7/31/2020 - Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Hate Crime Against Black Woman

7/31/2020 - Four Guards at a Alabama Charged for Using Excessive Force on Inmate

7/31/2020 - Calls Grow for Michigan Mayor to Resign After Saying He Could See How Someone Becomes a White Supremacist

7/31/2020 - Portland’s Wall of Moms Called Out for Not Protecting Black Women, Co-opting BLM Protests

7/31/2020 - Naturally, the Oprah Winfrey Network Wants You to #OWNYourVote, Launches Voting Initiative for Black Women

7/31/2020 - Doc Rivers Draws Parallels Between NBA Players Taking a Knee During the National Anthem, the Death of George Floyd

7/31/2020 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Errors and Omissions

7/31/2020 - 'Justice Will Never be Justice for Me, Because My Child Is Gone': Korryn Gaines' Mother Speaks Out on the Anniversary of Her Daughter's Killing

7/31/2020 - City of Tulsa Will Remove BLM Mural After Local Republican Party Chairman Asks to Paint Pro-Police Message

7/31/2020 - Trailer Roundup: Does Love in the Time of Corona Feel Like Jazz on a Summer's Day?

7/31/2020 - I Just Want to Hit the Brunch LeBron James Apparently Went to Last Night

7/31/2020 - Another Day, Another MLB Game Postponed Due to the Coronavirus

7/31/2020 - The Root Jams Weekly (7/31/2020): 'Soundtrack Jams'

7/31/2020 - Remember the 'Haute Omelette' Moment Rihanna Gave Us at the 2015 Met Gala? She Almost Chickened Out!

7/31/2020 - The President’s Boy Is Messing Up the Postal Service, and Trump Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way

7/31/2020 - St. Louis County Prosecutor, Who Campaigned on Criminal Justice Reform, Will Not Charge Darren Wilson in Mike Brown’s Death

7/31/2020 - I've Stopped Crying Tears of Joy Long Enough to Recap the NBA Restart

7/31/2020 - Jeremy Pope and Janet Mock Are Teaming Up on a Scandalous Film About Sammy Davis Jr.

7/31/2020 - Artists' Retreat: Looking for a Safe, Socially Distanced Activity This Weekend? Make It Museum-Worthy! [Updated]

7/31/2020 - The Root Institute Is Coming This August and Stacey Abrams, Ava DuVernay, Lee Daniels, Tarana Burke and Ayanna Pressley Will Be There

7/31/2020 - Don't Call 911: America's Policing and Healthcare Systems Fail Black People With Mental Health Challenges

7/31/2020 - Beyoncé Happened

7/30/2020 - GLAAD Media Awards 2020: Lil Nas X, the Cast of Pose and Wanuri Kahiu's Rafiki Among Winners

7/30/2020 - University of Iowa Football Program Found to Have Racial Bias and Bullying Problem

7/30/2020 - Black Youth Released From Juvenile Detention Facilities at a Lower Rate Than White Kids During Pandemic

7/30/2020 - Confederate Dunce: Alabama Lawmaker Who Honored KKK Grand Wizard Instead of John Lewis Resigns—as Pastor

7/30/2020 - I Hate to be the Bearer of Bad News, But Your Team Isn't Winning an NBA Title This Year. Here's Why

7/30/2020 - I Think I Might Owe Jhene Aiko An Apology. My Bad, Jhene

7/30/2020 - 'A Man of Pure Joy and Unbreakable Perseverance': Barack Obama, Activists and More Pay Their Final Respects to John Lewis

7/30/2020 - REVOLT TV Announces New Unscripted, Kenya-Based Series What's Good Africa

7/30/2020 - Should Black Voters Form Their Own Party? Too Late, Someone Already Did

7/30/2020 - Emmy Nominations Spark Conversations About Latinx Representation and Anti-Blackness

7/30/2020 - 120 Anti-Racism Protesters Were Arrested in Omaha. Protesters and Police Tell Different Versions of What Happened

7/30/2020 - Will Someone Come Get Bill Clinton? He Just Shaded Stokely Carmichael During John Lewis’ Funeral

7/30/2020 - Roc Nation to Release Social Justice-Themed Compilation Album 'Reprise'; Jorja Smith Drops First Single

7/30/2020 - Oprah Magazine Pays Tribute to Breonna Taylor With Solo Cover: ‘We Can’t Be Silent.’

7/30/2020 - White People Won't Save You

7/30/2020 - Sinkhole: Issa Rae and Jordan Peele Are Teaming Up on a Sci-Fi Horror Film Tackling the Idea of Female Perfection

7/30/2020 - Florida Man Charged With False Imprisonment After Detaining Black Teen and Lying to Police

7/30/2020 - From Beyoncé to the Bronx Zoo, There's So Much to Watch and Do This Weekend [Corrected]

7/30/2020 - Former Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Dies After Battle With COVID-19

7/30/2020 - Yes, 57-Year-Old Michael Jordan Will Still Bust Your Ass on the Basketball Court: 'Do You Guys Still Have YouTube?'

7/30/2020 - A Swift Solution? Taylor Swiftly Rebrands Her Folklore Merch After a Black Business Owner Calls Foul

7/30/2020 - Livestream: Watch John Lewis’ Funeral at the Atlanta Church Once Led by MLK. Read His Last Words

7/30/2020 - Here's a Separate Announcement That the 2020 Emmys Will Be Virtual, Even Though Nominees Found Out Immediately

7/30/2020 - Black Women Would Earn Nearly $1 Million More Over Their Lifetimes If They Were Paid the Same as White Men

7/29/2020 - A Republican Minnesota County Official Resigns After Posting Picture That Compared Mask Mandate to Nazi Germany

7/29/2020 - Confederate Monument Taken Down in Georgia Town

7/29/2020 - Rapper Malik B., Founding Member of The Roots, Dead at 47

7/29/2020 - Creative Control: Chloe x Halle Called the Shots for Fendi's Latest Campaign

7/29/2020 - Hologram of George Floyd Displayed Over Robert E. Lee Monument in Virginia

7/29/2020 - Colorado Department of Public Health to Investigate the Use of Ketamine by Paramedics to Sedate Elijah McClain

7/29/2020 - If Black Twitter Was a Person

7/29/2020 - Did Joe Biden Accidentally Show His VP Pick to the World Before She Was Camera-Ready?

7/29/2020 - Strong Black Sitcoms: Yes, You Can Watch Some of Your Fave '90s and '00s Black TV Shows on Netflix Soon

7/29/2020 - How To Prepare Steak Exactly How I Like It, Since I Don't Give a Shit If You Like It, Too

7/29/2020 - The American Academy of Pediatrics Formally Apologizes to 2 Black Doctors Denied Membership Due to Racism

7/29/2020 - The 72nd Emmys Awards Are Definitely Happening—What Else Is Still Happening in 2020? Black History Firsts!

7/29/2020 - Can You Get Coronavirus in Your Butt? Well, Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas-Sized Asshole, Just Got It

7/29/2020 - NYPD Uses Unmarked Van to Grab Protester Off the Street: ‘It Was Like a Kidnapping’ [UPDATED]

7/29/2020 - 13-Year-Old Keedron Bryant's Visual for Viral Song 'I Just Wanna Live' Is a Strong Contender for Video of the Year

7/29/2020 - The New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz Are Cooking Up Something Big for the NBA Restart on Thursday

7/29/2020 - Democrats to Bill Barr: Keep John Lewis’ Good Name Out of Your Mouth

7/29/2020 - Nevada Sheriff Threatens to Stop Responding to 911 Calls From Library Over Its Support for Black Lives Matter

7/29/2020 - Brittney Griner on Wearing Breonna Taylor's Name on Her Jersey: 'We’re Still Fighting for Justice for Her'

7/29/2020 - Amid Calls for More Black Voice Actors, a Few Famous Voices Are Taking on Animated Roles

7/29/2020 - Taraji P. Henson to Take on Mental Health, Health Disparities at The Root Institute [Updated]

7/29/2020 - 'I Was Just There to Fulfill a Diversity Quota': Riverdale Neglected Its Black Characters, per Co-Stars

7/29/2020 - 10 Ways Good White People Can Help Black America (If 'Good White People' Exist)

7/29/2020 - The Michelle Obama Podcast Has Finally Arrived and Our Forever President Is the Perfect Guest for Its Premiere

7/28/2020 - 'Umbrella Man' Seen Causing Property Damage During Early Minneapolis Protests Believed to be White Supremacist

7/28/2020 - Florida's Youngest to Die From COVID-19 Is a Little Black Girl

7/28/2020 - Calls Grow for Republican Alabama State Representative to Resign After Celebrating the Birthday of KKK Leader

7/28/2020 - The NFL Unveils Its Master Plan to 'Help Conquer Racism' With a Stencil. No, Really

7/28/2020 - Big Beauty Tuesday: When It Comes to Magazine Covers, What's the Line Between Art and Insult?

