4/30/2021 - NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Wants Justice Department to Suspend Police Grants Amid Investigation Into Policing Practices

4/30/2021 - For the D: How to Get More of the 'Sunshine Vitamin' Into Your System

4/30/2021 - Florida Court to Determine Whether Teacher Can Hang ‘Black Lives Matter’ Flag in Class

4/30/2021 - It Was a Black-Ass Week of Overall Deals, Docs, Reboots and Franchises—You Know What That Is? Growth

4/30/2021 - Time to Hit the Lab in This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices

4/30/2021 - Couple Appears in Court After Attacking Black Hotel Clerk and Allegedly Using Racial Slurs in Connecticut; Victim's Attorney Says They Have 'No Remorse'

4/30/2021 - What Were Some of My Favorite Moments From the 2021 NFL Draft? I'm Glad You Asked

4/30/2021 - The Funk Boutique: We're Rooting for Everybody Black

4/30/2021 - Janet Mock Goes Off-Script, Airing Out Ryan Murphy, the Pose Writers' Room and Unequal Pay at Final Season Premiere Party

4/30/2021 - 3 Suspects Charged in Home Invasion of Black Family in Michigan; Family Says Racial Slurs Were Shouted

4/30/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: We Have Questions

4/30/2021 - Until Justice Is Real: What’s Next After Chauvin Was Found Guilty of Murdering George Floyd

4/30/2021 - Auntie Unfiltered Discusses Securing the Bag With Kandi Burruss

4/30/2021 - Tucker Carlson Calls Joy Reid 'The Race Lady.' Hopefully Reid Challenges Him to a Cage Fight

4/30/2021 - Philly Museum Apologizes for Keeping Bones of a Black Child Killed in MOVE Bombing Raid for More Than 30 Years

4/30/2021 - 'Shame Stifles You': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Rejects Shame With Tarana Burke and Tanya Fields

4/30/2021 - British Actor Noel Clarke Accused of Sexual Misconduct; Michaela Coel Supports 20 'Brave Women' Who Came Forward

4/30/2021 - Racist 'Promposal' Sparks Outrage at Minnesota High School

4/30/2021 - I'll Be Around

4/30/2021 - Families of Black Men Killed by Cops Push for Serious Reform

4/30/2021 - Billboard Music Awards 2021: The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion, Drake, Saweetie Among Nominees

4/30/2021 - She's One of a Kind: Get Creative With Your Gifting This Mother's Day

4/30/2021 - In a Confession Letter, Matt Gaetz’s Friend Claims the Embattled Congressman Paid for Sex With Minor: Report

4/30/2021 - Lupita Nyong’o Confirms Ryan Coogler 'Reshaped' Black Panther 2 to Be 'Respectful' of Chadwick Boseman

4/29/2021 - White Farmers Sue Federal Government Because Black People Truly Can’t Have Anything

4/29/2021 - Investigation Into Anjanette Young Raid Finds More Than 100 Complaints Against Chicago Cops and 'Significant Deficiencies' in Search Procedure

4/29/2021 - Teyana Taylor Airs Out Grievances With Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music Label: 'I Felt Underappreciated'

4/29/2021 - T-Pain Handles Racist Call of Duty Players in the Best Way Possible: Absolutely Destroying Them

4/29/2021 - College Debate Tournament Canceled After Morehouse and Other Colleges Withdrew, Citing Racism of Other Schools

4/29/2021 - The Sacramento Kings Just Made History for All the Wrong Reasons

4/29/2021 - Get Lifted: What Are the Real Benefits of a Meditation Practice?

4/29/2021 - Pose: The Final Season: How the Series Set an Industry Standard for LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces

4/29/2021 - Was Drake’s Views Really Fire or Did It Leave a Lot to Be Desired? Let’s Argue

4/29/2021 - Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat Pulls the Plug on NFT Auction That Would Have Allowed the Winner to Destroy Original Drawing

4/29/2021 - ‘Uncle Tim’ Hashtag Blocked on Twitter After Sen. Token Tim Scott Gave His Rebuttal to Biden’s Address to Congress

4/29/2021 - Was Tim Scott Right When He Said 'America Is Not a Racist Country'? An Investigation

4/29/2021 - The Death of Marvin David Scott III Has Been Ruled a Homicide

4/29/2021 - Ex-Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Bragged About Beating Black Suspect and Arresting Black People to Keep Them From Voting, FBI Says

4/29/2021 - Florida Republicans Are One Step Closer to Making It Harder for Non-White People to Vote

4/29/2021 - It's Draft Day! Let's Talk About It

4/29/2021 - No Matter What Happened in the Derek Chauvin Trial, the Former Cop Was Leaving in Handcuffs: Report

4/29/2021 - TCM Exclusive Clip: Reflecting on the L.A. Rebellion Black Film Movement—an Alternative to Classic White Cinema

4/29/2021 - Over 400 Former Jeopardy! Participants Demand Apology Over Contestant’s Alleged ‘White Power’ Gesture

4/29/2021 - 'It Stops With This Generation': Monifa Bandele on the Cultural Mandate That Is We, As Ourselves

4/29/2021 - 3 Suspects in Ahmaud Arbery Case Charged With Hate Crimes

4/29/2021 - The Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Oprah Interview Cinematic Universe Continues...With a Documentary

4/28/2021 - Louisiana Lawmaker Wants to Ban ‘Divisive Concepts’ Like Critical Race Theory, Also Wants to Teach About the ‘Good’ in Slavery

4/28/2021 - South Carolina Volunteer Fire Chief Under Fire for Racist Post Encouraging Cops to Let Black People Kill Each Other

4/28/2021 - Multiple Homes With Black Lives Matter Signs Have Had Their Tires Slashed in Sacramento Neighborhood

4/28/2021 - Rory and Mal Cancel Divorce Proceedings, Make Their Triumphant Return to The Joe Budden Podcast

4/28/2021 - Black Students at Private School in Connecticut Use Instagram to Call Out Racist Behavior of Faculty and Teachers

4/28/2021 - Issa Rae’s Raedio and The Read Team Up for Upcoming Original Comedy Album

4/28/2021 - Judge Denies Request to Release Footage of Cops Killing Andrew Brown Jr. Because It Wouldn't Be Fair to Cops Who Killed Andrew Brown Jr. (No, Seriously)

4/28/2021 - 'Ma'Khia Is Worth Grieving': Pastor Overseeing Ma'Khia Bryant's Funeral Speaks Out

4/28/2021 - Floyd Mayweather, Logan Paul Match Set for June 6

4/28/2021 - Wanna Bumble With the Bee, Huh? Well, Here's Your Chance—Lil' Kim's Memoir Is Coming in November

4/28/2021 - OMG! I Love This Song: Rudy Giuliani's Apartment Searched in Federal Investigation

4/28/2021 - More for Her: Celebrate the Beauty of Motherhood With the Gift of Black-Owned Beauty

4/28/2021 - 'You Feel Undervalued? Well, so Do I': Wendy Williams and Joseline Hernandez Get Spicy on The Wendy Williams Show

4/28/2021 - Idaho Wants to Pass Bill Making It Illegal for Schools to Teach About America’s Racist Past or Present

4/28/2021 - A Black LAPD Officer Called Out LeBron James for Demanding Police Accountability. Here's How James Should Respond to It

4/28/2021 - 15 Things the Pandemic Taught Me About Being an Introvert

4/28/2021 - Jay-Z Talks Doing Life With Little Ones Under Lockdown, Legacy and More in Rare Interview

