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2019 July
7/31/2019 - Blue Ivy Earns a Spot on the Billboard Hot 100 at the Tender Age of 7
7/31/2019 - Baltimore Church Gives Ben Carson the Boot as He Scrambles to Demonstrate What He’s Done for That City Lately
7/31/2019 - Live Blog: From Detroit, the Democratic Debates, Night 2
7/31/2019 - R. Kelly Traffics in Victim-Blaming, Calling Sex Crime Accusers ‘Disgruntled Groupies’ Who Were ‘Dying to Be With Him’
7/31/2019 - 2 Moms Who Fought Gun Violence in Chicago Killed in Drive-By Shooting: 'Who's Next?'
7/31/2019 - Doin’ It for the Vine: The Iconoclast Dinner Experience Brings an All-Female Chef Roster to Martha’s Vineyard
7/31/2019 - Guess Who Donald Trump Thinks Is the Dumbest Man on Television? Hint: He’s Black
7/31/2019 - Mom Unleashes N-Word After She’s Arrested for Leaving Baby in Nightclub Parking Lot to Take Shots
7/31/2019 - Thanks to Meghan Markle, Laverne Cox Is the 1st Trans Woman to Appear on the Cover of British Vogue
7/31/2019 - Democratic Debates, Day 1: Elizabeth Warren Came to Detroit and Caught a Body
7/31/2019 - Pregnant Yung Miami Tears Into Kodak Black After He Threatens to Punch Her in the Stomach
7/31/2019 - Trump Retweets Some Bullshit and Twitter Suspends the Conspiracy-Laced Account That Posted It
7/31/2019 - 'The Challenge Is Permanent': Naomi Campbell Reveals 'Revolting' Racist Incident at a French Hotel
7/31/2019 - Angela Bassett
and Patricia Arquette, Mama Said Name That Tune for
Otherhood
7/31/2019 - Surprise! Beloved President Ronald Reagan Was a Racist: Unearthed Call to Then-President Nixon Proves It
7/30/2019 - Major Blow: Caster Semenya Is Banned From Competing in Her Beloved 800-Meter Race at World Championships
7/30/2019 - Trump’s Presence at Virginia Event Marking Jamestown Anniversary Brings Boycott, Protest
7/30/2019 - Trump Will Have to Give Up His Tax Returns If He Wants To Be on the Primary Ballot in California Under New Law
7/30/2019 - Live Blog: From Detroit, the Democratic Debates, Night 1
7/30/2019 - Dems Descend on Detroit for Round 2 of Presidential Debates
7/30/2019 - Meet the Black Preacher Invited to the White House to Spread the MAGA Gospel
7/30/2019 - Trump Claims the Blacks Love Him More After He Bashed Baltimore. So He Bashed Charm City Some More
7/30/2019 - Citing a Shortage of Black Doctors, Career Mechanic Becomes One at Age 47: 'You Can Do it, This is Totally Possible'
7/30/2019 - HUD Secretary Ben Carson Proves That a World-Renowned Pediatric Neurosurgeon Can Still Be a Bootlicker
7/30/2019 - Can Someone Please Give Jason Whitlock a Hug or Invite Him to Brunch or Something?
7/30/2019 - Paying Tribute to a Fashion Pioneer: Remembering Designer Arthur McGee
7/30/2019 - President Trump Is a Modern-Day Forrest Gump
7/30/2019 - Meet Katy Perry, the Latest White Musician Found Guilty of Stealing From a Black Artist
7/30/2019 - A$AP Rocky's Assault Trial Has Begun in Sweden
7/30/2019 - Michelle Obama Tells Meghan Markle ‘Being a Mother Has Been a Masterclass in Letting Go’
7/30/2019 - Can't Nobody Tell Him Nothin': Lil Nas X Broke the Record for Longest Running No. 1 Song
7/29/2019 - #DodgeBallWhileBlack: 10-Year-Old Black Boy Charged With a Crime for Playing Dodge Ball
7/29/2019 - Taraji P. Henson Is Victimized by Identity Thief Said to Have Made Off With at Least $12,000 in Ill-Gotten Gains
7/29/2019 - Splitting the Baby: Kamala Harris' 'Medicare for All' Plan Sees a Role for Private Health Insurers
7/29/2019 - All the Times Donald Trump Tweeted the Word ‘Infested’
7/29/2019 - Andy Cohen Can Try Many Things, but Tituss Burgess Isn't One of Them
7/29/2019 - Watch: Michael Irvin and Stephen A. Smith Argue Like Old Black Men With Receding Hairlines
7/29/2019 - 'Keep Up These Racial Disparities': Protester Kicked Out of Courtroom for Blasting Judge Who Freed Armed White Nationalist
7/29/2019 - 9 Hampton University Police Officers Fired for Participating in 'Racist, Misogynistic' Meme War
7/29/2019 - 7 Thoughts About Chance the Rapper's 'Debut' Album,
The Big Day
7/29/2019 - 'I Panicked': The Terrible, Twisted Tale of the Model Who Lied About Being Transgender
7/29/2019 - Sen. Rand Paul Offers to Buy Rep. Ilhan Omar a Plane Ticket Back to Somalia
7/29/2019 - Like a Mother: With a New Column and Coast, Writer-Activist Jamilah Lemieux Talks Progressive Parenting
7/29/2019 - Common Leads Proposal to Build Massive Movie Studio Complex in Chicago
7/29/2019 - Trump Keeps Doing These Racist Morning Tweetstorms Because They Work
7/29/2019 - Neil deGrasse Tyson Retains Position as Director of Hayden Planetarium After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
7/29/2019 - 'Forces for Change': Meghan Markle Guest Edits British Vogue's September Issue
7/28/2019 - Lena Waithe Signs Overall Deal With Amazon Studios
7/28/2019 - Black Rag Dolls Designed to Be Abused Pulled From Store Shelves in New Jersey
7/28/2019 - Ben Carr, Stepfather of Eric Garner, Dies at Daughter’s Wedding
7/28/2019 - #WeAreBaltimore: Residents, Mayor, Even the City's Newspaper Clap Back at Trump After Vile, Racist Tweets
7/27/2019 - President Who Can’t Read Wants Obama's Book Deal Investigated
7/27/2019 - Judge Dismisses MAGA Hat-Wearing Teen's $250M Lawsuit Against the Washington Post