7/28/2020 - A Black Family in Florida Received Racist Letter for Celebrating Their Twin Daughters Graduation

7/28/2020 - Jagged Edge Is Releasing a New Album Soon. Here's What I Think Each Song Is About Based on Its Title

7/28/2020 - ‘Mind the Gap’: A 20-Year-Old Black Medical Student Is Writing a Guide Illustrating How Common Medical Symptoms Appear on Dark Skin

7/28/2020 - Will Fenty Skin Help Our Skin Find Love in a Hopeless Place? Rihanna Tells Us All About Her Newest Beauty Brand

7/28/2020 - Body-Cam Footage Shows Unarmed Man in Austin, Texas Begging 'Don't Shoot' Before Police Shot and Killed Him

7/28/2020 - Thanks to Terry Crews, I Can Finally Put 'Coon' in a Headline Here!

7/28/2020 - Trump Is So Jealous of Dr. Anthony Fauci That He Lied About Throwing Out the Yankees' First Pitch

7/28/2020 - After Two Years of ‘Relentless’ Community Organizing, St. Louis’ Oldest and Most Notorious Jail Is Closing

7/28/2020 - Regina King, Zendaya and Kerry Washington Are Among the 2020 Emmy Nominees

7/28/2020 - WNBA Star Brittney Griner Wants No Parts of the National Anthem: 'I Personally Don't Think It Belongs In Sports'

7/28/2020 - Black Women's Trauma Is No Laughing Matter

7/28/2020 - Police Reforms Must Include Reparations for Those Living Through the Trauma of Police Violence

7/28/2020 - Donald Trump Jr. Was Put in Twitter Jail for Posting False Information About COVID-19

7/28/2020 - Oprah's Back in Her Talk Show Bag With New Apple TV+ Series, The Oprah Conversation

7/28/2020 - Excerpts From the Tell-All Chronicling Harry and Meghan's Romance Reveal Details of a Tense Royal Life—but the Couple Denies Participating

7/28/2020 - Drake Has More Slaps Than Madonna, Holds the Record for the Most Top 10 Hits in Billboard Chart History

7/28/2020 - COVID-19 Is Officially Wrecking Havoc on Major League Baseball. Could the NFL Be Next?

7/28/2020 - She Should Run: Barbie's Campaign May Be the One We're Most Excited About in 2020

7/28/2020 - Black Leaders, We Need You to Tell the Full Story When Talking About Black Crime—and Black Humanity

7/28/2020 - Not So De-Generous: Ellen's Long-Running Talk Show Is Under Investigation for Workplace Toxicity and Allegations of Racism

7/27/2020 - White Man Posts Cards Against Humanity Play About Gunning Down African Children With an AR-15, Gets Arrested. Joke's on Him?

7/27/2020 - Megan Thee Stallion Opens Up About Traumatic Shooting Incident: ‘The Worst Experience of My Life’

7/27/2020 - Not All Heroes Wear Capes: Record Number of Black Women Running for Congress

7/27/2020 - Am I Getting Old or Are Next-Gen Consoles Just Not Hitting?

7/27/2020 - ‘Get the Hell Out the Country’: Mike Ditka’s Views on Kneeling During the Anthem Are Still Pretty Wypipo Basic

7/27/2020 - Petty President Trump Says He Won't be Visiting the Capitol to Pay Respect to John Lewis

7/27/2020 - The Defense of Black Lives Must Include Disability Justice

7/27/2020 - ProPublica Publishes Database Containing Thousands of Police Misconduct Complaints After Federal Judge Blocked Their Release

7/27/2020 - A Weekend of Unrest as Violence Erupts at Protests Across the Country

7/27/2020 - Why I'm Not Going to Give My Kids 'The Talk'

7/27/2020 - NBA Says LA Clippers' Lou Williams Has to Quarantine for 10 Days After Visiting Magic City in Atlanta

7/27/2020 - 6 Reasons Why Ray J's Song 'One Wish'—Which Just Turned 15—Is One of the Greatest Songs of All Time of Ever

7/27/2020 - WNBA Players Walk Off Court During Anthem; Kyrie Irving Commits $1.5 Million to Support Those Who Opt-Out This Season

7/27/2020 - History of Medical Abuse, Neglect Pose Challenges for Researchers Seeking Black Participants in Coronavirus Vaccine Trials

7/27/2020 - Biz Markie Has Been Hospitalized for Weeks Due to Diabetes Complications

7/27/2020 - Tracee Ellis Ross Partners With Nonprofit PushBlack to Uplift Black Stories

7/27/2020 - John Lewis Honored With Final March Across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.; Tributes Continue in the Nation's Capital and Georgia

7/27/2020 - National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Tests Positive for COVID-19

7/27/2020 - ‘You’re Not Getting It, I’m Not a Nazi,’ They Said While Wearing Nazi Masks in a Minnesota Walmart

7/27/2020 - Print Edition of Oprah's O Magazine to Reinvent as Brand Pivots to Digital

7/27/2020 - Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton Is Not a Racist. He Just Plays One in Real Life

7/26/2020 - Man Shot and Killed at Black Lives Matter Protest in Austin, Witnesses Say the Suspect Tried to Drive Them Down

7/26/2020 - NYPD Chief Brags That District Attorneys Won't Prosecute Cops Under New Anti-Chokehold Law

7/26/2020 - Doja Cat Gets Coronavirus After Mocking People Who Are Afraid of Coronavirus

7/25/2020 - White House Lies About Paw Patrol Being Cancelled While Criticizing So-Called 'Cancel Culture' for Cops

7/25/2020 - Black Athletes Donate $100,000 to Help Pay Debts of Former Felons in Florida So They Can Vote in 2020

7/25/2020 - Ciara and Russell Wilson Welcome Their New Baby Boy, Win Harrison

7/25/2020 - Stacey Abrams To Feature In Upcoming Documentary From Amazon Studios on Voter Suppression

7/24/2020 - GOP Sen. Tom Cotton Wants to Ban the 1619 Project From Being Taught in Schools

7/24/2020 - California State University to Require Students to Take Ethnic Studies or Social Justice Classes in Order to Graduate

7/24/2020 - A High School in Virginia Named After Robert E. Lee Will Be Renamed After John Lewis

7/24/2020 - On the Record Filmmakers Launch Fundraising Campaign for Sexual Assault Survivors to Honor Drew Dixon, Sil Lai Abrams and Sheri Sher

7/24/2020 - ‘A New Era’: Serena Williams and Her Daughter Among Team of Stars Backing L.A.’s New Professional Women’s Soccer Team

7/24/2020 - A Majority of Americans Support Black Lives Matter, but Are Divided on the Policy Changes the Movement Has Championed

7/24/2020 - I've Eaten 170,000 Honey Roasted Peanuts Since March

7/24/2020 - Trailer Roundup: 2020 Is Unknown, So Don't Look Deeper

7/24/2020 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: A Look Inside Our Secret Location

7/24/2020 - Auntie Unfiltered: Ageism Is Bullshit

7/24/2020 - Every Single Player, Coach of the New York Yankees, Washington Nationals Took a Knee Last Night...It Just Wasn't During the National Anthem

7/24/2020 - The Root Jams Weekly (7/24/2020): 'Uncut Gems'

7/24/2020 - Trump on Portland Mayor Getting Tear-Gassed: They Rocked That Bama!

