 - Watch the Stars of HBO's Native Son Get Real About Surviving While Black

4/5/2019 - Jury Rules Hart Parents Drugged Entire Family, Committed Murder-Suicide in Fatal Car Crash

4/5/2019 - Why You Can’t Say ‘Roll Tide!’ to Any Ole Person Up in the Target

4/5/2019 - Kodak Black Charged with First-Degree Sexual Assault in South Carolina, Ordered to Submit DNA Sample

4/5/2019 - White Teens in Maryland Sentenced to Weekends in Jail for Racist, Anti-Semitic Graffiti

4/5/2019 - Louisiana Town Swears in Police Chief Who Really Likes Racism

4/5/2019 - French Twist: André Holland to Star in Netflix's Musical Series The Eddy

4/5/2019 - The House Opposes the NRA to Renew the Violence Against Women Act—with Powerful Provisions to Protect All Women

4/5/2019 - Grand Slam: Naomi Osaka Is the Newest Sports Star to Sign with Nike

4/5/2019 - The Petty Continues: City of Chicago Says It Will Sue Jussie Smollett After He Misses $130,000 Repayment Deadline

4/5/2019 - The Yee-Haw Agenda Flourishes: Lil Nas X Adds Country Heavyweight Billy Ray Cyrus to ‘Old Town Road’ Remix

4/4/2019 - Chris Darden of O.J. Simpson Fame Is Representing Nipsey Hussle's Accused Killer

4/4/2019 - Media on Its Mind: Georgia Bill Would Force Reporters to Turn Over Photos, Audio and Video if Asked

4/4/2019 - Sales of Nipsey Hussle’s Music Skyrocket 2,776 Percent Since His Tragic Death

4/4/2019 - These Lyin’ Eyes? Cop’s Lawyer Says NYPD Surgeon Saw No Choke Hold in Eric Garner Death

4/4/2019 - Trump Is Losing His Only Black, So He's Considering Adding Herman Cain to the Fed

4/4/2019 - United by Death, Mothers of the Movement Breathes New Life Into Political Agendas

4/4/2019 - Leaving Neverland Accused of Key Discrepancy, Michael Jackson Estate Issues Statement [Updated]

4/4/2019 - It Ain't Over: Chicago Demands Jussie Smollett Pay $130K for Wasting Everybody's Time

4/4/2019 - Visiting the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Was the Most Emotional Museum Experience I've Ever Had

4/4/2019 - Money Moves: Cardi B Gets 21 Billboard Music Award Nominations

4/4/2019 - Leomie Anderson Just Became the Newest Victoria's Secret Angel to Get Her Wings

4/4/2019 - Beto O'Rouke on Reparations: 'I Would Sign That Into Law'

4/4/2019 - 'My Choice': With a Series of All Black, All Hijabi April Covers, Vogue Arabia Demystifies Muslim Modesty

4/4/2019 - How Raising Multiethnic Kids Reshaped My Blackness

4/4/2019 - White Gangbangers File Civil Rights Suit After Getting Off Scot-Free In Deadly Shootout

4/4/2019 - Taraji P. Henson Brings Ann Atwater's Activism to Life in The Best of Enemies

4/4/2019 - Charges Dropped Against Black Woman Who Was Charged with Criminal Mischief After Being Brutally Assaulted

4/4/2019 - 3 More Women Come Forward to Claim Joe Biden Was a Bit Too Handsy After His Video Pledge to Do Better

4/4/2019 - Check on It: Beyoncé and Adidas Just Announced a New Partnership!

4/4/2019 - Isaiah Washington Comes for Barack Obama, High Fives Trump Along the Way

4/4/2019 - We Deserve: 4C Textures Get the Luxe Treatment with a New Launch by Oribe

4/4/2019 - Some Members of Mueller's Team Say Trump Report Way More Damaging Than Attorney General's Memo

4/4/2019 - Rigged Shows How an Organized, Well-Funded System of Voter Suppression Doesn’t Bode Well for Black Folks—or Democracy

4/4/2019 - Nipsey Hussle’s Alleged Killer, Eric Holder, Being Held in Isolation Out of Fear for His Life

4/4/2019 - Push for Boycott After Law Calling for Gays to Be Stoned to Death Takes Effect in Brunei

4/4/2019 - Bey Blessed: Beyoncé Reportedly Working on New Music, Coachella-Linked Netflix Special

4/4/2019 - Exclusive: John Delaney's 'Commitment to Black America' Includes Help for HBCUs and Beefed Up Police Oversight

4/4/2019 - On the Anniversary of MLK Jr.’s Assassination, We Should Heed King’s Economic Roadmap to Reparations

4/4/2019 - Nude News: Whatever Skin You're In, Rihanna's Got You Covered This Season (and Covers Brandy & Monica?)