4/28/2021 - ‘Yeah and I’m a Racist’: Ohio Man Evicted and Charged With Hate Crime After Threatening to Kill Black Woman

4/28/2021 - New Edition Verzuz Jodeci? Michael Harriot Joins The Pass The Peas Podcast to Debate What Could Be a Legendary Battle

4/28/2021 - Biden to Unveil Sweeping Childcare Plan to Congress, and Republicans Plan to Send Lone Black Senator as Tribute

4/28/2021 - Everyone's Favorite Movie and TV Commentator Leslie Jones Is Hosting the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards

4/28/2021 - 'This Movement Is a Place for You': Fatima Goss Graves on Creating Space for Black Survivors With We, As Ourselves

4/28/2021 - Red Table Talk Exclusive Clip: Jada, Willow and Gammy Go Beyond Entanglements to Discuss Polyamory

4/27/2021 - IHOP Becky Harasses Black Soldiers After Initially Paying for Their Food And Then Taking Most of Her Money Back

4/27/2021 - Former NFL Linebacker Geno Hayes Loses Battle With Liver Disease at 33

4/27/2021 - CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Don’t Have to Wear Masks During Outside Gatherings

4/27/2021 - Department of Homeland Security to Launch Internal Review of Domestic Extremism

4/27/2021 - Judge Grants Michael Jackson Estate's Request to Dismiss 2013 Wade Robson Lawsuit

4/27/2021 - Autopsy and Newly Released Video Shows Andrew Brown Died From 'Kill Shot' During Police Ambush

4/27/2021 - Steve Harvey Was Asked if Men and Women Can Ever Be Platonic Friends. Survey Said ‘Aw Hell Naw’

4/27/2021 - Tucker Carlson: Call Child Protective Services If You See a Child Wearing a Mask Outdoors

4/27/2021 - Now This Is Rich: Former Trump Adviser Stephen Miller Uses MLK to Claim Racism Against Whites

4/27/2021 - Tyler Perry Is Right. We Shouldn't Hate the Police

4/27/2021 - New York State Senate Officially Declares December 18 ‘DMX Day’

4/27/2021 - Bar Owner Refuses to Show NBA Games After LeBron James Calls for Police Accountability. Guess Who Had the Perfect Clapback?

4/27/2021 - 'We Can't Wait': Tarana Burke on Why the We, As Ourselves Campaign Is a Crucial Centering of Black Survivors

4/27/2021 - Fox News Lady Focuses on Bakari Sellers ‘Accent’ and Not the Police Killing He’s Talking About

4/27/2021 - Texas Court Set to Hear the Appeal of Amber Guyger, the Cop Who Killed Botham Jean in His Own Home

4/27/2021 - Chadwick Boseman's Brother Derrick Doesn't Consider Oscar Loss to Be a Snub, Says Family Isn't Upset

4/27/2021 - Daniel Kaluuya's Reaction to Reporter's Misguided Question on Oscars Night Is an Eternal Mood

4/27/2021 - William Walker, 1st Black House Sergeant-at-Arms, Sworn In

4/27/2021 - Kansas City NWSL Kicks Off Home Opener by Demanding Justice for Daunte Wright

4/27/2021 - The Smell Test: How to Make the Transition to Natural Deodorant Without Making a Stink

4/27/2021 - Like Gold: Naomi Osaka's Upcoming Skincare Line Will Boast Sun Protection for People of Color

4/27/2021 - Framing Britney Spears Producers Reportedly Working on Documentary About Janet Jackson Super Bowl Moment

4/27/2021 - NY Man Finds Noose Hanging From His Workspace

4/26/2021 - I Think It May Be Time for Tyrese to Throw in the Tile

4/26/2021 - Mic Drop: Just a Couple of Juxtaposed Jingles

4/26/2021 - 'Let's Be Clear; This Was an Execution': Family Incensed After Viewing 20-Second Snippet of N.C. Police Killing Andrew Brown Jr.

4/26/2021 - Biden to Expand Free Lunch Program to Provide Meals for 34 Million Students Throughout the Summer

4/26/2021 - Attorney General Merrick Garland Announces Probe Into the Practices of the Louisville Metro Police Department

4/26/2021 - White Woman Loses Job for Telling Black Woman She’s ‘Not the Right Color’

4/26/2021 - ‘Our Shared Intention Was the Truth:’ Oprah Finally Speaks Out On Revealing Interview With Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

4/26/2021 - George Benson Revisits Breezin' in Celebration of Its 45th Anniversary on Here to There Radio With DJ Spinna

4/26/2021 - Rick Santorum Said 'There Isn't Much Native American Culture in American Culture.' Twitter Drags Him While Offering a History Lesson

4/26/2021 - Levar Burton Is a Living Legend and It’s About Time We Give Him His Things

4/26/2021 - Grambling University's Brown Girls Do Conference Addresses the Absence of Gymnastics Programs at HBCUs

4/26/2021 - Black Diner Profiled, Harassed by Pennsylvania Cop Who Is Giving Us Drunk Vibes

4/26/2021 - She Deserves: How We're Celebrating the Mothers in Our Lives This Year

4/26/2021 - Yeah, I Can Watch This Clip of Daniel Kaluuya and His Famous Bruvs Celebrating His Oscar Win Forever

4/26/2021 - If Lindsey Graham Claims That Systematic Racism Doesn’t Exist, Does It Make a Sound?

4/26/2021 - Work It Out: Why Exercise Is the Best Prevention Money Can't Buy

4/26/2021 - The Finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Marks the Rise of a New Captain America

4/26/2021 - The Avengers Could Use a Little Help With Thanos, So They're Recruiting NBA Players With 'Marvel's Arena of Heroes'

4/26/2021 - 'Black Americans Built America': The Cast of Without Remorse on the Complexities of Black Patriotism

4/26/2021 - Rand Paul Claims Democrats Created Jim Crow and Are Responsible for Beating John Lewis. Rand Paul Is an Idiot

4/26/2021 - In Living Color: The Most Diverse Oscars in History Was a Red Carpet Tribute to Technicolor

4/26/2021 - Oscars 2021: Andra Day Never Lied [Updated]

4/25/2021 - 'We Only Have One Colored in Our Town': Court Rules Michigan Bar Can Be Sued by Beaten Black Man After No One Called Police

4/25/2021 - Oklahoma Senator Makes Sex Joke About VP Kamala Harris Then Defends It, Saying 'People Seem Not to Be Able to Take a Joke'

4/25/2021 - 68-Year-Old Black Woman Sues NC Police After They Pulled her by her Hair and Allegedly Dislocated her Shoulder During Traffic Stop

4/24/2021 - We Need to Talk About the 'Conservative Republican' Who Wrote a Whole Essay About How He Misses White Privilege Disney World

4/24/2021 - Tennessee Police Officers Won't be Charged in Shooting Death of Black Teen After Release of Body-Cam Footage

4/24/2021 - DOJ Considers Charging Derek Chauvin in 2017 Incident Where he Allegedly Beat Black 14-Year-Old and Knelt on Him for 17 Minutes

4/23/2021 - It Has Been a Week, So Please Enjoy This Palate-Cleansing Homage to Black Excellence From Zendaya and Law Roach

4/23/2021 - Ma'Khia Bryant's Death Highlights Racial Disparities In Policing Shootings

4/23/2021 - George Floyd Mural in Houston Defaced With Racial Slurs Shortly After Chauvin Verdict

4/23/2021 - White Army Drill Sergeant Arrested in South Carolina for Refusing to Leave Store During 'Black Lives Don't Matter' Rant

