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