9/30/2019 - ‘Clueless’ Actress Catches Case on Charges She Battered Hubby

9/30/2019 - House Dems to Trump Lawyer Giuliani: Give It Up, Rudy!

9/30/2019 - Jessye Norman, Heralded Soprano of the Opera World, Dies at 74

9/30/2019 - Oops! He Did It Again? Trump Reportedly Pressured a 2nd Country—Australia—to Help Him Out of a Jam

9/30/2019 - Homecoming: A Powerful Pair of Revivals Prove Chicago a Mecca for Black Theater

9/30/2019 - Trump-Loving D.C. Police Group Books Party at Trump Hotel and Black Cops Are Mad AF

9/30/2019 - Judge in Amber Guyger Trial Just Made It Easier for the Former Dallas Cop to Be Acquitted of Murder

9/30/2019 - Sophia Chang and The Root's Danielle Belton on Race, Hip-Hop, Friendship and Being The Baddest Bitch in the Room

9/30/2019 - It Runs in the Family: While Meghan Skypes Malawi, Mom Doria Ragland Runs a 5K for Charity—and Inspires a Romance Novel

9/30/2019 - Virginia Girl Who Accused White Classmates of Cutting Off Her Hair Now Says Her Story Was False

9/30/2019 - Cory Booker Raises Enough Money to Continue White House Bid

9/30/2019 - Kanye West's (White) Jesus Is King May Be Coming to IMAX in October

9/30/2019 - ‘Hyde’s Days Are Numbered’: Reps. Pressley, Lee, and AOC Vow to Repeal Law That Restricts Abortions for Low-Income Women

9/30/2019 - I Am Probably the Worst Person to Write a Review of the New Movie Always a Bridesmaid, but I Did It Anyway

9/30/2019 - The Water Dancer: Ta-Nehisi Coates Joined Oprah in Conversation at the Apollo—and We Were There

9/30/2019 - Mississippi Police Shot a Bullet Into the Back of His Head. A City Attorney Is Arguing It Doesn’t Matter Since He’s Not a Citizen

9/30/2019 - Press-Proof? Cardi B Goes Incognito—But as Conspicuous as Ever—During Paris Fashion Week

9/30/2019 - Donald Trump Warns There Will Be a Civil War If He Is Impeached

9/30/2019 - The Original Cookout Invite? Pee-wee Herman Was an Honorary Member of 'The Black Pack'

9/29/2019 - Trump Is ‘Last Hope’ for White People, Says Ex-NJ Police Chief on Trial for Bashing Black Teen’s Head Into Door

9/29/2019 - New Addition: Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Eva ‘The Diva’ Marcille Welcomes New Son

9/29/2019 - Rep. Rashida Tlaib Stands by Sale of ‘Impeach the MF’ T-Shirts

9/28/2019 - Did Fiona Apple Prompt Chart-Topping Hip-Hop Phenom Lil Nas X to Take ‘A Little Time Off’?

9/28/2019 - Read for Filth: City Leader Calls Out ‘Bad Police Officer’ During Awards Ceremony in Broward County, Fla.

9/28/2019 - In Yo’ Face Like a Can of Mace: Kehinde Wiley Unveils Black Male Monument in Times Square

9/27/2019 - Lights Out: Fed Agency Settles Sex Harassment Suit Linked to Ex Mortgage Regulator Chief Mel Watt

9/27/2019 - The Hunt’s On to Catch a Killer in the Mysterious Death of a Mail Carrier Found Fatally Shot Along Her Rural SC Route

9/27/2019 - Snoop Dogg’s Newborn Grandson Dies Just 10 Days After His Birth

9/27/2019 - The Glow Up Gets...a Touch of Power With Coloured Raine

9/27/2019 - 'I Hate Myself Every Day': Amber Guyger Testifies About the Night She Killed Botham Jean

9/27/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: With Friends Like These...

9/27/2019 - Virginia Girl Says White Male Classmates Pinned Her Down and Cut Off Her ‘Ugly,’ ‘Nappy’ Dreadlocks [Updated]

9/27/2019 - Optical Illusions: At Balmain and Off-White’s Spring/Summer 2020 Shows, Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

9/27/2019 - Gabrielle Union Is Bringing Black Girl Magic to NBC

9/27/2019 - Biden Gets Impeachment, Castro Talks High Rents and Booker's Totally Spent: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 11

9/27/2019 - Racist White Lady Goes Peak Mayonnaise During Pro-Lynching Tirade at CVS

9/27/2019 - Signs of Hate: ‘OK’ Hand Gesture and Dylann Roof’s Bowl-Cut Considered New Symbols of White Supremacy

9/27/2019 - The #EbonyOwes Saga Continues: Former Employees File Class Action Lawsuit Against Ebony Magazine

9/27/2019 - Flashback Friday: About That Time Serena Williams Took on NYFW

9/26/2019 - Sacramento, Calif., Cops Who Shot and Killed an Unarmed #StephonClark Are Headed Back to the Streets

9/26/2019 - CNBC Survey Finds Wall Street Democrats Will Sit Things Out If Elizabeth Warren’s Their Nominee

9/26/2019 - ‘I Will Be the Hero’: Giuliani Goes Off on the ‘Morons’ Giving Him the Side-Eye for His Role in Trump’s Impeachment Woes

9/26/2019 - Medical Examiner Testifies Botham Jean Was Likely Bent Over or on His Back When Amber Guyger Shot Him

9/26/2019 - How To Get Away With Murder: Viola Davis, Aja Naomi King and Rome Flynn Play 'Frame, Murder, Kill'

9/26/2019 - The Department of Justice Is Still Investigating Emmett Till’s Murder...Kinda

9/26/2019 - Black and Indigenous Millennials Are Canceling Latinidad. Here’s Why

9/26/2019 - Issa Rae Takes the Plunge Into Tech With Investment in Streaming-Media Data Startup, Streamlytics

9/26/2019 - Scamming Icon ‘Dr. Love’ Freed From Prison

9/26/2019 - NBA Players Who Would’ve Had Better Careers If They Had Megan Thee Stallion’s Vibranium-Enhanced Knees, Ranked

9/26/2019 - Bish I Be Running, Week 5: No Pain, No Gain?

