2/28/2019 - Remains of Missing 23-Year-Old Woman Last Seen Leaving Boston Nightclub Found in Trunk

2/28/2019 - Meet Dog Park Diane: White Woman Calls Police to Dog Park After Black Man’s Dog Humps Hers

2/28/2019 - Specific Type of Butt Implant Linked to Deadly Cancer: Report

2/28/2019 - The Definitive List of Get-Out-of-Racism Free Cards

2/28/2019 - Republican Lawmakers Believe Michael Cohen Lied to Congress, Call for DOJ Investigation: Report

2/28/2019 - It’s Confirmed, President Trump Is a Damn Dotard

2/28/2019 - Antoinette ‘Toni’ Harris, Woman in Super Bowl Ad, Makes Sports History by Earning Football Scholarship

2/28/2019 - Rep. Elijah Cummings Threw Rashida Tlaib Under the Bus to Dry an Obama Birther’s White Tears

2/28/2019 - Colorado High School Backtracks After Allowing Students to Opt Out of Black History Month 

2/28/2019 - The Whole Black Church and Me

2/28/2019 - Trump Is Having a Rough Few Days

2/28/2019 - Maxine Waters Wants the Credit Reporting Industry to Be More Consumer-Friendly [Corrected]

2/28/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB, Day 28: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon Young

2/28/2019 - Federal Legalization of Marijuana Could Be Back on the Table

2/28/2019 - With On the Come Up, Bestselling Author Angie Thomas Continues Her Crusade: ‘I Can See Myself Writing About Black Girls From Here on Out’

2/28/2019 - Buffet Brawl Over Crab Legs Leads to Pandemonium and 2 Arrests

2/28/2019 - Brooklyn's Blackness Is Strongest Because of Its Rich Diaspora Influences and Deep History

2/27/2019 - Beto O'Rourke Announces Pending 2020 Announcement

2/27/2019 - Pam Northam, Wife of Blackface Enthusiast Virginia Governor, Hands Cotton to Black Students During Tour of Governor’s Mansion

2/27/2019 - The Mane Attraction: For Queen Kelly Rowland, Her Hair Is Her Crown and Glory

2/27/2019 - The Girl Scout Good Samaritan Who Brought $540 of Cookies Arrested on Federal Drug Charges

2/27/2019 - Oprah Winfrey to Interview Michael Jackson Accusers After Leaving Neverland Airs

2/27/2019 - Florida Cops Charged After Slapping Handcuffed Teen, Trying to Destroy Video of the Incident

2/27/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB | Day 27: Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones by Quincy Jones

2/27/2019 - Mother and Daughter in Pennsylvania are Charged With Murdering 5 of Their Family Members

2/27/2019 - Why Everyone’s Talking About Reparations, Explained

2/27/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month, Day 27: Time to Put on Our Rose-Colored Glasses

2/27/2019 - ‘The Obama Effect’: POTUS and Forever First Lady Portraits Draw More Than 1 Million Visitors to Museum

2/27/2019 - Black Oklahoma Student Knocks MAGA Hat Off White Teen’s Head. Now He’s Facing Charges

2/27/2019 - How Much Money Would You Pay to Watch a Donald Trump Perp Walk?

2/27/2019 - Two Black Women Candidates Head to Runoff in Chicago Mayoral Race

2/27/2019 - Sweet Thang: Jordan Peele’s ‘Candyman’ Revealed

2/27/2019 - For Us, By Us: Newark’s Blackness Doing It for the Culture, the Politics, the People

2/27/2019 - Live Blog: Michael Cohen Is Doing His Best Operatic Solo In Front of Congress Right Now

2/27/2019 - New Orleans: Where Blackness Was Born

2/26/2019 - Droppin' Jewels: Chief of Staff for Former Trump Counsel Gave Mueller Detailed Notes on President's Conduct

2/26/2019 - Professional Amateur Businesswoman Ivanka Trump Slams Green New Deal, Walks Right into Shade from Ocasio-Cortez 

2/26/2019 - ‘Black History Month’: Tracee Ellis Ross Goes Beneath the Surface in Her 2nd Directed Black-ish Episode 

2/26/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month, Day 26: Like It’s Golden

2/26/2019 - Janet Jackson—Ms. Jackson, If You’re Nasty—Has Announced a Vegas Residency 

2/26/2019 - Lawmaker Stricken By Rare, Selective Amnesia That Makes Her Forget Saying the N-Word in Front of Black Colleagues

2/26/2019 - NBA Great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Sell His Championship Memorabilia to Change Kids' Lives

2/26/2019 - In an 'Insular, White, Calcified World,' Misty Copeland Centers Black Women 

2/26/2019 - 'His Victims Deserve Justice': John Legend Continues to Speak Out Against R. Kelly

2/26/2019 - A List of Things Personally Threatened By Billy Porter's Red Carpet Gown

2/26/2019 - America's Kim Jong Un and North Korea's Kim Jong Un Arrive In Vietnam for Bae-cation

2/26/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 26: Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

2/26/2019 - Lisa Bonet’s ‘C’mon, White People’ Eyeroll, Explained

2/26/2019 - Former NBA Star Mike Bibby Being Investigated for Alleged Sexual Abuse

2/26/2019 - Michael Cohen Is Ready to Sing Like National Anthem Marvin Gaye, Will Give Up Dirty Details on Trump to Congress

2/26/2019 - Chance the Rapper, Cops and the Chicago Way: Talking the Windy City Mayoral Race With Amara Enyia

2/26/2019 - This Black History Month, Let’s Recognize the African-American Prisoners Who Helped Build America

2/26/2019 - Shirley, You Must Be Playing: Green Book Writer Says He Didn't Know Musician's Family 'Existed' While Making Film

2/26/2019 - Exclusive: Kamala Harris Calls for Decriminalization of Sex Work, Unequivocally Calls Trump a Racist and Wants Reparations (Sort of)

2/26/2019 - Beyond the Binary: Alonzo Arnold Redefines Black Beauty

2/26/2019 - Detroit: Why The D Is the Blackest City of All Time

2/25/2019 - R. Kelly Posts Bail, Heads to McDonald's Where He Allegedly Used to Scout Teenage Girls

2/25/2019 - GOP Senator Will Support Resolution to Block Trump's Border Wall

2/25/2019 - Billy Porter Wore a Gown and You Will Deal With It

2/25/2019 - Watch: Chinese Official Laughs Out Loud When President Trump Shows He Doesn’t Understand WTF He’s Talking About

2/25/2019 - What It Means When White People Call You Racist

2/25/2019 - Free Spirits: What Stars Wore to the Other Awards Show on Oscar Weekend

2/25/2019 - Does President Obama Know How Twerking Works?

