5/31/2019 - Good Eating? Beef Jerky, Stuffed Olives and Spray Cheese Would Count As Staples for Food Stamp Recipients Under Trump Proposal

5/31/2019 - Missouri’s Last Abortion Provider Can Remain Open for Business — for Now

5/31/2019 - What’s Pimpin’, Pippen? NBA Great Scottie Pippen’s Suing a 5-Year-Old and Her Parents in Dispute Over Damages to His $10,000,000 Mansion

5/31/2019 - Woman Charged With Killing a Man After Chasing Him Down Following a Hit-and-Run Gets $100,000 Bail

5/31/2019 - Jeanie Buss Should Let Barack Obama Run the Los Angeles Lakers

5/31/2019 - Blockbuster Talent: Aisha Hinds Is Poised for Major Impact in Godzilla: King of the Monsters

5/31/2019 - Boondocks May Be Returning. Only Question: Y'all Got Regina King Money?

5/31/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Dream a Little Dream

5/31/2019 - Aunties Know Best? Data Suggests Single, Childless Women Are the 'Happiest Population Subgroup'

5/31/2019 - Teacher Placed on Administrative Leave After Being Accused of Selling Black Students in Mock Slave Auction

5/31/2019 - Steve Harvey Reportedly Abandoned His Talk Show Staff, Not Returning Calls or Emails. Perhaps He Was Sleep?

5/31/2019 - 10 Thoughts About the Wu-Tang Clan and Their Showtime Documentary Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics & Men

5/31/2019 - Chamillionaire, E-40 Join Forces to Invest in Minority Startups: 'We Have to Create More Diversity in This Industry'

5/31/2019 - Professor Who Has Correctly Predicted 9 Presidential Elections Picks Trump in 2020 Unless Dems Impeach Him

5/31/2019 - When Are Black Boys Allowed to be Boys? The Cast of When They See Us Says There's Still Work to Do

5/31/2019 - Cardi B Unleashes On Tabloids in New Single 'Press'—So, Are Folks Pressed About It?

5/31/2019 - US Checking Claims That Kim Jong Un Executed Officials Over Failed Summit With Trump

5/31/2019 - To Protect and Serve or to Terrorize Children? Sacramento Police Department Under Fire Again

5/31/2019 - Dear NBA, If You're Reading This It's Too Late to Stop Drake

5/31/2019 - After Sephora Announces Companywide Diversity Training, Customers Say Racial Profiling Isn't the Only Problem [Updated]

5/31/2019 - 'I Want to Own My Part In it': Lena Waithe Officially Speaks On Jason Mitchell Allegations

5/31/2019 - 1st Ever Black Student Body President Elected at Yale University

5/31/2019 - Greedy Developers Try to Bully 94-Year-Old Black Woman Out of Her Property in Nashville

5/30/2019 - Unsealed Documents in Jussie Smollett Case Reveal Cops Were Told in Advance a Deal Was in the Works

5/30/2019 - Hearing Postponed for White Man Accused of Hate Crime in Fatal Stabbing of Richard Collins III on University of Maryland Campus

5/30/2019 - Just What We Suspected: Push for Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Is About Favoring Whites and Republicans

5/30/2019 - Rated X: R. Kelly Hit With 11 New Sex Assault Charges

5/30/2019 - Mike Tyson Reportedly Put the Paws on The Game's Manager for Insinuating That Tupac Was Bisexual

5/30/2019 - 'Where Is My Mommy? She’s Gone': Tiffany Haddish Discusses Her Childhood Abuse With David Letterman

5/30/2019 - Viola Davis and Julius Tennon to Executive Produce New Docuseries, In a Man’s World, Featuring Women Disguised as Men

5/30/2019 - Homecoming: Virgil Abloh Returns to Chicago With Nike to Empower the City’s Youth

5/30/2019 - Iowa Rep. Steve King Sets Out to Prove He's Not Racist by Arguing That All Cultures Aren't Equal

5/30/2019 - Homeowners Hang Mannequin and Confederate Flag in Front Yard, Claim It's a Leftover Halloween Decoration

5/30/2019 - Less Life: NBA Tells Drake to Pump the Brakes With the Sideline Antics

5/30/2019 - President Locker-Room Talk Thinks Impeachment Is a 'Dirty, Filthy, Disgusting Word'

5/30/2019 - Sons of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade to Follow in Their Fathers' Footsteps and Join Forces at Sierra Canyon High School

5/30/2019 - Trump: Russia Helped Elect Me President. Wayment, What I Had Meant to Say Was...

5/30/2019 - Jaw, Meet Floor: Simone Biles Unveils Unreal New Moves in Lead-Up to Summer Competition

5/30/2019 - Ma Proves Why Black Mamas Never Let You Go Over Anybody’s House

5/30/2019 - Disney, Netflix React to Georgia’s Anti-Abortion Ban

5/30/2019 - New York City to Honor Revolutionary Trans Activist Marsha P. Johnson With Monument

5/30/2019 - White House Asked for the USS John McCain To Be Out of Sight During Japan Visit Because Trump Is a Petty Maniac

5/30/2019 - Marsai Martin to Star in Fantasy Adaptation Amari and the Night Brothers, Will Also Produce With Don Cheadle

5/30/2019 - Throwback Thursday: Do You Know the Legendary Black Photographer Who Inspired Fenty’s Debut Campaign?

5/30/2019 - ‘A Magnificent Life’: Barry Jenkins Pays Tribute to If Beale Street Could Talk Hairstylist Kenneth Walker

5/30/2019 - He Just Can’t Wait to Be King ... And Sing: JD McCrary Talks Playing Young Simba in The Lion King and Debut EP

5/30/2019 - The 10 Biggest Cultural Thefts in Black History

5/30/2019 - When They See Us Is the Haunting Masterpiece the Central Park Five Deserve

5/29/2019 - California Assembly Passes Bill Policing When Cops Can Use Deadly Force

5/29/2019 - MTV Movie & TV Awards Yank Jason Mitchell’s Best Performance Nod Following Misconduct Allegations

5/29/2019 - Lindsey Graham Faces a Challenge to His 2020 Re-Election Dreams in SC Democratic Leader Jaime Harrison

5/29/2019 - Trump to Accused Child Molester Roy Moore: Please Don’t Risk My Legacy by Running for the US Senate in 2020

5/29/2019 - Family Receives $6.75 Million Settlement for Terrill Thomas, Who Died in Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke's Jail

5/29/2019 - 2019 BET Awards: And the Ceremony Host Is...Regina Hall!

5/29/2019 - From Incarceration to Gentrification: Realtors Drool Over Prospect of Turning Former Harlem Prison into ‘Trophy Real Estate’

5/29/2019 - Man Sets Himself on Fire Near the White House, Secret Service Says

5/29/2019 - #PicnickingWhileBlack: Pistol-Packing White Woman Pulls Gun on Black Couple

5/29/2019 - Party for the Purple One: Jay-Z and Tidal to Host Release Celebrations for Prince’s Originals Album

5/29/2019 - Tennessee Church Shooter Sentenced to Life Without Parole

5/29/2019 - Archie Goes to South Africa? Baby Sussex’s First Trip May Already Be in the Works

5/29/2019 - National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson Continues Virginia State University’s Tradition of Lifting Up the Next Generation

5/29/2019 - Reflections on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Public Statement. First Thought: Damn, He Looks Like the Night King

5/29/2019 - HBO Leaving Neverland Case to Remain Open After Federal Judge Rejects Michael Jackson Estate Arbitration Request

5/29/2019 - During Police Raid, Chicago Officers Handcuffed an 8-Year-Old Boy, Claiming They Had No Idea He Was a Child

5/29/2019 - Tastemaker: Through the Iconoclast Dinner Experience, Lezli Levene Harvell Gives the Gift of a Spelman Education

5/29/2019 - 'It's Okay to Be White' T-Shirts Yanked After Being Accused of Promoting 'Intolerance, Racism and Division'

5/29/2019 - The Oakland Raiders Grabbed an Openly Racist Player Out of Retirement and Colin Kaepernick Still Doesn't Have a Job

5/29/2019 - Fear, Medication and Black Mental Health: A Physician’s View From the Front Lines

5/29/2019 - Gullah-Geechee Community: Hear Us On Climate Change

5/29/2019 - The Chi Showrunner Says 'Everyone Was Well Aware' of Jason Mitchell Misconduct Allegations. We Say Tiffany Boone Deserved Better

5/29/2019 - Newly Discovered Photo of Harriet Tubman Now on Display at National Museum of African American History and Culture

5/29/2019 - 'Go Buy Yo Fenty Beauty in Peace, Sis!' After Racial Profiling Incident in Sephora, SZA Gets Gift From Rihanna

5/29/2019 - Love It or Hate It, Fenty Has Made History: The First Luxury Line by a Black Woman Is Officially Open for Business

5/28/2019 - Nah, Fam: Regina Hall Nixes Whitney Houston Drug Joke in Her Show Black Monday

5/28/2019 - And Water Is Wet: Study Shows Whites From Former Slave States More Likely to Be Biased Against Blacks

5/28/2019 - Foul Ball: ‘Offensive’ Video Ties Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to ‘Enemies of Freedom’ at Minor League Game

5/28/2019 - Justice Clarence Thomas Slams Women Who Have Abortions as Heartless Eugenicists

5/28/2019 - Jennifer Hudson Honors Aretha Franklin's Legacy at Pulitzer Prize Ceremony With 'Amazing Grace'

5/28/2019 - Alexis Ohanian Wants to Become Skilled at Doing His Daughter's Hair. So, Why Did He Get Pushback?