4/23/2021 - Swipe Left: Bumble Match Results in Capitol Rioter Being Turned in to the Feds and Facing Charges

4/23/2021 - Wiz Khalifa Becomes Co-Owner of Professional Fighters League: 'Hard Work and Sacrifice Pays Off'

4/23/2021 - South Dakota High School Cancels 40-Year Tradition of Annual Event That Includes...Wait for It...a 'Slave/Branding Auction'

4/23/2021 - She Just Did It: Simone Biles Makes the Leap From Nike to Athleta

4/23/2021 - Can You Copyright Dance Moves? 'Single Ladies', 'Formation' and 'WAP' Choreographer JaQuel Knight Made History Doing Just That

4/23/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Maybe America Isn't Racist

4/23/2021 - Alabama Signs Bill Into Law Allowing Student-Athletes To Be Paid for Their Names, Likeness, and Image

4/23/2021 - Auntie Unfiltered Chats With Iyanla Vanzant

4/23/2021 - Video Of Ex-Army Ranger Training Cops How To Kill Resurfaces

4/23/2021 - The Racist Former President Just Called LeBron James a Racist

4/23/2021 - 'You Can’t Be Pro-Black and Anti-LGBTQIA+': The Root Presents It's Lit! Talks The Prophets With Robert Jones Jr.

4/23/2021 - Cast of I May Destroy You Breaks New Ground as Best Ensemble at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards

4/23/2021 - This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices is a Flawless Victory

4/23/2021 - The Glow Up 50: In Praise of the Glam Squad

4/23/2021 - Unarmed Black Man Shot 10 Times by Sheriff's Deputy Who Gave Him a Ride Home

4/23/2021 - Bubba Wallace Welcomes Fans Into His Garage With New Netflix Docuseries

4/23/2021 - A Healthier Him: What Men Need to Know About Preventive Care

4/23/2021 - D.C. Firefighter's Conviction Overturned After Arresting Cop Is Accused of Lying

4/23/2021 - Digital Underground's Shock G, AKA 'Humpty Hump', Dead at 57

4/22/2021 - White Texas Teacher Suspended After Sending Photo of Her Foot on Black Boy’s Neck to the Boy’s Mother

4/22/2021 - Baby, This Is Keke Palmer: Hustlers Star Is R29 Unbothered’s First-Ever Creative Advisor and Digital Cover Star

4/22/2021 - It's Mother Earth's Day, Treat Yourself to Some Clean, Green, Black-Owned Beauty

4/22/2021 - Maurice Jones-Drew, NFL Player's Association Partner With Goalsetter to Surprise Over 250 Students With Savings Accounts

4/22/2021 - Why Do Blacks Have a 'Victim Mentality?' and Other Questions From an Ohio School's White History Assignment

4/22/2021 - Massachusetts Police Department Further Proves Cops are Trash With Facebook Post Criticizing George Floyd After Verdict

4/22/2021 - Of Course, Research Shows That Black Women Wait Longer in Line to Vote Than Anyone Else

4/22/2021 - Tennessee Woman Expresses Regret for Calling Police on Black Teen Who Was Dating Her Daughter After He Was Fatally Shot

4/22/2021 - U.S. Capitol Police Allegedly Told to Only Look Out for Anti-Trump Protesters Ahead of Capitol Riot

4/22/2021 - Building a Stronger Start: Why Boosting Your Immunity Might Be Your Body's Best Defense

4/22/2021 - North Carolina Official Ousted for Being a Mediocre White Man Who Refused to Address a Black Woman as ‘Dr.’

4/22/2021 - Wake Me Up When Ted Cruz and 'We Don't Use Washcloths' Twitter Are Done Trying to Cancel LeBron James

4/22/2021 - North Carolina Deputy Fatally Shoots Black Man While Serving Warrant

4/22/2021 - The Glow Up 50: For the Love of Dap

4/22/2021 - Honoring a Forever Ruff Ryder: Here's How to Watch DMX's Public Memorial Service

4/22/2021 - Angela Bassett, Jamie Foxx, Halle Berry, and Kevin Hart Discuss Black Achievement in Film for New Documentary From Apple

4/22/2021 - The House Is Expected To Vote On D.C. Statehood Today. Then The Fight Begins In The Senate

4/22/2021 - Louisiana Bus Driver Loses Job Over Racist George Floyd Comment to Black Student Struggling to Breathe Through His Mask

4/22/2021 - Florida Couple Planned Whole-Ass Wedding at Mansion They Didn’t Own and Had No Permission to Use

4/22/2021 - How You Can Honor George Floyd's Life With Real Police Reform, Explained

4/22/2021 - IOC Bans Athletes from Kneeling, Protesting During Tokyo Olympics. Good Luck With That

4/22/2021 - Officer Who Killed Ma'Khia Bryant Identified as Nicholas Reardon

4/22/2021 - National Museum of African American Music to Honor Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson and Fisk Jubilee Singers

4/22/2021 - The Gift Guide To Help Mom Shape A Healthy, Full Life

4/21/2021 - Womp-Womp: Virginia Cop Fired for Donating to Kyle Rittenhouse’s Defense Fund

4/21/2021 - 'Take a Look'...at the Upcoming Guest Hosts of Jeopardy!—LeVar Burton and Robin Roberts!

4/21/2021 - The Day Before Derek Chauvin's Conviction Was Announced, a Judge Denied Walter Scott's Killer's Request to Be Set Free

4/21/2021 - 'I Hope There Will Be Change': Students Across Minnesota Staged Walkout to Protest Police Violence and Racial Injustice

4/21/2021 - Harpo, Who Deez Gorgeous Cover Women?

4/21/2021 - Massachusetts Man Faces Hate Crime Charges for Yelling Racial Slurs and Trying to Run Over a Group of Black Kids

4/21/2021 - Alicia Garza Discusses Leaving Black Lives Matter, the Complications of Balancing Activism and Branding on Jemele Hill Is Unbothered

4/21/2021 - Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin Celebrated 4/20 by Sending 15,000 Marijuana Convictions Up in Smoke

4/21/2021 - Oakland Experiments With Directing Some 911 Calls to Community Responders

4/21/2021 - Bad Trip Star Eric Andre Racially Profiled by Police at Atlanta Airport

4/21/2021 - Jodeci Is Unbeatable In a Verzuz Battle: A Scientific Breakdown of Black Excellent Proportions

4/21/2021 - DOJ to Investigate Police Practices in Minneapolis

4/21/2021 - Entitled Mediocre White Men Join Writers’ Room for Fantasy TV Series Called Reverse Racism

4/21/2021 - Yes, Derek Chauvin Was Found Guilty in the Death of George Floyd, But What’s…Next?

4/21/2021 - Black People Don’t Need Reminders That Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Mean the Fight Is Over. It’s OK to Celebrate Small Victories

4/21/2021 - Dave Chapelle, Yasiin Bey's The Midnight Miracle Highlights the Next Chapter of Luminary's Evolution

4/21/2021 - The Glow Up 50: Celebrating Icons Ruth E. Carter and Bethann Hardison

4/21/2021 - It's Not Handled: Judy Smith—Yes, the Real-Life Olivia Pope—Quit Because Even She Can't Fix the HFPA Anymore [Updated]

4/21/2021 - H.E.R., DaBaby, Dionne Warwick All Set to Appear for Clive Davis’ 2nd 'Pre-Grammy Gala'

4/21/2021 - For Once, a Cop Did Not Get Away With Murder. Activists Want to Ensure It Is No Longer a Rarity

4/21/2021 - George Floyd Can't Breathe, But At Least the Las Vegas Raiders Can

4/21/2021 - A Roundup of Conservative White Tears After the Derek Chauvin Verdict

4/21/2021 - Neo-Nazi Leader Accused of Pointing Gun at Black People, Shouting Racial Slurs and Threatening to Kill Them

4/21/2021 - What Looks Like Justice Is Just Accountability on an Ordinary Day

4/21/2021 - The Funk Boutique: Untouchable Forces in Fashion

4/21/2021 - Police Officer Shoots and Kills 16-Year-Old Ma’Khia Bryant, Body Camera Footage Released

4/20/2021 - It's 4/20, So Here Are Some of the Best Games to Roll Something Up With

4/20/2021 - Producer Hit-Boy Reflects on the Impact of DMX, Other Influential Artists on 10 Songs That Made Me

4/20/2021 - Justice, I Guess.