2/25/2019 - R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty to All 10 Counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault 

2/25/2019 - Spike Lee Needed More Than Tea After Green Book Won the Oscar for Best Picture

2/25/2019 - A New Series, a New Fashion Line, and the New Face of Lancôme. Is Zendaya Quietly Coming for the Crown?

2/25/2019 - The Key to Genuine Equality? A Union Card

2/25/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB | Day 25: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

2/25/2019 - What’s Better Than the Academy Awards? The After-Party!

2/25/2019 - Do the White Thing: Racist-In-Chief Calls Spike Lee’s Oscar Speech 'Racist Hit'

2/25/2019 - The Green Book: Guide to Freedom Documentary Provides a Guide to the Truth We Deserve 

2/25/2019 - Black Campaign Staffer Files Lawsuit Alleging Trump Kissed Her Without Consent: Report

2/25/2019 - Amid Calls to Resign, Justin Fairfax Calls Himself Victim of a Political 'Lynching'

2/25/2019 - Jussie Smollett Check Written to Osundairo Brothers Reportedly for Training, Not to Execute Attack Hoax

2/25/2019 - The Best, the Blackest, and the Ball Gown: The 2019 Oscars Were Full of Stylish Surprises

2/25/2019 - When It Comes to Blackest Cities, Don't Sleep on Miami

2/25/2019 - 2019 Oscars: Regina BEEN King

2/24/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month, Day 23: Can Iyanla (or Anyone) Fix My Hair?

2/24/2019 - On the 20th Anniversary of ‘Back That Azz Up,’ We’re Still Dropping It Like It’s Hot

2/24/2019 - Queen Latifah Is Developing $14 Million in Affordable Housing in Newark

2/24/2019 - South Carolina School Celebrates Black History Month By Having 5th Graders Pick Cotton to 'Slavery Songs'... No, Really. 

2/24/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB | Day 24: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

2/23/2019 - Judge Sets Bail for R. Kelly at $1 Million 

2/23/2019 - Wisconsin Teacher Placed On Leave After Allegedly Tackling 11-Year-Old Student and Ripping Braids From Her Head

2/23/2019 - Proving She Can Keep Up with the Kardashians, North West Stars on Her 1st Solo Magazine Cover

2/23/2019 - Malik Yoba Will Reprise Role in ‘New York Undercover’ Reboot at ABC

2/23/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB | Day 23: Cane by Jean Toomer

2/23/2019 - Breakdancing Could Earn You a Gold Medal in the 2024 Olympic Games

2/23/2019 - The Black Cop Behind the White Hood: Ron Stallworth Talks BlacKkKlansman, Unequivocally Supports Black Lives Matter

2/23/2019 - 20 Years of Twerking: A Retrospective of ‘Back That Azz Up’

2/23/2019 - Alabama Newspaper Replaces Klan-Loving Publisher With Black Woman

2/22/2019 - Justin Fairfax’s Accusers Invited to Speak Before Grand Assembly Panel by Republican Delegate

2/22/2019 - Black Ass Game Show: Bodega Boys Edition

2/22/2019 - Trump Administration Moves to Stop Family Planning Clinics From Issuing Abortions or Abortion Referrals

2/22/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 22: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

2/22/2019 - On Oscars Sunday, Guess Where We’ll Be? (Hint: In Wakanda—and on Facebook)!

2/22/2019 - R. Kelly Indicted on 10 Counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse, No-Bail Arrest Warrant Issued [Updated]

2/22/2019 - Elementary School Celebrates Black History Month by Having Kids Play Runaway Slave ‘Game’

2/22/2019 - As Sexual Assault Allegations Hit Home, Lisa Borders Resigns Leadership of Time’s Up

2/22/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Fairy Tales for Wypipo 

2/22/2019 - White People Are Getting Whiter

2/22/2019 - As Awards Season Wraps Up, the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards Honor Our Magic

2/22/2019 - On Surviving the Potential Damage Done by Jussie Smollett 

2/22/2019 - New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Charged With Soliciting Prostitution and Police Have Video: Report

2/22/2019 - Kanautica Zayre-Brown and the Cold, Routine Cruelty of How the Criminal Justice System Treats Trans Women

2/22/2019 - Sarah Huckabee Sanders Lies Again, Claims Trump Has Never ‘Done Anything But Condemn Violence’

2/22/2019 - Jussie Smollett’s ‘Jamal’ to Be Removed from Final 2 Episodes of Season 5, Empire Executive Producers Confirm 

2/22/2019 - All the Ways I Did Not Die

2/22/2019 - Official Statement Report: Jussie Smollett Feels 'Betrayed' by 'Organized Law Enforcement Spectacle' 

2/22/2019 - A (Very Short) Case for Why Pittsburgh Is the Blackest City in America

2/21/2019 - Run it Back: North Carolina Board of Elections Calls for New Congressional Election After Voter Fraud Inquiry

2/21/2019 - Vallejo Police Officer Involved in Shooting of 20-year-old Black Man Shot Father of Two Last Year

2/21/2019 - Does a New Supreme Court Ruling Mean Police Can No Longer Use Asset Forfeiture to Enrich Their Departments?

2/21/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month, Day 21: Hair Can Be a Tangled Web

2/21/2019 - The Twilight Zone Trailer: Jordan Peele's Mind Is Out of This Dimension 

2/21/2019 - Tamera Mowry Says Tia Mowry’s Breast Milk Is the ‘Best She’s Ever Tried in Her Life’ and We Wish We Didn’t Know That

2/21/2019 - #TBT: So, About That Time Spike Lee and Angela Bassett Teamed Up for the Best Black History Month Tribute of 2019 ...