7/27/2019 - The President Was Up Early Rage Tweeting About Rep. Elijah Cummings [Updated]
7/27/2019 - Emmett Till Memorial Will Now Be Bulletproof
7/26/2019 - Pro-Trump Republican Aiming for Ilhan Omar’s House Seat Finds Herself on the Hot Seat With a Felony Case
7/26/2019 - Supremes Give Trump Green Light to Use Military Funds to Build His Precious Wall
7/26/2019 - Pelosi, Ocasio-Cortez Make Nice and Come to a Meeting of the Minds
7/26/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Recipe
7/26/2019 - Jidenna Drops Trailer for New Album,
85 to Africa,
Plus 2 Singles. I Could NOT Be Happier
7/26/2019 - Rep. Ayanna Pressley Responds to Federal Reinstatement of the Death Penalty With Legislation of Her Own
7/26/2019 - How Franchesca Ramsey Mixes 'Pure Comedy' With Social Commentary on Comedy Central's
Franchesca & Show
7/26/2019 - Starting This Fall, Amtrak Will Make It Possible to Live Your Bestest, Blackest Bougie Black East Coast Life
7/26/2019 - Ladies...You're Going to Want to Own This Reproductive Rights-Affirming T-Shirt by Pyer Moss
7/26/2019 - White Students Pose With Guns in Front of Bullet-Ridden Emmett Till Memorial, Department of Justice Launches Investigation
7/26/2019 - Bernie Blows It, Beto Shows It, and Biden Finally Grows a Bit: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 4
7/26/2019 - 'Hot Girl Summer,' Who? Drop
Everything
, Because Lizzo Just Dropped That 'Tempo'—With Missy Elliott
7/26/2019 - Yeezus, Are These Your 'Church Clothes'? Kanye West Seeks Trademark for 'Sunday Service' Apparel
7/26/2019 - Kamala Harris Tackles 'Opportunity Gap' With Plan to Grow Black Wealth by Investing Some $75 Billion in Entrepreneurship and HBCUs
7/26/2019 - Morehouse Students' Claims of Sexual Misconduct Prompt Additional Investigations
7/25/2019 - Jussie Smollett Case Crusader Files Court Papers Challenging Fitness of Actor’s Lawyers
7/25/2019 - Ebony’s Historic Photo Archive Sells for $30 Million to Group Led by J. Paul Getty Trust
7/25/2019 -
Orange Is the New Black
Tackles Criminal-Justice Reform With the Launch of ‘Poussey Washington Fund’
7/25/2019 - Trump Administration Reinstates Death Penalty, Schedules Five Executions
7/25/2019 - It's a Great Weekend to Go Natural: CurlFest Kicks Off Another Year!
7/25/2019 - White Professor Accuses Historically Black Tuskegee University of Age, Racial Discrimination: 'It's Just Wrong'
7/25/2019 - A Case for Why You Should Wash Your Hands
Before
You Go to the Bathroom, Too
7/25/2019 - Trump Gives Speech in Front of Altered Presidential Seal Featuring Golf Clubs and ‘45 Is a Puppet’
7/25/2019 - Amid the Ongoing Battle Over Her Body, Caster Semenya Covers Out Magazine's Body Issue
7/25/2019 - Patrisse Cullors, Reform LA Jails Lead the Charge to Decriminalize Mental Health with #CancelMcCarthyContract Campaign
7/25/2019 - White Woman Caught on Tape Calling 2 Black Women the N-Word Says She's Not Racist, But She'd Do It Again
7/25/2019 - Trump’s 'Blackground': An Exclusive Interview With Black People Who Attend MAGA Rallies
7/25/2019 - Where Would You Like Us to Go Back To, Mr. President?
7/25/2019 - Straddling Two Worlds: Transracial Adoption and the Authenticity of Blackness
7/25/2019 - Twitter Spirals Into Chaos After MAGA Gang Finds Bette Middler Guilty of 1st-Degree Racism
7/25/2019 - I'm Glad the Harriet Tubman Biopic Is on Its Way, So Some of You Can Finally Learn About the Underground Railroad
7/25/2019 - Got 22 Days? Beyoncé and Her Trainer Have Your New Eating Plan
7/25/2019 -
Insecure
to Begin Shooting 4th Season in September, Will Add More Episodes
7/25/2019 - A$AP Rocky Charged With Assault in Sweden
7/24/2019 - Violated: Audra McDonald Calls Out Playgoer Who Snapped Photo of Her During Nude Scene
7/24/2019 - Biden Pushes Back on Civil Rights Critics by Playing Up His Obama Connects, While Booker Slams Biden as an ‘Architect of Mass Incarceration’
7/24/2019 - Keenen Ivory Wayans to Helm Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish’s
The Last O.G.
7/24/2019 - Robert Mueller's 'City Boy Summer' and 10 Things We Learned From the House Committee Hearings
7/24/2019 - FAMU Alum Karamo Brown Just Gave the HBCU a
Queer Eye
Makeover
7/24/2019 - Co-Creator Diallo Riddle on How Comedy Central's
South Side
Incorporates Chicago Locals
7/24/2019 - #ProposingWhileBlack: Manager Fired, Security Team Replaced After Interrupting Wedding Proposal With Racial Profiling
7/24/2019 - A Republican Legislator Said Slavery Wasn't Racist Because Slave Owners 'Were Making Money.' Then Things Got Even Weirder
7/24/2019 - I Felt Bad About Forgetting to Close My Garage Door Yesterday, But Then I Remembered I'm Not Bruce Hay
7/24/2019 - Donald Trump Is Scared AF
7/24/2019 - Meek Mill's 2008 Conviction Has Been Thrown Out and He's Getting a New Trial
7/24/2019 - Like,
How
? This Little Girl Looks So Much Like Rihanna, Even Rihanna Gagged
7/24/2019 - Meek Mill Keeps the Dream Going With Launch of Dream Chasers Records
7/24/2019 - Suspect in Custody After Dousing NYPD Officers With Water; Other 'Animals' Allegedly Responsible Identified
7/24/2019 - In Case You Missed It, Michelle Obama Is Anna Wintour's #ForeverFirstLady, Too—and Melania Who?