9/26/2019 - #MeToo: Cardi B Opens Up About the Time a Photographer Exposed His Genitals During a Shoot

9/26/2019 - Up Where We Belong: Zendaya’s All-Black Glam Squad Named One of the Top 15 in Hollywood

9/26/2019 - I Dream a World: Mattel Offers Its 1st Nonbinary Fashion Dolls With ‘Creatable World’

9/26/2019 - A Dead Man's Hard Drive Is the 'Most Perfect' Example of White Supremacy in Our Lifetime

9/26/2019 - Tekashi 6ix9ine to Forgo Witness Protection, Risk Life and Limb to Continue Rap Career Instead

9/26/2019 - Colorism Isn’t Funny: Japanese Comedy Duo Apologizes for Saying Naomi Osaka Should Bleach Her Skin

9/26/2019 - This Trump/Ukraine/Impeachment Story Is Doing Too Much, So We’re Gonna Update This Post as Shit Happens

9/26/2019 - Billy Porter Will Take a Seat in the Director’s Chair for Season 3 of Pose

9/26/2019 - The 2019 Root 100: Stacey Abrams Tops Our 10th Anniversary List of Most Influential African Americans

9/25/2019 - White Girls, 11 and 10, Arrested in Alleged Hate Crime in School Bus Beating of 10-Year-Old Black Girl

9/25/2019 - Former Youth Director for North Carolina NAACP Accuses Supervisor of Sexual Harassment and Slams How National Handled Her Claim

9/25/2019 - Lawmakers Get a Look at Trump Whistleblower Complaint— Ahead of Testimony From Guy Who Didn’t Wanna Give It Up

9/25/2019 - Will Smith to Star as Crime Boss Nicky Barnes in Netflix’s The Council

9/25/2019 - ‘I Am the Face of a Refugee’: Iman Joins Humanitarian Leader CARE as Its 1st Global Advocate

9/25/2019 - Nick Cannon Will Be Taking Over the Talk Show Host Universe, Moving to Daytime

9/25/2019 - Read the Full, Annotated Phone Call of Donald Trump Soliciting Foreign Election Interference

9/25/2019 - Department of Homeland Security Prioritizes White Supremacy as a Threat: ‘Has No Place in the United States of America’

9/25/2019 - Countdown to The Root 100: Before We Reveal the Full List and Who’s No. 1, Let’s Recognize the Top Honorees in Politics, Media and Community

9/25/2019 - Police Bodycam Footage of Botham Jean Dying in His Apartment Shared on Emotional 2nd Day of Amber Guyger Trial

9/25/2019 - Jeffrey Wright Is Reportedly in Talks to Portray Commissioner Gordon in The Batman

9/25/2019 - Face/Off: How Much Would It Take for Tekashi 6ix9ine to Erase His Ink?

9/25/2019 - Eyes on the Prize: The CBC Fights Blindness During Sickle Cell Awareness Month

9/25/2019 - U.S. Department of State Official Reveals Trump’s Muslim Ban Has Denied Over 30,000 People Entry Into the United States

9/25/2019 - Malik Yoba Storms Off Set After Being Pressed on Allegations of Soliciting Sex From a Minor

9/25/2019 - Dear White People, There Is a Black Michelle Williams

9/25/2019 - ‘Mental Health Is Not Fashion’: Gucci Sparked Controversy—Again—as a Model Protested on Its Milan Runway

9/25/2019 - Black Genius, Recognized: Meet the 2019 Class of Black MacArthur Fellows

9/24/2019 - Team Trump Threatens to Yank Billions in Fed Cash From California for Not Cutting Air Pollution—but Won’t Let the State Cut Air Pollution

9/24/2019 - He’s Just a Good Ol’ Boy: Fired Michigan Cop’s Excuse for Having a KKK Application in His Home

9/24/2019 - ‘Hot Girl Summer’ Officially Belongs to Megan Thee Stallion

9/24/2019 - Muslim Passengers Say American Airlines Flight Was Canceled, FBI Called, Because Man Flushed Toilet Twice

9/24/2019 - Behind the Brand: BLK/OPL Is Finally Black—and Female—Owned [Corrected]

9/24/2019 - Elizabeth Warren Pays Tribute to Slain Black Trans Women at LGBTQ Forum, Demands Trump ‘Say Their Names’

9/24/2019 - Nancy Pelosi Announces Plans to Launch Impeachment Inquiry

9/24/2019 - Lenny Kravitz Surprising Baby Boy Drummer Is the Cutest Thing You'll Watch All Day

9/24/2019 - Donald Trump Can’t Stand That Obama Won a Nobel Peace Prize and He Never Will

9/24/2019 - On Her 1st Trip to South Africa, Meghan Markle Speaks to Locals 'as a Woman of Color and as Your Sister'

9/24/2019 - Mixed-Ish: Tika Sumpter Explains the 'Reverse Aunt Viv' Effect and Tracee Ellis Ross Gives Us Her Instagram Tips

9/24/2019 - Berry Gordy Announces His Retirement at 89

9/24/2019 - Urbanworld 2019: We Came, We Saw, We Covered

9/24/2019 - Florida Cop Who Arrested 2 Elementary Kids Fired; Was Previously Charged With Child Abuse

9/24/2019 - New Jack City Reboot, Sit Your Five-Dollar Ass Down Before We Make Change

9/24/2019 - Countdown to The Root 100: Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Top STEM and Business Honorees As We Get Ready to Reveal Who Is No. 1

