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2019 August
8/31/2019 - Twitter CEO’s Account Hacked On...You Guessed It—Twitter
8/31/2019 - Smithsonian Chief Calls Out Trump for Wanting to Close African American Museum on MLK Day; Saying He Didn’t Want to See Anything ‘Difficult’
8/31/2019 - Philadelphia Starbucks in ‘Isis’ Flap Over Man’s Islamic Name
8/30/2019 - Rohan Marley, Son of Reggae Legend Bob Marley, Is Looking to Go Into the Business of — What Else? Weed
8/30/2019 - 2 Ex-NYC Cops Get Probation for Having Sex With a Handcuffed Teenager They’d Just Arrested
8/30/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 17: Is There a Message in This Bottle?
8/30/2019 - Now, He Worries: Trump Shows Concern as Hurricane Dorian Bears Down on Florida; Not So Much When It Was Headed for Puerto Rico
8/30/2019 - Milwaukee Community Offers $25,000 Reward After Young Activist Is Killed in Drive-By
8/30/2019 - Trump Administration Continues Descent Into Hell, Seeks to Deport Immigrant Children With Life-Threatening Illnesses
8/30/2019 - Pharrell, Adidas Champion Female Empowerment With 'Now Is Her Time' Collection
8/30/2019 - Fredo Jr. Headlined a Rally in Kentucky and It Was a Total Disaster
8/30/2019 - All the Worst White People Love Dave Chappelle's
Sticks and Stones
8/30/2019 - ‘It Consumes You’: Tennessee Man Sues Popeyes for Running Out of Beloved Chicken Sandwich
8/30/2019 - How David Oyelowo’s Personal Loss Helped Him Relate to His Character in
Don’t Let Go
8/30/2019 - On the Case: 'BeauTuber' Jackie Aina Puts Her Investigative Skills to Work With Allure's
Beauty Detective
8/30/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: It’s Our Clapbackversary
8/30/2019 - Use of Force Investigation Underway After Black Man Tased, Choked by Police: ‘It Was Police Brutality’
8/30/2019 - Sweet on Coco: 15-Year-Old Phenom Advances to 3rd Round of U.S. Open, Will Meet Naomi Osaka
8/30/2019 - Put the Horses in the Back Because Lil Nas X Scored a CMA Awards Nomination After All!
8/30/2019 - Trump’s Personal Assistant Resigns Because She Couldn’t Stop Flossin’ and Spilling Tea
8/30/2019 - Back to School: Rihanna Kills All Other September Covers—and Just Registered a Song With Megan Thee Stallion?
8/30/2019 - Brother of Gymnastics Phenom Simone Biles Arrested and Charged With Triple Murder
8/30/2019 - Jidenna's
85 to Africa
Is a Musical Road Trip Worth Taking
8/29/2019 - Garcelle Beauvais Set to Make History as 1st Black Woman on
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
8/29/2019 - Alabama’s Governor Apologizes for Wearing Blackface in Her Youth—Because of Course She Did
8/29/2019 - Steve Harvey’s Bringing His Shtick to Africa, Y’all!
8/29/2019 - Yes, the President Patted His Leg for Melania to Walk to Him Like a Dog and Let’s Stop Acting Surprised
8/29/2019 - 22 Days of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 16: Yes, I Can Cook, Too
8/29/2019 - Maxine Shaw Ain't Nuthin To F' With: A Black Ass Game with Erika Alexander
8/29/2019 - Still Loves H.E.R.: Common Confirms He and Angela Rye Are Back Together
8/29/2019 - When It Hits Home: Intimate Partner Violence Yields Deadly Outcomes for Black Women
8/29/2019 - Watch: Chris Cuomo Cuts Trump Minion Interview Short After She Refuses to Admit the President Lies
8/29/2019 - Sasha Obama Is Reportedly Taking Her Talents to the University of Michigan
8/29/2019 - In Death Threat Against Ilhan Omar, Writer Vows to Shoot Congresswoman at Minnesota State Fair
8/29/2019 - Are Forever 21's Days Numbered? The Fast-Fashion Retailer Becomes the Latest to Eye Bankruptcy
8/29/2019 - Robert Townsend Talks
Cooley High
,
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
and Paying It Forward to Young Filmmakers
8/29/2019 - Post-VMAs, Rihanna and Lizzo’s Girl Crush Continues (So, We Gonna Get a Duet or Nah?)
8/28/2019 - New Trump Policy Ends US Citizenship Rights to Children of Some Troops Stationed Overseas
8/28/2019 - State Democratic Leaders to Presidential Hopefuls: Remember Y’all Ain’t Barack Obama
8/28/2019 - Too Few Black and Latino Students Get Into NYC’s Gifted and Talented Programs, So NYC Considers Dumping the Programs
8/28/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Days 14 & 15: Is This Mission Impossible?
8/28/2019 - For the 50-11th Time: Stacey Abrams Will Not Run for New Open Senate Seat in Georgia
8/28/2019 - U.S. Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Accusing Baltimore County Police Department of Racial Discrimination in Its Hiring Practices
8/28/2019 - Jackie Wilson to Receive Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
8/28/2019 - A Second-By-Second Recap of That Bizarre, Ridiculous and Utterly Perfect KOCO-TV 'Gorilla' Apology Video
8/28/2019 - Can Someone Tell Trump that Puerto Rico Is a Territory of the US? Maybe Then He’ll Stop Treating Them Like Trash
8/28/2019 - Trump Reportedly Told Aides Not to Worry About Breaking the Law to Get the Wall Built Because He’ll Pardon Them
8/28/2019 - Hear That? That's the Sound of Savage x Fenty Making That Coin—and Becoming an Amazon Original
8/28/2019 - North Carolina Man Avoids Jail Time, Sentenced to 'Racial Justice Workshop' After Brutally Punching 11-Year-Old Black Girl
8/28/2019 - A Story About Popeyes Chicken (That's Not About Their GOAT Chicken Sandwich) and Also About Nothing at the Same Damn Time
8/28/2019 - Did Dave Chappelle Use Those
Sticks & Stones
to Build Himself a Lazy 'Shock Value' Box?