7/24/2020 - It's Not Too Late! BIPOC Designers Encouraged to Apply for Awards From the ICON 360 Fund

7/24/2020 - Chicago Temporarily Removes Columbus Statues, Paving the Way for Increased Law Enforcement in Black Neighborhoods

7/24/2020 - Civil Rights Icon John Lewis to Lie In State at the US Capitol

7/24/2020 - Citing Millions in Debt, Ebony Magazine Being Forced Into Involuntary Bankruptcy

7/24/2020 - Wearing Masks and Canceling a Portion of the Republican National Convention—What’s Happening With the Trump Administration?

7/24/2020 - 'This Roadmap Is Just the Beginning': Michael B. Jordan and Color of Change Launch #ChangeHollywood Initiative

7/24/2020 - Angela Davis, Angelica Ross, Cynthia Bailey and More to Appear at Black Women's Health Imperative Anniversary Week

7/24/2020 - Reginald Hudlin Makes History as 1st-Ever Black Producer of the Emmys

7/24/2020 - It's Official: Mike Tyson Is About to Beat Roy Jones Jr.'s Ass and I Have Questions

7/24/2020 - Exclusive: A Powerful New Video From the Human Rights Campaign and Billy Porter Reminds Us Our Votes Do Matter

7/23/2020 - Cop Suspended For Terrible Freestyle Rap. No One Seems to Notice the White Supremacist Lyrics

7/23/2020 - Black Reddit Moderators Discuss the Platform's History of Racism and Its New Policy Change Targeting Hate Speech

7/23/2020 - Black Lives Matter Organizer in Florida Facing Felony Charges for Snatching Flags at Pro-Trump Event

7/23/2020 - Popeyes Signature Sauces, Ranked

7/23/2020 - Black Lives Matter Mural Vandalized in Portland as Tension Between Protesters and Federal Agents Rise

7/23/2020 - Democratic Congresswomen Deliver Powerful Remarks in Response to Sexist, Abusive Comments Targeting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

7/23/2020 - Joe Biden: Trump Is a Racist. Also Joe Biden: Desegregation Will Have My Kids Growing Up in a 'Racial Jungle'

7/23/2020 - HBO Is Adapting Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me and It Will Debut This Fall

7/23/2020 - Google's Online Marketing Tool Identified 'Black Girls' Searches With Porn: Report

7/23/2020 - Black Woman Who Faced Up to 19 Months in Prison for Voting While on Probation Now Facing More Charges

7/23/2020 - House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues From the Capitol

7/23/2020 - Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O'Neal Join Forces to Launch Sports Agency

7/23/2020 - Black Women Are Tired of People Trying to Control Our Bodies—So Wake Up

7/23/2020 - Misty Copeland Discusses How Racial Justice Protests Are Waking the Dance World Up

7/23/2020 - Family of Black Man Allegedly Shot by Store Owner During George Floyd Protest Demands Justice; Authorities Seek Help Finding Information

7/23/2020 - Texas School Board Doubles Down on Hair Policy That Pushed Two Black Male Students Out of School

7/23/2020 - I May Destroy You: Weruche Opia, on the Importance of Showcasing Different Stories Within the African Diaspora

7/23/2020 - Salt-N-Pepa Reveal Tupac Was Edited Out of the 'Whatta Man' Video Because of His Reputation: 'You Can't Fight the Record Company'

7/23/2020 - ‘Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV’: Trump Is the Latest Member of Idiot-Mensa

7/23/2020 - Rep. Matt Gaetz Had a TV Studio Installed in His Father’s Home With Taxpayer Money and Other Possible Violations

7/23/2020 - In-Person and Virtual Events to Check Out in Order to Avoid Hitting Up the Beach

7/23/2020 - Beauty Guru Jackie Aina Is Dropping Her 1st Product Line—and It's for the Homies

7/23/2020 - I'm Not Saying New York Jets Owner Woody Johnson Is Racist, But He's Being Investigated for Allegedly Being One

7/23/2020 - 'Let Your Curls Do What They Do': Gabrielle Union Reaffirms the Flawless Freedom of Her Children's Hair

7/23/2020 - Where the Only Pain Is Champagne

7/22/2020 - Donald Trump Will Deploy Federal Agents to Chicago as Part of Nationwide ‘Anti-Violence’ Operation

7/22/2020 - House Approves $740 Billion Military Spending Bill That Includes Measure to Remove Confederate Names From Bases

7/22/2020 - Black People Set to be Disproportionately Affected as Eviction Moratorium Ends

7/22/2020 - Black Firefighters in North Carolina Protest Systemic Racism, Demand Fire Chief Resign

7/22/2020 - Into the Deep End: A New Palette Collaboration Has Options for Every Depth of Shade

7/22/2020 - Candace Owens, Jason Whitlock, John McWhorter, Sage Steele and the Myth of 'Questioning Blackness'

7/22/2020 - Ex-Lawyer Launches the 1st Black-Owned Stock Exchange in U.S. History

7/22/2020 - White Supremacists Admit to Targeting Minority Communities and Journalists in False ‘Swatting’ Reports to Law Enforcement

7/22/2020 - 'I Knew I Was a Token': Beverly Johnson Revisits the Trauma of #ModelingWhileBlack—Including That Time They Drained the Pool

7/22/2020 - Black Music Groups With 3-Letter* Names, Ranked

7/22/2020 - Issa Rae Stars in New NBA Campaign to Encourage Fan Support

7/22/2020 - Don't Ignore the Black and Deaf: Why Police Violence Is a Huge Danger and Other Ways the Community Is Marginalized

7/22/2020 - Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade Launch Social Change Fund to Empower the Black Community

7/22/2020 - 'I Said I Would Never Play a Slave': Black Actors Discuss the Fatigue Around Portraying Black Pain

7/22/2020 - Republican Congressman Refuses to Apologize for Calling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Out of Her Name

7/22/2020 - White Neighborhoods Have Better Access to COVID-19 Testing Than Black and Hispanic Communities, Study Finds

7/22/2020 - Idris Elba to Receive BAFTA's Special Award for His 'Creative Contributions' to Television

7/22/2020 - In a League Hurting for Black Ownership, Kevin Garnett Shoots His Shot With the Minnesota Timberwolves

7/22/2020 - Brandy Discusses Forthcoming Album, the Price of Fame and More With Apple Music

7/22/2020 - The Root Institute Is Coming This August and Stacey Abrams, Ava DuVernay, Lee Daniels, Tarana Burke and Ayanna Pressley Will Be There

7/22/2020 - NFL Players to Pay Tribute to Victims of Police Brutality With Helmet Decals

7/22/2020 - Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts Are Co-Starring in a Film for the 1st Time in 27 Years, and They Will Leave The World Behind

7/21/2020 - Judge Denies Release for 15-Year-Old Detained for Not Doing Homework

7/21/2020 - Giants Manager Kneels During National Anthem and Trump Is a Crybaby-Ass Snowflake About It

7/21/2020 - Study Links Lynching Rates to Corporal Punishment in Southern States: ‘There’s a Historical Trajectory’

7/21/2020 - Lawmakers in Minnesota Pass Extensive Police Reform Legislation

7/21/2020 - Trump Administration Is Not Only Allowing Homeless Shelters to Turn Away Trans People, It's Telling Them How to Spot One

7/21/2020 - Whole Foods Sued by Employees Over Black Lives Matter Masks

7/21/2020 - Today in White People 'Trying It': Sen. Tom Cotton Compares Black Lives Matter Protesters to Confederate Traitors

7/21/2020 - Anjelika Washington Reveals a TV Show Gave Her a White Stunt Double in Blackface—as If Black Stunt Performers Don't Exist or Something

7/21/2020 - I May Destroy You: Paapa Essiedu Rejects the 'Violent Erasure of the Black Male Experience Spectrum' by Portraying Kwame

7/21/2020 - Andrew Gillum Is Back

7/21/2020 - Black Love Matters: Elaine Welteroth and New Husband Jonathan Singletary Discuss Their Viral Wedding With The Knot

7/21/2020 - African American Museum Removes, Apologizes for 'Whiteness' Chart on Its Website After Barrage of Conservative Tears

7/21/2020 - Yes, We Have to Wait Forever to See Christopher Nolan's 1st Black-Led Film Because Time Is Warped in 2020

7/21/2020 - Why Are the Men in Talib Kweli's Life Enabling Him to Harass Black Women?