2/21/2019 - Man Goes on White Supremacist Rant, Flashes Gun. Police Say It’s Just ‘Free Speech’

2/21/2019 - Hollywood Has a Problem With Inclusion and These Celebrities Are Trying to Solve It

2/21/2019 - In an Interview With The Root, Julián Castro Calls for Reparations for Black People

2/21/2019 - Hate Groups in the United States Have Grown as Trump Stokes the Flames, New Report Says

2/21/2019 - With HFR x Google's 1st Fashion Summit, Harlem's Fashion Row Pays It Forward 

2/21/2019 - Retro, Fitted: We Just Peeped the Upcoming Zendaya x Tommy Hilfiger Collab—and Feel Broke Already

2/21/2019 - White Supremacist Coast Guard Lieutenant Accused of Plotting Terrorist Attack to 'Establish a White Homeland'

2/21/2019 - In Black Memphis, Beale Street Can Talk

2/21/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 21: Blended by Sharon M. Draper

2/21/2019 - To Be Young, Gifted and White

2/21/2019 - Showtime Orders New Lena Waithe/Cathy Kisakye Pilot to Show You How to Make Love to a Black Woman 

2/21/2019 - She's Your Queen to Be: Beyoncé Just Made a Portrait of Meghan Markle a Must-Have

2/21/2019 - Jussie Smollett Arrested, Police Claim Actor Was Upset Over Salary as Motive for Apparent Staged Attack [Updated] 

2/20/2019 - Delaware State Police Officer Draws Gun During Traffic Stop Involving Black Driver

2/20/2019 - Michael Cohen to Testify in Public Before House Oversight Committee on February 27th

2/20/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month, Days 19 & 20: Anyone Else Feeling Jaded?

2/20/2019 - Jussie Smollett Charged With Felony by Chicago Police Department [Updated]

2/20/2019 - Watch: Tucker Carlson Blows His Bowtie, Calls Guest a 'Moron' In Expletive-Laced Unaired Segment

2/20/2019 - This Is Not a Drill: Serena Williams Just Teamed Up With Poshmark

2/20/2019 - Congress Takes a Field Trip to Investigate Voter Suppression in Georgia

2/20/2019 - Clarence Thomas Proves That He’s Still Alive and Willing to Do Trump’s Dirty Work

2/20/2019 - Family Accuses Mississippi Jailers of Torturing Man and Leaving Him to Die, Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

2/20/2019 - Meghan Takes Manhattan: The Royal Baby Shower Comes Stateside

2/20/2019 - Oscar Nominee Hannah Beachler Talks Breaking Ceilings and What’s Next: ‘Black People Belong in Space’

2/20/2019 - Covington Catholic MAGA Hat Teen Who Helped Terrorize Native American Activist Is Suing the Washington Post

2/20/2019 - The Year Black Lives Matter in Brazil: Death of Young Black Man in Rio Prompts Protests, Comparisons to Eric Garner

2/20/2019 - Ruth E. Carter Forever: The Costume Designers Guild Celebrates the Black Panther Designer's Brilliance

2/20/2019 - Oakland Makes Everything Black, Blacker

2/20/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 20: The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman

2/20/2019 - Steve Harvey Admits He Used 'a Bad Choice of Words' During Heated Debate With Mo'Nique 

2/20/2019 - 'Columbusing' No More: Kamala Harris Wants to Change Controversial Holiday to 'Indigenous People's Day'

2/19/2019 - Houston Police Chief Announces Plan to End No-Knock Warrants After Officer's Lies Leave Two Dead

2/19/2019 - In a Shameless Bid for Relevance, Burberry Includes a Noose in Its Runway Show

2/19/2019 - White Woman Claims to Confront Racism by Creating Racist Yoga Event; Clearly Doesn’t Understand How Racism Works

2/19/2019 - After Civil Rights Institute Rescinded Prestigious Award, Angela Davis Showed Up Anyway

2/19/2019 - Crusted-Over Mayo Casserole Michael Rapaport Tried to Come for Meek Mill and Got That Same Energy in Return

2/19/2019 - Trump Wanted Ally to Un-Recuse Himself So He Could Oversee Michael Cohen Investigation: Report

2/19/2019 - Leave Malia Obama the Hell Alone and Let Her Enjoy Life (and Facebook)

2/19/2019 - Mandatory Wage Garnishment for Your Student Loans Could Become Law

2/19/2019 - Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield in Talks to Star in Fred Hampton Film Produced by Ryan Coogler

2/19/2019 - Roger Stone Can’t Stop Trolling and It Might Land Him in Jail

2/19/2019 - Delaware Police Officer Caught on Video Repeatedly Punching Black Teen in the Face During Drug Arrest

2/19/2019 - Negro Noir: The Preacher’s Son Truly Pops Off During the Last 15 Minutes 

2/19/2019 - Alabama Newspaper Publisher Calls for KKK to 'Night Ride Again' and 'Clean Out' D.C.—with Nooses in Tow

2/19/2019 - Bernie Sanders, the Method Man of Democrats, Is Running for President

2/19/2019 - Atlanta Is the Real Wakanda

2/19/2019 - With New Anti-Discrimination Guidelines, New York City Becomes a Safe Haven for Black Hair

2/19/2019 - Legendary Designer Karl Lagerfeld Dies

2/19/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 19: We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby

2/19/2019 - Taking the Seat and the Table, Too: What Valuing Black Women in Politics Looks Like

2/18/2019 - Houston Police Officer Lies on Warrant for Raid that Leaves Two Dead

2/18/2019 - Justin Fairfax's Second Accuser Reaffirms Offer to Testify in Public

2/18/2019 - NYPD Commander Under Investigation for Ordering Officers to Shoot 50 Cent 'On Sight'

2/18/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 18: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

2/18/2019 - For Her 88th Birthday, Toni Morrison Gives Us the Gift of Self-Regard

2/18/2019 - Report: R. Kelly Facing Criminal Indictment as Grand Jury Is Assembled in Chicago

2/18/2019 - Lawyer Michael Avenatti Confirms Existence of Third R. Kelly Tape with Underage Girl

2/18/2019 - It Looks Like Jussie Smollett's Case Is Headed to Grand Jury [Updated]

2/18/2019 - When It Comes to Blackness, All Roads Lead to and Through East St. Louis. Period.