4/20/2021 - Protesters in St. Louis Demand Better Jail Conditions Following 2 Uprisings by Detainees

4/20/2021 - Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch, City Girls All Tapped for Rolling Loud Miami 2021

4/20/2021 - How It Feels To Breathe a Brief Sigh of Relief After Inhaling America's Bile, According to Black Twitter

4/20/2021 - Black Religious Leaders Are Calling for Boycott of Home Depot Over Georgia's Anti-Voter Bill

4/20/2021 - Jury Finds Derek Chauvin Guilty of All 3 Charges in George Floyd's Death

4/20/2021 - Verzuz Alert! Blaze Up & Chill Out With These OG Rappers in Honor of 4/20

4/20/2021 - New York Attorney General Asked to Investigate Whether Andrew Cuomo Used State Resources for Pandemic Book

4/20/2021 - The Many Faces of Black Joy

4/20/2021 - Former President of HFPA Reportedly Called BLM a 'Racist Hate Movement'

4/20/2021 - The Glow Up 50: Reckoning With a Racial Divide

4/20/2021 - I Hope You Already Got That Pair of Kobe's That You Wanted Because If Not, You're About to Pay Stupid Prices For Them

4/20/2021 - Google is ‘Having a Party’ in Honor of Luther Vandross' 70th Birthday and We’re Here for It

4/20/2021 - When Crack Kills: Media, Misinformation and the Truth About the War on Drugs

4/20/2021 - Kendrick Carmouche Will Become the 1st Black Jockey to Ride in the Kentucky Derby Since 2013

4/20/2021 - Good News Everyone! Coronavirus Vaccines Are Available for Adults in Every Age Group Across the Country

4/20/2021 - Michigan Dad Pulls Biracial Child Out of School After Teacher, Other Student Cuts Her Hair

4/20/2021 - Former President ChooChoo Von RacistMan Appears on Republican OnlyFans and Claims He’s Looking at 2024 ‘Seriously’

4/20/2021 - What if White People Are Wrong?

4/20/2021 - DMX's Public Memorial to Be Held at Barclays Center

4/20/2021 - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Anti-Protest Bill Into Law

4/20/2021 - It Looks Like Kobe, Nike Are Headed for Divorce

4/19/2021 - ‘I Knew I Had More to Give:’ Simone Biles on Returning to the Mat and Representing Abuse Survivors at 2021 Olympic Games

4/19/2021 - Ben Carson Doesn’t Want You to Get Reparations and Other Embarrassingly Ignorant Things

4/19/2021 - 'This Wasn’t Policing, This Was Murder': Day 16 of Chauvin Trial Consists of Lengthy Closing Arguments Before the Jury Deliberates Verdict

4/19/2021 - Mic Drop: Aye, Must Be the Money

4/19/2021 - All Atlanta-Based HBCUs to Require Students Be Fully Vaccinated Before Returning to On-Campus Learning

4/19/2021 - Scottie Pippen Shares That His Firstborn Son Antron Has Died at the Age of 33

4/19/2021 - Health Is Wealth: What Women Need to Know About Preventive Care (Especially in a Pandemic)

4/19/2021 - Minnesota Lawmaker Proposes Legislation That Would Ban People Convicted of Crimes Related to Protesting From Receiving Student Loans

4/19/2021 - Former Home of Witness for Derrick Chauvin Defense Smeared With Pig's Blood

4/19/2021 - Diddy Ruins Everything, Everybody

4/19/2021 - You're Not Hallucinating: Black People Are Being Left Out of the Psychedelic Renaissance

4/19/2021 - The Glow Up 50 2021: Celebrating Our Pioneers of Style

4/19/2021 - Whew, There Is a Lot to Unpack in Episode 5 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

4/19/2021 - Country Artists Mickey Guyton, Kane Brown and Jimmie Allen Make History at 2021 ACM Awards

4/19/2021 - At Least 6 Mass Shootings Occurred This Weekend

4/19/2021 - Ryan Coogler Isn't Boycotting Georgia, but He's Raising Awareness about SB202 and Its 'Shameful Roots in Jim Crow'

4/19/2021 - A Quack Wants to Get Rid of a Queen: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants to Expel Auntie Maxine from Congress

4/19/2021 - Colorado Judge Resigns After Using N-Word and Declaring 'All Lives Matter'

4/18/2021 - Ted Cruz Says Maxine Waters is 'Encouraging Riots & Violence' by Telling Protesters to 'Stay in the Streets.' Does He Not Remember Trump?

4/18/2021 - Defense 'Expert' in Derek Chauvin Trial Accused in Maryland Lawsuit of Cover-Up in Case Similar to George Floyd's

4/18/2021 - Hip Hop Great Black Rob Dies at 51

4/17/2021 - Surprising to Nobody Black, Kyle Rittenhouse Receives Donations From Cops and Public Officials, According to Data Breach

4/17/2021 - Black Teen Fatally Shot by Tennessee Police. Initial Reports Says He Shot Officer, Later Says Bullet Did Not Come From Teen's Gun

4/17/2021 - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Reportedly Joins Fellow Republicans in Forming 'America First Caucus' for 'Anglo-Saxon Political Traditions'

4/16/2021 - Colorado Republican Makes Lynching Joke Before Declaring That the Three-Fifths Compromise Wasn't Racist

4/16/2021 - Yes, Janet Hubert Has Been Working Post-Fresh Prince Reunion—Joins the Cast of The Last O.G.

4/16/2021 - Black Diamonds Gives Negro League Legends Their Long-Overdue Flowers

4/16/2021 - Man Saves Wife From Bobcat in Viral Video, Becomes Legend in 2 Games Like Pee Wee Kirkland

4/16/2021 - Surprise, Surprise: Facebook Groups for Elite Military Members Become Platforms for Racism, QAnon-sense and Election Fraud Propaganda

4/16/2021 - Las Vegas Police Handcuffed Deaf Woman and Forced Her Kids to Interpret for Cops

4/16/2021 - Barry Jenkins Has Worked on The Underground Railroad Limited Series for 4 Years—and Now He's Gifting it to Us

4/16/2021 - Army Sgt. Jonathan Pentland Suspended After Harassing Black Man in Incident Captured on Video

4/16/2021 - Auntie Unfiltered Talks Country With Mickey Guyton

4/16/2021 - Our Black Maternal Health Crisis Is a Racial Justice Issue That Demands Bold Solutions

4/16/2021 - Cop Involved in Breonna Taylor Shooting Is Writing Some Whiny-Ass Book About His 'Truth' and Simon & Schuster Wants Nothing to Do With It

4/16/2021 - The Root Presents: It's Lit! Learns How to Get Good With Money With Tiffany Aliche

4/16/2021 - The Glow Up 50: The Dap Award

4/16/2021 - Sean Hannity Calls 13-Year-Old Child Killed by Police a ‘Man.’ Twitter Drags Him for It

4/16/2021 - Michael Jordan Is the Perfect Choice to Present Kobe Bryant at His Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony

4/16/2021 - Kimberly Potter, the Cop Who Killed Daunte Wright, Had Her First Court Appearance, Was Released on Bond

4/16/2021 - R. Kelly Will Move to New York City for Sex-Trafficking Charges, Trial to Begin This Summer After Several Delays

4/16/2021 - ESPN Takes Us Inside the WNBA Bubble With New Documentary '144'

4/16/2021 - Bodycam Footage Contradicts Chicago Police Narratives About Adam Toledo's Shooting

4/16/2021 - A City Known as 'Hangtown' Votes to Remove the Noose From Its Logo and...Stop Laughing, Guys, This Is Serious!