5/28/2019 - Oh Na Na, What's His Name? It's Drake, But Kanye Isn't 'Allowed' to Say it

5/28/2019 - Missouri Dangerously Close to Becoming First State Without Access to Abortion Clinics

5/28/2019 - Ava DuVernay on When They See Us and How the Press Failed the Central Park Five

5/28/2019 - Lonnie Bunch III Becomes First Ever Black Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

5/28/2019 - 'If I Would Have Complied, I Would Have Got Killed': Man Narrowly Avoids Being Shot By Cop on Facebook Live

5/28/2019 - New Book Claims Special Counsel Robert Mueller Prepared an Obstruction Indictment on Trump

5/28/2019 - What Has Beyoncé and Kelly Jamming to Janet Jackson in Las Vegas Done for Us Lately? Everything!

5/28/2019 - New Survey Says: Politicians Don’t Care About Black People

5/28/2019 - Sen. Kamala Harris Wants States to Get Approval From DOJ Before Passing Restrictive Abortion Laws

5/28/2019 - Meet Sydney Wilson, the 14-Year-Old Who Just Became the Youngest Student to Attend Spelman College

5/28/2019 - Trump Continues to Steal Black Man’s Work; Takes Credit for Veterans' Healthcare Changes Started Under Obama

5/28/2019 - ‘I’m Gonna Be Arrested for Being a Rapper?’—Meek Mill Will Reportedly File a Discrimination Suit Against Las Vegas Hotel

5/28/2019 - Held for More Than a Year in a Men’s Prison, North Carolina Finally Agrees to Transfer Trans Inmate to Women’s Facility

5/28/2019 - New Research Says That Identifying as a ‘Strong Black Woman’ Can Lead to Depression

5/28/2019 - Dayton, Ohio on the Hook for $650,000 Security Bill After the Little Klu Klux Klan Rally That Couldn't

5/28/2019 - From Boys to Men: New When They See Us Trailer Highlights the Heartbreaking Yet Hopeful Journey of the Central Park Five

5/28/2019 - 'Jasmine Can Just Go by Herself': 4-Year-Old Calls Out Disney's Aladdin for Sticking to Tired Tropes

5/28/2019 - Touché: A Year After 'Catsuit-Gate,' Serena Williams Returns to the French Open in Winning Fashion

5/27/2019 - O.J. Simpson’s Former Manager Claims Simpson Bragged About Encounter With Kris Jenner

5/27/2019 - Army Tweet Sets Off Wave of Stories of Life After Combat From Veterans

5/27/2019 - Gabrielle Union Roasts Dwyane Wade, Capes for Klay Thompson

5/27/2019 - Senior Slay: JoAni Johnson, 68, Proves Ageless Beauty, Grace and Power

5/27/2019 - Lynne Patton Doesn’t Care If She Violated the Hatch Act Again

5/27/2019 - Did You Know Lady Liberty Was a Monument to Slavery Abolishment, Not Immigration? [Corrected]

5/27/2019 - Corinne Foxx Gets Her Own Category on Beat Shazam and Talks Beating Her Anxiety, Too

5/27/2019 - Yes, Oui, Cannes: Film Director Mati Diop Becomes First Black Woman Ever to Win

5/27/2019 - Lori Lightfoot Begins Dismantling Chicago’s Corrupt Aldermanic System Her First Day in Office

5/26/2019 - Facebook Defends Decision to Leave Fake Nancy Pelosi Video Up, Because of Course They Do

5/26/2019 - Biden’s World: Joe Flexing a Commanding Lead in New Poll

5/26/2019 - Maleah Davis Likely Dead While Cooperation Wanes, According to Houston Law Enforcement

5/26/2019 - The Marathon Continues: Puma x Nipsey Hussle Collaborations Are Coming Soon

5/26/2019 - Remy Ma Faces New Charges in Assault Case

5/26/2019 - Kanye West Lovingly Remembers His Mother, Donda, During Interview With David Letterman

5/26/2019 - Mary Winston Becomes the Next Lone Black Woman to Lead a Fortune 500 Company

5/26/2019 - West Point Graduates Most Diverse Class Ever, Ruins It With Mike Pence Speech

5/26/2019 - Bilateral Stimulation While Black: How EMDR Transformed the Way I Processed My Childhood Trauma

5/25/2019 - Gillette Ad Features Black Trans Teen Shaving for the First Time

5/25/2019 - Texas Authorities Deny Withholding Sandra Bland Video

5/25/2019 - Harriet Tubman Showing Up on $20 Bills Thanks to New York-Based Designer

5/25/2019 - Sasha Obama Steps Out for Prom, Looking as Graceful as Only Michelle’s Daughters Can

5/25/2019 - Councilwoman Challenges Shreveport’s ‘Saggy Pants Law’

5/25/2019 - Last Known U.S. Slave Ship, the Clotilda, Said to Have Been Discovered in Alabama

5/25/2019 - A Black Lady Sketch Show Reveals a Cast Ready to Make You Laugh

5/25/2019 - A Federal Judge in California Temporarily Blocked Trump’s Border Wall Funds

5/25/2019 - ‘I Love You Black Man. I Love You Black Woman’: Meet the Real-Life Best Friends of Netflix’s See You Yesterday

5/25/2019 - The Official Rules for the 2019 Cookout Season

5/24/2019 - #StephonClark: Bill Policing When Cops Can Use Lethal Force Advances in California

5/24/2019 - The Marathon Continues: T.I., Charlamagne Tha God Visit Capitol Hill to Discuss Nipsey Hussle-Backed Plan to Put Money Into Black Communities

5/24/2019 - Blow Struck: Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi’s ‘Hearbeat’ Abortion Law

5/24/2019 - Fight’s On: ACLU, Planned Parenthood Sue to Stop Alabama’s Virtual Abortion Ban

5/24/2019 - Trump Sends 1,500 Troops to Middle East Because We’re Not Going to War With Iran

5/24/2019 - Is Fashion for All Attainable? Fenty Catches Flak for Exclusivity, While Universal Standard Becomes the Most Size-Inclusive In the Game

5/24/2019 - Developmentally Disabled Man Awarded $8 Million After Found Living Alone With Hundreds of Rats

5/24/2019 - 7 Black-Ass Things I Will Teach My Kids to Make Them HBCU Ready

5/24/2019 - NYC Top Educator’s Efforts to Battle ‘White Supremacy Culture’ Met With Criticism, Potential Lawsuit: Report

5/24/2019 - Rahm Emanuel Is a Liar

5/24/2019 - Missouri Governor Signs Legislation Banning Abortions at 8 Weeks

5/24/2019 - Free Your Mind: 10 Missouri Eastern Prison Inmates Graduate College

5/24/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Some Rules and Reminders for People Who Read The Root

5/24/2019 - Transgender Patients Could be Stripped of Healthcare Protections by the Trump Administration

5/24/2019 - Respect the Elders or Family First? A 102-Year-Old Woman Is Being Evicted From Her Home of Nearly 30 Years

5/24/2019 - Trump Posts Fake News on Twitter, Shares Spliced Video of Nancy Pelosi Stumbling Over Her Words

5/24/2019 - Grand Closing: Topshop to Shutter All U.S. Stores

5/24/2019 - Handwritten Note Proves Trump Is a Dotard as He 'Intentially' Sought to Bash Democrats' 'Achomlishments'

5/24/2019 - 'There Is Rhythm in the Language': Actress Christiana Clark Finds the 'Jazz' in Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale

5/24/2019 - Self-Help Guru Tony Robbins Chanted Racial Slurs With 'Militant Black' Audience to Help Them 'Be Free'

5/24/2019 - God's Property: Florida Lawmaker Says God Told Him to Reintroduce Anti-Abortion Bill Modeled After Alabama's

5/24/2019 - Watch: Pose Is 'Back to Life, Back to Reality' in the '90s for the Season 2 Teaser Trailer

5/24/2019 - Director Stefon Bristol Answers Burning Questions About the Ending of Netflix's See You Yesterday

5/23/2019 - Maine Becomes 1st State in the Nation to Outlaw Native American Mascots in All Public Schools

5/23/2019 - $44 Million Civil Settlement Reportedly in Works in Harvey Weinstein Case

5/23/2019 - Dayton, Ohio Officials Fear Town Becoming a New Charlottesville Ahead of Rally Saturday by Group Tied to the Ku Klux Klan

5/23/2019 - Judge Unseals Records in Jussie Smollett Case

5/23/2019 - Has Barack Obama Been Working Out???