8/28/2019 - Remember When Trump Called Baltimore Rat Infested? He Should Know Since He Tried to End the City’s Federal Rat Control Funding
8/28/2019 - Weaves, Wigs & Edges:
South Side
Writer and Star Chandra Russell Tells Us Why Baby Hairs Are a Waste of Time
8/28/2019 - Trump Administration Diverts FEMA Disaster Relief Money to Keep More Migrants in Cages
8/28/2019 - Congratulations. Y'all Broke Popeyes
8/28/2019 -
Black Women OWN the Conversation
Puts Black Women in the Center
8/28/2019 - The 15 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time
8/28/2019 - They Made It to the Top:
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Renewed for Second Season at HBO
8/27/2019 - Rep. Ilhan Omar Accused of Being a Homewrecker in Explosive Divorce Filing by DC Doctor
8/27/2019 - Leslie Jones Is Bidding Deuces to
Saturday Night Live
8/27/2019 - Meek Mill Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Gun Charge, Will Not Spend Further Time in Prison
8/27/2019 - Catholic Order Paid 2 Black Men a Measly $15,000 to Settle Sex Abuse Claims and Keep It on the Hush
8/27/2019 - Woman Who Wanted to Keep Michigan Town White ‘As Possible’ Withdraws Her City Council Bid, But Not Before Saying More Racist Nonsense
8/27/2019 - Monica Shares the Importance of Friendship at the VMAs
8/27/2019 - Michael Jackson Accusers Respond After Getting Blasted in Dave Chappelle's New Comedy Special: 'It Reveals Him, Not Us'
8/27/2019 - I Got Name-Checked in a Struggle Rap by a Bernie Bro. The 2020 Campaign Has Officially Started
8/27/2019 - It’s Been a Deadly Summer for Black Children in St. Louis. State Lawmakers Are Poised to Do Absolutely Nothing
8/27/2019 - White-on-White Violence: How a Bedbug Diss Teaches Us Everything We Need to Know About White Male Fragility [Updated]
8/27/2019 - Bish, I Be Running: A Training Diary of a Non-Running Runner
8/27/2019 - That Validation Felt Good as Hell: Lizzo Bodied the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards for All of Us
8/27/2019 - 15 Years After Its Birth, AfroPunk Brooklyn Remains a Source of Eternal Inspiration
8/27/2019 - Did You Know Hasbro Now Owns Death Row Records? It’s True and We’re Not Playing Games
8/27/2019 - White News Anchor Keeps Job After Comparing Black Co-Anchor to a Gorilla: ‘He Kinda Looks Like You’
8/27/2019 - Black Women Owned the MTV Video Music Awards
8/27/2019 - Pieces of Chicken, Ranked
8/27/2019 - How to Get Away With Killer Arms: Viola Davis to Portray Michelle Obama in New Showtime Drama
8/26/2019 - NJ Hypes $120 Million Plan to Slash the Time Needed to Replace Newark’s Toxic Lead Pipes
8/26/2019 - #AtHomeWhileBlack: Police Drag Black North Carolina Homeowner From His Own House After False Alarm
8/26/2019 - Late Charge: Judge Says Prosecutors’ Demand to Free ‘Innocent’ Man Jailed for Murder Comes 24 Years Too Late
8/26/2019 - Althea Gibson, the First Black Athlete to Integrate Tennis, Finally Gets Her Flowers With New Statue
8/26/2019 - Looks Like Uncle Joe’s Gaffes May Be Catching Up With Him; New Poll Finds Him Slipping Into 3-Way Tie With Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders
8/26/2019 - Eddie Murphy Will Host
SNL
After 35 Years Away From the Stage That Spawned Him
8/26/2019 - ‘It’s Time for Bold Action’: Cory Booker Joins Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Black Lives Matter for Gun Violence Roundtable
8/26/2019 - Nobody Asked Trey Songz to Tamper With
Power'
s Theme Song, But 50 Cent Might Be Willing to Bring That Ole Thing Back
8/26/2019 - Jidenna's Slow Whine Will Change Your Life
8/26/2019 - 22 Days of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 13: The Devil Must Be Dairy-Free
8/26/2019 - Former NFL Fullback Le'Ron McClain Posts Heart-Wrenching Plea for Help on Twitter: 'My Head Is Crazy...Help Me Please!'