7/21/2020 - Several Lawsuits Accuse Hilton of Routinely Discriminating Against Its Black Hotel Guests

7/21/2020 - Book No One Should Buy Alleges Trump Made Racist Remarks About Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela

7/21/2020 - Usher, Migos, Kane Brown and More to Perform at 10th Annual iHeartRadio Music Festival

7/21/2020 - Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1 Just Turned 20. Let's Talk About the Go-Go Jam, 'It's Love'

7/21/2020 - 'We Ran Strong and That Was a Revelation': Remembering Civil Rights Activist and Political Pioneer Emma Sanders

7/21/2020 - Kanye West Missed the Deadline to Appear on the South Carolina Ballot; Raises Concerns Amid a Series of Alarming Tweets

7/21/2020 - Verzuz to Stream Battles on Apple Music and Beats 1 in New Partnership Deal

7/21/2020 - Trigger-Happy St. Louis Couple Charged With Unlawful Use of Weapon for Brandishing Guns at BLM Protesters

7/21/2020 - Trader Joe’s to Change Branding Criticized as Racist Because It ‘Exoticizes Other Cultures’

7/21/2020 - Keke Palmer's Growing Activism Didn't Play a Role in Her Talk Show's Cancellation

7/20/2020 - One of the Men Accused in Ahmaud Arbery’s Death Is Also a Suspect in a Sex Crime Investigation

7/20/2020 - NYPD Commissioner Big Mad That People Have the Audacity to Demand Police Reform

7/20/2020 - HBCUs in Atlanta to Go Virtual for Fall Semester

7/20/2020 - ‘Strike for Black Lives’: Tens of Thousands Walk Off Their Jobs to Demand better Pay, Working Conditions for Black Workers

7/20/2020 - Honoring a Nation’s ‘Conscience’: How Will Lawmakers Pay Tribute to Rep. John Lewis’ Legacy?

7/20/2020 - Nikema Williams Chosen to Replace Rep. John Lewis on the November Ballot

7/20/2020 - John Boyega Confirms to Star Wars Fans That He's 'Moved On' From the Franchise

7/20/2020 - Behold: White People

7/20/2020 - Missouri Governor: Kids Have to Go Back to School and They Will Get COVID-19, But They’ll 'Get Over It'

7/20/2020 - Boss-ish: Yara Shahidi Signs Overall Deal With ABC Studios and Launches a New Production Company

7/20/2020 - ‘Justice for Breonna Taylor’ Petition Receives More Than 10 Million Signatures, the Second Most in Change.org History

7/20/2020 - The ReidOut Brings Black History and Joy to MSNBC's Primetime Lineup

7/20/2020 - August Alsina Debuted a New Song—and to the Surprise of No One, It's Called 'Entanglements'

7/20/2020 - Nicki Minaj Announces She Is Expecting a Baby Barb of Her Own

7/20/2020 - I've Been a Homeowner for Two Years Now. Here's What I've Learned

7/20/2020 - This Is Bad, Real Bad

7/20/2020 - Maxine Waters Is a Goddamn Superhero: Watch the California Representative Intervene During Police Stop

7/20/2020 - Beyoncé Drops Stunning Full Trailer for Black Is King Visual Album

7/20/2020 - Minneapolis Names Racism a Public Health Emergency: ‘Antiracism Must Be Centered in All That We Do’

7/20/2020 - Trump Clowned for Bragging About Cognitive Test and More From That Bizarre Fox News Interview

7/20/2020 - A Flawless Revival: Gabrielle Union Is Relaunching Her Haircare Line—With Something for Every Style

7/20/2020 - Two Indiana Men Charged With Felonies in Connection to the Alleged ‘Attempted Lynching’ of a Black Man

7/19/2020 - Oregon Attorney General Sues Against Shady Federal Arrests in Portland, Trump Administration Says More to Come

7/19/2020 - Trump Crony Roger Stone Calls Black Host a 'Negro' During Live Radio Interview

7/19/2020 - Leaders and Elected Officials Pay Tribute To John Lewis, Two Republican Senators Mistake Him for Elijah Cummings

7/18/2020 - Breonna Taylor's Family Says Louisville Police Gave Her No Aid Though She Was Still Alive After Shooting

7/18/2020 - Megan Thee Stallion Calls Out Jokes About Her Shooting, Says She Is 'Real Life Hurt and Traumatized'

7/18/2020 - Tamar Braxton Hospitalized After Being Found Unresponsive in Los Angeles

7/18/2020 - Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon and Last Living Speaker at the March on Washington, Has Died

7/17/2020 - 15 Women Accuse Former Employees of Washington's NFL Team of Sexual Misconduct, Verbal Abuse

7/17/2020 - Louisiana Family Seeks Answers After Sheriff’s Office Failed to Report Police Shooting of 14-Year-Old Boy: Report

7/17/2020 - Here's Some Books I Love So Much That I Hate the Authors of Them

7/17/2020 - Federal Law Enforcement in Portland, Ore., Have Been Snatching Protesters off the Streets in Unmarked Vehicles

7/17/2020 - Trailer Roundup: In 2020, We Are Radical Monarchs and We are Woke

7/17/2020 - Trump’s Niece: My Uncle, the President, Was Out Here Dropping the N-Word Like a Rapper

7/17/2020 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Cleaning Solution

7/17/2020 - Federal Judge Denies Netflix's 2nd Motion to Dismiss Mo'Nique's Racial and Gender Bias Lawsuit

7/17/2020 - Auntie Unfiltered: Lady A vs. Lady Anti-BLM

7/17/2020 - Jerami Grant Keeps That Same Energy Throughout Interview With Reporters: 'Breonna Taylor’s Killers Are Still Roaming Around Free'

7/17/2020 - I May Destroy You: Michaela Coel Has Full Autonomy and it Shows

7/17/2020 - Defense Secretary Mark Esper Kinda, Sorta, Maybe Bans Confederate Flags on Military Bases

7/17/2020 - Mike Pompeo Bashes the New York Times’ 1619 Project During Racist Dog Whistle Concert

7/17/2020 - ‘Watch the Show, Folks’: Virginia Trooper Being Investigated After Footage of Violent 2019 Arrest Posted to Social Media

7/17/2020 - The Root Jams Weekly (7/17/2020): 'Entanglements'

7/17/2020 - Progressive Jamaal Bowman Defeats 16-Term Incumbent Eliot Engel

7/17/2020 - Gin and Juice: Powered by Black Celebs and Causes, These Drinks Give New Meaning to 'Buzzworthy'

7/17/2020 - Twitter Erupts After James Harden Spotted in Blue Lives Matter Mask: 'Say It Ain't So' [Updated]

7/17/2020 - Tory Lanez Allegedly Shot Megan Thee Stallion as She Was 'Trying to Leave,' Witnesses Not Cooperating With Police

7/17/2020 - Georgia Governor Is Such a Boat Shoe That He’d Rather Sue Atlanta's Mayor Than Have Georgians Wear Masks

7/17/2020 - Civil Rights Pioneer Rev. C.T. Vivian Dies at 95

7/17/2020 - Post-Traumatic Blackness Disorder: The Mental Toll of Surviving Racism

7/17/2020 - Fatal Affair Is Obsessed With Insert Shots

7/17/2020 - The Worst Day of My Life and the 20 Years of Trauma That Followed

7/16/2020 - Senate Democrats Pandemic Relief Bill Includes the $350 Billion 'Economic Justice Act' for Communities of Color

7/16/2020 - Investigaton Launched Against Louisville Mayor Over Handling of Breonna Taylor's Case

7/16/2020 - Supreme Court Strikes Major Blow to Voting Rights, Won’t Change Florida Voting Rules for Felons

7/16/2020 - CDC Removes Then Restores COVID-19 Hospitalization Data to Its Website

7/16/2020 - The Trumps Are Eating Goya Beans, and I Need Someone to Fix the Flux Capacitor and Get Us the Hell Out of 2020

7/16/2020 - Florida, Man: House Candidate K.W. Miller Has a Problem With Black Peen and I Can Prove It!