2/17/2019 - Lyft Earns Its Invite to the Cookout By Offering Free Rides to Celebrate Black History Month

2/17/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 17: Heavy by Kiese Laymon

2/17/2019 - 11-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Refusing to Recite 'Racist' Pledge of Allegiance

2/17/2019 - U.S. Senate Passes Legislation to Strengthen HBCUs

2/16/2019 - Report: New Evidence Suggests Jussie Smollett Was Allegedly An 'Active Participant' In Apparent Assault [Updated]

2/16/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month, Day 16: Can I Get a Late Pass for Fresh Beauty?

2/16/2019 - NBA, FIBA, and Our Forever President Barack Obama Are Joining Forces to Launch Basketball Africa League

2/16/2019 - Texts Between Portland Police and Far-Right Extremists Prove Collusion... Cue Shock and Awe

2/16/2019 - Judge Overturns $37 Million Wrongful Death Award to the Family of Korryn Gaines

2/16/2019 - 21 Savage Turns Himself In for Felony Theft Warrant

2/16/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB | Day 16: The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

2/15/2019 - A New Challenger Approaches: Bill Weld Announces Exploratory Committee

2/15/2019 - Police Identify Suspect in Attack Against 92-Year-Old Black Man

2/15/2019 - This Year, I Am My Own Valentine

2/15/2019 - Professor Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Black Girls CODE, Claiming it Discriminates Against White Men

2/15/2019 - Ayanna Pressley Opposes Increased ICE Funding: ‘They’ve Proven Themselves Corrupt’

2/15/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Just the Tips

2/15/2019 - Where There's Smoke, There's Fyre: Ja Rule Wants to Create an 'Iconic Music Festival' 

2/15/2019 - Drake Reportedly Bought Himself a $400,000 Custom Phone Case for Valentine's Day (and All I Want Is a Condo)

2/15/2019 - Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid Reach Settlement in NFL Collusion Case: Report

2/15/2019 - When Keeping It 'Colonial' Goes Wrong: Vogue Brazil Editor Resigns After Using Black People as Props at Birthday Party

2/15/2019 - California Attorney General Sued Over His Refusal to Release Police Records Under New Law

2/15/2019 - On Jussie Smollett, Misreporting, and the Fine Line Between Healthy Skepticism and MAGA Propaganda

2/15/2019 - Trump Declares National Emergency and Then Goes Off the Rails In Unhinged Ramblefest

2/15/2019 - Runway to Revolution: Telfar Global Teams Up with Black Lives Matter

2/15/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 15: Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

2/15/2019 - Senate Passes Bill That Makes Lynching a Federal Crime

2/15/2019 - Dear Future Lover, Please Don't Surprise Me with Kenny G on Valentine's Day

2/15/2019 - 21 Savage Finally Speaks Out, Says ICE Arrest 'Was Definitely Targeted'

2/14/2019 - Homeward Bound: Disneyland Bans MAGA Fan After Displaying Trump Banner on Water Ride

2/14/2019 - Montana Women Sue Border Protection Agents After Being Detained for Speaking Spanish While in Public

2/14/2019 - Life, Loss and #LovingAlana: A Valentine

2/14/2019 - Trump Will Sign Spending Bill, Declare National Emergency Because He Can't Stand Losing

2/14/2019 - President Trump's Physical Was Days Ago, So Where Are the Results? [Updated]

2/14/2019 - ICE Drops 'Aggravated Felony' Charge Against 21 Savage. General Sentiment on Original Charge? Issa Lie

2/14/2019 - Former FBI Deputy Director Confirms There Were Talks to Invoke the 25th Amendment and Trump Mocks Him on Twitter

2/14/2019 - Mass. DA Wants to Meet With Vanessa Tyson to Discuss Her Sexual Assault Allegations Against Justin Fairfax

2/14/2019 - Philadelphia, Where Blackness Transcends

2/14/2019 - A New and Eerily Similar R. Kelly Sex Tape Has Reportedly Surfaced. Let's See What Happens This Time

2/14/2019 - Boo'ed Up: If You're Single, Don't Settle. Find Somebody Who Loves You Like These Celebs Love Each Other

2/14/2019 - A History of Heroes

2/14/2019 - Mo'Nique to Steve Harvey: 'We've Lost the Integrity, Worrying About the Money'

2/14/2019 - These Women Advance Dr. King's Mission By Reclaiming the Black Church’s Civil Rights Legacy

2/14/2019 - Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, Who Murdered Laquan McDonald, Catches a Beatdown in Federal Prison

2/14/2019 - Queen, Meet Crown: Regina King Gets Even More Glorious this Awards Season

2/14/2019 - White Woman Tells Black Police Officer Arresting Her ‘My KKK Friends Will Burn Your Family’

2/14/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 14: all about love: new visions by bell hooks

2/14/2019 - Jussie Smollett Is 'Pissed Off' at 'the Attackers and the Attacks'

2/14/2019 - This Is the Year You Love Yourself in Lingerie

2/14/2019 - The 2019 NAACP Image Awards Noms Are Here. Naturally, Wakanda Is Forever Winning with Black Panther

2/13/2019 - Police Open Fire on Sleeping Black Man in Locked Car

2/13/2019 - Dealmaker-in-Chief Trump Intends to Sign Border Deal for Pennies on the Dollar

2/13/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month, Day 13: On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink

2/13/2019 - Alfred Street Baptist Church Donates $100,000 to Howard University Students

2/13/2019 - Stevante Clark, Brother of Stephon, Will Be Appointed to Sacramento City Council Advisory Committee

2/13/2019 - T’Challa’s Cousins? Scientists Photograph Rare Black Leopard for First Time in Over 100 Years

2/13/2019 - Kadir Nelson Puts Iconic Moments in Black History on Canvas

2/13/2019 - Chicago Was Founded by Blackness—and We're Still Its Foundation

2/13/2019 - Forever FLOTUS, She's Just Like Us: Michelle Obama's Text Exchange With Her Mama is Relatable as Hell

2/13/2019 - Louisiana Cops Wore Blackface to Sell Crack in a Black Neighborhood. But First, They Posed for Pics

2/13/2019 - Vanessa Tyson, Who Accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Sexual Assault, Calls Sexual Violence an 'Epidemic' at #MeToo Event

2/13/2019 - On Justin Fairfax and Believing Women When It’s Politically Inconvenient

2/13/2019 - To Be Black And Beautiful And Queer at an HBCU... And After Graduation