8/26/2019 - Castro Punches His Ticket, Harris Starts to Fidget and Yang Starts to Kick It: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 8
8/26/2019 - Galveston Asks Texas AG to Block Release of Officers’ Body Cam Footage From Day Mentally Ill Black Man Paraded Through Streets
8/26/2019 - We’re Doing the Work; Why Aren’t We Seeing the Equity? For Women’s Equality Day, Experts Weigh In
8/26/2019 - Once, Twice...Seven Times a Daddy? Future Named in New Paternity Suit
8/26/2019 - If a Photo Could Talk, Then Melania Was Willing to Risk It All
8/26/2019 - 'This Would’ve Not Happened to a White Model': Australian Magazine Messily Misidentifies Model Adut Akech
8/26/2019 - Our Real President Wants Us to 'Drop the Ageism Shit'
8/26/2019 - Dave Chappelle, Kanye West Surprise Mass Shooting Survivors With Star-Studded Block Party, Benefit Concerts: ‘We’re Still Standing’
8/26/2019 - On Women’s Equality Day, Mattel Honors the ‘Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement’ With the Rosa Parks Barbie
8/25/2019 - Atlanta Mom Commits Murder-Suicide After Writing: ‘I Could Not Ask for Better Children’ on Social Media
8/25/2019 - Thank God for the Nanny-Cam: Illinois Family Sues Police for Raiding Home, Snatching Up Teen
8/25/2019 - Eagerly Anticipated
Black Panther
Sequel on the Way, But Won’t See the Light of Day for 3 Years
8/24/2019 - Florida Jury Finds Michael Drejka Guilty of Manslaughter, Rejecting His ‘Stand Your Ground’ Defense for Killing Markeis McGlockton
8/24/2019 - ‘Dishonoring the Badge’: Former Houston Police Officers Charged With Murder Over Deadly Drug Raid
8/24/2019 - Crazy Uncle Joe Strikes Again: Presidential Hopeful Biden Asks Crowd About Obama’s ‘Assassination’
8/23/2019 - California Teen Seeks Justice in Court After Being Beaten by Police While at a Family Birthday Party
8/23/2019 - ICE Said to Have Shut Down an Immigrant Hotline After
Orange Is the New Black
Featured It in an Episode
8/23/2019 - Newly Appointed Special Prosecutor in the Jussie Smollett Case Will Reinvestigate the Actor’s Infamous Tale and the Saga That Followed
8/23/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 10: Have Some Carbs With Your Reduced Carbon Footprint
8/23/2019 - Serena Williams Highlights How Abusers Use Money to Violate Their Partners
8/23/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Jay Connor Is Racist
8/23/2019 - They've Got the
Power
, We've Got the Black Ass Game
8/23/2019 - Michael Jackson’s Will Has Reportedly Gone Missing. His Former Publicist Wants Trump’s Help to Find It
8/23/2019 - Michigan City County Candidate Wants to Keep County as White ‘As Possible’
8/23/2019 - Good Genes, Great Living and a Few CCs? Eternally Bae Angela Bassett Admits to ‘A Little Bit’ of Botox
8/23/2019 - And It Don’t Stop: Milwaukee’s Hip-Hop Week Is What Happens When Hip-Hop Goes Back to Its Roots
8/23/2019 - A$AP Ghosted: Trump White House Team Incensed Rocky Never Said ‘Thank You’ for Help Getting Out of Swedish Jail
8/23/2019 - Watch: Isaiah Mustafa Describes ‘Pure Fear’ in
It Chapter Two
Clip
8/23/2019 - Where’s the Hat Headed? Obama Makes a Formal Request for Aretha Franklin’s Inauguration Hat
8/23/2019 - Flint Water Crisis Worsens, City Spills 2 Million Gallons of Sewage Into Flint River
8/23/2019 - Watch: Missy Elliott Invented Music Videos
8/23/2019 - To Improve Mental Health in Black America, We Must Empower Communities
8/23/2019 - Bernie Sanders' Criminal Reform Plans Are Catching Up With His Radical Economic Platform
8/22/2019 - It’s Finally Happening: Serena Williams to Face Off Against Maria Sharapova at US Open for 1st Time
8/22/2019 - Colin Kaepernick Reveals the Source of His Inspiration for National Anthem Protest
8/22/2019 - Black Women's Equal Pay Day: It's Bad Enough to Make 61 Cents on the Dollar, but What About the 'Emotional Tax'?
8/22/2019 - Phenomenally Black: Phenomenal Woman and Black Futures Lab Join Forces for Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
8/22/2019 - ‘Jawn Wick’ Was a Snitch: Accused Philly Cop Shooter Said to Have Been an Informant for the Feds
8/22/2019 - Rihanna Continues to Shine a Light on Global Activism With Her Diamond Ball
8/22/2019 - South Africa Bans ‘Gratuitously’ Displaying Apartheid-Era Flag, Will Be Considered Punishable Hate Speech
8/22/2019 - Sarah ‘Suckabee’ Sanders Lands Softly at Trump’s Personal YouTube Channel, Fox News
8/22/2019 - A Case for Why Jay-Z Should Forget About the NFL and Just Buy a Popeyes Franchise
8/22/2019 - It’s Been 10 Years Since Kanye West Barely Let Taylor Swift Finish. Now, Producers Are Spilling Behind-the-Scenes Tea
8/22/2019 -
Queen Sugar
's Latest Episode Brings Addiction and Trauma Front and Center
8/22/2019 - Police Investigate Possible Noose at Oakland Elementary School: ‘It Was Triggering and Hurtful’
8/22/2019 - Trump Calling Himself the 'Chosen One' Wasn't Even the Most Insane Moment of His Unhinged Rant
8/22/2019 - American Gold Medalists Placed on 12 Months' Probation for Pan Am Games Protests: ‘I’m Honored to Make That Sacrifice’
8/22/2019 - If You’re Looking for Some Simple Entertainment, Reading Cardi B’s Deposition Will Please You
8/22/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 9: Where's the Beef? (It's Probably With My Coin)
8/22/2019 - Black Man Files $500,000 Lawsuit Against Portland Bar That Denied Him Entry for Wearing 'Too Many' Necklaces
8/22/2019 - Jermaine Dupri Breaks Silence, Says Jay-Z Actually Never Told Him to Turn Down His NFL Deal
8/21/2019 - Black Ex-Felons Will Bear the Brunt of Florida’s New ‘Poll Tax’ Law, According to Findings of New Study
8/21/2019 - Black NYPD Sergeant Who Oversaw Cop Who Killed Eric Garner Loses 20 Vacation Days for Her Role in Deadly Encounter
8/21/2019 - Nah, Jigga: Jay-Z Reportedly Has No Chance of Getting His Hands on an NFL Team
8/21/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 8: But Will It Really Tip the Scales?
8/21/2019 - Cyntoia Brown Releases Debut Book Cover, Says She's 'Loving Every Single Thing' About Her Freedom
8/21/2019 -
Pose
Reminds Us How Important Chosen Families Are
8/21/2019 - Philadelphia Police Commissioner Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment, Discrimination Allegations
8/21/2019 - Did Forever President Obama Punk Trump Out of Visiting Denmark?