9/24/2019 - Here’s How Young Black Voters Are Fighting Back Against Voter Suppression in Mississippi

9/24/2019 - O, No! Oprah Reveals a Deadly Health Scare—and Urges Us All to Take Care

9/24/2019 - Terrence Howard Believes One Times One Equals Two and Is Counting on Us to Take Him Seriously

9/24/2019 - The North Pole Returns to Tackle Gentrification, Immigration Reform in North Oakland

9/23/2019 - Olympics to Finally Give Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos Their Props by Inducting Them Into Hall of Fame

9/23/2019 - Dallas Cop Who Got Fired After Killing a Black Man Minding His Own Business in His Own Home Cries Self-Defense as Murder Trial Begins

9/23/2019 - Angelica Ross of Pose Fame Speaks Truth to Power, Riling Bernie Bros and Trump Twitter Trolls

9/23/2019 - The Trump/Biden/Ukraine Story, Explained Via Game of Thrones

9/23/2019 - 'Black Nonsense': Pennsylvania State Police Says Its Officers Did Not Racially Profile Black Driver

9/23/2019 - Woman Writes Heartbreaking Tribute to Boyfriend Who Died Shortly After Underwater Proposal

9/23/2019 - Filed Under 'Marriage': My Wife Steals My Cool Clothes So She Can Get All the Cool Points

9/23/2019 - Big Hair, Don’t Care: A 5th-Grader Stands in Defiance of the Policing of Black Hair

9/23/2019 - Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Cooperative Witness Crew Includes His Driver, Who Reportedly Testified Following ICE Arrest

9/23/2019 - Countdown to The Root 100: Who's No. 1? Here's a Preview of the Top Honorees in Entertainment, Arts and Sports

9/23/2019 - Kindness Was Trudeau’s Ace...And Blackface May Cost Him the Election

9/23/2019 - Pretty in Pink: Beyoncé Gives Us a Peek Into Blue Ivy’s Rose Gold Birthday Extravaganza

9/23/2019 - Florida Officer Under Investigation for Arresting and Charging 6-Year-Old Girl for Throwing a Tantrum

9/23/2019 - When They See Us: Our Stars Were Stunning at the 71st Emmy Awards

9/23/2019 - Friend, Foe or Fraud? Shaun King on the Accusations Against Him, Rihanna's Diamond Ball, DeRay and More

9/23/2019 - Emmys 2019: The Television Academy Was Wise to Give Jharrel Jerome His Things

9/22/2019 - More Vinsanity: NBA Vet Vince Carter Makes History for Longest Playing Record of 22 Seasons

9/22/2019 - Props to the Old School: LL Cool J and DMX Reportedly Sign New Deals With Def Jam Records

9/22/2019 - Ben Carson Doubles Down on Transphobic Comments, Quotes Bible Scriptures

9/21/2019 - Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Terence Blanchard Tapped as First Black Composer at Metropolitan Opera in 136 Years

9/21/2019 - Booker’s Campaign May Go Belly Up If Donors Don’t Pony Up $1.7 Milly by End of Month

9/21/2019 - Nappily Ever After: H&M Issues Statement About Black Girl’s ‘Natural’ Hair, No Apologies This Time

9/20/2019 - Pelosi Backs Passing Laws to Make It Easier to Indict Tru ..., Uhm, Any Sitting President

9/20/2019 - Candace Owens Is At It Again, Coming Out Her Black Face to Whitesplain Away the Impact of White Supremacy

9/20/2019 - The New England Patriots Boot Antonio Brown Amid Accusations of Sexual Violence and Intimidation

9/20/2019 - Black Twitter Drags Bette Midler for Telling Beyoncé to Clean Up White Women's Mess

9/20/2019 - Ahead of the Curve: What Every Lingerie Brand Can Learn From Rihanna's Vision for Savage x Fenty

9/20/2019 - Robert F. Smith Gets the Final Bill for His Gift to Morehouse—and the Number Is Stunning

9/20/2019 - The #MAGAChallenge Proves Yet Again That All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk

9/20/2019 - Flawless: Beyoncé Finally Gets the Wax Figure She Deserves—and Miss Tina Approves!

9/20/2019 - Meet Ryan Michelle Bathe: Wife, Mother and Leading Lady of First Wives Club

9/20/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

9/20/2019 - Good Riddance: Colt Pulls the Plug on Producing AR-15s in the Consumer Market

9/20/2019 - The Magical, Riveting, Amazing Story of JJ and the Enthralling Power of Art

9/20/2019 - Should Salads Be on Plates or in Bowls? (A Short Debate About a Dumb Thing People Do)

9/20/2019 - Our Lives, Our Style: Acclaimed Lifestyle Brand AphroChic Launches a Magazine for Us, by Us

9/20/2019 - Beto Ain't So Woke, Harris Wants That Smoke and Yang Can Take a Joke: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 10

9/20/2019 - Harriet A. Washington's A Terrible Thing to Waste Injects a Dose of Hard Truth Into the Conversation About Black Lives

9/20/2019 - I Am Still a Part of the Rhythm Nation 30 Years Later and That's Alright With Me

9/20/2019 - Sorry to This Man: Alleged NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Bows Out of Presidential Race

9/20/2019 - All Hell Breaks Loose After Tekashi 6ix9ine Outs Cardi B, Jim Jones as Gang Members in Court

9/20/2019 - How Ilhan Omar's Daughter Isra Hirsi Is Connecting the Fight Against Climate Change to Black Lives

9/20/2019 - Taylor Swift Claims She Had No Idea She Was a White Supremacist Icon Because She ‘Didn’t Have the Internet’ on Her Phone

9/19/2019 - Ben Carson Reportedly Speaks of ‘Big, Hairy Men’ Entering Women’s Bathrooms in Comments Called Transphobic

9/19/2019 - 2 Senior Black Congressional Leaders Take the Safe Route and Back Biden for President

9/19/2019 - White Supremacist Busted on Charges He Ran Black Candidate Out of Race for City Council in Charlottesville, Va.