2/13/2019 - Trump's 'Executive Time' Just Got Serious as the President Has Purchased a $50,000 Golf Simulator: Report

2/13/2019 - Exclusive: TIDAL Celebrates Black History Month, Streaming Documentaries and Playlists Highlighting Black Luminaries

2/13/2019 - Rep. Ilhan Omar Claps Back at the Bigot In Chief: 'You Have Trafficked in Hate Your Whole Life'

2/13/2019 - GOP Congressman Under Fire for Most Racist Office Display Ever

2/13/2019 - All-White Wisconsin GOP Decide Colin Kaepernick Is 'Too Controversial' to be Included in Black Caucus' Resolution to Honor Black History Month 

2/13/2019 - Watch: Octavia Spencer in Ma Is What Happens When White People Don't Mind Their Business

2/13/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 13: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

2/13/2019 - Runway to Store Aisle: Kiss Debuts New Nail Art and Lash Luxury for the 1-9

2/12/2019 - Court Upholds Ruling to Unseal Grand Jury Testimony in 1946 Moore's Ford Lynching

2/12/2019 - Overcompensator-in-Chief Takes Mulligan on Military Parade

2/12/2019 - The Beat Goes On—and So Does Black-Owned Beauty Month!

2/12/2019 - Trump Forgets He's Racist and Vile, Calls on Rep. Ilhan Omar to Resign Over Anti-Semitic Remarks

2/12/2019 - Apparently, White People Need 'Grace' and 'Empathy' From Black People

2/12/2019 - Baby Bow? Black-ish Prequel Based on Tracee Ellis Ross' Character May Be in the Works

2/12/2019 - Cardi on the Half-Shell—and off IG: Behind-the-Scenes Scoop on How the 'Money' Maker Made Magic with Mugler

2/12/2019 - The 15th Anniversary of Kanye’s 'Fuck Higher Education' Album

2/12/2019 - Blackface-gate Continues: Katy Perry Gets Caught in the Controversy and Gucci's CEO Addresses Their 'Mistake'

2/12/2019 - 'He Won His Freedom': 21 Savage Released from ICE Custody on Bond 

2/12/2019 - Nebraska Running Back Facing Revenge and Child Porn Charges After He Sent Victim Video of Her Being Sexually Assaulted: Report

2/12/2019 - This Is Shots Fired: Jase Harley Calls Childish Gambino a 'House Slave' After Grammy Win, Repeats Plagiarism Claim

2/12/2019 - Trump Says He's Not 'Happy' With Border Deal and Continues to Lie About the Wall Being Built Right Now

2/12/2019 - Blackness in Los Angeles Is Historic and Trendsetting

2/12/2019 - With a History-Making Debut and Genderless Collection, No Sesso Breaks Barriers During NYFW 

2/12/2019 - Spread Love: Alvin Ailey Embarks on Its 60th Anniversary National Tour

2/12/2019 - MAGA Substitute Allegedly Singles Out 10-Year-Old for ‘Prison Attire,’ Tells Students MLK Committed Suicide

2/12/2019 - Alfre Woodard Embodies the Escape a Tired Black Woman Needs and Deserves in Juanita 

2/12/2019 - Trump Supporter Attacks Media During Trump Rally and Trump Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

2/12/2019 - Gold Digger? Did Kanye's 'Friend' Turn a Fashion Week Booking Into a 6-Figure Fraud? 

2/12/2019 - Should You Wear Blackface? A Guide

2/12/2019 - What It Means That a Black Woman Is Leading Julián Castro’s Campaign for President

2/12/2019 - Jenifer Lewis Lets Loose: Black-ish Star Dishes on Returning to 'Broadway,' Tracee Ellis Ross Drama, Donald Trump, Colin Kaepernick and Kanye West

2/12/2019 - 3 Generations of Shaft Are Premiering at the American Black Film Festival. Will I Be There? You Damn Right

2/12/2019 - Following a Massive Attack from Nicki Minaj's Barbz, BET Issues Apology for Crass Tweet 

2/12/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 12: How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

2/12/2019 - On B. Smith, Husband Dan Gasby and the Backlash Over Moving on When a Spouse Has Alzheimer's

2/11/2019 - Second Justin Fairfax Accuser Alleges Assault by Corey Maggette During Sophomore Year at Duke University

2/11/2019 - Deal Reached in Principle to Avoid Second Government Shutdown

2/11/2019 - Now That Cardi's Got the Grammy, Is She Gonna Get the Cookies?

2/11/2019 - Kamala Harris Stands By Her Time As a Prosecutor in Breakfast Club Interview

2/11/2019 - Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax's Law Firm Places Him on Leave, 4 Staffers Resign Following 2nd Sexual Assault Allegation

2/11/2019 - Cleveland Browns Sign Kareem Hunt Despite Video of Him Assaulting Woman. Kaepernick Still Banned for Kneeling

2/11/2019 - The Ongoing Assault Against Jasmine Eiland Proves How Hard Society Goes in Hating Black Women 

2/11/2019 - Citizens of Zamunda! The Coming to America Sequel Is Coming—in 2020

2/11/2019 - Va. Gov. Ralph 'Coonman' Northam Just Can't Stop Stepping In It, Calls Slaves 'Indentured Servants'

2/11/2019 - Black, Beautiful, and British: Celebs Celebrate Across the Pond for the BAFTAs

2/11/2019 - Black Love On The Big Screen, From the First On-Film Kiss to Today | Unpack That

2/11/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 11: An American Marriage: A Novel by Tayari Jones

2/11/2019 - Marla Gibbs Welcomes Us to The Neighborhood and Adds Another TV Credit to Her Legendary Resumé

2/11/2019 - White House Defends Trump's 'Executive Time' After Leaker Reveals Sir Nap-A-Lot's Schedule

2/11/2019 - A Whole Blue World: Will Smith's Final Form as the Genie Is Revealed 

2/11/2019 - Gift from the Heart: The 'I Didn't Forget' Guide to Winning Valentine's Day

2/11/2019 - Jennifer Lopez's Motown Tribute at the Grammys Gentrified the Genre

2/11/2019 - Amid Calls to Boycott Gucci, Collaborator Dapper Dan Takes a Stand

2/11/2019 - 2019 BAFTAs: Letitia Wright Is Officially a Rising Star

2/11/2019 - Living History: The 61st Annual Grammy Awards Were a Celebration of Iconic Women