5/23/2019 - ‘Bran and Jaden Are the Same Person’— Corin Wells Invites The Root to Her Black Game of Thrones Casting Couch

5/23/2019 - How Do You Know When the President Is Lying? Sarah ‘Suckabee’ Sanders’ Mouth Is Moving

5/23/2019 - Court Date Set for Tiffany Haddish and Ex-Husband Regarding Abuse Allegations Lawsuit

5/23/2019 - Boston Museum of Fine Arts Apologizes for Racist Remarks, Profiling 7th Grade Students

5/23/2019 - Maze Will Stop Featuring Frankie Beverly Before Harriet Tubman Makes It Onto the $20 Bill

5/23/2019 - Why This All-White Memorial Day Weekend Sale at Macy’s Is the Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week

5/23/2019 - Lena Waithe Managed to Live 2 Dreams in 1 Night—Hosting a Late Night Talk Show and Kissing Halle Berry

5/23/2019 - A Survivor’s Story: Refusing to Be Defined by Victimhood, Aurora Perrineau Emerges Strong in When They See Us

5/23/2019 - Congress Has Trump’s Financial Records From Wells Fargo and TD Bank, and More Could be Coming

5/23/2019 - Drip, Drip: Cardi B Filed a Trademark for 'Bocktails' and Not Just for Drinks But a New TV Show, Too

5/23/2019 - Philadelphia DA Accuses Judge of Bias, Says Meek Mill Should Get New Trial

5/23/2019 - U.S. Government Admits Another Migrant Child Died Under Its Care—8 Months After the Fact

5/23/2019 - You're So Different: OK, But What Makes You Black?

5/23/2019 - Cue Shock and Awe: New Poll Reveals White Evangelicals Are the Most Islamophobic Religious Group, Love Trump

5/23/2019 - ‘The Bridge to Opportunity’: Netflix Honors Music Executive Clarence Avant in New Documentary The Black Godfather

5/23/2019 - ‘I Was Terrified I Would Lose This Baby’: Tamron Hall Reveals Baby Moses—and Her Pregnancy Fears

5/23/2019 - Go for the Glow: Alicia Keys Covers Essence's June Issue—and More Famous Faces Get Some Shine!

5/22/2019 - Crusty Country Music Fans Want to Boycott Wrangler Jeans For Partnering with Lil Nas X

5/22/2019 - #WhiteNoise: Garner, NC Cops Raided a Black Woman’s Home After Neighbor Complained of Her Playing 'Islamic Jihadist' Malcolm X Speeches

5/22/2019 - Mother and School Administrator Vanishes During Finals Week

5/22/2019 - Trump Administration Wants Homeless Shelters to Deny Transgender People

5/22/2019 - Michigan to Pay $860,000 in Lawsuit Over Prison Guards Who Bet on a Woman Inmate’s Suicide

5/22/2019 - Taraji P. Henson to Testify Before Congressional Committee on Black Youth Suicide

5/22/2019 - Wendy Williams’ Son Arrested for Assault After Allegedly Punching His Father, Kevin Hunter

5/22/2019 - Steve Mnuchin Wants to Know Who Wrote IRS Memo Saying He Has to Release Trump’s Taxes Because He’s Still Not Going To

5/22/2019 - Packing This Heat for Same Day Shipping: Ice-T Almost Shot an Amazon Delivery Driver for Creeping Up to His Crib

5/22/2019 - Alabama’s Abortion Ban Hits Black Population Differently

5/22/2019 - Homeless Student Awarded $3 Million in Scholarships, Named Valedictorian

5/22/2019 - Lenny Kravitz Will Celebrate His 55th Birthday in 2019 and He Gifted Us With a New Picture of His Abs. So, Let's Discuss

5/22/2019 - 5 Ridiculous Types of People on an Airplane as You Wait to Deboard

5/22/2019 - Trump Spent More Than Three Times the Cost of Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation Playing Golf at His Own Resorts

5/22/2019 - Trump Walks Out of Meeting Claiming He Can’t Work With Democratic Leaders as Long as He’s Being Investigated

5/22/2019 - FAMU’s Tradition of Unapologetic Blackness and Activism Set Andrew Gillum on a Political Path

5/22/2019 - First Look: The Bordelons Will Be Swept in Secrets of ‘Blessing and Blood’ in New Queen Sugar Season 4 Trailer

5/22/2019 - Kamala Harris Reintroduces Bill Addressing the Black Maternal Healthcare Crisis

5/22/2019 - I Went to a Final Rehearsal of the All In The Family/The Jeffersons Revival—and the More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

5/22/2019 - Nancy Pelosi Holds Closed Door Meeting With House Democrats to Quell Growing Revolt Calling for Impeachment

5/22/2019 - Russia Wanted to Start a Race War and Create the Confederate States of Wakanda

5/22/2019 - Tennessee GOP Ousts House Speaker Who Was Too Racist and Sexist Even for Them

5/22/2019 - Chicago High School Reprints Yearbooks Due to Students Making One Too Many White Nationalist Hand Gestures

5/22/2019 - Lawsuit Alleges Buffalo Wild Wings Managers Gave the Green Light to Refuse Black Customers

5/22/2019 - What Lies Beneath: Hypnotherapy Is Helping Me Get to the Bottom of My Depression

5/21/2019 - Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin May Have Left Behind a Will After All

5/21/2019 - Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch Denies She Pushed James Comey to Downplay Probe Into Clinton Emails

5/21/2019 - Eric Holder, Suspect in the Shooting Death of Nipsey Hussle, Pistol-Whipped a Man an Hour Before Rapper Was Killed, Witnesses Tell Prosecutors

5/21/2019 - #MeToo Movement Takes on the Big Mac of Sexual Harassment Claims

5/21/2019 - ‘Helpful’ or an ‘Unhealthy Relationship’? Jada Admits Past Preoccupation with Porn on a Revealing Red Table Talk

5/21/2019 - Big Beauty Tuesday: Fake It ’Til You Bake It With Prime Beauty’s ‘Brownzers’

5/21/2019 - Deputy’s Son Arrested in Mysterious, Year-Old Death of D.J. Broadus but Not Charged With Murder

5/21/2019 - Ilhan Omar and Muslim Members of Congress Host Historic Iftar on Capitol Hill

5/21/2019 - Housing Secretary Ben Carson Was Asked About ‘REOs’. He Noted That He Doesn’t Really Mess With Oreos Like That

5/21/2019 - Maxine Waters Rips Ben Carson, HUD for 'Actively Causing Harm'

5/21/2019 - Sky's the Limit—Brooklyn to Rename Street in Honor of the Late Notorious B.I.G.'s 47th Birthday

5/21/2019 - Is Dating Getting Young People in the Door to Therapy? These Experts Say Yes

5/21/2019 - Beto O'Rourke Ain't Afraid of a Fox News Town Hall. Now He Just Needs the Network to Invite Him to Do One

5/21/2019 - ‘Realer’: Megan Thee Stallion Drives the Blaxploitation Boat as a Modern-Day Pam Grier

5/21/2019 - After Backlash, Nike Puts Protections for Pregnant Athletes in Writing

5/21/2019 - Lock Her Up! Betsy DeVos Used Her Personal Email for Government Business

5/21/2019 - Broken Leg Syndrome: Why Don’t We Take Meds for Our Mental Health?

5/21/2019 - Mississippi Mayor Offers Drug Dealers and Gang Members $10,000 to Get the Hell Out of His City

5/21/2019 - Alabama on Refusal to Air Gay Wedding Episode of Arthur: 'It Would Be a Violation of Trust'

5/21/2019 - When They See Us: You Will Not Only See the Central Park Five; You'll Hear, Feel, and Want to Fight for Them

5/21/2019 - Milwaukee County Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis. Will More Cities Follow Suit?

5/21/2019 - A Pose for Pride: Indya Moore Gets Revealing in Calvin Klein’s Latest Underwear Campaign

5/21/2019 - New Robe, Who Dis? Trump’s Tax Appeal Is Going to a Court Headed By ... Wait for It ... Merrick Garland

5/21/2019 - Jason Mitchell Dropped By Agent and Manager, Removed from The Chi and Desperados Over Misconduct Allegations

5/21/2019 - Want Wranglers on Your Booty? Lil Nas X's Newest Collab Is a Denim Collection

5/21/2019 - Oprah Winfrey Surprises New Jersey School With $500,000 Gift

5/20/2019 - Border Agent Discussed ‘Frying’ Migrants Before Hitting One With His Truck, Feds Charge

5/20/2019 - Melvin Edmonds, Founder of R&B’s Soulful After 7, Dies at 65

5/20/2019 - Forever Whitney: A Houston Hologram Tour Is in the Works and Maybe a New Album, Too

5/20/2019 - #YouKnowMe: Keke Palmer Shares Her Story in Response to Alabama’s Virtual Abortion Ban

5/20/2019 - The Mad King’s Minions Tell Former White House Lawyer Don McGahn Not to Testify Before House Committee

5/20/2019 - ASCAP to Honor Motown Records’ 60th Anniversary, T.I. Will Receive Special New Award

5/20/2019 - What the Game of Thrones Finale Teaches Us About White Saviors

5/20/2019 - Rape Trial Begins for Former NFL Pro Kellen Winslow Jr.