4/3/2019 - The Ultimate Oxymoron? ‘Family-Friendly’ Freaknik Is Planned for Atlanta This Summer

4/3/2019 - Yo, Bro: Dems’ Push to Swear Off PAC Cash May Be a Hard Call for Candidates of Color

4/3/2019 - Wild Ride: Suspect in 9-Year-Old’s Hit-and-Run Says He Was Fighting Off Carjacker When He Crashed

4/3/2019 - Just When You Thought the Trump Administration Couldn’t Get Any Lower, This Happened

4/3/2019 - Gotham Meets Atlanta—Brian Tyree Henry and Zazie Beetz Appear in Joker Teaser Trailer

4/3/2019 - Erased From History: Meet Redoshi, the Last Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

4/3/2019 - A Photo of Beyoncé’s Kids Made It to Social Media and Somebody Getting Fired

4/3/2019 - White Power Symbol Discovered After Fire Destroys Historic Civil Rights Center

4/3/2019 - Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Maintains His Innocence Against Sexual Assault Claims, Offers Result of a Polygraph Test

4/3/2019 - President Windbag Mistakenly Claims That Windmill Noise Causes Cancer

4/3/2019 - Goodbye to 'Her': A Key Character From This Is Us Won't Be Returning as a Series Regular in Season 4

4/3/2019 - We Need to Talk About the President's UFC-Style Fight With the Queen's English

4/3/2019 - Kamala Harris Welcomes Dreamers to Work in Congress With New Bill

4/3/2019 - A Legacy of Artistry: Ruth E. Carter, Tyler Mitchell and More Celebrate the Enduring Impact of Kwame Brathwaite

4/3/2019 - Dear This Is Us, You Have Me on an Emotional Rollercoaster and I Just Can't Get Off: The Spoiler Alert Edition

4/3/2019 - Donald Trump Continues to Claim His Father was Born in Germany. His Father Was Born in New York City

4/3/2019 - Pot Meet Kettle: Trump Takes Dig at Biden's Alleged Inappropriate Conduct

4/3/2019 - A Purple Celebration Honoring the Life and Legacy of Prince is Coming Soon to Paisley Park

4/3/2019 - Black Woman Brutalized in Assault Is Somehow Charged with Criminal Mischief

4/3/2019 - Andrew Yang Says His Kids Will Drink Flint Tap Water to Ensure Cleanliness and Explains How His Economic Plans Are 'More Modern' Than Bernie Sanders

4/3/2019 - Queer Eye on Capitol Hill? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez May Get the Best Makeover Ever [Updated]

4/3/2019 - 'We Are Lost Without You, Babe': Lauren London Dedicates Instagram Post to the Late Nipsey Hussle

4/3/2019 - Lezley McSpadden Loses 1st Ferguson City Council Race

4/3/2019 - Thespian Heaven: Phylicia Rashad and André Holland to Perform Toni Morrison at New York City's 92Y

4/3/2019 - Stretching the Exquisite: Why Hearing Black Women’s Voices in Theater Is a Revolutionary Act

4/2/2019 - She’s the Mayor: Lori Lightfoot Becomes the 1st Black Woman and 1st Openly Gay Person Elected to Lead the City of Chicago

4/2/2019 - She’ll Cut Ya: Pastoral Supporter of John Gray Promises to Rain Fire on Detractors of Embattled Rev

4/2/2019 - You Ain’t GOT No Plan: Trump Suggests Pause in Push to End Obamacare

4/2/2019 - Los Angeles Cops Make Arrest in Fatal Shooting of Nipsey Hussle

4/2/2019 - Big Beauty Tuesday: Thank God It's April

4/2/2019 - White People Didn't Do This: On Nipsey Hussle and Conspiracy Theories

4/2/2019 - On Marvin Gaye's 80th Birthday, His Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp Is Here, My Dear

4/2/2019 - Dallas Mavericks Star Kristaps Porzingis Accused of Beating, Raping Black Woman

4/2/2019 - Back to the Essence: Tracy Morgan Returns to Bed-Stuy Community Garden to Kick Off 2nd Season of The Last O.G.