2/11/2019 - 'Kill Moe, Y'all Bammas Trippin': DC Is the Blackest City In America

2/11/2019 - Separate, but Equally Dangerous: How the Jussie Smollett and Liam Neeson Controversies Reinforce Racist Narratives About Black Men

2/11/2019 - This Is Winning: The Grammys Song of the Year and Record of the Year Had Never Been Claimed By Rap—Until ‘This Is America’

2/11/2019 - Exclusive: Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax Speaks Out on Sexual Assault Allegations and His Future in Virginia [Updated]

2/11/2019 - You Can Be Pro-Black and a Prosecutor

2/11/2019 - 2019 Grammys: Cardi B Makes History Moves to Become the 1st Solo Female Rap Artist to Win Best Rap Album [Updated]

2/10/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB | Day 10: Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

2/10/2019 - Trump Gets Toe Tagged and Bagged by Black Twitter After 'African-Americans Are Very Angry' Tweet

2/10/2019 - Trump Jr. Proves the Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree, Praises Dad for Wildly Inappropriate Trail of Tears of Jab

2/10/2019 - Bodycam Footage of Florida Deputy Grabbing Black Father by the Throat and Calling Him 'Boy' Sparks Investigation

2/10/2019 - Extra's A.J. Calloway Suspended Amid Sexual Assault Investigation

2/10/2019 - Music, Fashion and Black Girl Magic: Join The Glow Up for the Grammy Awards Red Carpet

2/9/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month, Day 8: Black Girls Have That Certain... Je Ne Sais Quoi

2/9/2019 - Meet Eric Porterfield, the GOP Lawmaker Who Believes the LGBTQ Community 'Is a Modern Day Version of the Ku Klux Klan'

2/9/2019 - T.I., Soulja Boy, and Others Call for Gucci Boycott After Blackface Scandal: 'Apology Not Accepted'

2/9/2019 - Rape Declared a 'National Emergency' by Sierra Leone's President

2/9/2019 - HBO Announces Leaving Neverland Premiere Dates

2/9/2019 - Exclusive: Thousands of Black Votes in Georgia Disappeared and No One Can Explain It

2/9/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 9: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

2/9/2019 - The Trump Administration Might Actually Help Curb HIV Transmission (Or Not)

2/8/2019 - Kurtis Blow Responds to Va. Attorney General's Apology for 80's Blackface Photo

2/8/2019 - How Well Do You Know Yourself? Would You Date You?

2/8/2019 - American Citizen Shot in the Head While Attempting to Escape into Mexico

2/8/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: If...

2/8/2019 - Oscar-Nominated Costume Design Legend Ruth E. Carter Gets Her Flowers During New York Fashion Week Event

2/8/2019 - Black Owned Beauty Month, Day 7: Winged Victory

2/8/2019 - Second Woman Accuses Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of Sexual Assault

2/8/2019 - The Next Big Thing: 11 Honoré Just Made Fashion Week More Accessible to Sizes 10 and Up

2/8/2019 - What Men Want: Inside the Minds of Actor Aldis Hodge, Producer Will Packer and Writer Tina Gordon Chism

2/8/2019 - Trump Appointed Members of Mar-a-Lago and His Private Golf Clubs to be Ambassadors: Report

2/8/2019 - Bill Cosby Got Moved to Gen-Pop In Prison. So Does This Mean His Family Will Go Visit Him Now?

2/8/2019 - Vanessa Tyson Told Colleagues About Her Sexual Assault Allegation Against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax 

2/8/2019 - Phenomenal Women: Generations of Black Beauty Grace February and March Magazine Covers

2/8/2019 - To be a Black American Muslim Woman Is to be Both an Insider and an Outsider 

2/8/2019 - As President Trump's Physical Approaches, He's Not Done Anything the Doctor Told Him To

2/8/2019 - No Drake, Childish Gambino or Kendrick Lamar? Basically, Cardi B Is Putting on the 2019 Grammy Halftime Show 

2/8/2019 - Bennett College President Gives Heartwarming Thanks After Donors Give $8.2 Million to Save School

2/8/2019 - More to Love! Fenty Beauty Debuts New Shades—Just in Time for Valentine's Day

2/8/2019 - The 2019 NAACP Image Awards 'Entertainer of the Year' Noms are Out—and the Winner Is Up to You 

2/8/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 8: The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)

2/8/2019 - American Justice: Abuse Domineque Ray as a Boy, Discriminate Against Him as a Man, and on Death Row, Kill Him

2/8/2019 - Young Money: 14-Year-Old Marsai Martin Inks First-Look Deal with Universal  

2/8/2019 - There's No Place Blacker Than Birmingham, Ala., and If You Disagree...Fight Them

2/7/2019 - Trump Worries As House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff Hires Former White House Employees

2/7/2019 - Black Owned Beauty Month, Day 6: Is It Spring Yet?

2/7/2019 - Time to Trash Virginia Politicos and Start Over as Another Senator Was Editor of Yearbook Filled With Racist Images

2/7/2019 - In Partnership with UNCF, Target Gives Black History Month the Bullseye Treatment

2/7/2019 - A Chicago Teacher Is Accused of Arranging a Brutal Beating for Her 4th Grade Student. Now, His Parents Are Suing the School Board

2/7/2019 - Donald Trump Says the ‘Abolition of Civil Rights’ Is One of Our Country’s ‘Greatest Strides’

2/7/2019 - Past, Present & Purpose: Tarana Burke Is Bringing the Power of Empathy to the 2019 MAKERS Conference

2/7/2019 - Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney Do Battle Over Sexual Assault Allegations: Report 

2/7/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 7: But Some of Us Are Brave, Edited by Akasha Gloria Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith

2/7/2019 - With Her 'Shakespearean' Little Girl Blue, Laiona Michelle Keeps Nina Simone’s Torch Burning

2/7/2019 - Cinderella Story: Cardi B Comes Full Circle for the Harper's Bazaar Spring Fashion Issue

2/7/2019 - Dear Michelle Rodriguez, Viola Davis Cannot Suck the Racism out of Liam Neeson via Tongue Kiss

2/7/2019 - Harlem’s Blackness Is Triumphant. When It Comes to Blackest City, There Is No Competition

2/7/2019 - Cindy McCain Apologizes for Making Up a Race-Based Human Trafficking Story That Was a Whole-Ass Lie

2/7/2019 - You Mean to Tell Me Megyn Kelly Was Right This Whole Damn Time?