7/24/2019 - Meet the 4 Black Men Who Are Shaking Up the White Male-Dominated Venture Capital Investment World
7/24/2019 - Chicago Police Have Been Compiling Dossiers on People Who Speak at Police Board Meetings
7/23/2019 - Denali Berries Stuckey Becomes 12th Black Trans Woman Killed This Year
7/23/2019 - NAACP Puts It to the House: Impeach Donald Trump!
7/23/2019 - Keeping That Money Good: Megan Thee Stallion Moves to Trademark ‘Hot Girl Summer’
7/23/2019 - FBI Director: Majority of Domestic Terrorism Cases Tied to White Supremacy
7/23/2019 - 'Marriage Is Not Checkers, It's Chess': Summit Explores Making Black Love Last
7/23/2019 - The MTV Video Music Awards Nominations Prove Lil Nas X Won't Take His Foot Off of 2019's Neck
7/23/2019 - Big Beauty Tuesday: What Makes a Beauty Boss?
7/23/2019 - Kamala Harris Is Seeking to Decriminalize Cannabis at the Federal Level
7/23/2019 -
When They See Us
, Angela Bassett, Sterling K. Brown Among 2019 AAFCA Winners
7/23/2019 - Watch: Cynthia Erivo Brings the Fight for Freedom to Life in
Harriet
Trailer
7/23/2019 - Remember When Mike Pence Abruptly Canceled a Trip to NH? Turns Out He Was About to Shake Hands With a Drug Dealer [Corrected]
7/23/2019 - Rudy Giuliani, Blue Lives Matter Tear Into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio After Video Surfaces of Police Being Doused With Water: 'That Uniform Should Be Respected'
7/23/2019 - #ProposingWhileBlack: Couple Says They Had Proposal Interrupted by Security Guards Who Accused Them of Stealing
7/23/2019 - Trump Administration Seeks to Literally Take Food Out of Poor People’s Mouths
7/22/2019 - Clean Water Is a 'Right': Kamala Harris Promotes Bill Ensuring Water Safety in Every Community
7/22/2019 - Man Seen on Video Being Asked to 'Leave' A$AP Rocky Alone Is Set Free As Rapper Continues Stay in a Swedish Jail
7/22/2019 - 'I Cannot Tell a Lie': Decision to Paint Over George Washington Mural Raises Dem Fears of a Campaign Gift to Trump
7/22/2019 - 10 Burning Questions for David E. Kelley About That
Big Little Lies
Finale
7/22/2019 - Louisiana Cop Calls for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be Shot [Update: He's Been Fired]
7/22/2019 - 9 Thoughts About the New Podcast,
Freaknik: A Discourse on a Paradise Lost
7/22/2019 - White Woman Claims She Invented the Hair Bonnet, Black Twitter Tells Her to Go Back to Wypipostan
7/22/2019 - Rain Pryor Vane, Daughter of Legendary Comedian Richard Pryor, Announces Run for Baltimore City Council
7/22/2019 - Trump's Doing It Again. And by 'It' I Mean Attacking 'The Squad'
7/22/2019 - Can Unseasoned Food Cause 'the Itis'? Because Trump's Commerce Secretary Can't Stop Falling Asleep
7/22/2019 - Angela Davis to be Inducted Into the National Women's Hall of Fame
7/22/2019 - Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie Is the First Openly LGBTQ Superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
7/21/2019 - Man Climbs 15 Stories to Save Mother From Burning Building
7/21/2019 - Miss Michigan Loses Crown Because of Racist, Islamophobic Tweets
7/21/2019 - Trump Administration Announces Changes to Citizenship Test
7/21/2019 - Marvel Announces
Blade
Reboot With Mahershala Ali. Black Twitter Catches the Holy Ghost
7/21/2019 -
Do The Right Thing
Turns 30 This Week. Not Much Has Changed Since 1989
7/20/2019 - Arsenio Hall Closes Deal for
Coming to America 2
7/20/2019 - Trump Offers to 'Vouch' For A$AP Rocky, Swedish PM Offers Trump Choice of Several Seats
7/20/2019 - Fox News Host Tells Geraldo Rivera: 'I Can Tell You to Go Back Where You Came From'
7/19/2019 - A Return to Old Tricks and Tropes for Trump
7/19/2019 - R. Kelly to Be Brought to New York in Cuffs to Face Arraignment on Federal Sex Crime Charges in That State
7/19/2019 - Poll Finds Americans Fearful Heated Rhetoric Will Fan Flames of Violence
7/19/2019 - 'Does That Mean That the Dictionary is Now Racist?': Diamond and Silk Stump for Trump in Failed Nancy Pelosi Clapback
7/19/2019 - Please Watch ESPN’s Dan Le Batard Give a Lesson on How to Use Privilege to Be an Ally
7/19/2019 - Steven Canals Was Told 'No' Over 100 Times, But One 'Yes' Led to 6
Pose
Emmy Nominations
7/19/2019 - 'Brown Skin Girl' Was Bound to Be Our New Anti-Colorism Anthem...But It's Also Blue Ivy's 1st Writing Credit!