5/20/2019 - Fenty, But Make It Fashion: First Looks at Rihanna’s Luxury Line Are Here!

5/20/2019 - Trump's Big Mad at Fox News for Giving Airtime to Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Other 2020 Democrats

5/20/2019 - Deutsche Bank Employees Notice Suspicious Transactions From Trump and Kushner Accounts; President Tweets It's All Fake News

5/20/2019 - Four New York City Department of Education Executives Claim They're Victims of 'Reverse Racism'

5/20/2019 - Get Your Mind Right: A Guide to ‘New Age’ Therapies for Mental Wellness

5/20/2019 - Gift, or Gimmick? What's the Deal with Pür’s 100-Shade Foundation Debut?

5/20/2019 - Magic Johnson Claims 'Betrayal' and 'Backstabbing' as Reasons He Abruptly Left the Los Angeles Lakers

5/20/2019 - NYPD Officer Arrested After Hiring a Hitman to Kill Her Husband and Her Boyfriend's Daughter

5/20/2019 - Water Bottles Used to Extinguish Drogon's Fire Freakout Found on Set of Game of Thrones

5/20/2019 - Paper Chase: Jay-Z and Timbaland Slapped With $2 Million Lawsuit for Uncleared Sample

5/20/2019 - Chicago Win: Lori Lightfoot to be Sworn in as Mayor; Rahm Emanuel Jumps in Cop's Pocket and Disappears

5/20/2019 - 2019 Peabody Awards: Pose and Random Acts of Flyness Among Honorees, FX to Debut Documentary TV Special on Winners

5/20/2019 - Wherefore Art Thou, Fam? Will Smith and Queen Latifah to Produce Romeo and Juliet Hip-Hop Musical

5/20/2019 - Billy Porter Does It Again: The Pose Star Wears Upcycled, Gender Fluid Glamour to the 2019 Peabody Awards

5/20/2019 - Transgender Woman Found Dead 1 Month After Being Assaulted by 4 Men

5/20/2019 - Kamala Harris to Corporate America: Give Women Their Fair Share of the Bag or Else

5/20/2019 - The Newest Face of Fenty: Amandla Stenberg Lends Their Beauty to Rihanna’s All-Inclusive Brand

5/19/2019 - San Francisco Judge Orders Attorney General to Release Police Records From Before 2019

5/19/2019 - Louisiana’s ‘Pro-Life’ Democratic Governor Primed to Sign Anti-Abortion Bill

5/19/2019 - Congrats, Grad! Morehouse Keynote Speaker Pays Off Debt of Graduating Class

5/19/2019 - Rep. Justin Amash Becomes the 1st Republican Congressman to Call for Trump’s Impeachment

5/19/2019 - Sybrina Fulton, Mother of Trayvon Martin, Is Running for Miami-Dade County Commission [Corrected]

5/19/2019 - Lamar Odom Reveals He Passed a Drug Test for 2004 Olympics With the Help of a ‘Giant, Rubber, Black Cock’

5/19/2019 - Watch: DJ Khaled Brings Out SZA, John Legend, Lil Wayne, Big Sean and More for SNL Performances

5/18/2019 - No Applause: Mo’Nique Addresses Steve Harvey’s Recent Bad Luck

5/18/2019 - Texas Police Officer Fired After Being Charged with Homicide in Shooting Death of 24-Year-Old Black Man

5/18/2019 - Mississippi Jury Awards $3 Million to Black Strippers in Workplace Discrimination Case

5/18/2019 - Georgia Republicans Celebrate Restricting Access to Abortion with a Fist Bump

5/18/2019 - Former College Football Player Saves the Day by Tackling High School Gunman

5/18/2019 - In Love and War: Jiréh Breon Holder’s Too Heavy for Your Pocket Weighs the Price of Freedom

5/18/2019 - Watch: Lil Nas X Drops ‘Old Town Road’ Video Featuring Chris Rock, Vince Staples, Rico Nasty and More

5/18/2019 - #PickingUpTrashWhileBlack: Colorado Cop Resigns After Drawing Gun on Man Cleaning His Yard

5/18/2019 - Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Announce New Baby Named ... Psalm

5/17/2019 - North Carolina: Where ‘No’ Doesn’t Mean ‘No’ When It Comes to Rape and Sexual Assault

5/17/2019 - Missouri House Sends to Governor Bill Banning Abortion After 8 Weeks of Pregnancy

5/17/2019 - When the Jailer Goes to Jail: Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Booked on Charges He Stole From Inmate

5/17/2019 - Mystery Surrounding #BabySussex’s Birthplace Is Finally Put to Rest

5/17/2019 - An Open Letter to the White Boys Who Praised Alabama's Abortion Ban By Citing the Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church

5/17/2019 - Tarana Burke to Sit Down With Reporter Jim DeRogatis About New R. Kelly Book, Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly

5/17/2019 - The House Passes Equality Act to Prevent LGBTQ Discrimination

5/17/2019 - Sterling K. Brown Partners With Bristol-Myers Squibb to Give Cancer Survivors a Community

5/17/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Right to Be Hostile

5/17/2019 - All the Times Trump Was Warned About Michael Flynn

5/17/2019 - Nipsey Hussle Takes Us 'Higher' in Final Music Video

5/17/2019 - Fever: Megan Thee Stallion Will Drive the Boat This Summer and Beyond

5/17/2019 - Better Than Ever: Actress Halle Berry Kicks Ageism in the Face

5/17/2019 - Pittsburgh School District Under Fire After Active Shooting Drill Gunman Wears Arabic Garb

5/17/2019 - Watch: Ocasio-Cortez's Beautiful Takedown of CEO Charging Nearly $2,000 for HIV Drug That Costs $8 in Australia

5/17/2019 - Lookin' Good as Hell: Lizzo Leads the Charge on June Magazine Covers!

5/17/2019 - Trump Accuses the FBI of Treason Because He's Up Early and No One Took His Phone

5/17/2019 - Watch: 'It's Been Beneficial to Me, Too'—Adrienne Banfield Norris Opens Up About Porn to Jada and Willow

5/17/2019 - 2019 BET Awards: Cardi B! She Bad, She Bad, She Bad—Leads With 7 Nominations

5/17/2019 - SATs Invite Controversy With New 'Adversity Score'

5/17/2019 - A Year in the Life: Meghan and Harry Celebrate Their 1st Anniversary—With Help from Gayle King

5/17/2019 - Sooooo Many White Guys

5/17/2019 - NYPD Commander Texted 'Not a Big Deal' After Being Told of Eric Garner's Death

5/17/2019 - They Don’t Want to Preserve Life. They Just Want to Punish Women and Enact Pain

5/16/2019 - The Ghost of Jussie Smollett: Chicago Lawyers Cite Actor’s Treatment in Defense of a Woman Facing Similar Charge

5/16/2019 - ‘Thug Day’: Texas High School Students’ Theme-Day Attire Gets Called Out As Racially Offensive

5/16/2019 - Senate OKs Trump’s Latest Federal Judge Pick Despite Dem Fears About Where She Stands on Brown and Roe

5/16/2019 - Oh, Polly! Fashion Brand Apologizes for ‘Segregating’ Plus-Size and Black and Brown Models

5/16/2019 - Black Twitter Earns Ph.D. With Hilarious Dissertation Thread

5/16/2019 - Rihanna Wants You to Remember the Pasty, Lipless Idiots Responsible for Alabama's Terrible Abortion Law

5/16/2019 - Trauma, Meet Tyranny: If You Thought the Georgia Abortion Bill Couldn’t Get Worse, Consider How It Could Impact Women Who Miscarry

5/16/2019 - Republicans, Men and Christians Aren't Trying to Ban Abortions. White People Are

5/16/2019 - Okay, So Harriet Tubman Might End Up on the $20 Bill After All

5/16/2019 - The Marathon Continues With Released Footage From Nipsey Hussle’s Last Music Video

5/16/2019 - Citing Fears of Worsening Racial Bias, San Francisco Votes to Ban Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology

5/16/2019 - Halle Berry and Keanu Reeves Try to Name Lyrics to Migos' 'John Wick'

5/16/2019 - He Did Say He Was ‘Never Scared’—Chris Rock to Reboot Saw Franchise

5/16/2019 - Sweet Home Alabama?

5/16/2019 - The Biggest Party of the Year, Made Even Better—Essence Fest Just Booked Our Forever First Lady!