2/7/2019 - Lena Waithe Doesn’t Want Black Hollywood to Be a ‘Moment or Movement’; She Wants It to Be ‘the Norm’

2/7/2019 - Turns Out Trump’s Fine and He’s Tweeting Again

2/7/2019 - Offensive, or Just Plain Ugly? Gucci Becomes the Latest to Face Accusations of Racist Product

2/7/2019 - 21 Savage 'In Lockdown For 23 Hours a Day' with Little Human Contact, Says Co-Manager 

2/6/2019 - New Mexico Governor Orders National Guard Troops Back from Border

2/6/2019 - Democrats Call Trump's Bluff 12 Hours After Investigation Threat

2/6/2019 - Been Lyin': Documents Reveal Elizabeth Warren Identified as Native American as Far Back as 1986

2/6/2019 - Black Owned Beauty Month: The State of Our Black Beauty Union

2/6/2019 - Black Trump Supporters Call Democrats Dressed in All White the Ku Klux Klan: 'The Only Thing...Missing Tonight Is the Matching Hood'

2/6/2019 - Woman Accusing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Sexual Assault Speaks Out [Updated]

2/6/2019 - Jay-Z Is Reportedly Lending His Lawyer to 21 Savage

2/6/2019 - Is Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Investigation Coming to a Close?

2/6/2019 - Maybe Black People Need a Wall

2/6/2019 - 'She's Small Like Me': First Look at Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman

2/6/2019 - Nancy Pelosi: House Speaker or Congressional Gangster?

2/6/2019 - Stacey Abrams' Response to the SOTU Gave a Much-Needed Nod to Black Maternal Health

2/6/2019 - Kelly Rowland Takes Us Through Her Iconic Mane Moments

2/6/2019 - Va. Attorney General Admits to Wearing Blackface to Perform Kurtis Blow Rap

2/6/2019 - One Moment in Time: Only Once Have 2 Black Women Been Nominated for a Best Actress Oscar in the Same Year 

2/6/2019 - Tyra Banks' Next Big Idea? Taking the Masses to 'Modelland'

2/6/2019 - Trump Eerily Silent After SOTU Speech and I Have a Lot of Questions

2/6/2019 - Power Back on at Brooklyn Jail Following Massive Outcry, Officials to Investigate Conditions

2/6/2019 - Want to Be 'Flawless' Like Beyoncé? Beauty Lines Are Coming from Her Glam Squad 

2/6/2019 - 21 Savage's Legal Team Sets It Straight: He Is Not a Convicted Felon, ICE 'Provided Incorrect Information'

2/6/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 6: Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member by Sanyika Shakur

2/6/2019 - This Producer Helped Craft Ariana Grande's Sound and He's Working With Your Other Faves, Too 

2/5/2019 - There's No Use in Taking Trump's State of the Union Seriously

2/5/2019 - A Live Translation of Trump's State of the Union Address

2/5/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month: Lost on Wash Day, but Saved by the Mothership

2/5/2019 - Maxine Waters Calls Donald Trump a 'Bluffer' Ahead of the State of the Union Address 

2/5/2019 - Hey, Bernie Sanders Can You STFU After the SOTU and Let Stacey Abrams Shine?

2/5/2019 - Nancy Pelosi on Stacey Abrams, Black Lives Matter and Standing Up to Trump 

2/5/2019 - Kelly Rowland to Host 2019 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards 

2/5/2019 - Alabama Attorney General Releases Video, Rules Police Shooting of Emantic Bradford Jr. Was Justified

2/5/2019 - Liam Neeson Explains Why There’s No Such Thing as Racism

2/5/2019 - Waitin' Season: Atlanta is Definitely Delayed, Won't Be Eligible for 2019 Emmys  

2/5/2019 - Sen. Cory Booker Has a Girlfriend. Now Can We Stop Talking About His Dating Life?

2/5/2019 - 2019 Oscars: Whoopi Goldberg, Tessa Thompson and More Announced as Presenters [Updated]

2/5/2019 - President Barack Obama, Steph Curry and John Legend Will Meet Up in Oakland for My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

2/5/2019 - Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris to Visit Early Primary States Later This Month

2/5/2019 - White Tax Tears: Trump Voters Are Now Realizing They've Been Had

2/5/2019 - Republicans Oppose Proposed Law That Would Fight White Supremacy, Restore Democracy and Empower Black Voters

2/5/2019 - Chicago Police Removed From School for Using Stun Gun on 16-Year-Old, but She’s the One Facing Charges

2/5/2019 - Trump-Loving MAGA Cop Who Blamed Tamir Rice for His Own Death Is Now a Homicide Detective

2/5/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 5: Every Little Step: My Story by Bobby Brown With Nick Chiles

2/5/2019 - Saving Lives at Super Bowl LIII: A Social Justice Re-Cap of The Gaudiest Weekend in Atlanta

2/5/2019 - Colin Kaepernick Thanks Our Wife Rihanna for ‘Keeping It 100’ During the So-Called ‘Super’ Bowl

2/5/2019 - Winter Is Coming: Trump's Female Opposition Will Be Wearing White to the State of the Union

2/5/2019 - Black Man Found Dead Hanging in a Cell in the Same Jail Where Sandra Bland Died

2/5/2019 - No Joke, What's Happening to 21 Savage Is Pretty Damn Concerning

2/5/2019 - Artist of the Demolished Kaepernick Mural Clapped Back Hard on the Day of the NFL's Big Game

2/5/2019 - Why White People Love Blackface, Explained

2/5/2019 - Jazmine Headley, Whose Child Was Snatched From Her Arms at a Public Benefits Office, Gets a Public Apology From New York City Council 

2/5/2019 - Black on the Great White Way: Actors Are Breaking Barriers, But Broadway Still Has a Long Way to Go On Diversity

2/4/2019 - Covington Catholic's Nick Sandmann Gearing Up For Potential Libel Battle

2/4/2019 - Black-Owned Beauty Month Takes Wing—and Whew, Are My Arms Tired

2/4/2019 - MAGA Super Bowl Suffers Lowest Ratings in a Decade and It's Probably Black People's Fault

2/4/2019 - Us and The Twilight Zone: Jordan Peele is Crowned King of Super Bowl Commercials

2/4/2019 - When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Seattle Police Sergeant Demoted After Sitting Outside a Black Man’s Job Waiting for an Apology

2/4/2019 - Trump: Hey Blacks, Look at These Unemployment Rates and Criminal Justice Reform. We Good?