4/16/2021 - The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Arbiters of Influence

4/15/2021 - KKK Continues to Harass Confederate Monument Protesters in North Carolina

4/15/2021 - Auntie Maxine Snatches Jim Jordan’s Baby Hair, Tells the Ohio Rep ‘Shut Your Mouth’

4/15/2021 - ‘Where Are the Good Apples?’ Trevor Noah on Daunte Wright, Caron Nazario and America’s Rotten Tree of Policing

4/15/2021 - Parents of Black Gay Alabama Teen Who Died by Suicide Sue City and School District Alleging School Staff Failed to Help

4/15/2021 - During Capitol Insurrection, D.C. Police Called for Backup 17 Times in 78 Minutes

4/15/2021 - LaMarcus Aldridge Retires Due to Irregular Heartbeat

4/15/2021 - Thousands of Fans Are Apparently Petitioning to Get King T’Challa Recast, and No. Just No.

4/15/2021 - The Circle of Lockdown Life: My Favorite Pandemic-Era Escape Is Back

4/15/2021 - Day 14 of Chauvin Trial: The Defense Rests Its Case and Closing Arguments Will Begin Monday

4/15/2021 - What the Hell Is Up With Fox News? Geraldo Rivera and Former Cop Get Into Fuss Fight Over Daunte Wright’s Death

4/15/2021 - Arkansas Republicans Are Set to Make Voting in the State Much More Challenging (for Black People)

4/15/2021 - Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill Allowing Drivers to Hit Protesters Without Being Charged

4/15/2021 - In Historic Move, House Panel Advances Reparations Legislation to Study Impact of Slavery and Racism

4/15/2021 - The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Innovators of Image

4/15/2021 - Because I'm Not an Idiot, Here Are 5 Things I'd Rather Fight Than Aaron Donald—and Yes, That Includes a School Bus

4/15/2021 - NC High School Basketball Coach Killed Trying to Rob Notorious Mexican Drug Cartel

4/15/2021 - BBC Diversity Chief Says Luther Needs More Authenticity, Including Some Black Friends

4/14/2021 - 74-Year-Old Black Woman Sues Oklahoma City Cops Who She Said Broke Her Arm During Arrest Last Summer

4/14/2021 - Army Investigating Video of Soldier Harassing a Black Man Taking a Walk Through a South Carolina Neighborhood

4/14/2021 - Naomi Campbell’s Lavish Kenyan Villa Just Called Me Broke AF

4/14/2021 - PageTurners: How Trauma and Love Converge at a Literary Point

4/14/2021 - Florida Governor Wants Tighter Restrictions on Mail-In Ballots Despite His Ballot Being Tossed in 2016

4/14/2021 - Defense Argues That George Floyd Died From a Heart Attack During Day 13 of Chauvin Trial

4/14/2021 - Kenosha Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake Seven Times in the Back Returns to Active Duty

4/14/2021 - Netflix to Air Special Providing an Intimate Look at Chadwick Boseman's Artistic Process

4/14/2021 - 2 North Carolina Cops Suspended After Video Shows Them Punching Black Man After He Fell to the Ground

4/14/2021 - Sick of Waiting for Jesus to Return? The Big3 Might Be the Next Best Thing

4/14/2021 - Senator With No Top Teeth Tells Black Fox News Host If People Hate Cops Then ‘Call a Crackhead’ the Next Time They Need Help

4/14/2021 - Shonda Rhimes Addresses Rumors Regé-Jean Page Left Bridgerton Over 'Creative Differences'

4/14/2021 - Michigan Man Sues Detroit Police Department After Wrongful Arrest Aided by Facial Recognition Software

4/14/2021 - Jayson Tatum Reveals He's Still Battling COVID-19 Complications, Now Uses Inhaler

4/14/2021 - Ex-Officer Kim Potter Charged With 2nd-Degree Manslaughter in the Death of Daunte Wright

4/14/2021 - The Funk Boutique: Celebrating Successful Black Women, Sustainability, and Sneakers

4/14/2021 - Award-Winning Author Topé Folarin Joins Pass The Peas to Talk About His Life, His Time at Morehouse College, His Debut Novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man and Res' How I Do

4/14/2021 - The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Maestros of Hair

4/14/2021 - Atlanta School Board Distances Itself from Confederate Past, Renames School in Honor of Hank Aaron

4/14/2021 - Marvin Scott III Died in a Texas Jail. His Family Is Still Waiting for the Officers to Be Charged

4/14/2021 - Mortal Kombat: Mehcad Brooks Speaks on Portraying Jax and 'Transmuting Anger Into Purpose'

4/14/2021 - Black Former Cop Who Stopped White Police Officer From Choking Black Man to Get Her Pension After Winning Lawsuit

4/14/2021 - 'I Wouldn’t Call It a Wardrobe Malfunction': Stylist Alleges What Happened at 2004 Super Bowl Performance Was Intentional

4/14/2021 - Game, Set, Match: Serena Williams Signs First-Look TV Deal With Amazon Studios, Docuseries Announced

4/14/2021 - Daunte and the Debt Collectors: How the Cops Became Robbers

4/13/2021 - ‘Police Officers Don’t Have to Fight Fair’: Defense Attempts to Frame Derek Chauvin’s Actions as ‘Reasonable’ During Day 12 of Trial

4/13/2021 - The Denver Nuggets Lost More Than Jamal Murray, They Just Lost Their Only Shot At an NBA Title

4/13/2021 - Barack Obama Calls for Full and Transparent Investigation Into Daunte Wright Shooting, While Biden Talks Tough to Looters

4/13/2021 - Students at North Texas School Disciplined After Holding Slave Auction on Snapchat

4/13/2021 - Red Table Talk Exclusive Clip: Bobby Brown Is Emotionally Honest With His 11-Year-Old About Bobby Jr.'s Death

4/13/2021 - Kim Potter, the Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright, and the Brooklyn Center Police Chief Have Both Resigned

4/13/2021 - The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Phenoms of Fashion

4/13/2021 - I Think I've Started to Use Avoidance As Self-Care

4/13/2021 - Steph Curry Moonwalks Past Wilt Chamberlain to Become Golden State Warriors' All-Time Scorer

4/13/2021 - White America’s Favorite Honey Baked Ham Is in Twitter Jail After Coming for BLM Co-Founder for Buying House in White Neighborhood

4/13/2021 - CDC, FDA to Stop Using Johnson & Johnson Vaccine at Federal Sites After 6 People Suffer Blood Clots

4/13/2021 - The Talk’s Sheryl Underwood and Elaine Welteroth Reflect on Exchange With Sharon Osbourne After Monthlong Hiatus