5/16/2019 - Free Smoke: Mom Invites 'Any Mom, Any Sister' to 'Catch These Hands' After Daughter Is Bullied at School

5/16/2019 - Trump's Immigration Proposal, Much Like His Administration, Is Garbage

5/16/2019 - Not Again, Gucci: Despite Recent Efforts, the Italian Luxury Label Faces More Charges of Cultural Insensitivity

5/16/2019 - Televangelist Jim Bakker Is Hawking a $45 Trump Prayer Coin, Calls It 'Point of Contact' With God

5/16/2019 - Happy Birthday Janet Jackson, From Every Black Kid Who Performed Homemade Dance Recitals

5/16/2019 - Watch: Comedy Central's South Side Highlights the 'Hope and Love' of Chicago in Debut Trailer

5/16/2019 - Missouri Governor After Seeing Alabama’s Abortion Ban: Hold My Moonshine

5/16/2019 - An Arizona Prisoner Was Sent a Book Critical of the Criminal Justice System. Now, the State Has Banned It

5/16/2019 - Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s Father Just Blew $91 Million on a Stainless Steel Rabbit That Doesn’t Even Vibrate

5/16/2019 - Joe Biden Downplays Infamous 1994 Crime Bill, But Kamala Harris Isn't Here For It

5/16/2019 - Surprising No One, Georgetown Study Confirms Previous Findings on Adultification Bias—By Listening to Black Women and Girls

5/16/2019 - Court TV Relaunches in the Black Lives Matter Era, With Activist Lawyer Yodit Tewolde at the Helm

5/16/2019 - Eat, Pray, This Can’t Be Love

5/15/2019 - Unita Blackwell, Civil Rights Activist and the 1st Black Woman to Be Elected a Mayor in Mississippi, Dies at 86

5/15/2019 - Popular Move: Maine Senate Passes Bill to Give All of State’s Electoral Votes to the Winner of the Popular Vote in 2020

5/15/2019 - Safaree Joins Black Pastors and Hasidic Jews to Rally Against Proposed NYC Ban on Sale of Fur

5/15/2019 - Transit Worker Put on Blast by DC Metro Snitch 'Humiliated' by the Attention, but Won't Face Disciplinary Action

5/15/2019 - Black Woman Serves Raw Fists With Side Order of ‘That Smoke’ to Man at Sushi Restaurant

5/15/2019 - Kamala Harris Says If She’s Elected President, She Will Ban AR-15-Style Guns, the Weapon of Choice in Mass Shootings

5/15/2019 - Behind Picket Fences: In Sam Kebede’s EthiopianAmerica, the American Dream Masks a Common Nightmare

5/15/2019 - Trump: Joe Biden Isn’t Pretty or Smart Enough to Box With the God

5/15/2019 - Issa Rae Options Tayari Jones’ Novel Silver Sparrow, Which Follows the Daughters of a Bigamist

5/15/2019 - Peabo Bryson Thanks First Responders Who Saved His Life: ‘There Is So Much to be Grateful For’

5/15/2019 - Black Mirror, Season 5: Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen and Nicole Beharie Play Mind Games in a Techno-Paranoid World

5/15/2019 - Trump's Doral Resort Suffering Under the Dictator's Presidency; Net Income Drops 69 Percent in Two Years

5/15/2019 - Bill Cosby Blasts 'Grossly Immoral' Judge Who Sentenced Him

5/15/2019 - Watch: Texas Police Try to Arrest an Innocent Black Man Because Apparently They All Look Alike

5/15/2019 - Beyoncé’s Homecoming: Blackest Coachella Performance Naturally Brings Netflix’s Blackest Ratings

5/15/2019 - Nike Says ‘Just Do It’—But for the Women They Sponsor, Does ‘It’ Include Pregnancy?

5/15/2019 - Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Might Run for President Since He Doesn't Think Anyone Can Beat Trump in 2020

5/15/2019 - Very Smart Brothas x Mahogany Books Monthly Book Club: Zora and Langston by Yuval Taylor

5/15/2019 - Watch: ‘The Only Heroes We Had Were DeBarge’—Mixed-Ish Explores Rainbow’s Origin Story, Debuts New Trailer

5/15/2019 - Harlem EatUp Festival Celebrates Family Culinary Legacies, Uplifts the Community

5/15/2019 - When Mental Illness Is Your Family Heirloom

5/15/2019 - Charlamagne Tha God Gifts Lauren London With Custom Nipsey Hussle Pendant

5/15/2019 - Uzo Aduba to Portray Shirley Chisholm in FX’s Mrs. America

5/15/2019 - With a New Collection for Superfit Hero, ‘Running Fat Chef’ Latoya Shauntay Snell Continues to Redefine Fitness

5/14/2019 - ’Bama Senators Vote to Ban Virtually All Abortions in the State in Hopes of Setting Up a Supreme Court Fight Over Roe v. Wade [Updated]

5/14/2019 - Teaching the Bible in Public Schools Is on the Rise Across the Nation, Raising Alarm About the Separation of Church and State

5/14/2019 - Man Pleads Guilty to Throwing 5-Year-Old Boy Over Railing at Mall of America; Faces 19 Years

5/14/2019 - Eric Garner Case: ‘Definition of a Choke Hold’

5/14/2019 - Tiger Woods Sued in Death of Drunken Driver

5/14/2019 - Big Beauty Tuesday: How Much Do I Love Having HeatFree™ Hair? Let Me Count the Ways

5/14/2019 - Police Investigate High School Student After Video of Racist Tirade Surfaces on the Internet

5/14/2019 - Alabama Woman Incarcerated for 17 Months Doesn't Know How She Ended Up Pregnant

5/14/2019 - Jay-Z, Serena Williams, Jaden Smith Among Latest to Help Impossible Foods Raise $300 Million

5/14/2019 - Tiffany Haddish Is Readyyy for Kids Say the Darndest Things Reboot; Signs On as Host

5/14/2019 - Lab Owner Arrested for Falsifying Results of Drug Tests

5/14/2019 - Lindsey Graham Advised Donald Trump Jr. to Ignore Congressional Subpoena, #LindseyGrahamResign Trends on Twitter

5/14/2019 - Yara Shahidi Shares What She's Looking for In the Perfect Partner

5/14/2019 - 100 Black Moms Freed on Mother’s Day Thanks to Nationwide Bail Out Campaign

5/14/2019 - There Was a Secret White House Plan for Mass Arrests of Immigrant Families. When DHS Officials Pushed Back, They Were Fired

5/14/2019 - To the Stars and Beyond: A Single Mom Gets to Intern at NASA, Thanks to Crowdfunding From Strangers

5/14/2019 - 2019 Webby Awards: Issa Rae, Desus & Mero Celebrate Going From Online to Opulence

5/14/2019 - Watch: New Showtime Documentary 16 Shots Explores Chicago Police Cover-Up of Laquan McDonald Murder

5/14/2019 - An Alabama Restaurant Is Selling the Whitest Sandwich Ever and We Need to Stop Them

5/14/2019 - Officials Confirm Fire That 'Significantly Damaged' New Haven Mosque Was Intentionally Set

5/14/2019 - Trump Tower, Once the Crown Jewel of Trump Properties, Is Now One of the Least Desirable Luxury Properties in NYC

5/14/2019 - Philando Castile’s Mom Donated $8,000 to Clear School Lunch Debt. But We Can Do Better

5/14/2019 - 3 Kingdoms of Creamy Complexions: Juvia’s Place to Debut Their 1st Foundation Line on May 20

5/14/2019 - Unarmed Black Woman Yells ‘I’m Pregnant!’ Before Being Shot, Killed by Police

5/14/2019 - You Got Next? Harlem’s Fashion Row Is Hosting Its 1st Designer Retreat—Presented by Nike

5/14/2019 - ABC Passes On New York Undercover Reboot, but It Could Return to Original Home at Fox

5/13/2019 - Chris McNair, Father of 16th Street Church Bombing Victim Denise McNair, Dies at 93

5/13/2019 - Steve Harvey Loses a 2nd Gig—Little Big Shots

5/13/2019 - Proof of the Reality of Slavery ‘Up North’ in New York City and Its Aftermath Is in Danger of Disappearing Forever

5/13/2019 - Omarosa Wants to Join Lawsuit Brought by Woman Who Says Trump Kissed Her Without Her Consent

5/13/2019 - ‘There Is No Ban’: After Facing Backlash for a ‘Diversity Statement’ That Excluded Trans Women, Zeta Phi Beta Makes a New Pledge

5/13/2019 - Russell Wilson Buys Mom a House, Loves Ciara and Continues to Dunk on Future

5/13/2019 - The 4 Dumbest Questions of the 2020 Campaign Season

5/13/2019 - The Seven Kingdoms News Roundup: May 13, 2019

5/13/2019 - On the 1-Year Anniversary of BBQ Becky, Oakland’s 510 Day Proves There’s Still Plenty of Work to Be Done

5/13/2019 - Man Who Raised $22 Million for Border Wall Breaks Silence to Say He's Going to Keep Being Silent With Y’all’s Money

5/13/2019 - Top Civil Rights Groups Will Help Crystal Mason Appeal Her 5-Year Sentence for Trying to Vote

5/13/2019 - Capitalizing on Comfort: With Dubgee, Whoopi Goldberg’s Next Role Is Fashion Entrepreneur

5/13/2019 - Trump Just Told Americans Not to Buy American Products Because He Doesn't Understand How Tariffs Work

5/13/2019 - The CBC Has Figured Out How to Beat President Donald Lannister With Only 1 Dragon: Biden/Harris in 2020

5/13/2019 - Being Bipolar Means Always Having to Say, ‘Um…What’s Your Name Again?’