8/21/2019 - Marianne Williamson Explains Her Controversial Views on Prescription Drugs and Why Black People Should Vote for Her
8/21/2019 - Has Coco Gauff Got Next? The 15-Year-Old Tennis Phenom Lands the Cover of Teen Vogue
8/21/2019 - On the Way to the Show: Solange Knowles Announces Residency at Sydney Opera House
8/21/2019 - Kawhi Leonard Donates One Million Backpacks to Students in Los Angeles: ‘This Felt Like the Right Way to Get Started’
8/21/2019 - Trump Quotes Conservative Conspiracy Theorist Who Calls Him the ‘King of Israel’ and ‘The Second Coming of God’
8/21/2019 - Amid Her Battle to Run, Caster Semenya Calls Out Her Competitors: 'I've Never Felt Recognized; Mostly by Women'
8/21/2019 - Lying-Ass Sean Spicer to Compete on
Dancing With the Stars
8/21/2019 - Beep Beep! Who Got the Keys to the Jeep in NYC? Because There’s a Museum of Missy Elliott
8/21/2019 - Twisted Logic: Walmart Goes Easy on Guns, But Is Still Holding Black Beauty Products Under Lock and Key
8/21/2019 - GoFundMe for Officer Who Killed Eric Garner Reaches Nearly $100,000 in 2 Days
8/21/2019 - Phoenix Police Now Required to Self-Report Every Time They Point a Gun at Someone: ‘That’s a Traumatic Event’
8/21/2019 - 4 Students Shot at Block Party at Atlanta University Center Library
8/21/2019 -
Coming 2 America
: Welcome to Zamunda, Tracy Morgan
8/20/2019 - Don’t Get It ‘Twis’-ted: Sign Language Interpreter Steals the Show at a Twista Concert and Shows Importance of Access for Deaf People
8/20/2019 - September Drop Date Announced for Puma x Nipsey Hussle Fashion Collabo
8/20/2019 - Obamas Tackle Trump’s Promises to the Rust Belt in Their 1st Netflix Offering,
American Factory
8/20/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 7: The Way to a Vegan's Heart Is Through Her Stomach
8/20/2019 - Lee Daniels Is Giving Back and Moving Artists Forward With a New Creative Workshop
8/20/2019 - I Got a Ring Video Doorbell and Now I Pretty Much Want to Move
8/20/2019 - How American Slavery Helped Create Modern-Day Policing
8/20/2019 - The Tresses and the Tea: Everything We Learned at the 72nd Annual Bronner Brothers Hair Show
8/20/2019 - Poor People Are Already Financially Literate. They Just Need More Money
8/20/2019 - Kerry Washington, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx to Keynote 2019 Toronto International Film Festival
8/20/2019 - Barack Obama’s High School Jersey Sells for $120,000 at Auction
8/20/2019 - Meet Tish James, the Black Woman Standing up to Trump and All His Racist Policies
8/20/2019 - HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s New Plan Would Make It Harder to Prove Housing Discrimination
8/20/2019 - I Saw Janet Jackson Live for the First Time in My Life and Experienced My Own
Metamorphosis
8/20/2019 - Someone Has Dethroned Lil Nas X From the No. 1 Spot, So He Can't Ride That Horse No More
8/20/2019 - Texas School District Faces Lawsuit After Staffers Fill in Black Student’s Hair With a Sharpie: ‘That’s Assault’
8/20/2019 - Suicides in Jails Are Preventable: How a Unique Approach May Help Curb Self-Harm in Confinement
8/20/2019 - Breaking: Something Bad Is Happening in Virginia [Updated]
8/19/2019 - Georgia Argues the ACLU’s Suit Against Its ‘Heartbeat’ Law Should Be Aborted
8/19/2019 - Steph Curry Makes a 7-Figure Gift to Howard University to Bring Golf Back to the HBCU
8/19/2019 - Our Dog ‘Doesn’t Like Black People’: Tennessee Church’s Sorry Excuse for Denying a Black Housekeeper a Job
8/19/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Days 4,5 & 6: The Good, the Bad, and Can You Pay My Bills?
8/19/2019 - In Defiance of Trump's 'Gag Rule,' Planned Parenthood Withdraws From Title X; Low-Income Women Most Likely to be Affected
8/19/2019 - Proud Boy-in-Chief Threatens to Make Antifa a Terrorist Organization After Weekend Protests in Portland, Oregon
8/19/2019 - Angela Bassett to Receive Icon Award at 2019 Black Girls Rock! Ceremony
8/19/2019 - California Governor Signs 'Stephon Clark Law,' One of the Strictest Police Use of Force Laws in the Country
8/19/2019 - Love, Peace and
Soul Train
May Be Coming to Broadway in 2021 to Mark 50th Anniversary of TV Series Debut
8/19/2019 - NYPD Fires Officer Responsible for the Death of Eric Garner
8/19/2019 - Leaked Memo Reveals GOP Strategy for Mass Shootings: Minimize White Supremacy, Blame Left
8/19/2019 - Remember That Trump Speech at the Pennsylvania Plant? Workers Had to Attend, Take Paid Time Off or Lose a Day of Pay
8/19/2019 - Y'all Gon' Make Me Lose My Mind: The #DMXChallenge Is Trending...and It's Not What You Think
8/19/2019 - This Is America: Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Had Security Increased After Public Fallout With Trump
8/19/2019 - OMG! OK, It's Happening: Rihanna Reportedly Registered New Music With Her Publisher
8/19/2019 - Illinois State Senator to Trump: Hey, Sorry About the Mock Assassination
8/19/2019 - Police Digitally Alter Mugshot to Implicate Bank Robbery Suspect: 'They’re Increasing the Risk of Mistaken Identity'
8/19/2019 - Bryan Michael Cox Claims Jay-Z Told Jermaine Dupri to Turn Down a Similar NFL Deal
8/19/2019 - Robert E. Lee’s Horse’s Ass Made Me Black
8/18/2019 - 'Bout Time: Teddy Riley Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
8/18/2019 - The Last Holdouts: White Evangelical Christians, Why Can’t You See?