9/19/2019 - Urbanworld 2019: How Kasi Lemmons, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Henry Hunter Hall Continue a Creative Legacy in Harriet

9/19/2019 - Democratic Donor Ed Buck Will Finally Face Federal Charges For His Role in the Death of Gemmel Moore

9/19/2019 - Will the Savage x Fenty Show Be the Rihanna Musical Extravaganza We've Been Thirsting For?

9/19/2019 - Wrestling Ref Gets 2-Year Suspension for Forcing Black Student to Cut ‘Unnatural’ Dreadlocks

9/19/2019 - 'We Shall Over-WHOMST?' White Anti-Vaxxers Colonize Civil Rights Rhetoric in California Protests

9/19/2019 - The Whistleblower Complaint About Donald Trump's Secret Phone Call, Explained

9/19/2019 - MAGA Millions: Kanye West Named Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Act of 2019

9/19/2019 - 10 Thoughts About the Upcoming 'A Night with Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour'

9/19/2019 - Kracking Down on the Kardashians: Instagram Implements New Restrictions on Influencer Marketing

9/19/2019 - Trevante Rhodes and Andra Day Cast in Lee Daniels' Billie Holiday Project Set to Explore Lesser-Known Love Affair

9/19/2019 - Justin Trudeau Shown in 3 Separate Instances Wearing Black and Brownface Makeup

9/19/2019 - Haute Girl Autumn? A Few of Our Faves Sizzle on This Season’s Covers

9/19/2019 - 'I'm About to Die': Tekashi 6ix9ine Chokes Up As He Recalls Being Beaten, Kidnapped By His Former Crew

9/19/2019 - ‘Fendi Prints On’: Not-So-Retired Rapper Nicki Minaj Reveals 127-Piece Collaboration With Fendi

9/19/2019 - It's Not Right, It's Not Okay, but Whitney Houston Hologram Tour Dates Were Announced Anyway

9/19/2019 - A Black Mother Gives Birth to Baby in a Bathtub After Being Turned Away From Hospital

9/18/2019 - Feds Scold HUD Administrator Lynne Patton for Her Political Comments on Company Time

9/18/2019 - Inclusive Language: Merriam-Webster Gives New—and Nonbinary—Meaning to the Word ‘They’

9/18/2019 - Are Only Black American Descendants of US Slaves Deserving of Reparations?

9/18/2019 - Trump Launches Bullshit Islamophobic Attack on Ilhan Omar Claiming She Danced on 9/11

9/18/2019 - The Boondocks Will Be Streaming Its Snark on HBO Max, All Original Episodes and 2 New Seasons Coming Fall 2020

9/18/2019 - Cue the Dog Pound Fist Pump: Netflix Sets Premiere Date for Arsenio Hall Standup Special

9/18/2019 - The Trump Administration Proposes Immigrants Pay $1,000 Fee to Appeal Deportations

9/18/2019 - Pittsburgh Is the Worst City in America for Black People. Here's How It Can Get Better

9/18/2019 - Wu-Wednesday: The Wu-Tang Clan Play 'Black Ass Game'

9/18/2019 - Meet the New Head of Planned Parenthood: Alexis McGill Johnson Is a Seasoned Soldier in the War for Women’s Reproductive Health

9/18/2019 - Report Finds Media More Likely to Cite Video Games as Factor in Shootings When Suspect Is White

9/18/2019 - Sashay, Beauté: RuPaul Teams Up With Makeup Maven Mally Roncal for a New Beauty Collab

9/18/2019 - Joy-Ann Reid: Everything About Donald Trump Is a Con

9/18/2019 - Can't Nobody Sang Like Eddie King, Jr.—Except Tekashi 6ix9ine

9/18/2019 - Wealthy Democratic Donor Ed Buck Finally Arrested After Third Man ODs in His Home

9/18/2019 - As School Shootings Continue to Terrorize the Nation, a Fashion Label Callously Capitalizes on Tragedy

9/18/2019 - LeBron James to Produce House Party Remake, 'Old Town Road' Video Director Will Helm Project

9/18/2019 - Texas Teacher Who Asked Trump to Deport ‘Illegal Students’ at Her School Gets Fired

9/17/2019 - Trump Others ‘the Hispanics’ During Appeal for Latinx Support at New Mexico Rally

9/17/2019 - NC Sheriff Allegedly Was OK With Murder in Order to Hide Use of ‘Racially Insensitive Language’

9/17/2019 - Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Is Set for a Rare Revival On the Stage Where It All Began, NYC’s Public Theater

9/17/2019 - Andre 3000 May Have a New Album With Dr. Dre on the Way

9/17/2019 - Pose, but Make It Presidential: Actress-Activist Angelica Ross to Host a Democratic Candidate Forum on LGBTQ+ Issues

9/17/2019 - Police Officer Charged With Punching Black Student, Lying About It

9/17/2019 - It's the Refund to Ignition: Woman Who Paid $100,000 for R. Kelly's Bond Wants Her Money Back

9/17/2019 - No Charges Filed Against Police Officer Who Killed 11-Year-Old Riding a Bike: 'Justice Was Not Served'

9/17/2019 - Journey to the Center of the Urkel: A Black Nerd Summer Quest

9/17/2019 - Hollywood Once Told Francis Ford Coppola The Cotton Club Had 'Too Many Black Stories'. Now, He's Restoring Them

9/17/2019 - Trump's Claim That He Lowered Gas Prices by Phoning a Friend Proves White People Will Believe Anything

9/17/2019 - The Women's March Enters a New Era as Co-Founders Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Bob Bland Move On

9/17/2019 - Texas School District Gives 4-Year-Old Boy Two Options: Either Cut Your Hair or Wear a Dress

9/17/2019 - Issa Rae Is About to Set It Off With a Reimagining of the 90s Heist Film

9/17/2019 - 1 in 16 Women Say Their First Sexual Experience Was Rape—and They Are Likely the 'Tip of the Iceberg'

9/17/2019 - Ayanna Pressley to Introduce Impeachment Inquiry of Brett Kavanaugh

9/17/2019 - Will Smith Will Read You a Bedtime Story For a Very Good Cause

9/17/2019 - A Music Video by Marvin Gaye's Son Resurfaced On Twitter and... WTF Is Going On?