7/19/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Racism Life Support
7/19/2019 - Eric Garner’s Daughter Meets With NYC Mayor, Says Not Firing Officer Daniel Pantaleo Is ‘Unacceptable’
7/19/2019 - Rep. Ilhan Omar Receives Hero’s Welcome at Minnesota Airport; Jealous Trump Says It Was Staged, Claims Media Has ‘Sick Partnership’ With the Squad
7/19/2019 - Watch:
Dear White People
Grows by Any Means Necessary in Season 3 Trailer
7/19/2019 - Trump to Nominate Late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s Son for Labor Secretary
7/19/2019 - Serena Williams Tops the 4th Annual Sports Illustrated Fashionable 50
7/19/2019 - Trump’s Selling Overpriced Straws to Idiots Who Drink Bud Light With a Beer Cozy
7/19/2019 - Earth, Wind & Fire Becomes First R&B Group to Receive Kennedy Center Honors. Taylor Swift Snubbed Again
7/19/2019 - Swedish Judge Deems A$AP Rocky a Flight Risk, Rapper Ordered to Stay in Jail for 3rd Week
7/19/2019 - Chicago Police Board Fires 4 Officers Accused of Covering Up Laquan McDonald's Murder
7/19/2019 - It's Official: Michelle Obama Is the Most Admired Woman in the World—and Keeps Paying It Forward
7/19/2019 -
Cats
Trailer: This Is Nightmare Fuel
7/19/2019 - What They Mean When They Say 'Send Her Back'
7/18/2019 - Elijah 'Pumpsie' Green, Who Integrated the Boston Red Sox, Dies at 85
7/18/2019 - Police Make Arrest in the Killing of Zoe Spears, Whose Death Marked the 10th of a Black Trans Woman This Year
7/18/2019 - Ilhan Omar Slams Trump as ‘Fascist’ While He Cries ‘Wasn’t Me’ on the ‘Send Her Back’ Chants
7/18/2019 - 'We Are Where We Belong': Rep. Ilhan Omar Refuses to Allow Trump and His Supporters to Silence Her
7/18/2019 - Barack Obama Gives Urban Alliance Interns the Surprise of Their Lives
7/18/2019 - As Part of a $3 Million Investment, Serena Williams Adds Her Power to the Fight Against Maternal Mortality
7/18/2019 - Lindsey Graham: The President Doesn’t Want to Kick Out All Legal Citizens, Just the Ones Who Don’t Support Him
7/18/2019 - Racists Ruin a Perfectly Good 'For Sale' Sign With Racial Slur
7/18/2019 - Did You Know Samira Wiley Was Asante Blackk’s Aunt? Because They Have the Same Damn Face
7/18/2019 - President Dog Whistle Repeats Insidious and Unfounded Claim That Rep. Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother
7/18/2019 - Lil Nas X Is 'Workin' 9 to 5' Till He Can't No More, Possibly Collaborating with Dolly Parton on 'Old Town Road' Remix
7/18/2019 - ‘This Election Is Too Important’: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Fighting Trump and Endorsing Joe Biden
7/18/2019 - Watch Offset and Cardi B Do Anything—Like Translate Their Lyrics—for ‘Clout’
7/18/2019 - The ‘Baby-Faced Assassin’: Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Scores Allure’s August Cover
7/18/2019 -
She’s Gotta Have It
Not Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix; Expected to Be Shopped Elsewhere
7/17/2019 - In the Klutch: Top Sports Agent and LeBron Homie Rich Paul Takes His Talents—and His NBA Clientele—to Hollywood in Major Deal With United Talent Agency
7/17/2019 - #TrumpRally Erupts in Raucous Chants of ‘Send Her Back’ as Trump Goes After Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar
7/17/2019 - House Sees Red on Rep. Al Green’s Effort to Impeach Trump
7/17/2019 - The Second City Turns Complex Community: ComplexCon Brings the ‘Cultural Super Bowl’ to Chicago This Weekend
7/17/2019 - Hate Thy Neighbor: Man Allegedly Sent Hallmark Cards Threatening to Shoot ‘Minorities’ Who Move Into His Neighborhood
7/17/2019 - Now Would Be an Opportune Time to Add LaVar Ball and His Big Baller Brand to Your List of Thoughts and Prayers
7/17/2019 - Police Arrest Suspect in Death of Baton Rouge Community Activist, Say No Evidence That Killing Was a Hate Crime
7/17/2019 - Keep Ya Head Up: Iowa Official and Tupac Superfan Forced to Resign After Sending Mass Email Quoting the Rapper
7/17/2019 - ‘Barbie Dreams’...of Fendi: Is a Nicki Minaj Luxury Collab in the Works?
7/17/2019 - Poll Finds Trump’s Racist Dog Whistle Works With Racists; Republican Support Increases After Racist Tweets
7/17/2019 - CNN Invites White Supremacist Richard Spencer to Explain Why Trump Isn’t Racist Enough
7/17/2019 - With a New Amendment, New York State Quietly Joins California in Fighting Hair Discrimination [Updated]
7/17/2019 - It Looks Like Meek Mill May Get a New Trial: 'We Are One Step Closer to Justice'
7/17/2019 - On 5th Anniversary of Eric Garner’s Death, Protesters Will Take to New York City’s Streets Once More
7/17/2019 - Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Shown Palling Around Party at Mar-a-Lago in Unearthed Footage from 1992
7/17/2019 - Sparkle’s Niece Refused to Testify Against R. Kelly in 2008. Now, She’s Cooperating With Prosecutors
7/17/2019 - Beyoncé Made So Many Costume Changes in the ‘Spirit’ Video, We Almost Lost Count [Updated]
7/17/2019 - Democratic Hopeful Marianne Williamson Asked White Audience Members to Apologize to Black Guests for Slavery
7/17/2019 - Chance the Rapper Reveals Title, Release Date of Debut ‘Owbum’ on
The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
7/17/2019 - Natasha Rothwell’s Tweets to Donald Trump Are Petty and Perfect
7/17/2019 - Watch: Can You Feel Beyoncé's 'Spirit' Tonight?
7/17/2019 - The Unofficial Guide to Whitesplaining Racism
7/16/2019 - Has Halle Bailey’s Prince Been Found? Singer Harry Styles Is Said to Be Disney’s Pick to Play Prince Eric in
The Little Mermaid
7/16/2019 - Texas Rep. Al Green Formally Seeks to Impeach Donald Trump
7/16/2019 - Big Beauty Tuesday: The Glow Up Is Real!