7/16/2020 - Home Sweet Home: NBC Orders Ava DuVernay's Unscripted Family Social Experiment Series on Race, Religion, Economics and Gender

7/16/2020 - A Veteran Wants to Restore Faith In America—And Protect Black People While Doing It

7/16/2020 - Following Viral Article, More Than 30,000 Call for Release of Black Teen Incarcerated for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

7/16/2020 - Kanye West Is Officially on the Presidential Ballot in Oklahoma Because 2020 Is Chock-Full of Headaches

7/16/2020 - I Know I'm Late and Maybe Exaggerating a Bit but Renée Elise Goldsberry's 'Satisfied' Performance Is the Best Thing That's Ever Happened in the History of the Universe

7/16/2020 - Yes, Mike Tyson Wants Smoke With a Great White Shark

7/16/2020 - Will Whoever Left Their Crazy Racist Uncle in the White House, Come Get Him. He’s Tweeting Again

7/16/2020 - British Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful Says He Was Racially Profiled by a Security Guard While Entering His Office

7/16/2020 - In a Sports World Built on Stars, the WNBA Is Giving a Masterclass on How Not to Treat Its Own Players

7/16/2020 - Pro-Virus Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Overrides Local Mask Orders, Hopes Trump Swipes Right on Him

7/16/2020 - Newly Released Body-Camera Footage of George Floyd’s Death Reportedly Shows Callous Disregard for His Well-Being

7/16/2020 - Fatal Affair: Nia Long and Omar Epps Discuss Hollywood 20 Years Later—Has It Changed?

7/16/2020 - Nick Cannon Apologizes to 'Jewish Sisters And Brothers,' Will Keep The Masked Singer Gig

7/16/2020 - The Tuskegee Airmen Are Mixed on Having an NFL Team Named After Them: 'I Am Not Sure They Are Worthy'

7/16/2020 - 'I'm Incredibly Thankful to be Alive': Megan Thee Stallion Clarifies Previous Reports, Says She Suffered Gunshot Wounds

7/16/2020 - The Michelle Obama Podcast Will be Available on Spotify Later This Month

7/16/2020 - In the Midwest, a Candidate Makes Her Case for Voting Down the Ballot

7/16/2020 - Pennsylvania Approves Police Reform Bill Requiring Employment Records From Officers Seeking New Jobs

7/15/2020 - The Family of George Floyd Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Minneapolis Police

7/15/2020 - Tennessee Man Alleges That Police Beat Him With Chairs, Ping Pong Equipment After Arrest

7/15/2020 - Monument of British Slave Trader Replaced With Statue of Black Lives Matter Protester

7/15/2020 - New Reports Faults D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for ‘Slow and Passive’ Response to Coronavirus

7/15/2020 - A Reminder To Me and You, Your Mama and Your Cousin, Too, That You Miss 100 Percent of The Shots You Don't Take

7/15/2020 - Thank You, Nick Cannon

7/15/2020 - Palm Beach Police Looking for Man Who Pulled Gun on Walmart Shoppers After Face Mask Argument

7/15/2020 - Trump Administration Is Now Ordering Hospitals to Send COVID-19 Data to Washington and Not the CDC. We Finna Die

7/15/2020 - NFL Player Kenny Stills Charged With Felony for Seeking Justice for Breonna Taylor

7/15/2020 - A Reminder That Snoop Dogg Is a Sellout

7/15/2020 - Idris Elba Doesn't Think Racist TV Shows, Films Should be Censored or Pulled, Should Come With Warning Instead

7/15/2020 - Mike Pence: We Don’t Want CDC Guidelines Determining When We Open Schools. (This Is Not an Onion Headline)

7/15/2020 - Shine Bright Like Rihanna: Beauty Mogul Announces Launch Date for New Skincare Line

7/15/2020 - Players Dish on What It's Like to be Black in MLB: 'Black Players Have Always Felt That They Had to Conform'

7/15/2020 - Virginia Police Launch Investigation Into KKK Flyers Found in Mailboxes Across Multiple Counties

7/15/2020 - Trump Just All Lives Matter’d All Over Himself and Ben Carson’s Going to Have to Clean This Up

7/15/2020 - Honor Code: 11 Honoré Design Director Danielle Williams Eke on Building the Brand's 1st In-House Collection

7/15/2020 - Jay-Z, Rihanna and More Urge Department of Justice to Re-Examine Death of Danroy 'DJ' Henry

7/15/2020 - A Liberal North Carolina Town Has Unanimously Voted to Give Its Black Residents Reparations

7/15/2020 - Nick Cannon Fired by ViacomCBS for Anti-Semitic Comments on His Podcast

7/15/2020 - The Story of a Black Teenage Girl Incarcerated for Not Doing Her Online Schoolwork Shows Us Just How Big Our Criminal Justice Problem Is

7/14/2020 - Facial Recognition Results in Detroit Man Being Arrested for a Crime He Didn't Commit

7/14/2020 - America’s Most Prominent Women’s Rights Orgs Marginalized and Tokenized Black Women, Say Former Staff

7/14/2020 - California Man Charged With Hate Crime for Driving Into a Crowd of Black People

7/14/2020 - Thanks to the 'Stephon Clark Law,' a San Diego Police Officer Is Charged With Murder After Fatally Shooting Mentally Disabled Man

7/14/2020 - Is T.I.'s Rap Career On The Same Level as Jay Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne? A Discussion

7/14/2020 - A (Still Growing) List of People I Suspect Are Made of Cake

7/14/2020 - The NFL Really Thinks Mouth Shields Will Prevent Players From Catching COVID-19...While Playing a Full-Contact Sport

7/14/2020 - The NBA Bubble Isn't Even a Week Old Yet and Players Are Already Violating Quarantine

7/14/2020 - Tucker Carlson Continues to Have Trouble With Honesty and Then Says He’s Going on Vacation, Which Is Probably a Lie

7/14/2020 - Tory Lanez Arrested for Gun Possession Following Alleged Argument, Megan Thee Stallion Taken to Hospital for Foot Injury

7/14/2020 - Big Beauty Tuesday: Do PHreckles Hit the Spot?

7/14/2020 - How to Be an Asshole on the Internet

7/14/2020 - Video Prompts Investigation Into New Jersey Police Officer Seen Repeatedly Punching Restrained Black Man

7/14/2020 - Four Charged With Murder in Death of Rapper Pop Smoke, Could Face Death Penalty

7/14/2020 - Viola Davis Opens Up About Police Brutality and Regretting The Help With Historic Vanity Fair Cover

7/14/2020 - Watch: Brave Soul Interrupts Dumbass Florida Governor Who Just Stands There Like an Idiot

7/14/2020 - Annie Leibovitz Bashed for Simone Biles' Vogue Photos, Fans and Critics Call for More Black Photographers

7/14/2020 - The Genius of Resilience: Toward a New, Black National Convention

7/14/2020 - Kenya Barris Is Milking It for All It’s Worth-Ish; Planning 1 More -Ish Spinoff

7/14/2020 - Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Jennifer McClellan Joins The Root on Instagram Live

7/14/2020 - How U.S. Senate Candidate Mike Espy Plans to Win in Mississippi

7/13/2020 - Berkeley Might Become One of the First Cities to Remove Police From Traffic Stops

7/13/2020 - Thousands of Workers In The Service Industry to 'Strike for Black Lives'

7/13/2020 - More Than 100 Family Members of Victims of Police Violence Gathered for the National Mother’s March in St. Paul, Minn.