8/18/2019 - Body-Cam Footage Shows 19-Year-Old De’Von Bailey Running Away as He Was Shot by Police; Autopsy Rules Death a Homicide
8/17/2019 - Wendy Williams’ Comedy Show in Newark Canceled Due to ‘Headlines’ Says Promoter
8/17/2019 - Texas Rangers Decline to Criminally Investigate Officers Who Paraded Black Man in Street Like Runaway Slave
8/17/2019 - Jay-Z Reportedly to Get Majority Ownership in NFL Team; Eric Reid Calls Move ‘Despicable’
8/16/2019 - Trump’s Justice Department Tells the US Supreme Court Civil Rights Laws Don’t Protect Transgender Workers
8/16/2019 - It’s ‘Racial’: Illinois Prison Banned Books on Black History and Empowerment From Inmate Program
8/16/2019 - Tennessee Store Clerk Faces Up to 60 Years for Murdering a Black Teen Over a $2 Beer
8/16/2019 - Your Wallet's Callin': R. Kelly Reportedly Wants to Tap Michael Jackson's Lawyer, Needs Many Extra Dollars
8/16/2019 - Somebody Found John Coltrane’s Lost Album
Blue World
and We’re All Better for It
8/16/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Top 10 Clapbacks of All Time, Part 3
8/16/2019 - Essence Announces Move to Expanded, Bimonthly Print Issues
8/16/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 3: I
Really
Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
8/16/2019 - Marlon Wayans Comes for Cancel Culture: 'You Know, Freedom of Speech. What Happened to That?'
8/16/2019 - Praisesong for the Writer: The Literary World Mourns the Death of Author Paule Marshall
8/16/2019 - Castro Gives Trump a Slap, Harris Gets a New Rap, and Stacey Abrams Sets a VP Thirst Trap: The Root’s 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 7
8/16/2019 - Israel Reverses Course, Allows Rep. Rashida Tlaib to Visit. Tlaib to Israel: Nah, I’m Good
8/16/2019 - Exactly One Good Thing Happened This Week and That’s Normani Dropping This ‘Motivation’ Video
8/16/2019 - The Fat President Fat-Shamed a Protester: ‘Go Home, Start Exercising’
8/16/2019 - From Jackie Aina to the CROWN Coalition, Black Women Lead Glamour’s List of Women Changing the Beauty Industry
8/16/2019 - #FundraisingWhileBlack: White Woman Pulls Gun on Black Teenagers Raising Money for Their Football Team
8/15/2019 - We Out: Planned Parenthood Says Trump ‘Gag Rule’ Will Force It to Abandon Low-Income Reproductive Health Program
8/15/2019 - The Donald’s Worst Nightmare? More Than 260,000 People Petition to Rename Trump Tower Block for Barack Obama
8/15/2019 - Watch: Cardi B Chops It Up With Bernie Sanders Over Wages, Student Loans and Getting Rid of This ‘Bully’ President
8/15/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 2: How to Swallow a Plateful of Opinions
8/15/2019 - Take a Look, It’s in a Book: Our Forever President Drops His 2019 Summer Reading List
8/15/2019 - Is Ciara Going to Be the Next Celeb to ‘Level Up’ Our Beauty Routines?
8/15/2019 - Trump’s Going to Be Big Mad: Fox News Poll Show the President’s Disapproval Numbers Near All-Time High
8/15/2019 - Watch: Dave Chappelle Prepares to 'Say Anything' and 'Risk Everything' in Netflix's
Sticks & Stones
Trailer
8/15/2019 - Jay-Z Got Paid to Be the NFL’s Black Boyfriend
8/15/2019 - Is Trump Trying Deport Melania? Trevor Noah Thinks So
8/15/2019 - Suspect Surrenders After Shooting 6 Police Officers During 8-Hour Standoff in Philadelphia: ‘It Was Like a War’
8/15/2019 - Trump Got His Wish: Israel Bans Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib From Visiting
8/15/2019 - Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Will Get Nominated for CMA Awards, Right? Some Voters Don't Seem to Think So
8/15/2019 - My 4-Year-Old Did One of Those Things Kids Do to Remind You Why Being a Parent Is Awesome
8/15/2019 - Aiming for Diversity: Meet the Organization Giving Black and Brown Communities a Shot at Archery
8/15/2019 - Not Like This: An Open Letter to Jay-Z
8/15/2019 - #LookingWhileBlack: Police Stop, Question Black Man for ‘Looking Suspiciously’ at a White Woman
8/15/2019 - ‘There’s a Bigger Lesson’: Laverne Cox Talks About the Future of Trans Visibility—Onscreen and Off
8/15/2019 - Oh Happy Day:
The Read With Kid Fury and Crissle West
Is Coming to Fuse TV in October
8/14/2019 - Just Pitiful: An ‘Emotional’ R. Kelly Faces New Civil Suit as He Sits in Solitary Awaiting Trial on Fed Sex Charges
8/14/2019 - Don’t Get Cocky: Study Finds Trump’s Chances of ‘Running a Boston’ on Election Day Are Slim to None
8/14/2019 - Fears and Frustrations as Newark, NJ, Hands Out Bottled Water Amid a Lead-Contaminated Water Crisis of Its Own
8/14/2019 -
22 Days
of Eating Like Beyoncé, Day 1: Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater?
8/14/2019 - Jay-Z Touts His NFL Partnership as the Evolution of Colin Kaepernick’s Protests. But Is It?
8/14/2019 - Just When We Thought Marsai Martin Couldn’t Be More Adorable, We Discover She’s Janelle Monáe’s Cousin
8/14/2019 - Iowa Rep. Steve King Continues to Be Steve King: If Not for Rape and Incest, Would There Be Any Population Left?