4/13/2021 - 'How Many Black Kids Have to Be Killed for No Freaking Reason?': Sports World Reacts to Daunte Wright Shooting

4/13/2021 - Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley's Crazy Fundraising Proves That Idiots Love Giving Their Money to Idiots

4/13/2021 - Brooklyn Center Mayor Granted Authority Over Police Department; Cop Who Killed Daunte Wright Once Served as Police Union President

4/13/2021 - PBS NOVA's Picture a Scientist Exclusive Clip: Being a Black Woman in STEM Sometimes Means Being Mistaken As a Janitor

4/13/2021 - DMX's Family Makes Statement on Late Artist's Memorial Service, Masters and Funeral Fundraising

4/12/2021 - Oscars 2021: Don Cheadle, Angela Bassett, Regina King, Halle Berry Among Award Presenters

4/12/2021 - Mic Drop: Welcome to the Party

4/12/2021 - ‘He Showed Us How to Treat Our Mom’: George Floyd’s Brother Gives Heartfelt Testimony During Day 11 of Chauvin Trial

4/12/2021 - Home of Retired Correctional Officer Raided in No-Knock Warrant by NYPD

4/12/2021 - Dennis Rodman's Daughter Trinity Is Out Here Just Casually Making Soccer History Like It's Nothing

4/12/2021 - Maybe America Is Racist

4/12/2021 - During Heated Press Conference, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Says Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Meant to Use Her Taser

4/12/2021 - Black Woman Arrested After Charles Schwab Deposited $1.2 Million in Her Account and She Refused to Give It Back

4/12/2021 - 2 Black Women Made History at Wrestlemania 37, But Only Bianca Belair Could Emerge Victorious

4/12/2021 - ‘We Cannot in Good Conscience Provide Economic Support:’ Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua Pull Film Production Out of Georgia

4/12/2021 - If Matt Gaetz Read Books, He'd Know the History of Racism In Transportation

4/12/2021 - The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Visionaries of Beauty

4/12/2021 - Things Get Bloody in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Strongest Episode Yet

4/12/2021 - Nationwide White Lives Matter Rallies Fail to Draw Sizable White Supporters

4/12/2021 - Why the Virginia Cop Who Pepper-Sprayed the Black Lieutenant Is Just Now Losing His Job

4/12/2021 - Kyrie Is Not Your Negro

4/12/2021 - BAFTAs 2021: Daniel Kaluuya, Bukky Bakray, Remi Weekes Among Winners

4/12/2021 - Protests Erupt After Police Shoot and Kill 20-Year-Old Daunte Wright During Traffic Stop In Minnesota

4/11/2021 - Poll Shows More Black People Are Willing to Get a COVID-19 Vaccination. Will You Get Yours?

4/11/2021 - Brian Kemp Says MLB Moving All-Star Game Hurts Minorities, Because White People Love Pretending They Know What's Best for Black People

4/11/2021 - Wypipo Are Big Mad Over 'Dear, God Help Me Hate White People' Entry in Bestselling Prayer Book and, Well...LOL!

4/10/2021 - LA County Works to Return Manhattan Beach Property to Descendants of Black Couple White Supremacy Stole it From

4/10/2021 - Black Family Accuses Georgia Daycare of Feeding White Children While Black Children Wait to Eat

4/10/2021 - Black Army Lieutenant Sues Virginia Cops Who Pulled Guns on Him, Pepper-Sprayed and Struck Him in the Legs After Stop in New SUV

4/9/2021 - The Root Presents Role Call: A Black Entertainment Roundup Joint

4/9/2021 - Day 10 of Chauvin Trial Debates How Large of a Role George Floyd's Pre-Existing Conditions Played in His Death

4/9/2021 - No Charges for NYPD Officer Seen on Video Kneeling on Black Man's Neck, Despite Law Passed After George Floyd's Death

4/9/2021 - If Erotic Literature Is Your Ministry, The Turn On Is a Blessing You Shouldn't Be Without

4/9/2021 - Apparently, White People Are Planning 'White Lives Matter' Rallies Across the Nation on April 11. I May Have a Short List of Activity Ideas

4/9/2021 - Matt Gaetz's Weekend Is Off to a Horrible Start

4/9/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Cotton Pickin' Facts

4/9/2021 - WWE Superstar Bianca Belair Can't Wait to Perform in Front of Fans for the 1st Time in Over a Year at Wrestlemania 37

4/9/2021 - Auntie Unfiltered Talks Auntie-isms With Bevy Smith

4/9/2021 - Whew Chile, the Ghetto: Geraldo Rivera Comes for Black Fox News Guest’s Hood Pass

4/9/2021 - Release the Purple Cut: Never-Before-Heard Prince Album Welcome 2 America Is Coming in July

4/9/2021 - 'Hey, Democrats, Pay Attention!' The Root Presents: It's Lit! Talks The End of White Politics With Zerlina Maxwell

4/9/2021 - Is Outkast Better Than the Beatles? A Scientific Analysis

4/9/2021 - Get Sneaky in This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices

4/9/2021 - Beloved Rapper, Songwriter and Actor DMX Dead at 50

4/9/2021 - Prince Philip Dies at 99, and Fox News Is Already Blaming Meghan Markle

4/9/2021 - Kansas Senator Reportedly Leads Cop in Car Chase, Drives Drunk on Wrong Side of the Highway, Calls Cop 'Donut Boy,' Doesn't Get Treated Like a Negro

4/9/2021 - Former NFL Player Phillip Adams Had Medication Taken Away, Possibly Suffering From CTE Prior to Killing 5 People

4/9/2021 - Nike and MSCHF Agree to Recall Lil Nas X's 'Satan Shoes,' Which MSCHF Says 'Already Achieved Its Artistic Purpose'

4/9/2021 - Ronnie Long Spent 44 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit. The State Believes That’s Worth $750,000. Long Says That’s Not Nearly Enough

4/9/2021 - Texas Republican Caught on Video Organizing 'Brigade' of Volunteers to Watch Voters in Mostly Black and Latinx Houston Precincts

4/9/2021 - I May Destroy You, Disclosure and Chika Among Winners at 2021 GLAAD Media Awards

4/8/2021 - United Airlines Announces Diversity Push. Tucker Carlson Says It Will 'Get People Killed' Because Apparently, Only White Men Can Fly Planes

4/8/2021 - ‘That Is Not a Fentanyl Overdose. That Is Somebody Begging to Breathe’: Medical Experts Express Doubt That Drugs Played a Role in George Floyd’s Death During Day 9 of Chauvin Trial

4/8/2021 - Leader of Neo-Nazi Group Pleads Guilty to Harassing Journalists and Advocates of Color

4/8/2021 - Students Across the Country Are Advocating for Schools to Implement a Stronger Black History Curriculum

4/8/2021 - City in Ohio Agrees to Pay Couple $450,000 to Settle Suit of Police Brutality From Viral 2017 Video

4/8/2021 - Kentucky Bucks Trend by Passing Law to Expand Voting Rights, While Mississippi Election Chief Worries About ‘Woke’ People Being Registered to Vote

4/8/2021 - Random Acts of Shaqness: Shaq Pays Off Engagement Ring for Man at Jewelry Store

4/8/2021 - Augmented-Reality App Discussed Depicting George Floyd's Death but Changed Its Tune After Press Release Backlash

4/8/2021 - Businessman Notoriously Criticized for Exploiting Black Music Artists Calls Out Corporations for Exploiting Black Community

4/8/2021 - Charlie Wilson Reveals Connection Between Tulsa Race Massacre, The Gap Band's Smash Hit 'You Dropped the Bomb on Me'