7/16/2019 - Jesse Jackson and Son Jesse Jr. Beg Trump’s Pardon for Disgraced Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
7/16/2019 - R. Kelly Denied Bond, to Be Held in New York on Multiple Federal Sex Crime Charges
7/16/2019 - Nipsey Hussle Still Under Investigation for Gang Affiliations
7/16/2019 - Proving ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Are in Fashion, Chanel Hires Its 1st Head of D & I—but Not a Person of Color
7/16/2019 - Kellyanne Conway Goes on Unhinged Rant and Asks Reporter ‘What’s Your Ethnicity?’
7/16/2019 - Yeah, Donald Trump’s a Racist...and So Was Every Other American President
7/16/2019 - 2019 Primetime Emmys:
When They See Us
and
Pose
Score Major Nominations [Updated]
7/16/2019 - The Breakthrough: Harlem’s Fashion Row Mentors Designers to Success—and a
Lion King
Collaboration
7/16/2019 - What’s in A Name? A lot. ‘The Name Change Project’ Helps Trans Folks Own Their Entire Lives
7/16/2019 - Death of Civil Rights Activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph Ruled a Homicide
7/16/2019 - Justice Department Won’t Bring Charges Against NYPD Officer in Eric Garner’s Death
7/16/2019 - Pharrell Williams Hints That He’s Working on Rihanna’s New Album That’s Coming Out Some Random Time in 2019
7/16/2019 - Rained Out by Hurricane Barry, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Turns Canceled Convention Day Into Major Food Donation
7/16/2019 - Dear American Airlines, I Hate You With My Whole Heart
7/16/2019 - ‘I Am a Champion for My Brown, Dark Women’: Living Legend Missy Elliott Covers Marie Claire
7/15/2019 - Put Under the Jail: Charlottesville Murderer James Alex Fields Jr. Gets Life Plus 419 Years
7/15/2019 - Kellyanne Conway Dismisses House Call to Discuss Accusations She’s Been Talking Out of Turn
7/15/2019 - #TheSquad Claps Back at Trump’s ‘Go Back’ to Your Own Country Comments, Saying They Won’t Take the Bait
7/15/2019 - ‘I’m All About Just Getting Stuff Done’: Kamala Harris Gets Political and Personal on
Jemele Hill Is Unbothered
7/15/2019 - If You Helped a Racist Become the Most Powerful Person in America, Then You’re a Racist Too
7/15/2019 - Diddy Confirms the Return of
Making the Band
. Hopefully, the Castmembers are Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan and Dylan
7/15/2019 - Megan Thee Stallion Teases
Fever: Thee Movie
, Presented by Hype Williams
7/15/2019 - Boxing Legend Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker Dead at 55
7/15/2019 - Trump Says Racist Nonsense Because He Means It and Because He Knows He Can Win on It
7/15/2019 - A Police Chief Was ‘Concerned’ About How His Department Handled Police Shootings, So He Kept It a Secret
7/15/2019 - Duchess Meghan Markle and the Queen Bey Finally Meet
7/15/2019 - New Barack Obama Statue Includes a Surprise Dose of Black Girl Magic
7/15/2019 - Life of a Henchman: Sore Winner Brian Kemp Sics Georgia Ethics Commissioner on Stacey Abrams
7/15/2019 - Why Calling the Cops on White People Is a Great Form of Self-Care
7/14/2019 - President Trump to the Fab Freshman of Congress: Go Back to Your Country
7/14/2019 - Here’s How Much Trump’s Golf Trips Have Cost Taxpayers
7/14/2019 - R. Kelly’s Girlfriends Kicked Out of Trump Tower Chicago
7/14/2019 - Watch: White Security Guard Pulls Gun on Black Cop in Full Uniform Because the Black Cop Had a Gun
7/14/2019 - Amid Suggestions That She ‘Focus on Tennis,’ Serena Williams Says She’ll Fight for Equality to the Grave
7/14/2019 - Say It With Your Chest: Elaine Welteroth Releases Merch Inspired by Her Bestselling Memoir,
More Than Enough
7/13/2019 - R. Kelly Ex-Staffers Hand Over 20 Sex Tapes to Feds
7/13/2019 - Simona Halep Dominates Serena Williams in Wimbledon Finals, Proving That Even Superheroes Have Off Days
7/13/2019 - NFL’s Richie Incognito Wanted to Cut Off His Dead Father’s Head, Gets 2 Game Suspension. Kaepernick Still Doesn’t Have a Job
7/13/2019 - Tennessee Gov. Declares Day Honoring Slave Trader and Early Leader of the KKK
7/13/2019 - Tina ‘Knowles’ Black Excellence and Urges Us To Never Dim Our Light
7/12/2019 - Trump Team Says Video Clears Him of Nonconsensual Kiss Claim; Other Side Says Not So Fast
7/12/2019 - ‘Where’s My Daughter?’ Parents of Alleged Victim Confront Publicist for R. Kelly After New Federal Charges
7/12/2019 - AOC Slams 'Manufactured' Cruelty at US Southern Border in Testimony Before House Panel
7/12/2019 - Women Rappers Drag Jermaine Dupri By His Nose Hairs After He Alleges They All Sound 'Like Strippers'
7/12/2019 - Murder Victim’s Sons Attack Their Mother’s Killer in Court
7/12/2019 - A Cop Killed EJ Bradford in an Alabama Mall and Someone Will Finally Face Jail Time—the Protesters
7/12/2019 - Doctor Told to Cover Up Romper on Flight From Jamaica Says American Airlines’ Apology Isn’t Enough
7/12/2019 - Alabama Police Officer Rehired After Mocking Nigel Shelby’s Suicide: ‘We Feel He Will Be a Good Addition to the Department’
7/12/2019 - How to Have an ‘Appropriately Chilled Kombucha Boy Summer’
7/12/2019 - Alan Dershowitz: Sure I Got a Massage at Jeffrey Epstein’s Mansion, but I Kept My Underwear On
7/12/2019 - Saddle Up: Lil Nas X Is Going to Remix ‘Old Town Road’ Till He Can’t No More
7/12/2019 - #ImWithKap: Nike’s Market Value Jumps $3 Billion After Colin Kaepernick Gets Betsy Ross Sneakers Pulled From Shelves
7/12/2019 - City Girls' Yung Miami is Here to Coach You to the Hot Girl Summer Championship
7/12/2019 - Paul Ryan Continues His Ascent From Slug to Spineless Jellyfish in New Book on Trump
7/12/2019 - If Elected, Kamala Harris Intends to Close the National Rape Kit Backlog in Her 1st Term
7/12/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Y'all Won
7/11/2019 - R. Kelly Arrested on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
7/11/2019 - Appeals Court Refuses to Block Trump Rule That Would Cut Planned Parenthood Funding
7/11/2019 - Missouri Rep. Lacy Clay Blasts AOC for ‘Using the Race Card’ in Her Pushback Against Pelosi
7/11/2019 - Trump Ends Fight to Add Citizenship Question to Census— He’ll Just Comb Through Fed Records to Get That Info
7/11/2019 - 119 Dismissed Cases Later, a Crooked Cop Was Arrested for Planting Drugs During Routine Traffic Stops
7/11/2019 - 'Why Does My Truth Need a Label?': Jaah Kelly, Daughter of R. and Drea, Talks About Coming Out
7/11/2019 - Try Again, Twitter: New Religious Hate Speech Policy Leaves Much to Be Desired
7/11/2019 - 'Give People Their Flowers While They're Here': Master P Has Thoughts About Nipsey Hussle's BET Humanitarian Award
7/11/2019 - The Root's 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 3: Kamala Harris Throws Black Voters Under the Bus(ing?)