9/17/2019 - Joe Biden’s Corn Pop Story Is a Parable About How White People See Us

9/16/2019 - It’s Official: Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city Is the Longest-Running Hip-Hop Studio Album in Billboard 200 History

9/16/2019 - Strangers Chip In When Oklahoma Mom Who Got 12 Years for Selling $30 Worth of Weed Is Tossed in Jail Again When She Can’t Pay Court Fees

9/16/2019 - SNL Cans (Not-So) Funnyman Shane Gillis Over Racial Slur, and He’s Like, ‘Whatever, I Liked Mad TV’

9/16/2019 - London Calling: Naomi Campbell Struts Into London Fashion Week With Fashion For Relief

9/16/2019 - 'I Am What I Am': In Concert and Conversation, Audra McDonald Pulls Back the Curtain on a Brilliant Career

9/16/2019 - Colin Kapernick Nabs Emmy For Controversial Nike Ad

9/16/2019 - Trump: Enough About My Corruption Investigation, Let's Talk About Obama's Netflix Deal

9/16/2019 - Aunties Don’t Sleep, Black Girls Are Not Magic and Other Things I Learned During CBC Week

9/16/2019 - Why The Pittsburgh Steelers Should Sign Colin Kaepernick

9/16/2019 - Memoir of NYFW: The Best Moments of NYFW Were the Blackest—but Unfortunately, Our Invites Got Lost in the Mail

9/16/2019 - Second Woman Accuses NFL Star Antonio Brown of Sexual Misconduct

9/16/2019 - Michigan Cop Found With KKK Application in His Home Fired

9/16/2019 - Ilhan Omar Responds to 9/11 Victim Who Questioned Her Patriotism

9/16/2019 - Candace Owens Defends MAGA in a Room Full of Black People and It Ends Exactly How You Expect It Would

9/16/2019 - When Will America Save Black Mothers From Dying? Never, Without Us

9/16/2019 - Peace Is a Lifestyle: Erica Ford’s Peace Mobile Is Healing a Community Affected by Gun Violence, One Ride at a Time

9/15/2019 - Ex-NFL Player Facing Criminal Charges for Staging Hate Crime

9/15/2019 - At Colorado State University, White Students Not Punished for Blackface Selfie Celebrating Black Panther

9/15/2019 - Google Celebrates Late, Great Blues Legend B.B. King on 94th Birthday

9/14/2019 - Black Girl Tragic? Joy Reid Is the Latest Black Woman Trump Goes After on Twitter

9/14/2019 - Black College Student Pummeled in Alleged Racist Attack, Called the N-Word, Hundreds Protest in His Honor…and He Doesn’t Want to Press Charges

9/14/2019 - To Hell With Y’all: Charlottesville Judge Rules Confederate Statues Will Stay

9/14/2019 - Who Won NYFW? Well, Rihanna, Obviously

9/13/2019 - Lupita Nyong’o Will Be Spreading Black Girl Literary Magic as HBO Max Orders Series Based on the Novel, Americanah

9/13/2019 - Georgia Rep. John Lewis Says He Has Trump’s Impeachment on His Mind

9/13/2019 - Felicity Huffman Gets 2 Weeks in Jail for Gaming Educational System — Not So Long Ago, a Black Mom Wasn’t So Lucky

9/13/2019 - Watch the Never-Made Music Video for Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’

9/13/2019 - She's a Hustler, Homie: Watch Keke Palmer Play a Game of 'Never Have I Ever'

9/13/2019 - Post-Debate Analysis: Joe Biden Is a White Man, the Media Are Racist Against Julián Castro and Black People Are Out of Their Goddamn Minds

9/13/2019 - Bee Love Slater Becomes the 18th Black Trans Woman Killed This Year

9/13/2019 - TIFF 2019: Harriet Isn’t the Epic, Raw Tale You’re Waiting For

9/13/2019 - Biden Brings the Pain, Warren Starts to Gain and Yang Makes It Rain: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 9

9/13/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: What I Know

9/13/2019 - Joe Biden Appears to Be The Last Person to Realize That Joe Biden Will Never Be President

9/13/2019 - The Hardest Working Woman in Hair: The Glow Up Joins Celebrity Stylist Ursula Stephen on Her NYFW Grind

9/13/2019 - Because She’s Worth It: Viola Davis Is the Newest Face of L'Oréal

9/13/2019 - Syracuse University Honors the Exonerated Five’s Kevin Richardson With Scholarship in His Name

9/13/2019 - Rihanna Says You’d Be a Fool to Ignore Climate Change

9/13/2019 - Pop Up, Guess Who? That’s Right, Cardi B Leads 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards With 10 Nominations

9/13/2019 - Ben Carson Is Officially Off the Hook for Ordering $31,000 Dining Room Set for His Office Suite

9/13/2019 - Trump Solves the Mystery Behind His Peculiar Orange Hue: 'The Light's No Good. I Always Look Orange'

9/12/2019 - Recalled Judge Who Gave Stanford U Sex Offender Slap on the Wrist Fired as Girls Tennis Coach

9/12/2019 - LeBron James Gets Shot-Blocked on His Attempt to Trademark ‘Taco Tuesday’

9/12/2019 - The Black Man Trump Called ‘My African American’ Calls It Quits on the Republican Party

9/12/2019 - Live Blog: From Houston, the Democratic Debate at Texas Southern University

9/12/2019 - Through Thick and Thin: New Black-ish Episode Will Feature Girlfriends Reunion

9/12/2019 - NCAA Throws a Temper Tantrum After California Passes Bill to Stop It From Continuing to Exploit Student-Athletes

9/12/2019 - Burning Cane—One of This Year’s Most Acclaimed Black Films—Joins the Urbanworld Lineup

9/12/2019 - The Democrats Are Debating on an HBCU Campus. Will They Take Advantage of the Opportunity?