4/8/2021 - Feds Investigating Whether Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Was Given Trips And Escorts in Exchange for Political Favors

4/8/2021 - Jazz, Cocktails, and Conversation Abound for This Week's Round of Virtual Events

4/8/2021 - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Raises $3.2 Million in 3 Months Despite Being a Few Biscuits Short of a Bread Basket

4/8/2021 - Kanye West Will Chronicle His Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Life in a Netflix Documentary 21 Years in the Making

4/8/2021 - Virginia 1st Southern State to Legalize Weed

4/8/2021 - Biden Announces Limited Gun Reform Actions Using Executive Order Powers

4/8/2021 - Former NFL Player Phillip Adams Kills 5 People in South Carolina, Turns Gun on Himself

4/8/2021 - Black Woman Snatches Former Fox News Host's Soul After She Calls Him Out for Pretending to Care About Black People

4/8/2021 - Woman Charged With Hate Crime After Allegedly Speeding Through Work Zone, Shouting Racial Slurs at Black Traffic Flagger

4/8/2021 - 'We Still Fly': Regé-Jean Page Seemingly Addresses Report He Was Passed Over for Role on Krypton Because of Race

4/8/2021 - Black Florida Man Released From Prison After 30 Years, but Prosecutors Still Want Him Locked Up

4/8/2021 - Kevin Durant Returns From 23-Game Absence Just to Remind Everyone the NBA Finals Are Over Before They Even Begin

4/8/2021 - Tyler Perry Is Making a Madea Cinematic Universe—Prequel Series in Development at Showtime

4/7/2021 - Debates Around George Floyd’s Drug Use Continued as Multiple Forensic Scientists Took the Stand in Day 8 of the Chauvin Trial

4/7/2021 - Black Women on Covers for Springtime? Groundbreaking. No Seriously, Look at the Material

4/7/2021 - Body Camera Footage Shows LAPD Arresting a Black Man Even Though Their Suspect Was White

4/7/2021 - Prosecutor Closes Case Against Georgia State Rep Arrested For Knocking on Gov. Brian Kemp's Door

4/7/2021 - Lawsuit Filed Against Rochester and Its Police Department Alleges ‘Inhumane’ Treatment of Daniel Prude Protesters

4/7/2021 - Sen. Tom Cotton Is Extremely Concerned That We Aren't Sending Enough Black People to Prison

4/7/2021 - There's a 'Black Movie Test' Floating Around That's Too Easy. Here's a 'Black Movie Test' to See If You're Really Dedicated to the Cause

4/7/2021 - WWE Superstar Sasha Banks Just Can’t Stop Making History

4/7/2021 - Exhibiting a Lack of Logic or Decency, Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax Says He's Been Treated Like George Floyd and Emmett Till

4/7/2021 - White Male Late Night Talk Show Host Creates Viral 'TikTok Appropriation Consolation Prize' Challenge

4/7/2021 - Meth Gets the Assignment: Taking a Walk Down Memory Lane With Cliff 'Method Man' Smith

4/7/2021 - Los Angeles Sheriff Reveals Tiger Woods Was Driving 40 Miles Over the Speed Limit Prior to Single-Car Accident

4/7/2021 - Sheryl Underwood Says She and Sharon Osbourne Haven’t Spoken Since Heated Exchange; Sharon Disagrees...With Receipts!

4/7/2021 - Sexual Assault Allegations Cost Deshaun Watson His Endorsement Deals With Nike, Beats by Dre

4/7/2021 - PageTurners: Black Magic, in This World and Others

4/7/2021 - Tishaura Jones Becomes 1st Black Female Mayor of St. Louis

4/7/2021 - Anti-Racism Titles Are All Over the List of 10 Most Challenged Books in 2020

4/7/2021 - ‘White Lies Matter’ Group Steals Confederate Monument, Threatens to Turn It Into Toilet if Ransom Demands Aren’t Met

4/7/2021 - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Moves to Counter Georgia's Racist Voting Laws

4/7/2021 - Hubert Davis Was So Close to Having a Forgettable Press Conference

4/7/2021 - Is 'Return of the Mack' the Greatest Song Ever? A Debate With The Root's Shanelle Genai, Who Disagrees (She's Wrong), on Pass the Peas With Panama Jackson

4/7/2021 - Carmelo Anthony Sets Out to Conquer Hollywood With New Venture, Creative 7

4/7/2021 - Matt Gaetz Tried to Get a Preemptive Pardon In 2020. Trump: New Phone, Who Dis?

4/7/2021 - DMX Remains in Coma on Life Support, Will Undergo Critical Brain Function Tests [Updated]

4/6/2021 - New Research States the Obvious: White Racist Fears, Not Economic Anxiety, Likely Drove the Capitol Insurrection

4/6/2021 - White People Are Weird: Virginia School System Investigating Social Media Post That Mocks George Floyd’s Death

4/6/2021 - Use of Force Experts Made Up the Majority of Testimonies During Day 7 of the Chauvin Trial

4/6/2021 - Regé-Jean Page Reportedly Got Passed Up for a Role in Syfy’s Krypton Because 'Superman Could Not Have a Black Grandfather'

4/6/2021 - The Funk Boutique: Building Legacies in Fashion and Beauty

4/6/2021 - Republicans Embrace 'Cancel Culture,' Cancel Coke, Baseball and Democracy

4/6/2021 - Starbucks, Goldman Sachs, ACLU and Others Pledge to Tackle Racial Wealth Gap by Boosting Black Employment and Business Investments

4/6/2021 - *Crying Emoji*

4/6/2021 - DMX Reportedly Had to Be Revived Three Times After Heart Attack; Family, Ruff Ryders and Community Hold Prayer Vigil

4/6/2021 - Is It Friday? Because Paul Pierce Managed to Get Fired on His Day Off

4/6/2021 - Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings Dead at 84 After Battle With Cancer

4/6/2021 - Video Shows Danville, Calif., Cop Shooting Mentally Ill Homeless Man, His 2nd Killing in 2 1/2 Years

4/6/2021 - Republicans Don't Believe in Democracy (Duh!), Study Says

4/6/2021 - Biden to Announce Vaccine Access for Everyone by April 19, But White Evangelicals Might Still Stubbornly Hold Out

4/6/2021 - Exclusive: Danielle Belton to Star in Tyler Perry’s The HuffPost That Preys

4/6/2021 - 'You've Left an Indelible Mark on The Root': Giving Danielle Belton Her Flowers

4/5/2021 - St. Louis Jail Faces 2nd Uprising in 2 Months as Those Incarcerated Demand Speedy Trials

4/5/2021 - ‘I Absolutely Agree That Violates Our Policy’: Minneapolis Police Chief Rebukes Derek Chauvin’s Actions During Day 6 of Trial

4/5/2021 - Study Finds Air Pollution Disproportionately Affects the Health of Black People in California’s Bay Area

4/5/2021 - Former Cop Arrested for Storming Capitol Was Once Named 'Officer of the Year' After Falsely Accusing Black Man of Murder

4/5/2021 - And the SAG Award for Best Dressed Goes to...All These Men in Colored Suits

4/5/2021 - Mic Drop: Hip-Hop, House and Where We Hail From

4/5/2021 - Pepsi Announces Deal as Part of Racial Equality Initiative With Southwestern Athletic Conference, Thanks to a Little Help From Deion Sanders

4/5/2021 - Not Just Firing: Marvin Scott's Family Wants Criminal Charges Against Texas Cops After 26-Year-Old's Death in Custody