7/13/2020 - Pennsylvania Police Officers Under Investigation After Videos Shows Them Placing Knee on Man's Neck

7/13/2020 - Surgeon General Jerome Adams Explains Government's Reversal on Wearing Face Masks by Comparing Them to...Cocaine

7/13/2020 - Did He Try Craigslist? Trump Reportedly Wanted to Sell Puerto Rico

7/13/2020 - Knife Fight: Vivica A. Fox Wants Quentin Tarantino to Cast Zendaya as Her Daughter in Possible Kill Bill 3

7/13/2020 - Is Chance the Rapper Secretly Just A Human-Sized Sheet Cake? (Probably!)

7/13/2020 - #FreeWoj Is Trending Because ESPN Won't Let NBA Twitter Have Nice Things

7/13/2020 - White Radio Host Becomes Next Karen to Lose Her Job After Harassing Spanish-Speaking New Hampshire Workers

7/13/2020 - U.S. Navy Celebrates Its First Black Female Tactical Fighter Pilot

7/13/2020 - Naya Rivera's Body Reportedly Found at California Lake [Updated]

7/13/2020 - Florida Cop Fired and Charged With Assault After Pointing Gun to Handcuffed Black Man’s Head for Not Giving His Name

7/13/2020 - Trump’s Fight Against Common Sense Has Made Dr. Anthony Fauci Collateral Damage

7/13/2020 - Fallen but Not Forgotten: Unpacking the Erasure of Black Women in Conversations About Police Violence

7/13/2020 - Because Black Girls Shred, Too: Proper Gnar, the First Black Female-Owned Skateboard Company, Is Riding High After Props From Beyoncé

7/13/2020 - Exclusive: Tracy Clayton Is the New Host of Podcast Going Through It; Guests Include Tamron Hall, Ilhan Omar, Mara Brock Akil and More

7/13/2020 - Tulsa Begins Excavation Process Into Possible Mass Gravesite of Victims of the 1921 Race Riots

7/13/2020 - After Trina McGee Reveals Racist Treatment From Boy Meets World Costars, Danielle Fishel Admits She Was 'Rude' on Girl Meets World Set

7/13/2020 - Racist NFL Franchise Washington Redskins Dead at 87

7/13/2020 - Zindzi Mandela, Daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Dies at 59

7/13/2020 - Pregnant YouTuber Nicole Thea Dies Suddenly at the Age of 24

7/13/2020 - Trump Finally Wears Mask in Public, Still Wears It Like an Asshole

7/12/2020 - Tucker Carlson's Top Writer Resigns After Being Revealed as a Racist (On the Internet)

7/12/2020 - Costco Bans Employees From Wearing Masks That Say Black Lives Matter, Because It Is 'Political'

7/12/2020 - Former NFL Player Kyle Queiro Apologizes for Publicly Questioning Whether Jill Scott Is Attractive

7/11/2020 - 150 Minneapolis Cops File Disability Claims for PTSD, Which They Attribute to George Floyd Protests

7/11/2020 - Lawyer for Michigan Couple Who Pulled Gun on Black Family Says They Were Victims of 'Ethnic Intimidation'

7/11/2020 - Trump Continues Crooked Behavior by Saving Roger Stone From Federal Prison

7/10/2020 - Black Artists Use Murals as a Grassroots Mask-Wearing Campaign

7/10/2020 - Ford Workers Ask Company to Stop Selling Cars to Police, Ford Replies, 'LOL, Nah.'

7/10/2020 - Trump: You Know Who This COVID-19 Mess and Racial Unrest Is Really Hurting? Me!

7/10/2020 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Bars

7/10/2020 - 'We Were Over': Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith Discuss Previous Separation and Jada's Relationship with August Alsina

7/10/2020 - Who Run the World? Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama and More to Appear at the Virtual Girl Up Leadership Summit

7/10/2020 - Auntie Unfiltered: Not All White People

7/10/2020 - YG Says He Won’t Work With Nicki Minaj After Her Tekashi 6ix9ine Collab: ‘My Feelings Was Hurt’

7/10/2020 - What Would Be an Appropriate Consequence (Or Punishment) for Someone Like Amy Cooper?

7/10/2020 - Trump Is Totally Going to Pardon Mr. Whitefolks, Roger Stone

7/10/2020 - Gina Prince-Bythewood Speaks on the 'Black Female Gaze' Contributing to KiKi Layne's 'Integral' Part in The Old Guard

7/10/2020 - US Army Probing How Completely Accurate Description of ‘MAGA’ as ‘Covert White Supremacy’ Was Included in Racial Inclusivity Workshop

7/10/2020 - Trump Calls Conservative OnlyFans and Proceeds to Lie About Acing a Cognitive Test

7/10/2020 - Robert Fuller's Hanging Death Ruled a Suicide by LA County Medical Examiner

7/10/2020 - By Sheer Miracle (or Twitter), I Came Across Smokey Robinson Singing About 'Gang Banging'

7/10/2020 - The Root Jams Weekly (7/10/2020): 'My Headphones'

7/10/2020 - Company Linked to Jay-Z's TIDAL Reportedly Received PPP Loan Before TIDAL Laid Off 15 Furloughed Employees

7/10/2020 - No Peace Without Economic Justice

7/9/2020 - Bodycam Footage of Phoenix Man's Death Reveals Disturbing Similiarites to George Floyd

7/9/2020 - From 'Fifty' to 'Milly': Virgil Abloh Announces $1 Million Scholarship Fund for Black Creatives

7/9/2020 - Marsai Martin Partners With Urban School Food Alliance and Student Voice to Support Free School Meals for All K-12 Students

7/9/2020 - Black People Are Still Disproportionately Arrested for Marijuana Possession in California Despite Legalization

7/9/2020 - New Video and Audio Footage Connected to the Killing of Breonna Taylor Revealed for First Time

7/9/2020 - The Tale of 2 Black Chicago Police Veterans, 1 of Whom Does Not Patrol the Sunken Place

7/9/2020 - 3 Men and 2 Male Juveniles Arrested in Connection With Killing Rapper Pop Smoke

7/9/2020 - Trump’s Having a Pretty Rough Day

7/9/2020 - The Row Must Go On: Nike & Harlem's Fashion Row Make Their Designer Retreat Virtual With Support From the CFDA

7/9/2020 - Georgia U.S. Senate Candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock Explains How Trump's Presidency Challenges His Faith

7/9/2020 - Trump’s Sleazeball Former Lawyer Michael Cohen Is Going Back Home, and by Home, I Mean Prison

7/9/2020 - Classy, Bougie, Ratchet—and Anime: Megan Thee Stallion Debuts a 'Savage'-Inspired Collab With Crunchyroll

7/9/2020 - A Little Help From My (Black) Friends: A Reboot of The Wonder Years Featuring a Black Family Is Coming to ABC

7/9/2020 - Other States Are Leading America in the Number of COVID-19 Cases. Florida: Hold My Beer!