9/12/2019 - So I Guess Nike Doesn’t Actually Care If I Get the Package They Shipped To Me, Huh?

9/12/2019 - CBC Week, Explained

9/12/2019 - Memphis Police Charge 3 Mississippi Men With Civil Rights Intimidation in Parking Garage Attack

9/12/2019 - Trump's Impeachment Just Became One Step Closer to Reality After House Judiciary Committee Sets Guidelines

9/12/2019 - Kobe Bryant Clarifies Comments After Appearing to Shade a Middle School Girl for Dancing Instead of Balling

9/12/2019 - TIFF 2019: Hustlers Showcases Sisterhood at the Expense of Wall Street and I Love to See It

9/12/2019 - Bish, I Be Running Week 3: Can Marathon Training and a Social Life Coexist?

9/12/2019 - El Paso Police Accuse Mass Shooting Hero of Fraud: ‘What He Said Is Not Truthful’

9/12/2019 - An Open Letter to the Bahamas from America’s ‘Very Bad’ Gangsters and Drug Dealers

9/12/2019 - ‘I’m Grateful to Be Alive’: Kevin Hart Released From Hospital Following Car Crash

9/11/2019 - Sharpiegate: Democrats Launch Probe Into Whether Team Trump Worked to Muddy Hurricane Facts

9/11/2019 - Trump Administration Reportedly Won’t Offer Temporary Protected Status to Bahamians Displaced by Hurricane Dorian

9/11/2019 - Trump Mulls Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes Amid Rise in Deadly Lung Disease Linked to Vaping

9/11/2019 - Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Patriotism Questioned During 9/11 Ceremony: ‘Why Your Confusion?’

9/11/2019 - Alaska School District Says Non-White Swimmer Disqualified for ‘Suit Wedgie’ Was Targeted for Her Curves [UPDATE]

9/11/2019 - Michael B. Jordan: It’s ‘Groundbreaking’ for a Black Man to Be the Face of Coach Men’s—and Yes, We Can Call Him ‘Bae’

9/11/2019 - Trump Administration Officials Arrested for Scamming Puerto Rico Out of $1.8 Billion in Hurricane Relief Funds

9/11/2019 - Here, Damn: Rihanna's New Album Reportedly Dropping in December

9/11/2019 - Bill de Blasio Talks ICE, Sex Work Decriminalization and Why Black People Should Support His Campaign

9/11/2019 - Being Black in a Newsroom

9/11/2019 - Thanks to France, Team USA Just Caught the L of the Century

9/11/2019 - Thanks to My Kids, I Hope to Never Hear ‘Old Town Road’ Again. I’ll Probably Listen to It Again This Afternoon

9/11/2019 - TIFF 2019: Joker Is a White Man

9/11/2019 - Eye in the Sky: LAPD Makes Drone Usage Permanent

9/11/2019 - Cory Booker on Senate Beginnings: It Was 'the Least Diverse Place I Had Ever Seen'

9/11/2019 - 'Wherever You Came From, Don’t Fear It': Pyer Moss Had a Full Circle Moment at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre

9/10/2019 - Trump’s Cringe-Worthy Pitch to HBCU Leadership: I’m the Best You’ve Ever Had

9/10/2019 - Antonio Brown’s Former Trainer Accuses the New England Patriot of Rape in Lawsuit

9/10/2019 - Virginia Theological Seminary, With Deep Roots in Slavery, Sets Aside $1.7 Million to Pay Reparations

9/10/2019 - Phi Beta Sigma Removes Malik Yoba From Youth Leadership Role Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations

9/10/2019 - Chance the Rapper Postpones Tour, Opts for Paternity Leave After Birth of Daughter

9/10/2019 - No Regrets? NYC Mayor and Presidential Candidate Bill de Blasio Gets Real About Eric Garner, the NYPD, and Policing

9/10/2019 - Trump Leery of ‘Very Bad Gang Members, Drug Dealers’ Entering US as Hurricane Dorian Evacuees Seek Refuge

9/10/2019 - John Bolton Out as the Revolving Door of Employment In the Trump Administration Continues to Spin

9/10/2019 - Never Forget: During Fashion’s Biggest Week, Pose’s Indya Moore and Angelica Ross Urge Us to Remember Trans Lives

9/10/2019 - 7-Year-Old Surprised With Free Trip to Disney World After Giving Up His Savings to Feed Hurricane Dorian Evacuees

9/10/2019 - Miami Dolphins Receiver Albert Wilson Continues Kneeling Protests During National Anthem

9/10/2019 - 'It Should Cost You Something': Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Sets the Record Straight on Slave Play as It Debuts on Broadway

9/9/2019 - BET Plus, a New Streaming-Video Service for All Things Black From BET and Tyler Perry, Announces Start Date

9/9/2019 - Homeless Crisis in Los Angeles Highlights the Fall of the Black Middle Class

9/9/2019 - Commerce Secretary Said to Have Threatened to Have Heads Roll if Weather Service Didn’t Back Trump on Alabama’s Dorian Risk

9/9/2019 - Yes! Susan Kelechi Watson of This Is Us Fame Announces Her IRL Relationship Goals

9/9/2019 - Kamala Harris Releases Criminal Justice Reform Plan to Address Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, the Drug War

9/9/2019 - Dream Come True: The Knot and Kleinfeld Teamed Up at The CurvyCon 2019 to Ensure All Brides Feel the Love

9/9/2019 - Cracker, Explained (In 450 Words!)