7/11/2019 - DHS Officials Say Massive Deportation Raids Will Start This Weekend; More than 2,000 Undocumented Immigrants, Including Families, Targeted
7/11/2019 - Yeah, Yeah, the Sports...but We're All About the ESPYs Fashion
7/11/2019 - Black Women Invented Style and Essence Fest 2019 Is Proof
7/11/2019 - A Darkened Image of Colin Kaepernick Appeared on a Republican Campaign Fundraiser, but They Swear They Didn't Do It
7/11/2019 -
The Lion King
and the Great Circle of Nostalgia
7/11/2019 - I've Been Married For 5 Years and I Still Don't Know What to Call My Mother-In-Law
7/11/2019 - All Eyes on the Levees: Amid Flooding, New Orleans Braces for a Potential Hurricane
7/11/2019 - Trump Doesn’t Know What Kidneys Are or Where They Are Located, Tells Crowd ‘The Kidney Has a Very Special Place in the Heart’
7/11/2019 - 'I’m Exercising My Freedom': Janelle Monae Talks Liberation in InStyle's Badass Women Issue
7/11/2019 - Zion Williamson, Bill Russell, Giannis Antetokounmpo Among Those Honored at 2019 ESPYs
7/10/2019 - A White Woman Charges She Got Kicked Out of Her Rental for Having a Play Date With Black Folks
7/10/2019 - Chicago Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Cop Said to Be Caught on Video Beating Man Undergoing Psych Eval
7/10/2019 - 2 Men Make a Federal Case Out of Being Blocked on Twitter by the Notorious AOC
7/10/2019 - White Man Whose Son Begged Him Not to Call the Cops on Black Guy Whitesplains Why He Did It
7/10/2019 - Excuse Me, New York Post, but Your Ends Need Sealing
7/10/2019 - Today in Congressional Clapbacks: Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar Respond to ‘Distraction Becky’ and Lip-Deficient ‘Racist Fool’
7/10/2019 - The President’s Personal Fourth of July Party Has Bankrupted D.C.’s Security Fund
7/10/2019 -
Zero
: Netflix to Debut First Ever Scripted Series With Afro-Italian Protagonists
7/10/2019 - Trump Takes to Twitter to Bash 'Radical Left' for Boycotting Home Depot
7/10/2019 -
Made in Harlem
: Dapper Dan Releases a Memoir and Talks to The Glow Up About His New Mission
7/10/2019 - Hot Girl Shit in HD: Megan Thee Stallion Makes Her Television Debut on
Jimmy Kimmel Live
7/10/2019 -
Snowfall
Star Remembers John Singleton and Nipsey Hussle Ahead of Season 3 Premiere
7/10/2019 - Beyoncé Stuns in Alexander McQueen at
The Lion King
World Premiere
7/10/2019 - 15-Year-Old Girl Says a Border Patrol Agent Sexually Assaulted Her at an Arizona Camp
7/10/2019 - Regina King to Make Feature Film Directorial Debut Based on Real Lives of Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown
7/10/2019 - We Are Meharry, Not Juul’s Marionette
7/10/2019 - Kamala Harris and AOC Introduce Legislation That Protects Formerly Incarcerated People Against Federal Housing Discrimination
7/10/2019 - 'This Is Sonic Cinema': Beyoncé Releases New Single 'Spirit' From Upcoming Self-Curated Album,
The Lion King: The Gift
7/9/2019 - Federal Appeals Court Judges Appear to Back GOP Efforts to End Obamacare
7/9/2019 - Robert Johnson of BET Fame Still Got Love for Donald Trump While Saying of Democrats: Y’all Moving Too Far, Too Fast [Corrected]
7/9/2019 - Big Beauty Tuesday: ‘Before I Let Go’ of Essence Festival 2019, I Have to Say Thank You to Black Women
7/9/2019 - #JusticeForRocky: US Consulate Official Likens A$AP Rocky’s Swedish Jail to a ‘Toilet’
7/9/2019 - White Woman Discovers Racism
7/9/2019 - Jaden Smith Really Is an Icon Living: Debuts Free Vegan Food Truck for the Homeless in Los Angeles
7/9/2019 - Ta-Nehisi Coates Announces
The Water Dancer
Book Tour
7/9/2019 - The Curious Case of Too Many Streaming Service Buttons
7/9/2019 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. Suffers Embarrassing TKO Defeat
7/9/2019 - Winning: Serena Williams Makes the Wimbledon Semifinals, Goes Unretouched for Harper’s Bazaar, and Gets Revealing on Naomi Osaka
7/9/2019 - Atlanta’s Airport Will Humble You
7/9/2019 - Whodunit? As Feds Scan DMV Records Using Facial Recognition Software and More Cities Use the Technology, Racial Bias Could Be a Problem
7/9/2019 - Everybody and Their Mama Is in
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Season 1 Trailer. We Love to See It
7/9/2019 - Supermodels, You May All Retire. Rihanna Just Killed Another Magazine Cover
7/9/2019 - Appeals Court Rules That President Troll Can’t Block People on Twitter Just Because They Say Stuff That Makes Him Mad
7/9/2019 - Watch: Insane Video Shows NFL’s Malik McDowell’s Fight With Cop Even After Being Tased
7/9/2019 - Stonewall Activist and Trans Matriarch Miss Major Recovering From Stroke
7/9/2019 - Beyond Dick:
This One’s for the Ladies
Is All About the Joy and Pain of Black Women
7/9/2019 - American Airlines Accused of Policing Black Passenger's Curves After Deeming Her Romper 'Inappropriate'
7/9/2019 - Serena Williams Fined $10,000 for Damaging Wimbledon Court
7/9/2019 - Original Voice of Ariel, Jodi Benson, and Freeform Support Halle Bailey Despite Salty Racists Under the Sea
7/8/2019 - Haitians and Africans Are Increasingly Among Those Stranded Along US-Mexico Border by Trump Immigration Policies
7/8/2019 - Elizabeth Warren Takes a Bite Out of the Bernie Bros With $19 Million Haul in Campaign Cash
7/8/2019 - Donald Trump’s No ‘Genius’: Ex Wharton School Official Calls B.S. on Trump’s Frequent Boast
7/8/2019 - Love Your Beautyblender? You Can Thank Your
Girlfriends
for That
7/8/2019 - What’s Up With Jeffrey Epstein and Why Should You Care?