5/13/2019 - After Pulling the Plug on Empire, Fox CEO Addresses Diversity Concerns

5/13/2019 - Pass That Doctorate: Missy Elliott Shares Inspirational Message While Receiving Honorary Degree

5/13/2019 - They Get It From Their Mamas, Too: How Some of Our Favorite Celebs Celebrated Mother’s Day

5/13/2019 - Rashida and Kidada Jones Say Goodbye to Mother Peggy Lipton

5/13/2019 - 10 Thoughts About Game of Thrones Now That I've Started Watching and Am Almost Done With Season 3

5/13/2019 - Chicago's First Black-Owned Urgent Care Center Is Officially Open for Business

5/13/2019 - The Largest Class of Black Women Ever Is Preparing to Graduate From West Point Military Academy

5/13/2019 - NBC Drops Steve Harvey’s Talk Show, Replaces Him With Kelly Clarkson

5/13/2019 - Perfect 10: It's Time for Nominations to The Root 100, Which Marks Its 10th Anniversary This Year, and We Are Psyched!

5/13/2019 - This Is Us Renewed By NBC For 3 More Seasons

5/12/2019 - Cardi B Hit with $1 Million Defamation Suit by Blogger

5/12/2019 - NYPD Officer Who Killed Eric Garner Set to Begin Trial Monday

5/12/2019 - Black Harvard Professor Who Represented Harvey Weinstein Loses Faculty Dean Position

5/12/2019 - Minnesota Superintendent Promises ‘Aggressive Action’ After Middle School Teacher Filmed Using Racist Language

5/12/2019 - Our ‘Forever First Lady’ Michelle Obama Gave a Surprise Visit to Students at Spelman College

5/12/2019 - New Balenciaga Scholarship Gives Free Tuition to Black and Latinx Students at Pratt Institute

5/12/2019 - Derion Vence Arrested in Connection with Maleah Davis’ Disappearance

5/12/2019 - Alfre Woodard Reflects on the Significance and Privilege of Motherhood

5/12/2019 - I Won an Award, but Who's the Real MVP?

5/12/2019 - This Mother’s Day, Ask Yourself: Where Would You Be #WithoutMom?

5/11/2019 - HUD Could Displace More Than 100,000 Legal Residents and Citizens With New Proposed Rule

5/11/2019 - Mother of Maleah Davis Now Believes Ex-Fiancé Bears Responsibility for Disappearance, Police Say His Story Doesn't Add Up

5/11/2019 - Picture of Smiling Teachers Holding Noose Lands All Four on Paid Leave Alongside Principal

5/11/2019 - Maryland County Apologizes After White Cop Uses N-Word While Questioning Black Men

5/11/2019 - Lawsuit Claims School Bus Driver Dragged Biracial Student On Purpose

5/11/2019 - 'Cuz She's Your Favorite Girl: Very-Last-Minute, Love-You-More-Than-Anything Ideas for Mother's Day Gifting

5/11/2019 - DC Metro Snitch May Lose Book Deal Because Karma Is Real AF [Updated]

5/11/2019 - Hard Pass: Jeremy Saville's Loqueesha Panned as Modern-Day Minstrel 'Comedy'

5/11/2019 - Rap and R&B Queens Salt-N-Pepa and SWV Reflect on What Motherhood Means to Them

5/11/2019 - Chobani Yogurt Company Helps Pay Lunch Debt for Warwick, RI, Schoolchildren [Updated]

5/10/2019 - Survivors of Mother Emanuel Church Massacre Ask Court to Let Them Sue the US Government for Its Role in Putting a Gun in Dylann Roof’s Hands

5/10/2019 - Chicago Judge in Jussie Smollett Special Prosecutor Case Reassigns Matter to New Jurist

5/10/2019 - Feds Charge Ex-Fugees Pras of Campaign Finance Fraud in the 2012 US Presidential Election

5/10/2019 - Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Openly Seeks Aid of Foreign Government—Ukraine—to Boost His Boss’ Re-Election Bid

5/10/2019 - Natasha the Snitch: Black Twitter Savages DC Metro Tattletale

5/10/2019 - After Receiving Death Threats, Chris Darden Says He Will No Longer Defend Suspected Nipsey Hussle Killer

5/10/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Unusual Suspects

5/10/2019 - The Category Is ‘Cover Star’: Pose’s Indya Moore Is the 1st Transgender Person to Cover Elle Magazine

5/10/2019 - After Georgia Passes Restrictive Anti-Abortion Bill, Film Companies Vow to Bounce Productions to Other States

5/10/2019 - LeBron James’ I Promise School Receives a $1 Million Boost from Dick’s Sporting Goods

5/10/2019 - Black Excellence: Kenya Barris and Rashida Jones to ‘Flip the Family Sitcom’ on Netflix

5/10/2019 - James Comey Called Donald Trump a ‘Chronic Liar’ on National TV and Y’all’s Little ‘President’ Is Pissed

5/10/2019 - Airbnb Hires Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt as Head of Global Diversity and Belonging

5/10/2019 - America Is Finally Facing the Fact that Solitary Confinement Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

5/10/2019 - Save Our Moms: Lena Waithe Joins MTV and the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to Fight Black Maternal Mortality

5/10/2019 - Photos Surface of Teachers at a California School Laughing and Smiling With a Noose in Hand

5/10/2019 - The Best Mother’s Day Gift: Activists Join Together to Bail Black Mamas Out for the 3rd Consecutive Year

5/10/2019 - NYPD Detectives Racially Profiled Over 360 Black and Latino Men While Searching for Howard Beach Killer

5/10/2019 - In the Face of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis, This Doula Is Providing Expectant Mothers With the Support and Care They Desperately Deserve

5/10/2019 - Tease Me, Stacey: Abrams Says She'll 'Jump In' Presidential Race If Fighting Voter Suppression Isn't a Top Priority

5/10/2019 - Taraji P. Henson Announces Two-Day 'Can We Talk?' Mental Health Summit

5/10/2019 - Are You Ready for More Rih? Rihanna and LVMH Confirm the Debut of Fenty Maison on May 22

5/10/2019 - Meet Tay Anderson, the 20-Year-Old School Board Candidate Determined to Rescue the Denver Public School System From Itself

5/10/2019 - Lorraine Toussaint: ‘Motherhood Is the Greatest Part of My Life’

5/10/2019 - Pardon Me While I Clap Back at the Wall Street Journal’s Bullshit

5/10/2019 - This Is Not a Drill: The HFR x LeBron 16 Nikes Are Back—in a New Colorway!

5/9/2019 - Cop Implicated in Death of Eric Garner Is Headed to Administrative Trial as Data Shows Cops Still Use Choke Holds

5/9/2019 - Battling the Banks: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders Join Forces to Cap Interest Rates on Credit Cards

5/9/2019 - British Radio Jock Gets the Boot After Racist Tweet About Meghan’s New Baby

5/9/2019 - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: The Weekend Explores the Most Awkward Getaway Ever

5/9/2019 - According to This Power Press Release, Several Characters Will Live Beyond the Finale. For Why, Beloved? For Why?

5/9/2019 - Ayesha Curry Said What Many Moms Feel

5/9/2019 - As Part of Statewide Reform, New York Graciously Grants Inmates in Solitary One Call Per Week

5/9/2019 - Fed Up With the Criminal Justice System, Man Acts as His Own Attorney and Gets Acquitted After Serving 13 Years for Murder

5/9/2019 - Watch: Time Is Ticking and Regina King Is a Badass Outlaw in Watchmen Teaser Trailer

5/9/2019 - SC Sheriff Indicted for Destroying Phone, Creating Fake Charges and Arresting Man Who Recorded Cops

5/9/2019 - Republican-led Senate Committee Subpoenaed Lil’ Donnie Jr. and Trump’s Inner Circle Is Pissed

5/9/2019 - Dallas Cowboys Running Back Ezekiel Elliott to Pay for Funeral of 14-Year-Old Football Star

5/9/2019 - Watch: Nola Darling Needs a Longer Summer in She's Gotta Have It Season 2 Trailer

5/9/2019 - Watch: Trump Laughs During Rally When Supporter Suggests Shooting Migrants at the US-Mexico Border

5/9/2019 - Rio Vista Police Release Body Cam Footage Showing Officer Body Slamming Woman During a Traffic Stop

5/9/2019 - Barack Obama's Memoir Could Arrive Just in Time to Disrupt Trump's Reelection Campaign

5/9/2019 - Did You Secure the Shopping Bags? Cardi B's Second Fashion Nova Collection Is Selling Out Quickly

5/9/2019 - From Homecoming to the ‘School of B’ Howard University Traditions Helped Mold Ezinne Kwubiri for Success

5/9/2019 - Empire Showrunner Confirms the Show Will Undergo 'Somewhat of a Reset' Without Jussie Smollett

5/8/2019 - ‘Economic Version of Black Lives Matter’: Nipsey Hussle Planned to Tackle Gentrification Before His Life Was Cut Short

5/8/2019 - Among Democratic 2020 Hopefuls, Kamala Harris Is Pulling in the Most Money From Big-Dollar Donors in Communities of Color

5/8/2019 - T.I. Awards $25,000 College Scholarship in Memory of His Sister to an HBCU Student and Single Mom

5/8/2019 - R Kelly Hands Ex $62,000 Check in Court; Judge Grants Singer the Chance to Fight Civil Sex Assault Case

5/8/2019 - Steve Harvey Is Stupid

5/8/2019 - Common Opens Up About Being Molested as a Child and the 'Deep and Sudden Shame' He Felt

5/8/2019 - #MoeChella Is What Happens When Natives Push Back Against Colonizers; Thousands Converge on City for Go-Go

5/8/2019 - Jhené Aiko Is ‘Triggered’, but Is Big Sean the Culprit?