7/9/2020 - ‘Y’all, I’m Going to Die Here’: New Transcripts Reveal That George Floyd Repeatedly Warned Officers They Were Killing Him

7/9/2020 - Mariah Carey to Release her Memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, Later This Year

7/9/2020 - Garcelle Beauvais Has Been Working in Hollywood for Over 20 Years, Yet Her 'White Counterparts Get Paid 1000% More'

7/9/2020 - Surveillance Video Prompts Call for All Youth Facility Employees Involved in Cornelius Fredericks’ Death to be Charged

7/9/2020 - A World of Impunity: How Police Unions Block Meaningful Change and Exert Control

7/9/2020 - Resist Heading to the Bar and Check Out Some Weekend Events and Activities

7/9/2020 - We Just Can't Afford to Stay This Fucking Stupid

7/9/2020 - Mask On: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Did Not Come to Play With Goofy Georgia Governor Brian Kemp

7/9/2020 - Joy Reid Is Ready for Prime Time, Will Host Nightly MSNBC News Show

7/9/2020 - Zendaya, John David Washington to Star in Malcolm & Marie, Which Was Shot Entirely During Quarantine

7/9/2020 - Javicia Leslie Is the New Batwoman and the 1st Black Actor to Portray the Superhero in Live-Action TV or Film

7/8/2020 - Atlanta Dream Co-Owner Asks WNBA to Sideline Its Support of Black Lives Matter. League Replies: ‘Uh, Nah’

7/8/2020 - Illinois Cop Who Blew the Whistle on Eric Lurry's Death in Police Custody Stripped of Police Powers

7/8/2020 - Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receiver DeSean Jackson Apologizes for Sharing Anti-Semitic Quotes

7/8/2020 - Jackson City Council Votes to Remove Andrew Jackson Monument From City Hall and Put It Somewhere...Less Racist?

7/8/2020 - Mississippi to Vote on Changing Jim Crow Era Voting Law

7/8/2020 - What Is 'Morris Chestnut Fine'?

7/8/2020 - Christian Cooper Says He Will Not Participate in Prosecution of the White Woman Who Threatened to Call 911 on Him

7/8/2020 - No, There's Nothing Wrong With Tiffany Haddish—or Her Big Chop (and She Still Ready)

7/8/2020 - 21-Year Military Veteran Who Was Key Witness In Trump’s Impeachment Retiring Due to ‘Campaign of Bullying’

7/8/2020 - Idris Elba Says Luther Is 'This Close' to Becoming a Film

7/8/2020 - Trump Isn’t Just Bullying Schools Into Reopening in the Fall, He’s Now Threatening to Withhold Funding If They Don’t [Updated]

7/8/2020 - San Francisco Official Introduces ‘Caren Act’ Aimed at Holding Racists Accountable for False 911 Calls

7/8/2020 - Civil Rights Orgs Blast Mark Zuckerberg as Audit Finds Facebook’s Weak Hate Speech Policies Are ‘Serious Setbacks for Civil Rights’

7/8/2020 - Trump’s Consumer Watchdog Just Approved Predatory Lending, Again

7/8/2020 - Tyler Perry Is Paying for Funeral of 8-Year-Old Secoriea Turner, Asks 'When Does This End?'

7/8/2020 - Acclaimed Chef Kwame Onwuachi Is Leaving Kith/Kin, the Restaurant He Made Famous

7/8/2020 - Exclusive: Oprah Winfrey, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Lionsgate and The New York Times to Adapt The 1619 Project Into Film, TV Programming and More

7/8/2020 - White Couple Who Defaced Black Lives Matter Mural in California Charged With Hate Crime

7/8/2020 - I Read Kanye West's Interview About His 'Presidency' So You Don't Have To

7/8/2020 - Goodbye Fertility: How I Pretty Much Ran Out the Clock on My Ovaries

7/8/2020 - Because of COVID-19, I Haven't Hugged My Daughter in Months

7/7/2020 - Virginia Schools Are Changing Their Confederate Names Because Honoring Slavery Is No Way to Teach History

7/7/2020 - Seattle Detective Placed on Leave for Posting 'All Lives Splatter' After Activists Hit by Car

7/7/2020 - Employees at a Georgia Jimmy John's Fired After Making a Noose Out of Dough

7/7/2020 - Interracial Family in Raleigh Says They Received Racist Letter From Neighbors [Updated]

7/7/2020 - White People Have Weaponized ‘I Feel Threatened’ the Same Way They Have Weaponized the Police

7/7/2020 - Trump’s Niece Confirms It: The President Is a Neglected Child Who Has Always Been a Liar

7/7/2020 - Hair Love to Young Love: HBO Max Orders TV Series Based on Matthew A. Cherry's Oscar-Winning Animated Short

7/7/2020 - While Black Shoppers Participate in #BlackoutDay2020, Sephora Shows Us the Receipts on Its Retail Bias Study

7/7/2020 - A List of Things Longer Than the Confederacy Was

7/7/2020 - Thandie Newton Says the Film Business Doesn't Care 'If You're a Young Black Girl and You Get Raped'

7/7/2020 - The Cakewalk: Cops, My Mental Condition and the Tradition of Police Brutality

7/7/2020 - A Black Man Says He Was Nearly Lynched by 5 White Men in Indiana, No Arrests Have Been Made

7/7/2020 - WNBA Players Will Wear Names of Women Killed at the Hands of Police. NBA Players Will Wear...'Listen'?

7/7/2020 - Tucker Carlson Claims Combat Veteran Tammy Duckworth Doesn’t Love America and She Claps Back: ‘Walk a Mile in My Legs’

7/7/2020 - Don Lemon Hops In a DeLorean to Interview His Former Self

7/7/2020 - Creator of Dear White People Says Show's Growing Popularity Feels Like a 'Weird Consolation Prize'

7/7/2020 - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces She and Her Husband Tested Positive for COVID-19

7/7/2020 - Dave Chappelle Held a Socially Distanced Block Party, and I Guess Our Invite Was Lost in the Mail

7/7/2020 - Patrick Mahomes Can Afford Everything But Justice for Breonna Taylor After Signing Largest Contract in Sports History

7/7/2020 - Potential Verzuz: T.I. Summons 50 Cent to a Musical Melee, Skirmish Between the South and New York Ensues

7/7/2020 - Halle Berry Apologizes for Considering Playing Transgender Man for Film Role

7/6/2020 - Armed Black Militia Marches Through Stone Mountain Park Calling for Removal of Nation’s Largest Confederate Monument

7/6/2020 - Cop Accused of Flashing White Power Sign at Oregon Protest Cleared After Being Investigated by Other Cops

7/6/2020 - An Exclusive Interview With Ann Marie Lastrassi Who Would Love to Be Beyoncé, But Is Not Actually Beyoncé

7/6/2020 - Multiple White Men Arrested After Yelling Racial Slurs and Doing Nazi Salute Towards Black Family

7/6/2020 - On July 4, Multiple Phoenix Police Officers Shot Into a Parked Car, Killing a Man. Protesters Want Answers

7/6/2020 - 'This Process Is Painful': Speaking With Black Leaders, Meghan and Harry Reference the 'Uncomfortable' History of the British Commonwealth

7/6/2020 - Amy Cooper Will Face Charges for Calling the Cops on Christian Cooper

7/6/2020 - In Illinois, 7 out of 10 COVID-19 Cases During Pregnancy Affected Black and Latinx Women

7/6/2020 - Colin Kaepernick Scores Overall First-Look Deal With the Walt Disney Company

7/6/2020 - Frederick Douglass Statue Torn Down on the Anniversary of His ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July’ Speech

7/6/2020 - Ebony Magazine Removes CEO Willard Jackson Amid Investigation Into ‘a Number of Transactions’

7/6/2020 - Dear Stan Smith(s), I Owe You an Apology

7/6/2020 - Did We Stutter? A Spinoff of The Office Centered Around Stanley is Gaining Attention

7/6/2020 - #BlackoutDay2020: Why There's Never Been a Better Time to Buy Black—and Why Black Creators Matter, Too

7/6/2020 - California Police Looking for White Man and Woman Who Defaced Black Lives Matter Mural

7/6/2020 - Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy Named New Publisher of Simon & Schuster

7/6/2020 - Pharrell to Executive Produce Netflix Docuseries Centered Around Gospel Music