7/8/2019 - Full Circle: The Exonerated Five’s Korey Wise Moves Into Luxury Condo Overlooking Central Park
7/8/2019 - Casting Halle Bailey as Ariel Is Great. The Real Question Is: Who Will Be Her Prince?
7/8/2019 - I'm My 'Ancestors' Wildest Dreams?' Nah, Bruh. I Ain't That Special
7/8/2019 - Britain’s Trade Minister Will Apologize to Ivanka Trump for Leaked Memo Calling the White House ‘Dysfunctional,’ and I’m Confused
7/8/2019 - Son Begs Father Not to Call Cops on Black Man for Standing Outside
7/8/2019 - Report Suggests Police Use of Deadly Force Is on the Decline in California
7/8/2019 - Why Serena Williams Is Holding Off on Giving Meghan Markle Motherhood Advice—For Now
7/8/2019 - Melania Trump Has Never Looked Better
7/8/2019 - The Case for Reparations? All Hell Breaks Loose After AfroFuture Fest Charges White People Double to Attend
7/8/2019 - The Kardashian of Presidents Is Beefing With the Jordyn Woods of News Networks
7/8/2019 - Nancy Pelosi Keeps Coming for the Fab Freshmen of Congress but She Doesn’t Have the Range
7/8/2019 - ‘Let’s Go’: I Watched the First 12 Minutes of
Queen & Slim
at Essence Fest. Damn.
7/7/2019 - Kamala Harris Proposes $100 Billion Black Homeownership Plan
7/7/2019 - ‘I Thought I Was Meeting a Nerd:’ Michelle Obama Shares Her First Time Meeting Barack Obama
7/7/2019 - Starbucks Apologizes for Making Cops Leave Because Customer ‘Did Not Feel Safe’
7/7/2019 - The Glow Up Goes to NOLA, Day 4: Maybe My Mascara Should Run for President
7/7/2019 - Stevie Wonder Announces Plans for Kidney Transplant Surgery
7/7/2019 - I Have a Crush on Caftans, Thanks to Designer Junny Hibbert
7/6/2019 - Watch: Starz Drops Trailer for Sixth Season of
Power
7/6/2019 - The Glow Up Goes to NOLA, Day 3: That Voodoo That Essence Fest Do
7/6/2019 - Locked Up Abroad: A$AP Rocky Reportedly Held in Swedish Solitary Confinement After Assault Arrest
7/6/2019 - Police: White Man Reportedly Killed Teenager Because Teen's Rap Music Made Suspect Feel 'Unsafe'
7/6/2019 - Missy Elliott Performed at Essence Fest and We Are All Better Because of It
7/6/2019 - Scientists Confirm All Black People Look Alike
7/5/2019 - Man Gets Taken Off Life Support by Wrong Family After Chicago Cops Misidentify Him, Lawsuit Charges
7/5/2019 - Money Moves: Elizabeth Warren Touts Plan to Increase Pay for Black and Brown Women
7/5/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: America, the Brutal Fool
7/5/2019 - Donald Trump Flys Off the Handle in July Fourth Speech, Talmbout Airports During Revolutionary War
7/5/2019 - The Glow Up Goes to NOLA, Day 2: How to Eat Your Way Through New Orleans
7/5/2019 - Some of Black Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Play ‘Black Ass Game’
7/5/2019 - #NotMyAriel: White Twitter Is Big Mad About Disney Casting a Black Little Mermaid [Corrected]
7/5/2019 - ‘Electability’ Is Just Another Word for White Supremacy
7/4/2019 - The Glow Up Goes to NOLA: How Do You Dress for Essence Fest?
7/4/2019 - America the Beautiful, America the Cruel
7/4/2019 - We Said What We Said: 10 Things The Root Wrote About America
7/4/2019 -
Queen Sugar’
s Season 4 Levels Up the Drama Each Episode! Let’s Recap Episode 4 in GIFs!