9/9/2019 - At Least 100 Bahamians Forced Off Boat Headed to U.S. Because They Didn’t Have Visas

9/9/2019 - Already an Awesome HBCU, Spelman College Receives Funding for STEM Center; Becomes Awesomer

9/9/2019 - Showtime at the Apollo: Tommy Hilfiger x Zendaya Took Over Harlem for New York Fashion Week

9/9/2019 - Joan Johnson, Who Co-Founded Johnson Products and Thus Co-Helped Us Live Our Best Black Lives, Has Died at 89

9/9/2019 - NBA Star Kawhi Leonard’s Sister Charged With Murder of 84-Year-Old Woman at California Casino

9/9/2019 - Decriminalizing Sex Work Makes the Entire Black Community Safer

9/9/2019 - All Grown Up: Project Runway All-Star Korto Momolu Joins Forces With Women in the Cannabis Industry for NYFW

9/9/2019 - Yeezus Returns: Kanye West Brings His Sunday Service Home to the Chi

9/9/2019 - Trump Comes for John Legend and 'Filthy Mouthed Wife' Chrissy Teigen on Twitter; Ends Up With a New Nickname We Can All Agree On

9/9/2019 - Royalty in Our DNA: Black Girls Rock! the Stage, the Screen and the Red Carpet

9/8/2019 - Black Girls Rock! Reminds Us That the World Would Be Lost Without Black Women

9/8/2019 - Colorado Cop Who Killed Unarmed De’Von Bailey Has Past of Brutality, Still Honored

9/8/2019 - Kamala Harris Apologizes for Laughing at ‘Mentally Retarded’ Remark About Trump

9/8/2019 - Trina Fought Through Tears to Deliver an Unforgettable Performance at ONE Musicfest

9/8/2019 - With No Fux To Give, Author Walter Mosley Exposes Hollywood’s Sensitivity to the N-Word

9/7/2019 - Serena Williams Denied Record-Tying Grand Slam Title by 19-Year-Old Canadian

9/7/2019 - Lizzo Gets Real About Her Blues in ‘I’m Listening,’ Kicking Off Suicide Prevention Week

9/7/2019 - Jay-Z x NFL in Another Clusterf#ck After One of Its Charities Forced to Apologize Over Dreadlock Drama

9/7/2019 - Giving Back: HBCU Hampton University Offers Free Tuition to Students Impacted by Hurricane Dorian

9/6/2019 - The Woman Sexually Assaulted While Unconscious in the Stanford U Case Says It’s Time the World Knew Her Name

9/6/2019 - ‘Octoroon,’ ‘Mulatto’ or ‘Aryan’: Couples Sue Virginia to Stop It From Forcing People to Choose a Race in Order to Get a Marriage License

9/6/2019 - Trump Plan for Home Loans Stokes Fears of Higher Mortgage Rates for Would-Be Homebuyers

9/6/2019 - Alabama Dean Quits Because White People Can’t Handle the Truth

9/6/2019 - How Buuuuuute: YG and Kehlani Are Officially Official

9/6/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Repast for Racism

9/6/2019 - A$AP Rocky’s Swedish Lawyer Shot in Apparent Attempted Homicide

9/6/2019 - Robert Mugabe, Former President of Zimbabwe, Dead at 95

9/6/2019 - A Thank You to Black Women

9/6/2019 - A Black Woman Takes Us Into the Swirl of Bipolar Disorder in New Memoir, I’m Telling the Truth, But I’m Lying

9/6/2019 - Eddie Murphy Confirms Return to Stand-Up Comedy

9/6/2019 - Black Is the New Black: Harlem's Fashion Row Presented a Challenge at Its 2019 Gala—and We Were Present

9/6/2019 - A Prayer for Whichever Ballhead Scallywag Removed Teedra Moses’ Complex Simplicity From Streaming Services

9/6/2019 - The Liberator Unearths the Forgotten Triumphs and Chronicles of Early Black Los Angeles

9/6/2019 - Australian TV Show Previews Hit Piece on Meghan Markle, Immediately Gets Dragged All Over Al Gore’s Internet

9/6/2019 - Diversity and Inclusion: The CFDA Adds Designers Kerby Jean-Raymond, Carly Cushnie and Virgil Abloh to Its Board

9/6/2019 - The Online Abuse of Black Women Persists, and It Needs to Be Checked

9/5/2019 - Parents Sue Minnesota School District Saying It Did Nothing to Protect Their Kids From Rampant Racism

9/5/2019 - Serena Williams Eyes Chance at Making Tennis History After Trouncing Elina Svitolina at US Open Semifinals

9/5/2019 - Additive in Marijuana Vaping Products Linked to Mysterious — and Sometimes Deadly — Lung Illness

9/5/2019 - The Continent Conquers: South African Designer Thebe Magugu Is the First African to Win the LVMH Prize

9/5/2019 - Congressman Opposes Background Checks Because, What if His Friends Want to Borrow His Gun?