8/14/2019 - Trump’s Latest Proposal Would Allow Religious Contractors to Discriminate Against Everyone Who Isn’t a White Cisgender Christian
8/14/2019 - House Oversight Committee Launches Investigation Into Trump Decision to Bring Back Federal Death Penalty
8/14/2019 - Everybody and Their Mama Is
Coming 2 America
[Updating]
8/14/2019 - Trump Campaign Selling ‘Fredo Unhinged’ Shirts Following CNN Host Chris Cuomo’s Dustup
8/14/2019 - White Guy Spits on Black Girlfriend After Her Bizarre Request for Slavery Role Play
8/14/2019 - Trump Continues to Take Credit for Forever-President Obama’s Work
8/14/2019 - A List of Really Small Words You Can Use to Sound Really Big Smart and Impress People
8/14/2019 - Watch: The Hair Struggle Without Mom Is Real in This Clip From Matthew Cherry's
Hair Love
8/14/2019 -
Portrait of a Nation
: Gayle King to Host Biennial American Portrait Gala Honoring Earth, Wind & Fire and More; Michelle Obama Among Presenters
8/14/2019 - Billy Porter Has a Message for Those Who Were Told They Were ‘Too Much’
8/14/2019 - Your Disdain for Facebook Messenger Is Warranted. Social Network Comes Clean About Transcribing Your DMs
8/14/2019 - Don Lemon Sued for Alleged Assault by New York Bartender, CNN Defends News Anchor [Corrected]
8/14/2019 - A$AP Rocky Found Guilty of Assault in Swedish Court
8/13/2019 - When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Georgia Woman Faces Charges After Viral HIV Video
8/13/2019 - She’s Married Now: Cyntoia Brown Got Hitched to Christian Rapper J. Long Behind Bars—Via a Stand-In
8/13/2019 - Police Surveillance Request Rubs Baltimore Urban League Chief the Wrong Way
8/13/2019 - Sweet Dream or Beautiful Nightmare? In
22 Days
, I'm Going to Find Out That Beyoncé's Diet Is No Joke
8/13/2019 - ‘You Need Me, I Don't Need You’? Jay-Z and the NFL Are Now Doing Business Together
8/13/2019 - Julián Castro Knows Just How to Get His Message to Trump—Take Out an Ad on Fox News
8/13/2019 - Arch Frenemy: Fenty Beauty Is Now Coming for Our Brows
8/13/2019 - Baltimore H.S. Principal Trying to Teach His Son a Lesson About Police Interactions Gets Verbally Abused by Cop
8/13/2019 - Stacey Abrams Almost Beat a Crooked Voting System. Now She’s Making Sure Other Politicians Don’t Have To
8/13/2019 - 'Once You Get It, Give It Back': Georgia Teen Pays Tribute to Mom With Winning Google Doodle
8/13/2019 - CNN Host Chris Cuomo Wanted All the Smoke, But C’mon Son, ‘Fredo’ Ain’t the N-Word
8/13/2019 -
Black-ish
Creator Kenya Barris Files for Divorce Rania ‘Rainbow’ Barris After 20 Years of Marriage
8/13/2019 - Oprah, Tarell Alvin McCraney Discuss Their Quest to Validate Black Boys With New Series
David Makes Man
8/13/2019 - Travels With Panama: The Trying to Get to Miami for NABJ's Conference Edition
8/12/2019 - The Murder Capital for Black Folks? Hint: It’s Not Chicago
8/12/2019 -
They Ready
: Tiffany Haddish Shines a Spotlight on Her (Unsung) Faves With New Netflix Series
8/12/2019 - ‘Need Y’all to Keep Praying for Me’: A$AP Rocky Hits the Concert Stage for the 1st Time Since His Release From a Swedish Prison
8/12/2019 - Watch: Eddie Murphy Does 'Whatever It Takes' in
Dolemite Is My Name
Trailer
8/12/2019 - Missy Elliott Lasted Twenty Rounds and Finally Got Her Well-Deserved 2019 MTV Video Vanguard Award
8/12/2019 - Appeal Hearing for Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Conviction Begins
8/12/2019 - Trump Administration’s New Rule Could Block Visas, Green Cards for Legal Immigrants Who Need Benefits Like Food Stamps
8/12/2019 - Guys, Um, It’s True: Popeyes Has the Best Fast Food Fried Chicken Sandwich and It Ain’t Even Close
8/12/2019 - No Charges Filed Against NYPD Cop Who Said 50 Cent Should Be Shot on Sight
8/12/2019 - NFL Preseason Has Just Started and Carolina Panthers Safety Eric Reid Has Already Been Drug Tested 4,836 Times
8/12/2019 - U.S. Hammer Thrower Gwen Berry Raises Fist During National Anthem at Pan Am Games; U.S. Fencer Takes a Knee
8/12/2019 - Want to Fall In Love? Check Out What’s New and Black on Netflix in August 2019
8/12/2019 - Oh, He’s RACIST Racist: Anthony Scaramucci Says He Can No Longer Support Trump for President
8/12/2019 - Trump Mimics Asian Accent During Controversial Fundraiser in the Hamptons: Report
8/11/2019 - The Number One Stunner: GOAT Simone Biles Becomes 1st Person in History to Land Double-Double Dismount
8/11/2019 - Florida White Supremacist Arrested for Plot to Shoot Up Walmart; FBI Still Fixated on ‘Black Identity Extremists’
8/11/2019 - Back at It Again: Conspiracy Theorist-in-Chief Attempts to Connect Epstein Death to Clintons
8/10/2019 - Officer-Involved Killings Now a Leading Cause of Death for Young Men in America
8/10/2019 - Idris Elba Takes the Yee-Haw Agenda to North Philly in
Concrete Cowboys
Movie
8/10/2019 - Black Homebuyer Finds KKK Application in Cop’s Home—Sheds New Light on Shooting Death of Black Man in 2009
8/10/2019 - Green Privilege: Frontier Airlines Is Offering Free Flights to Passengers With ‘Green’ Last Names
8/9/2019 - Mystikal Busted His Ass for All Our Sins and There’s Video Evidence to Prove It
8/9/2019 - Presidential Pump Fake: Trump Now Says He’s Fine With Colin Kaepernick Playing in the NFL
8/9/2019 - Pediatricians: Black Children Suffer Significantly From Racism
8/9/2019 - Get You a Gayle: For the 1st Time in the History of O Magazine, Gayle Joins Oprah on the Cover
8/9/2019 - Jazmine Headley, Violently Arrested for Sitting on the Floor of a Human Resources Building, Sues New York City
8/9/2019 - White Tears Attempt to Drown Out the True History of Louisiana Plantation: 'Very Racist. If You're White, Don't Go'
8/9/2019 - Anime Lovers, Megan Thee Stallion Wants You to Have a 'Hot Girl Summer,' Too
8/9/2019 - Leave It to Trump to Ruin Your Workout, Too
8/9/2019 - After Record-Setting ICE Raid in Mississippi, Migrant Children Face the Horror of Living Without Their Parents
8/9/2019 - Beto Goes Blue, Warren Wilts and Harris Goes O.G. AG: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 6
8/9/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Top 10 Clapbacks of All Time, Part 2
8/9/2019 - Trump Thee President Went to the Cities of Mass Shootings Like He Was on the Hot Girl Summer Tour
8/9/2019 - Mike Brown’s Death Changed the World, but Local Activists Say It Hasn’t Changed Ferguson
8/9/2019 - ‘Quiet As It’s Kept’: Artist Kara Walker Creates the New Yorker’s Cover Tribute to Toni Morrison
8/9/2019 - Joe Biden’s Gaffes Are Snapshots as to How He Really Thinks
8/9/2019 - Leslie Jones Lands Netflix Standup Special, Slated for 2020
8/9/2019 - Five Years After Mike Brown's Killing, Should Policing Be Abolished?