5/8/2019 - Smize on the Prize: Tyra Banks Is Back on Top With Sports Illustrated Comeback Cover

5/8/2019 - Sex Workers in New York Want the Cops to Stop Preying on Them; Proposed Legislation Could Make That a Reality

5/8/2019 - That Time My Delivered Package Was Held Hostage and Exchanged for a Six Pack of Beer

5/8/2019 - President Trump Pardoned a Murderer

5/8/2019 - Ava DuVernay Ain't Feelin' How Game of Thrones Treated a 'Sista'

5/8/2019 - Mom of the Year Gets a Surprise When She Skips Her Own Graduation to Attend Her Son's

5/8/2019 - Trump Bosses Up, Asserts Executive Privilege Over Mueller Documents and Shuts Down Talks With Congress

5/8/2019 - New York Times' Report on Trump's Taxes Confirms He Is the Worst Businessman in the World, and Don Lemon's Got Jokes

5/8/2019 - Krusade for Freedom, but Make It a Reality Show: Kim Kardashian to Make Kriminal Justice Documentary

5/8/2019 - A Look at Rosewood, John Singleton's Most Ambitious Film

5/8/2019 - Chadwick Boseman to Portray Yasuke, Japan's First African Samurai

5/8/2019 - Rhode Island School District Accused of Punishing Children with Cold Sandwiches for Outstanding Lunch Debts

5/8/2019 - Yes, Pictures! Royal Baby Sussex Makes His Editorial Debut, Name Revealed [Updated]

5/8/2019 - Measles, Racism and How America Ignores Deadly Viruses

5/8/2019 - Cory Booker and Ayanna Pressley Introduce Sweeping Bill to Prevent Pregnancy-Related Deaths Among Black Women

5/7/2019 - ‘I Should’ve Just Kept Her and Gone to Jail’: Mom’s Lament After Her 3-Year-Old Daughter Burns to Death in Car Fire Amid Custody Dispute

5/7/2019 - Come Jan. 1, Abortion Will Be Virtually Outlawed in the State of Georgia as Governor Signs So-Called Heartbeat Bill Into Law

5/7/2019 - Jill Biden Adds Fuel to Joe Biden’s Anita Hill Fire by Saying ‘It’s Time to Move On’

5/7/2019 - Big Beauty Tuesday: Black Beauty Entrepreneurs Do It Better

5/7/2019 - Twitter Comes for Ayesha Curry After She Shares (Gasp!) That She Doesn’t Like Groupies Hanging Around Her Man

5/7/2019 - A Show Has No Caffeine—Coffee Cup Digitally Removed From Game of Thrones Episode

5/7/2019 - White House to Former Counsel Don McGahn: Ignore Those Congressional Subpoenas, We Got You

5/7/2019 - The Glow Up and VSB Are Always Taking Charge, Because That's What Bosses Do

5/7/2019 - Baltimore Anchorwoman Gets The Boot After Questioning Black Women's Ability to Lead

5/7/2019 - The 2019 Met Gala Has Come and Gone. Are You Still Confused About What 'Camp' Is?

5/7/2019 - White Assistant Principal Admits to Saying the N-Word to a Black Student but Not In a Bad Way

5/7/2019 - Game, Blouses: Dave Chappelle to Receive Kennedy Center's 2019 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

5/7/2019 - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Is Willing to Eat Trump's Tax Returns to Keep Democrats From Seeing Them

5/7/2019 - New York City Jail Guards Indicted for Conducting Illegal Strip Searches on Women Visitors

5/7/2019 - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: See You Yesterday Tackles the Complexities Of Time, Space and Grief in a Society Stricken With Police Brutality

5/7/2019 - Mitch McConnell Leads the Pack in Race to Climb the Farthest Up Trump's Ass

5/7/2019 - Family of Sandra Bland Demands Answers After New Footage of Her Arrest Surfaces

5/7/2019 - San Francisco 49ers Cornerback Richard Sherman Is Ready to Embrace Trump's Favorite Rookie as Long as He Can Play

5/7/2019 - Tennessee House Speaker's Top Aide Resigns After Accusations of Framing Black Activist and Sending Racist and Sexist Texts

5/7/2019 - Auntie Ruckus on Ilhan Omar: 'Wouldn't it Be Funny if Trump Just Deported Her?'

5/7/2019 - Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long and More Attend John Singleton's Private Funeral, Public Memorial Service to Be Held in Coming Weeks

5/7/2019 - Well Done! Two Rising Black Chefs Win Big at the 2019 James Beard Awards

5/6/2019 - Rest in Power: Famed Lindy Hop Dancer Norma Miller Dies at 99

5/6/2019 - Trump Rides High on the Tiger: Awards Woods Presidential Medal of Freedom

5/6/2019 - Mom Terrified as Search Continues for Missing 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis of Houston

5/6/2019 - Black Unemployment Rate for April 90 Percent Higher Than US Rate Overall

5/6/2019 - A Taste of Success: The Iconoclast Dinner Experience and James Beard Foundation Are Giving Chefs of Color a Seat at the Table

5/6/2019 - Ga. Mayor Says City is 'Not Ready' for Black Employee. Councilman Agrees, Citing Jesus' Stance Against Race-Mixing

5/6/2019 - Watch: The Sun Is Also A Star's Yara Shahidi Talks Destiny, Identity and Whether She Believes in Love at First Sight

5/6/2019 - Giants Cleans Up at Daytime Emmys, Takes Home Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actor

5/6/2019 - Kamala Harris Promises Her 2020 Administration Will Combat 'Hate,' Hold Social Media Platforms 'Accountable'

5/6/2019 - New NRA President Claims Black Privilege Is the Reason Rep. Lucy McBath Won Her 2018 Election

5/6/2019 - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: In Burning Cane, the Devil Is in the Details

5/6/2019 - Boston Red Sox Manager Alex Cora to Skip White House Visit While His Native Puerto Rico Is Still Struggling

5/6/2019 - A Game of Thrones Recap From the Westeros Barbershop

5/6/2019 - University of Alabama's First Black Student Receives Honorary Degree 63 Years After Expulsion

5/6/2019 - Michael Cohen, Trump's Former Fixer, Starts Prison Sentence at Reality D-List Overnight Camp That Houses 'The Situation'

5/6/2019 - Sign of the Times: Rep. John Lewis Admits He's Less Hopeful in 2019 Than He Was on Bloody Sunday

5/6/2019 - Yoga Is My Self-Care: More Black Men Need to Breathe

5/6/2019 - Democrats Considering Contempt for Attorney General After Evil John Goodman-Face Fails to Release Full Mueller Report

5/6/2019 - HBCU Wilberforce University Launches Fundraising Campaign to Raise $2 Million by June 30

5/6/2019 - It's a Boy! Prince Harry Confirms Meghan Markle Has Given Birth to a Son

5/6/2019 - 'Where Is My No-Whip Latte?!'— Daenerys Targaryen Seen Enjoying Starbucks on Game of Thrones [Updated]

5/6/2019 - Camping Out: Fashion Lovers, It's Met Gala Day. What Will Our Faves Be Wearing?

5/6/2019 - Remy Ma's Publicist Releases Statement On 'Baseless' Assault Case, Calls Brittney Taylor's Allegations a 'Money Grab'

5/5/2019 - You Got the Wrong Black Girl on the Right Day, Baby: Montana Woman Kicks Police Out of Her House; Black Twitter Rejoices

5/5/2019 - Dressing an Unsung Hero: Costume Designer Colleen Morris Helps Tell the Story of Bolden, the Forgotten 'King of Jazz'

5/5/2019 - Shady Baby Swag: Kaavi James by Gabrielle Union Clothing Line Launches at NY & Co.