7/3/2019 - Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Marshae Jones, the Alabama Woman Who Caught a Case When She Lost Her Unborn Baby After Getting Shot in a Fight
7/3/2019 - Trump Reverses Course—Again—on Citizenship Question for Census 2020
7/3/2019 - #BoycottTrump4thOfJuly Trends 1 Day Before Trump’s
Yuuuge
Plans to Hijack the National Holiday
7/3/2019 - Halle Bailey of Chloe x Halle Will Play Ariel in Disney’s Live-Action Remake of
The Little Mermaid
7/3/2019 - Watch: Wu-Tang Truly Is Forever in Trailer for
Wu-Tang: An American Saga
7/3/2019 - Teens Allegedly Attacked by Mall Cop and Security ‘Attack Dog’ Plan to File Lawsuit [Corrected]
7/3/2019 - Trump Campaign Called Out for Using Stock Videos and Paid Actors Pledging Support to Orange Foolius
7/3/2019 - Marsai Martin’s Advice for Young Black Girls With Hollywood Dreams
7/3/2019 - A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist Was ‘Swatted’ but Survived. Here’s What He Has to Say About That
7/3/2019 - Biden Misses the Bus, Booker Starts to Cuss, and Harris Adjusts: The Root’s 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 2
7/3/2019 - Contractor Shows Up at Black Couple’s House With Confederate Flag, Shockingly Gets Fired: ‘I Didn’t Know the Flag Offended, Y’all’
7/3/2019 - We Know Pride Month Is Technically Over, but Can We Revisit Kamala Harris’ Bedazzled Rainbow Jacket?
7/3/2019 - Authorities Rescind All Invitations to the Cookout
7/3/2019 - Cyntoia Brown Documentary in the Works at Netflix
7/3/2019 - Lil Nas X Has One Thing to Say to Everyone Trolling Him About His Sexuality
7/3/2019 -
Dressed in Dreams
: Tanisha C. Ford Writes a Love Letter to Fashion—and Black Womanhood
7/3/2019 - A$AP Rocky Arrested in Sweden for Suspicion of Assault: ‘I’m Innocent’
7/3/2019 - ‘Inclusive by All Means’: Meet Donae Burston, the Black Spirits Guru Who Launched His Own Luxury Rosé
7/3/2019 - Booked and Busy: Danielle Brooks Joyfully Announces She’s 5 Months Pregnant
7/3/2019 - Study Shows Adults Who Can Legally Obtain Cannabis Use It as Substitute for Opioids and Other Prescription Drugs
7/2/2019 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kellyanne Conway Trade Barbs Over Conditions at Southern Border
7/2/2019 - Congress Asks What’s Up With Ivanka Trump and Hubby Jared Kushner and Their Use of Personal Email as Probe Deepens
7/2/2019 - Trump Cries Uncle on Citizenship Question for Census 2020
7/2/2019 - It's 'A Thin Line' Between What's New and Black on Netflix in July 2019
7/2/2019 - LAPD Opens Internal Police Conduct Investigation in Connection With Nipsey Hussle’s Murder Case
7/2/2019 - ‘This Is About the Preservation of Our Humanity’: Democrats Speak Out About Vile Conditions, Racist Rhetoric at Border Facilities
7/2/2019 - House Dems File Lawsuit to See How Much Trump Cheated on His Taxes
7/2/2019 - Access Is Not Inclusion: Meet the Harvard Professor Who Studies Low-Income and Disadvantaged College Students
7/2/2019 - Texas Lawmaker Calls Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller an 'Anal Opening'
7/2/2019 - Portland Police Falsely Accuse Antifa Protesters of Hurling ‘Quick Dry Cement.’ They Were Just Vegan Milkshakes
7/2/2019 - Oscars a Little Less White? The Academy Invites New Members to Class of 2019
7/2/2019 - Access Denied, Okurrr? Cardi B Turned Down for a Trademark on Her Signature Phrase
7/2/2019 - Terry Crews Gets Candid on Porn Addiction: 'I Knew I Had to Change'
7/2/2019 - Trump Tells Fox News That Homelessness Started ‘Two Years Ago’ and He’s Right
7/2/2019 - I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for ‘Smize Cream’? Tyra Banks Teases Another Unexpected Venture
7/1/2019 - Nike Drops Sneaker Featuring Betsy Ross Flag After Colin Kaepernick Is Said to Complain It Invokes Slavery
7/1/2019 - ‘Call Me Tish’: After Trump Goes After Her in Twitter Rant, NY Attorney General Letitia James Says He Better Say Her Name
7/1/2019 - Wimbledon Upsets: Naomi Osaka Out in 1st Round; Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff Bests Venus Williams
7/1/2019 - Man Faces Assault Charges for Using Excessive Force on 13-Year-Old After Police Wouldn’t Do It for Him [Corrected]
7/1/2019 - Marshae Jones’ Attorney Files Motion to Dismiss Manslaughter Charge; DA Responds to Criticism
7/1/2019 - Ta-Nehisi Coates Named Apollo Theater’s Inaugural Artist-in-Residence
7/1/2019 - Duchess, Meet Queen? Beyoncé and Meghan Markle May Meet at
The Lion King’
s London Premiere
7/1/2019 - App Developer Responds to ‘The Racist Nextdoor’
7/1/2019 - A Year After Trademarking the Word ‘Kimono,’ Backlash Convinces Kim Kardashian to Do the Right Thing
7/1/2019 - Unbowed and Unbroken: Pro-Democracy Sudanese Resume Massive Protests Against Military Rule
7/1/2019 - Black Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Being Shot by a Police Officer During Traffic Stop
7/1/2019 - Ivanka Trump Inserted Herself Into a G-20 Conversation With World Leaders and Thus #UnwantedIvanka Was Born
7/1/2019 - ‘America’s Dicktator’ Now Wants Tanks and a VIP Section to Destroy the 4th of July Celebration
7/1/2019 - Flowers for Zoë: Stars Come Out to Watch Zoë Kravitz Marry Karl Glusman in France
7/1/2019 - The Case for Washcloths: Why White People Need to Wash Their Damn Legs
7/1/2019 - My 3-Year-Old is Potty Training. He Almost Ended Me
7/1/2019 - So Much to Be Proud About: New York City Hosted a Star-Studded Celebration for World Pride 2019
7/1/2019 - Alphonso David Becomes 1st Black President of Human Rights Campaign: ‘I Will Fight for Each and Every One of Us’
7/1/2019 - Kamala Harris Now Tied for 3rd With Elizabeth Warren in Polls Behind Two Old White Men
7/1/2019 - Lil Nas X Confirms He’s Gay: ‘Deadass Thought I Made It Obvious’