7/6/2020 - John Boyega and Jodie Turner-Smith to Star in 'Vengeance-Fueled Chase Movie,' Borderland

7/6/2020 - Five-Star Recruit Makur Maker Commits to Howard, 'Makes the HBCU Movement Real'

7/6/2020 - Breonna Taylor’s Family Says LMPD Search Warrant Was Tied to Louisville Gentrification Project in Updated Lawsuit

7/6/2020 - Small Minnesota Town Becomes Home of Life-Sized Prince Statue

7/6/2020 - When Boredom Hits an Old Racist: Trump Hate Tweets About Bubba Wallace and NASCAR’s Ban on Confederate Flag

7/5/2020 - 6-Year-Old Kicked Out of Arkansas Daycare for Wearing Black Lives Matter Shirt

7/5/2020 - Mississippi Election Commissioner Complains That 'Blacks' Are Registering to Vote

7/5/2020 - Kanye West Says He's Running For President This Year

7/4/2020 - Aurora Police Officers Fired For Selfies Mocking Elijah McClain's Death

7/4/2020 - Trump Predictably Fuels Racial Tensions at Mount Rushmore Rally, Says 'Growing Danger' Threatens Statues and America

7/4/2020 - Descendants of Frederick Douglass Mark July 4th by Reciting His Famous Speech That Is as True as Ever

7/4/2020 - Sorry, White America, But All Holidays Matter

7/4/2020 - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

7/3/2020 - A 3 Sentence Rumination on the Washington Football Team Doing a 'Thorough' Review of the Racist Name the Owner Loves So Much (That's on the Way Out)

7/3/2020 - Auntie Unfiltered: Working With All Black Coworkers

7/3/2020 - Herman Cain Hospitalized With COVID-19 After Posting Up at Trump Rally Without a Mask

7/3/2020 - The NFL Will Play 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' Before All Week 1 Games. This Is A Very Bad Idea

7/3/2020 - 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' Is Coming to A Week 1 NFL Game Near You

7/3/2020 - Michigan Woman Who Pulled Gun on Black Family Charged With Felonious Assault, Husband Fired From Job

7/3/2020 - The Root Jams Weekly (7/3/2020): 'Road Trippin''

7/3/2020 - 4 Days Into Their Effort to #TakeBackEssence, the Collective Known as #BlackFemaleAnonymous Declares Success [Updated]

7/2/2020 - Court Documents Claim That a Pregnant Meghan Markle Felt 'Unprotected' and 'Silenced' by the Royal Family

7/2/2020 - Appeals Court Finds That Judge Wrongfully Overturned Verdict That Awarded $38 Million to Family of Korryn Gaines

7/2/2020 - White Woman Evicted for Yelling Racial Slurs at Black Soldier

7/2/2020 - Catholic Priest in Indiana Suspended After Calling Black Lives Matter 'Maggots and Parasites'

7/2/2020 - WNBA Star Maya Moore Earns MVP Off the Court by Helping Wrongly Convicted Black Man Regain His Freedom

7/2/2020 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Black Supremacy

7/2/2020 - Black and Asian Americans Report More Discrimination Because of COVID-19 Than Other Groups, Study Finds

7/2/2020 - Trailer Roundup: The No Limit Chronicles of a Fatal Affair

7/2/2020 - Richmond Black Man Granted Conditional Pardon After Over 20 Years in Prison for a Murder He Says He Didn’t Commit

7/2/2020 - Kobe Bryant Announced As NBA 2K21 Cover Athlete

7/2/2020 - America Is a Confederate Monument

7/2/2020 - Did You Know Irregardless Is Officially a Word? Also, It ALWAYS HAS BEEN A REAL WORD. Fight Me, Bro

7/2/2020 - A Complicated Strong Black Lead and More Is Coming to Netflix in July 2020—Can Ya Dig It?

7/2/2020 - Video Shows White Woman Pulling a Gun on a Black Woman and Child After an Argument in a Detroit Parking Lot

7/2/2020 - Trump Big Mad at Black Lives Matter, Calls NYC Fifth Avenue Mural a ‘Symbol of Hate’

7/2/2020 - Yeah, It's Time to Bury the Cutesy 'Karen' Nickname for Dangerous White Women

7/2/2020 - 'All of These Guys Are Complicit in the Brutal Practice of Slavery': The Cast and Crew of Hamilton Have a Reckoning

7/2/2020 - Soledad O’Brien Explores Race, Class and Injustice In New True Crime Podcast Murder on the Towpath

7/2/2020 - EMILY's List Names Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes Its 2020 Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award Winner

7/2/2020 - Black Exotic Dancers, Spurred by BLM Movement, Push Clubs to End Racist Workplace Practices With ‘Stripper Strike’

7/2/2020 - Jeff Sessions Is Just Being a White Man

7/2/2020 - Miami Officer ‘Relieved of Duty’ and Under Investigation After Video Catches Him Hitting Black Woman in Airport

7/2/2020 - 'It’s All Divine Play to Me': Angelica Ross Bodies Her Latest Magazine Feature—Literally

7/2/2020 - The Vote First-Look Clip: PBS Documentary on Black Women Being 'Moved to the Sidelines' of Suffrage Movement

7/1/2020 - Vehicle Transporting the Governor of Iowa Struck a Black Lives Matter Protester

7/1/2020 - Trial for George Floyd's Killers Set for March 2021, but Judge Warns It Could Be Moved From Minneapolis

7/1/2020 - Ray Fisher Claims Joss Whedon Was 'Gross, Abusive, and Unprofessional' to the Justice League Cast and Crew

7/1/2020 - 8 Louisiana Cops Indicted for Allegedly Beating 2 Men Over a Seatbelt Violation

7/1/2020 - Florida Man Charged After Pulling Gun and Yelling Racial Slurs at Black Man Checking His Mail

7/1/2020 - 3 Federal Agencies Confirm an Ongoing Investigation Into Elijah McClain’s Death for Potential Civil Rights Violations

7/1/2020 - Black Women Breaking the Silence: A Candid Conversation With the Women of HBO Max's On The Record

7/1/2020 - Free Coronavirus Cooties With 1-Night Stay: Trump Hotel Busted For Not Cleaning Rooms

7/1/2020 - Defund the Police, Explained...for the Last Time

7/1/2020 - Fla. Governor Continues to be a Goddamn Idiot, Has No Plans to Do Anything as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Rise

7/1/2020 - Rambo Who Pointed Guns at Protestors in St. Louis Now Claims His Life Is Ruined, Hires 'Self-Proclaimed Expert' Lawyer

7/1/2020 - ‘Oh My God, You Broke My Wrist’: Georgia Police Sued Over Violent Takedown of the Wrong Man

7/1/2020 - Trump Is Willing to Defund Real Soldiers to Protect Statues of Racist Generals

7/1/2020 - 'My Ancestors Were Also Slaves': White Woman Brutally Assaulted by Black Lives Matter Mask

7/1/2020 - The White House Confirms That the President Can Read and Also Make Poopies By Himself

7/1/2020 - Chicago Police Announce Plans to Make Mass Street Arrests, Ask Courts to Hold People in Jail Over July 4th Weekend

7/1/2020 - New Jersey Karen Harasses and Calls Police on Black Neighbors for Building a Patio on Their Own Property

7/1/2020 - The 4th of Who? On July 3, We Celebrate National CROWN Day

7/1/2020 - August Alsina Speaks His Truth About Alleged Relationship With Jada Pinkett Smith, Says Will Smith Gave His Blessing [Updated]

7/1/2020 - Joe Biden Says Statues of Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington Should Be Protected

7/1/2020 - Zendaya, John David Washington, Niecy Nash, Matthew A. Cherry Among 819 New Members Invited to The Academy

7/1/2020 - Mike Espy: With the Confederate Emblem Gone, I Look Forward to Seeing a New Flag Fly Over Mississippi

7/1/2020 - Amid a Firestorm, Essence Appoints an Interim CEO, Promising an Independent Review and 'Transparency' [Updated]