5/5/2019 - Florida Man Fires Gun at Teens Enjoying Community Pool

5/5/2019 - Watch: Black Fairy Tale Becomes Reality in Short Film, Thistles and Thorns

5/5/2019 - Former Trump Chief of Staff Joins Board Overseeing 'Prison-like' Facility for Migrant Children

5/5/2019 - Amber Alert Issued for Five-Year-Old Maleah Davis, Last Seen in Houston

5/5/2019 - BART Officer Lied About Conduct During Arrest of Oscar Grant

5/5/2019 - Mentally Ill Black Woman Complains of Contractions, Gives Birth Alone in Florida Isolation Cell

5/4/2019 - Couple Releases Video of Arizona Doctor Dropping Baby After Hospital Withholds Apology

5/4/2019 - After More than 30 Years of Music, DJ Spinderella Says Salt-N-Pepa Fired Her

5/4/2019 - Kellyanne Conway, Asked by No One, Offers Opinion on Obama After Clinton Loss in '16

5/4/2019 - Minneapolis Awards $20 Million to Family of Woman Shot by Officer Mohamed Noor

5/4/2019 - Will Smith Launches Fresh Prince-Inspired Limited Edition Merchandise

5/4/2019 - Wu-Tang Clan Honored by Staten Island with Street Sign and Wu-Tang Clan Day

5/4/2019 - Virgil Abloh Responds to Claims Off-White Is Too White

5/4/2019 - Kevin Sneed Acquitted of 'Attempted Murder' of Maryland Cop Who Jumped Into His Car [Corrected]

5/3/2019 - How IHOP Became a Pre-Dawn Meal Staple for Some American Muslims Observing the Holy Month of Ramadan

5/3/2019 - Chicago, It's James Beard Awards Weekend. Have You Gotten Your Tickets to the Tastiest Party in Town?

5/3/2019 - Oglala Sioux Tribe Tells South Dakota Governor ‘You Are Not Welcome’ in Dispute Over Right to Protest Keystone Pipeline

5/3/2019 - Preserving Evidence of the Nation’s Slave-Holding Past Can Sometimes Prove Difficult as the US Commemorates 400th Anniversary of the 1st Enslaved Africans at Jamestown, Va.

5/3/2019 - White Supremacist Leader and One of His Minions Plead Guilty to Inciting Violence at Charlottesville, Va., Riot

5/3/2019 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Thread

5/3/2019 - Houston High School Announces its First Ever Black Valedictorian: 'You Can Do Anything You Set Your Mind To'

5/3/2019 - Miami Cop Filmed Brutally Arresting Dyma Loving Arrested, Charged With Battery

5/3/2019 - LeBron’s Personal Ego Masseuse Expected to Join Lakers as Head Coach

5/3/2019 - Trump Just Got Off Russia Punishment and You Won't Believe Who He Called When He Got His Phone Back

5/3/2019 - Lamar Odom Says He's Still Battling Addiction But Adds, 'Getting High Is Not on My Agenda'

5/3/2019 - Usher's $20 Million Herpes Lawsuit Dismissed, Settled Out of Court

5/3/2019 - ABC Can't Get Enough Black-ish, Renewing Hit Show and Adding Spinoff, Mixed-ish

5/3/2019 - We Need to Talk About Brooklyn Nets Guard D'Angelo Russell and Not Just His Weed Arrest

5/3/2019 - Trump Sock Puppets Diamond and Silk Come for Steve Cohen: 'He's Racially Insensitive'

5/3/2019 - California Senate to Trump: Either Release Your Taxes or You Won't be on the 2020 Ballot

5/3/2019 - Triple Crowns: For the First Time, America's Top Pageant Winners Are All Black Women

5/3/2019 - Is Off-White Too White? Virgil Abloh Criticized for Lacking Diversity on His Staff

5/3/2019 - Racists Ignore AutoCorrect, Tattoo Misspelled Racial Slur on Token Black Friend as Punishment

5/3/2019 - Stepping in IT (Information Technology)

5/3/2019 - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: Phillip Youmans Wins Best Narrative Feature for Burning Cane, 1st Black and Youngest-Ever Director to Win Top Prize

5/3/2019 - The Radicalization of White America: How Donald Trump Weaponized Whiteness

5/3/2019 - New Fenty Beauty Alert: Feels Like Summer

5/2/2019 - A Poll Tax By Any Other Name: Florida’s Senate Mandates Bill Payment Before Felons Get to Vote

5/2/2019 - Black Mississippi High School Grad Charges Her Salutatorian Honor Was Given to Less Qualified White Student to Appease Racist Townspeople

5/2/2019 - Reports of Sexual Assault in the Military Soar by 50 Percent to More Than 20,000

5/2/2019 - Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Books Out the Door, Abandons City Hall Post

5/2/2019 - Arrest Warrant Issued for Offset

5/2/2019 - 2019 Billboard Music Awards: Drake Takes Home 12 Awards, Breaks All-Time Record

5/2/2019 - You Paid for Bottle Service for MAGAholics and You Didn’t Even Know It

5/2/2019 - Swag, Suits, and a Whole Lotta Slits: The 2019 Billboard Awards Red Carpet Strikes Again

5/2/2019 - Facebook Bans 'Dangerous' Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and Others for Promoting 'Hatred and Violence'

5/2/2019 - Regina King Lands First-Look Deal at Netflix, Proceeds to Sit on the Industry's Iron Throne

5/2/2019 - Trump Calls Sen. Kamala Harris 'Nasty' Because That's What Misogynists Do. Harris Responds

5/2/2019 - Tourist Accused of Killing Hotel Worker in Anguilla Speaks Out

5/2/2019 - Suicides Among Black Children Are at Crisis Levels. The Congressional Black Caucus Aims to Do Something About It

5/2/2019 - Nancy Pelosi on Attorney General Barr: 'He Lied to Congress. That's a Crime'

5/2/2019 - Exclusive: Allied Progress Uncovers Stephen Moore's History of Racist Rhetoric

5/2/2019 - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: Free Screening of Boyz n the Hood Added to Honor the Legacy of John Singleton

5/2/2019 - Show, Don't Tell: Cardi B Once Told Y'all About Her Horchata and Now...

5/2/2019 - Trump Administration Will Start DNA Testing Migrant Families Seeking Asylum at Southern Border

5/2/2019 - Ain’t Too Proud to Sing: Claiming Black Space on the Great White Way

5/2/2019 - 40 Shades of WTF: SZA Reports Being Racially Profiled at Calabasas Sephora

5/2/2019 - The CDC Delivers The Final Verdict on Whether or Not to Wash Your Chicken

5/2/2019 - The Semicolon: How a Seemingly Obscure Tattoo Signifies Survival and Solidarity

5/2/2019 - #Mayochella: Professional Troll Swiftly Orchestrates Band to Get Into Gentrification

5/1/2019 - Real Housewives Of Atlanta’s Eva Marcille Is Expecting Baby No. 3

5/1/2019 - Hot Take: Comey Blasts Barr as Too Weak to Withstand the Corrosive Force That Is Donald Trump

5/1/2019 - Love & Hip Hop’s Remy Ma Arrested on Assault Charge in NYC

5/1/2019 - Jussie Smollett Wants No Part of New Chicago Court Hearing About a Special Prosecutor

5/1/2019 - Watch Sen. Kamala Harris Dunk on Attorney General William Barr

5/1/2019 - Gabrielle Union, Dwayne Wade Among Celebrities to Cover Funeral Costs for Nigel Shelby

5/1/2019 - Court Rules That Runner Caster Semenya Must Take Medication to Reduce Testosterone If She Wants to Compete

5/1/2019 - Black American Princesses and More— What's New and Black on Netflix in May 2019?

5/1/2019 - John Singleton's Family Urges Black Community to Check Blood Pressure as They Battle Over $35 Million Estate

5/1/2019 - Wait, Hol' Up? How Come No One Told Us That Biden's Son Was Dating His Brother's Widow? Well, They've Broken Up

5/1/2019 - History Lesson: Sen. Elizabeth Warren Breaks Down Why Her $50 Billion Plan to Fund HBCUs Is Very Necessary

5/1/2019 - Avengers Stunt Performer Reflects on Being a Black Woman in the Movie Industry

5/1/2019 - What Karma Looks Like: Ex-Detroit Officer Who Mocked Woman in 'Black Girl Magic' Snapchat Video Sued Twice for Racist Abuse

5/1/2019 - She's a Natural: Miss Teen USA 2019 Kaliegh Garris Won the Crown In Curls

5/1/2019 - Hip-Hop Legend Bushwick Bill Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis

5/1/2019 - R. Kelly Didn't Show Up to Court for Civil Sex Abuse Case Because He Can't Read, Lawyers Confirm

5/1/2019 - The Big Reveal: Singer Jorja Smith Is the Newest Face of Dior Makeup

5/1/2019 - Robert Mueller Wrote a 'Bish, What?' Letter to the Attorney General After Barr Remixed the Special Counsel's Report

5/1/2019 - Trump Nominee Stephen Moore Fails Miserably at Defending Racist Public Housing Joke About Obama

5/1/2019 - Presidential Production: Barack and Michelle Obama Announce New Netflix Slate, Including a Frederick Douglass Biopic

5/1/2019 - UNC Charlotte Becomes Latest School to Fall Victim to Mass Shooter

5/1/2019 - 'This Is Not a Free Ride'— Jesse Williams Denies Ex-Wife's Legal Fees Plea, Says She's Capable of Employment

5/1/2019 - 'Ex-Con,' 'Ex-Offender' and 'Ex-Inmate' Are Words That Reduce Millions to Stereotype

5/1/2019 - Engaged, But Still Single: Rachel Lindsay Says It's 'Sad' She's Still the Only Bachelorette of Color

5/1/2019 - In the Sunshine: The Root Tackles Mental Health in May