4/2/2019 - After UNC Monument to People of Color Defaced and Urinated on, Police Obtain Warrants for 2 Suspects

4/2/2019 - Second Woman Comes Forward, Accuses Joe Biden of Inappropriate Behavior

4/2/2019 - Sussex Royal Watch Goes Live: Meghan and Harry Are Now on the 'Gram!

4/2/2019 - Numa Perrier's Jezebel Transforms the Exploitation of Black Girl Sexuality in the Most Tender, yet Powerful Way

4/2/2019 - It's Equal Pay Day. Do You Know Where Your Paycheck Is?

4/2/2019 - Why the NRA Is Against the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization in Congress

4/2/2019 - Cha-Ching! Kamala Harris Has Raised $12 Million Thus Far for Presidential Bid

4/2/2019 - White Woman Admits to Making Up Story About Being Attacked By Black Man

4/2/2019 - Trump Dismisses Census as 'Meaningless' Without Citizenship Question

4/2/2019 - Baltimore Mayor Takes Indefinite Leave of Absence Amid Book Scandal

4/2/2019 - White-on-White Crime: Trump Supporter Aggressively Heckles News Reporter on Camera at Political Event

4/2/2019 - Suspect Identified in Fatal Nipsey Hussle Shooting, Autopsy Report Reveals Details [Updated]

4/2/2019 - She's a Star: Lupita Nyong'o Debuts the Cover of Her 1st Children's Book, Sulwe

4/2/2019 - #BlackGirlMagic: A Black Woman’s Set to Make History Today By Being Elected Mayor of Chicago

4/1/2019 - Can’t Win for Losing? Competing Rallies Over Chicago Prosecutor Kim Foxx

4/1/2019 - Surviving Justin Fairfax? Accuser Calls Foul on Lt. Gov.’s Tears About Being ‘Lynched’

4/1/2019 - 9-Year-Old Playing in Her Yard Suffers Broken Skull After Car Plows Into Her

4/1/2019 - To Live and Die in South L.A.

4/1/2019 - #SayHerName: Ashanti Carmon, Transgender Woman, Shot and Killed in Maryland

4/1/2019 - On Tuesday, We Wear Red: How to Make a Silent Statement of Solidarity this Equal Pay Day

4/1/2019 - For Students in Dublin, Ga., Armed Teachers Aren't an Anomaly, They're an Expectation

4/1/2019 - Don't Be a Fool—Check Out What's New and Black on Netflix in April 2019

4/1/2019 - LOL, America. You Almost Got Me

4/1/2019 - Just the Way We Are: Inclusive New Options Are Changing the Face of Stock Photos

4/1/2019 - Author of New Trump Golf Book: 'To Say Donald Trump Cheats Is Like Saying Michael Phelps Swims'

4/1/2019 - Bitch Better Have My Oysters: Rihanna Reportedly Made a Man Buy Her a New Platter After He Stole From Her Plate

4/1/2019 - Diddy, Issa Rae and More Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Nipsey Hussle

4/1/2019 - Rest In Power, Neighborhood Nip

4/1/2019 - White House Whistleblower: Trump Administration Overturned 25 Denied Security Clearances

4/1/2019 - Jesus Walks to the Desert on Easter Sunday: Kanye West Is Taking His Sunday Service to Coachella

4/1/2019 - Black Teens Denied Employment at Six Flags Due to 'Extreme Hairstyles' That Aren't Extreme At All

4/1/2019 - To New Orleans with Love: Professional Black Girl Launches Season 2!

4/1/2019 - Georgia Legislature Outlaws Abortion With ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Bill. Stacey Abrams Would Have Vetoed This B.S.

4/1/2019 - The Real National Emergency: We Could Run Out of Avocados in 3 Weeks If Trump Shuts Down the US/Mexico Border

4/1/2019 - King of Acting Denzel Washington in Talks to Star in New Macbeth Film

4/1/2019 - Activists Call on NC Gov. Roy Cooper to Transfer Kanautica Zayre-Brown to a Women’s Detention Facility