8/9/2019 - Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign Invite Us to Ride the Boat on
Hot Girl Summer
8/8/2019 - Black Man Walked With Rope by Mounted Police Has Mental Illness, According to Family: ‘They Don’t Care to Know the Whole Story’
8/8/2019 - Damn. Even Team USA Doesn’t Want Carmelo Anthony
8/8/2019 - Post-Presidential Flex: New Netflix Producers the Obamas Unsuccessfully Woo Will Smith, but May Have Sealed a Deal With Denzel
8/8/2019 - NRA Head Reportedly Called Trump to Warn Him That Pushing Firearm Background Checks Wouldn’t Play Well With His Base
8/8/2019 - 'She's Your Queen to Be': KiKi Layne and Leslie Jones Are the Latest Talents
Coming 2 America
8/8/2019 -
Black-ish’s
Marcus Scribner Launches Campaign to Help Families in Need Kick Off the School Year
8/8/2019 - Five Years After Mike Brown, Police Brutality Is Still Harming Black Communities
8/8/2019 - Trump Is Absolutely Going to Commute Disgraced Politician Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence—and Here’s Why
8/8/2019 - Invoking the Racist Dog Whistles of the Past, ICE Arrests Nearly 700 Undocumented Immigrants in Mississippi
8/8/2019 -
True West
: With a Reimagined Revival, a Classic Sam Shepard Play Reminds Us That We, Too, Are America
8/8/2019 - Man Slams 13-Year-Old for Wearing Hat During National Anthem Because Trump Told Him To, According to Attorney
8/8/2019 - After the Latest Pair of Mass Shootings, Betty White Has Become a Meme and White People Aren't Happy About It
8/8/2019 - 'Houston We Have a Problem': Megan Thee Stallion and Lizzo Team Up for the Most Pure Hot Girl Video
8/8/2019 - Meek Mill Weighs in on Stifling Criminal Justice System Ahead of Amazon's
Free Meek
Documentary
8/7/2019 - Colin Kaepernick Has Been Denied a Job for 889 Days; Posts Video Showing He's Still Ready If an NFL Team Calls
8/7/2019 - Ain't No Way: Estate Conflict Reveals Aretha Franklin Once Kept $750,000 in Uncashed Checks in Her Purse
8/7/2019 - NFL Receiver Kenny Stills Calls Out Miami Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross for Being a Trump-Loving Hypocrite
8/7/2019 - 'I Don't Pay Attention to the Negativity': Halle Bailey Takes the High Road on Her Role in
The Little Mermaid
8/7/2019 - Judge Orders Baton Rouge to Release Psych Report of Cop Who Killed Alton Sterling Amid Reports of Abuse, Unprofessional Behavior
8/7/2019 - Tiffany Haddish, Blair Underwood and More to Join Octavia Spencer in Netflix's
Madam CJ Walker
8/7/2019 - Oprah Shares Her Fondest Memories of the Late Toni Morrison
8/7/2019 - Trump Claimed He’d Show His Taxes. Now He’s Suing California Over New Law That Would Force Him to Show His Returns
8/7/2019 - Jackie Aina Just Blew My Budget—and I'm Not Mad
8/7/2019 - In Wake of Deadly Mass Shootings, Texas Gun Laws Will Get Even Looser
8/7/2019 - Trump Bashes Beto's 'Phony' Hispanic Nickname Before Visit to El Paso
8/7/2019 - Paying Tribute to a 'National Treasure': How We Remember Toni Morrison
8/7/2019 - Cyntoia Brown Is Finally Free
8/7/2019 - VSB’s Absolute, Yet Debatable List of the 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time...Definitely, Maybe
8/7/2019 - It's Official: Beyoncé Belongs in the Smithsonian
8/6/2019 - In New TV Series, Jay-Z and Will Smith Will Show the World Through Mamie Till's Eyes
8/6/2019 -
The Pretty One
: With a New Memoir, Writer-Activist Keah Brown Is Redefining Disability on Her Own Terms
8/6/2019 - A Family Struggling With Son’s Cancer Diagnosis Was Yard-Shamed. Then, a Group of Strangers Pitched in to Help
8/6/2019 -
Atlanta
Will Return to FX for a 4th Season...Eventually!
8/6/2019 - Internationally Known: Essence Celebrates Its Global Impact With Serena Williams and a New Design
8/6/2019 - Yes, the Image of a Handcuffed Black Man Being Led Down the Street by Mounted Police Is Real—and a Texas Police Chief Is Sorry It Happened
8/6/2019 - 'Those Are All Little Black Faces': Georgia School Under Fire for Designating 'Appropriate' and 'Inappropriate' Hairstyles
8/6/2019 - Here's What Obama Had to Say About This Weekend's Horrific Mass Shootings
8/6/2019 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Mitch McConnell After 'Team Mitch' Thugs Groped and Choked an AOC Cutout
8/6/2019 - Queen Latifah to Play Ursula in ABC’s
The Little Mermaid Live!
8/6/2019 - Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison, One of America’s Greatest Writers, Has Died at 88
8/6/2019 - Cyntoia Brown Is Coming Home. Now What?