2/4/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 4: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2/4/2019 - Louis Farrakhan Inducted Into Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

2/4/2019 - Sundance 2019: Chinonye Chukwu Becomes 1st Black Female Director to Win Grand Jury Prize

2/4/2019 - How Does a California Department of Justice Review of the Sacramento Police Department Impact the Stephon Clark Case?

2/4/2019 - Bronner Bros. Big-Upped Rachel Dolezal, and Our Heads–and Edges—Hurt

2/4/2019 - After That Super Bowl Halftime Show, It's Safe to Say Black Girls Are Not Like You, Maroon 5 

2/4/2019 - A List of Lightskints Who Ain’t Running for President

2/4/2019 - A Complete Analysis of the Super Bowl From Someone Who's Protesting the NFL and Didn't Watch the Game

2/4/2019 - Major Leak Proves That Lazy Thot President Spends About 60 Percent of His Day in ‘Executive Time’

2/4/2019 - Longtime Young and the Restless Star Kristoff St. John Found Dead at 52 [Updated]

2/4/2019 - Real Is the New Black: Samira Wiley Is a Role Model for Authenticity

2/4/2019 - In 1st Appearance Since Attack, Jussie Smollett Performs Live in LA; Says Now Is the Time to Be 'Blacker and Gayer'

2/4/2019 - Yes, the NFL Is Awful, but I Still Watched All Season. Here's Why

2/3/2019 - How Much Does 21 Savage Hate ICE? A Lot. Faces Deportation After Arrest

2/3/2019 - Days Before the Super Bowl, Colin Kaepernick Mural in Atlanta is Destroyed 

2/3/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 3: Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham

2/3/2019 - Meek Mill, Justice League NYC Demand Action as Hundreds of Inmates Go Without Heat, Hot Water at Brooklyn Detention Center

2/3/2019 - Why They Kneel: Everything We Said About Police Brutality Was Wrong

2/3/2019 - Touchdown! Fenty Beauty Just Won Our Vote for Best Super Bowl Ad

2/2/2019 - On Well-Intended White Folks: Thoughts on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and the Making of a Public Image

2/2/2019 - Working Mother: Can We Talk About All the Lewks Cardi B Rocked in a Single Week?

2/2/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 2: Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson 

2/2/2019 - Bow Wow Arrested and Charged with Battery Following Domestic Dispute with Ex-Girlfriend Kiyomi Leslie

2/2/2019 - Bill Maher Kicks Off Black History Month with a Popeyes Chicken Joke That Will Probably Make You Throw Hands

2/2/2019 - Doing the Work: Meghan Markle Surprises a Charity for Sex Workers with Messages of Hope and Love

2/2/2019 - Instead of Just Saying 'Wowwwww' Like the Rest of Us Men When We Get Caught Lying, Gov. Ralph Northam Refuses to Resign After Racist Picture Surfaces [Updated]

2/2/2019 - Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Join Forces to Create More Opportunities for Women in Music 

2/1/2019 - Elizabeth Warren Apologizes to Cherokee Nation for DNA Stunt

2/1/2019 - Undocumented Former Trump Employee to Attend State of the Union Address

2/1/2019 - Va. Governor Ralph Northam Needs To Come Explain This Blackface and KKK Yearbook Photo ASAP [Updated]

2/1/2019 - Woman Pays for Hotel Rooms for Homeless Chicagoans During Polar Vortex

2/1/2019 - The Blackout: It's Black History Month and I'm Blacking Out My Beauty Routine

2/1/2019 - Mike and Slim of 112 Talk Super Bowl Halftime Show Erasure, Favorite Video Look, and Their Rivalry with Jagged Edge

2/1/2019 - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Super Bowl Preparedness, Kamala Harris and Her Non-Misdemeanor Mac and Cheese

2/1/2019 - Nancy Pelosi: When We Go In This Store, Don't Touch Anything! Trump: Then I'm Going to Declare a National Emergency!

2/1/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Master Baiter

2/1/2019 - Pretty Hurts: Beyoncé's Influence Is Undisputed, but Can She Bring Back the Skort?

2/1/2019 - 10 Thoughts About Ocean’s 8, After Watching It 57 Times This Week During the Polar Vortex

2/1/2019 - Arizona Nurse Accused of Raping Incapacitated Patient Formally Indicted

2/1/2019 - Woman Who Filmed Aftermath of Botham Jean Shooting Says She Has Received Death Threats, Was Fired From Her Job as a Result

2/1/2019 - Popz Has the Topz: Who Knew John Legend’s Dad Designs Hats?

2/1/2019 - 'What Black Girl Magic Looks Like': Detroit Cop Seizes Woman's Car, Mocks Her on Snapchat as She Walks Home in Below-Freezing Weather

2/1/2019 - Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Jermaine Dupri Talk Super Bowl LIII, While the Mothers of the Movement Walk From Participating in the Festivities

2/1/2019 - Go Vegan. Get Beyoncé and Jay-Z Tickets for Life. Deal?

2/1/2019 - 28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 1: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

2/1/2019 - Your Little ‘President’ Is a Pathological Liar

2/1/2019 - ‘Night Queen’ Kellyanne Conway Called Cory Booker Sexist Because She Knows Winter Is Coming

2/1/2019 - Jussie Smollett Is ‘OK’ and Thanks Everyone for Their ‘Outpouring of Love and Support’

2/1/2019 - Chance the Rapper Joins the Backstreet Boys for a Super Bowl Commercial—and Folks Don’t Want It That Way

2/1/2019 - What’s New and Black on Netflix in February, the Calendar’s Blackest Month?

2/1/2019 - Jersey’s in the Building: Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Run to Kick Off Black History Month

2/1/2019 - Black Myself: Rhiannon Giddens Forms Supergroup ‘Our Native Daughters’ and Reclaims the Soul of Country Music