9/5/2019 - 22 Days of Eating Like Beyoncé, Days 21 & 22: A 'Slutty Vegan' Is Likely the Only Kind of Vegan I Want to Be

9/5/2019 - Lisa Leslie to Become the 1st Female Athlete to Receive Statue Outside of the Staples Center in Los Angeles

9/5/2019 - Full-Time Petty: Nicki Minaj Announces She’s Retiring and Starting a Family

9/5/2019 - Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America, Was Also Accused of Rape 3 Months Ago

9/5/2019 - Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech

9/5/2019 - Toni Morrison's Hometown to Recognize Her Birthday as 'Toni Morrison Day'

9/5/2019 - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Refuses to Step Down Over Blackface Scandal

9/5/2019 - Who Is Responsible for Donald Trump’s Hurricane Coloring Book? An Investigation

9/5/2019 - Reclaiming Our Birthright: Latham Thomas Is Protecting the Birthing Experience for Black Mothers

9/5/2019 - The Root’s Guide to the 10 Blackest Experiences of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival

9/5/2019 - Rep. Steve King: 'I Smacked My Lips' After Drinking Water From Detention Center Toilet

9/5/2019 - Kevin Hart Reportedly Suffered Multiple Spinal Fractures in Car Accident

9/5/2019 - Hercules Goes Black and Doesn’t Look Back in Rousing Production of Disney’s 1997 Animated Musical

9/4/2019 - South African Politician Calls on Mobs to Direct Their Anger at Ruling-Class Whites Instead of Other Africans

9/4/2019 - Kamala Harris Proposes Spending $10 Trillion (Yes, That’s Trillion With a ‘T’) to Fight Climate Change

9/4/2019 - R. Kelly Learns the Date He’s to Face the Music on Federal Sex Abuse Charges in Chicago

9/4/2019 - Isaiah Washington Leaves the Democratic Party. No One Cares

9/4/2019 - ONE Musicfest Is a Musical Homecoming for the Culture

9/4/2019 - Watch: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence Reunite for One Last Ride in Bad Boys for Life Trailer

9/4/2019 - Ari Lennox Not-So-Cordially Invites Homophobes and Transphobes to 'Unfollow and Unsubscribe'

9/4/2019 - Watch: Jamie Foxx Says, ‘You’re Guilty From the Moment You’re Born’ to Michael B. Jordan in Just Mercy Trailer

9/4/2019 - Maybe America Can Solve Its Gun Problem by Using Our Most Abundant Natural Resource—Racism

9/4/2019 - San Francisco Officials Accuse NRA of 'Inciting Gun Owners to Acts of Violence,' Label It a Domestic Terrorist Organization

9/4/2019 - Watch: This Is Us Saga Continues With Season 4, Omar Epps and Asante Blackk Among New Cast

9/4/2019 - What We Did on Our Hot Girl Summer Vacation

9/4/2019 - Rihanna, Ludacris Among Celebs to Pledge Support to Victims of Hurricane Dorian: 'You Are In Our Prayers'

9/4/2019 - The Black Barbershop Is a Safe Space. Is It for Lil Nas X, Though?

9/4/2019 - The Music Industry Reacts to the Passing of Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter LaShawn Daniels: ‘We Needed Him’

9/4/2019 - At Least 7 Reported Dead in Bahamas Following Hurricane Dorian’s Devastation

9/4/2019 - 100% That Billboard Topper: Lizzo Scores No. 1 With ‘Truth Hurts,’ Which She Originally Released in 2017

9/3/2019 - U of Illinois Student Charged With Hate Crime, Accused of Hanging a Noose in a Dorm Elevator

9/3/2019 - Alabama Man Finally to Go Free After Spending 36 Years in Prison for Robbing a Bakery of About $50

9/3/2019 - Whoopi Goldberg Blasts Calls to Out Hollywood’s Trump Supporters

9/3/2019 - 22 Days of Eating Like Beyoncé, Days 18-20: I Found an Oasis in a (Food) Desert

9/3/2019 - OWN’s Greenleaf Is Back for a 4th Season and We Can All Rest Assured That the Drama Cometh

9/3/2019 - Bish, I Be Running Week 2: RIP Blowout

9/3/2019 - Walmart Will No Longer Sell Assault-Style Ammunition, Allow Customers to Open Carry: 'The Status Quo Is Unacceptable'

9/3/2019 - Your Little 'President' Is an Idiot Who Lacks Self-Awareness

9/3/2019 - Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Promises Free College Tuition for High School Graduates

9/3/2019 - Ben & Jerry’s Takes on Criminal Justice Reform with New Flavor, Justice Remix’d

9/3/2019 - A Master Class in Sisterhood: Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff Shine in Post-Match Moment

9/3/2019 - Khalid Benefit Concert Raises $500,000 for El Paso Shooting Victims

9/3/2019 - 23 Years and Counting: 2019 Urbanworld Film Festival to Screen Harriet, Just Mercy and More

9/3/2019 - School Suspensions for Disruptive Behavior May Come to an End in California

9/3/2019 - 'He's Fine, He's Awake': Kevin Hart's Wife Eniko Parrish Provides Update After He Suffers Major Injuries From Car Crash

9/3/2019 - Malik Yoba Says He's Attracted to Trans Women, Will Host Workshop at the National Trans Visibility March in D.C. [Updated]

9/3/2019 - Tracee Ellis Ross Is Giving Us Some Curls-Ish

9/3/2019 - Erika Alexander's an Iconic Actor, but Life in Hollywood Ain't No Crystal Stair

9/3/2019 - Simone Biles Speaks Out on Brother's Murder Arrest: 'My Heart Breaks for Everyone Involved'

9/3/2019 - Lupita Nyong’o Stuns on Vanity Fair’s October Cover

9/2/2019 - PayPal Suspends KKK Account Amid Criticism for Not Doing It Sooner

9/2/2019 - On the Comeback Trail, Nate Parker Shows American Skin and Apologizes About ‘Tone Deaf’ Response to Resurfaced Rape Charge

9/2/2019 - ‘Because of Our Christian Race...’ Mississippi Venue Won’t Do Gay or Mixed Race Weddings

9/1/2019 - Latest Mass Shooting, in Odessa, Texas, Got Beto O’Rourke ‘F—ked Up’

9/1/2019 - A Dog’s Mess: Black Man Suing American Airlines for Being Kicked Off Plane So Pooch Could Fly First Class [Updated]

9/1/2019 - LeBron James Vying to Trademark ‘Taco Tuesday’