8/5/2019 - We Belong Together: Mariah Carey Records the Theme Song to
Mixed-ish
8/5/2019 - 8Chan, Breeding Ground for White Supremacist Shooters Goes Dark; Founder Says Pull the Plug Permanently
8/5/2019 - Pro Basketball Player Suspended After Drug Test Revealed He Was Pregnant
8/5/2019 - Hot Girl Meet-Up: It Looks Like Megan Thee Stallion’s New Track Will Feature Nicki Minaj
8/5/2019 - An Army Soldier Is Being Called a Hero for Saving Children During the El Paso Shooting. He Just Wants to Forget What Happened
8/5/2019 - Rapsody's Upcoming Album,
Eve
, Pays Homage to Black Women; 1st Single 'Ibtihaj' Keeps It All the Way Live
8/5/2019 - So...Um, Did Rue Die?
8/5/2019 - Ohio Lawmaker Blames Mass Shootings on Weed, Trans People, Fatherlessness, and That’s Not All
8/5/2019 -
Big Little
...Lipstick? Zoë Kravitz Is Launching a Collaboration With YSL Beauté
8/5/2019 - NY Mayor Bill de Blasio Reportedly Used NYPD Security Detail to Move Daughter Out of Apartment
8/5/2019 - Fresh Outta Swedish Jail, A$AP Rocky Hits Up Kanye West's Sunday Service
8/5/2019 - Let’s Hear It for the Girls: Marsai Martin Talks Stardom and STEM at the 6th Annual ComEd Icebox Derby
8/5/2019 - I Played
Grand Theft Auto V
Nightly for 3 Years. Here’s a List of Things I Never Did as a Result
8/5/2019 - White Supremacist President Blames Media, Internet, and Video Games for Mass Shootings, Says Nothing About Guns
8/5/2019 - 'This Isn't a Mystery': Dayton Gunman Had Documented Obsession With Violence
8/5/2019 - A New Sensation: Fenty Beauty’s Got a New Foundation Finish Coming
8/4/2019 - Jason Mitchell’s Character Will Be Killed Off in Upcoming Season of
The Chi
8/4/2019 - #WhiteSupremacistTerrorism: Hashtag Takes Over Twitter After Latest Pair of Mass Shootings
8/3/2019 - Ben Carson Takes Another Jab at Baltimore, Assumes ‘Young Men Sitting on Porches’ Are Unemployed
8/3/2019 - For Drake So Loved the World That He Gave His Only Begotten
Care Package
8/2/2019 - Lauren London Reveals Construction of Nipsey Hussle Tower Is Underway
8/2/2019 - Baton Rouge Police Chief Apologizes for the Hiring of Alton Sterling’s Killer. Sterling Still Dead
8/2/2019 - Even Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley Is Annoyed With Trump’s Trolling
8/2/2019 - Breakfast of Champions: Janelle Monáe and Belvedere Vodka Hosted a 'Night Brunch' in Chicago—and We Were There
8/2/2019 - NYPD Suspends Officer Who Killed Eric Garner After Judge Recommends He Should be Fired
8/2/2019 - A$AP Rocky Released From Custody, Could Be Home ASAP as He Awaits Verdict
8/2/2019 - Pretty Hurts: 'Colorism in Fashion and Society'—a Discussion
8/2/2019 - Trump Loses His Lone Black Republican Face in the House as Texas Rep. Will Hurd Announces Retirement
8/2/2019 - Ed Reed Cements His Status as the Realest, Rocks T-Shirt Calling Out Police Violence to NFL Hall of Fame Game
8/2/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Top 10 Clapbacks of All Time, Part 1
8/2/2019 - Icon Status: Alicia Keys, Regina King and Lakeith Stanfield Lead Bazaar's Annual Icons Issue
8/2/2019 - Booker Bodies Biden, Bernie Gets Cardi, and Kamala Gets Clapped: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 5
8/2/2019 - Wait, What? Trump Claims He Is Going to End the AIDS Epidemic and Will Cure Pediatric Cancer
8/2/2019 - Home of Elijah Cummings Was Burglarized and President Petty Responded Exactly as You'd Expect Him To
8/2/2019 - Woman Who Shows Her Entire Ass During a Traffic Stop Lives to Tell the Tale; Guess on Which Side of the Racial Divide She Resides?
8/1/2019 - A$AP Rocky on Trial in Sweden Says He Begged Accuser to Leave Him Alone
8/1/2019 - The Vote Is In: A Majority of Americans Say Trump’s a Racist, Quinnipiac Poll Finds
8/1/2019 - Nashville Police Officer Resigns After Video Surfaces of Him Brutally Slamming Black Woman Against a Car
8/1/2019 - Filmmaker Michael Moore Wants America’s Favorite Black Woman to Save America From Trump
8/1/2019 - Making Good on Its Promise to Make Change, Gucci Announces a Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion—and It’s a Woman of Color
8/1/2019 - Hell or High Water: How Racism Kept Black America From Swimming
8/1/2019 - With a New Baby, Sponsor and Mission, Olympian Allyson Felix Is in the Race to Save Black Mothers
8/1/2019 - Innocent Man Released After 21 Years in Prison, Star Witness Confesses to Killing: 'I Can't Live With This on My Conscience'
8/1/2019 - Democratic Debates, Day 2: Andrew Yang Won the Night, Castro Shined, Biden and Harris Didn’t Perform Well
8/1/2019 - Giant Steps: Pyer Moss Designer Kerby Jean-Raymond Earns an Artistic Directorship at Reebok
8/1/2019 - Warped Flip-Flop Tomi Lahren Apologizes for Tweeting Sen. Kamala Harris Slept Her Way to the Top
8/1/2019 - White Man Wrongly Branded as Killer of 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes Dead of Apparent Suicide
8/1/2019 - Nearly 1 in 3 Young Black People Say the Democratic Party Doesn’t Care About Them
8/1/2019 - Trump Claims Baltimore Is Rat Infested. He Should Talk to His Slumlord Son-in-Law, Whose Charm City Properties Are Trash
8/1/2019 - Duchess, Editor, Designer? Meghan Markle Announces a Clothing Line to Benefit Working Women
8/1/2019 - Please Allow Jonathan Weisman of the New York Times to Teach You About White Supremacy
8/1/2019 - AJ Calloway,
Extra
Part Ways After Sexual Assault Investigation