4/5/2021 - Reactions to MLB Moving All-Star Game From Georgia: Some Dems Acknowledge Necessity of Action, Big Mad Republicans Blame Wokeness

4/5/2021 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cornerback Carlton Davis Apologizes After Tweeting Anti-Asian Slur

4/5/2021 - 60 Minutes Details How Rich Floridians Cut the Line to Get COVID Vaccine

4/5/2021 - Episode 3 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Delivers Some of the Series’ Best Action Yet

4/5/2021 - DMX Is on Life Support in a 'Vegetative State' Following Heart Attack, Per Ex-Manager

4/5/2021 - SAG Awards 2021: Daniel Kaluuya, Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman Among Winners

4/5/2021 - Corporate America Has Spent $50 Million on State Lawmakers Who Support Limiting Voter Access

4/5/2021 - I Ain't One to Gossip, but Paul Pierce Might've Had a Mid-Life Crisis This Weekend and Was Stupid Enough to Put It on IG Live

4/5/2021 - The Isley Brothers Verzuz Earth Wind & Fire Took Us on a ‘Voyage to Atlantis’ and We Experienced a ‘Fantasy’

4/5/2021 - Day 6 of Chauvin Trial to Kick Off With More Police Testimony, MPD Chief Who Fired Accused Expected to Take Stand

4/4/2021 - 3 Black Border Patrol Officers File Lawsuit Against CBP Alleging Constant Racial Profiling and Harassment of Black Travelers

4/4/2021 - YOOOO, Trump Played TF Out His Own People LOL!: Trump Campaign Dupes Supporters Into Automatic Recurring Donations

4/4/2021 - Family Files Lawsuit After Black Teen Is Brutally Beaten by California Police Officers After Alleged Car Chase

4/3/2021 - Kevin Durant Fined $50k for 'Offensive and Derogatory' Language...But Also Because Michael Rapaport Is Out Here Twitter Snitchin'

4/3/2021 - DMX Hospitalized and in Critical Condition After Apparent Drug Overdose

4/3/2021 - Man Rams Vehicle Into US Capitol Barrier Killing 1 Police Officer and Injuring a 2nd. Motive of Attack Still Under Investigation

4/2/2021 - 7 Texas Cops Fired After Black Man Dies in Custody

4/2/2021 - Real Vroom Vroom Hours in This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices

4/2/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Caucasian Race Theory

4/2/2021 - Texas Teachers Suspended Over Racist Quiz Question That Stereotypes Chinese People...Because This Is the Perfect Time for That

4/2/2021 - The Root Presents Role Call: A Black Entertainment Roundup Joint

4/2/2021 - Major League Baseball Moves 2021 All-Star Game From Atlanta in Response to Voter Suppression Law

4/2/2021 - Michigan Democrats Move to Block Republican Voter Suppression Efforts

4/2/2021 - Warner Bros. Confirms Ava DuVernay's New Gods 'Will Not Be Moving Forward'

4/2/2021 - Chicago Cops Kill 13-Year Old, Calls Grow for City to Release Bodycam Video Amid Family’s Questions

4/2/2021 - Kelis Talks Advice for New Artists, Protecting Her Peace During the Pandemic on The Estelle Show

4/2/2021 - Sandman, Be Gone! We’re Headed Back to Harlem for This Week’s Virtual Events

4/2/2021 - Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Aims to Empower People of Color

4/2/2021 - Derek Chauvin Trial, Day 5: Senior Minneapolis Officer Testifies 'Putting Your Knee on the Neck for That Amount of Time Is Just Uncalled For'

4/2/2021 - Anthony Mackie Gives the Final Word on Who Won: Falcon or Ant-Man

4/2/2021 - ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu Unveil Their Master Plans to Celebrate Black History Always

4/2/2021 - Regé-Jean Page Will Not Appear in Bridgerton Season 2 and This Burns—No, Not in the Romantic Declaration Way

4/2/2021 - 'Cosmology Is Black—It’s Blackity-Black': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Explores The Disordered Cosmos With Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

4/2/2021 - How Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin Honor Black Fatherhood in Netflix's Concrete Cowboy

4/2/2021 - 'I'm Facing 8 Years in Prison': Georgia Rep. Park Cannon Speaks Out for First Time Since Arrest for Being Anti-Voter Suppression

4/2/2021 - In Moonlight, Barry Jenkins Secured the Bag, Too—Leaves Amazon Studios for HBO/HBO Max Overall TV Deal

4/2/2021 - Gaetz Investigation Probes Whether Campaign Funds Were Used to Pay Expenses for Underage Girl

4/2/2021 - For Autism Awareness Day, NBA Legend Penny Hardaway Challenges You to 'Light It Up Blue'

4/2/2021 - Georgia Faith Leaders Call for April 7 Boycott if Companies Don’t Step Up Fight Against Voter Restriction Laws; Stacey Abrams Says Hold Off

4/2/2021 - Nike Won Its Motion Against Lil Nas X's 'Satan Shoes.' They Can Thank Trump [Updated]

4/2/2021 - Saweetie and Quavo Each Publicly Comment on Elevator Incident That 'Happened a Year Ago'

4/1/2021 - Georgia Governor Says State's Voter Suppression Law Isn't About Fraud

4/1/2021 - George Floyd’s Girlfriend Gives Emotional Testimony, Painting a Heartbreaking, Complicated Picture of the Man During Day 4 of Trial

4/1/2021 - Undergraduate Students at Brown University Vote in Favor of Reparations for Students Who Descended From Slaves

4/1/2021 - Netflix Is Not Fooling Around With Its New Black Content in April 2021

4/1/2021 - Virginia Supreme Court Rules That Charlottesville Can Remove a Pair of Confederate Statues

4/1/2021 - This Message Is Brought to You by the Letter ‘D’: Nearly 140 Documentary Filmmakers Call Out PBS for Lack of Diversity in Programming

4/1/2021 - Pennsylvania Cop Suspended Over TikTok Video Declaring Confederate Flag Not Racist Despite Slavery Symbolism

4/1/2021 - Texas Appeals Court to Hear Case of Crystal Mason, Black Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Voting Illegally

4/1/2021 - If You're Black, Every Day Is April Fools

4/1/2021 - Meghan's Childhood Boyfriend Defends Her Against Bullying Claims, Noting How Black Women 'Are Expected to Know Their Place'

4/1/2021 - Her Story Is Now History: Adia Barnes, Dawn Staley Become 1st Black Women to Coach in the Same Final Four Tournament

4/1/2021 - I Think My Kids Tried to End Me (Again) Yesterday: Another Requiem

4/1/2021 - Couple Fears White Man Who Pulled a Gun on Them Will Get a Slap on Same Wrist That Threatened Their Lives

4/1/2021 - The 1st Project From Lionsgate/Nikole Hannah-Jones' 1619 Project Deal Will Be a Hulu Docuseries, With Roger Ross Williams Producing

4/1/2021 - Long-Term Solitary Confinement to End in New York State

4/1/2021 - Ryan Coogler, Shaka King and Charles King Talk Judas and the Black Messiah and Its ‘Bittersweet’ History-Making Success

4/1/2021 - Attorney at Center of Deshaun Watson Sexual Assault Allegations Won't Provide Evidence to Houston Police Department—and No, This Isn't an April Fool's Joke

4/1/2021 - It's OK, Y'all, FKA Twigs and Lil Nas X Had 'Gentle, Honest Conversations' About 'Cellophane' and 'Montero' Similarities

4/1/2021 - Texas Republicans' Response to Georgia's Voter Restriction Laws: Hold My Beer

4/1/2021 - 'He's a Sizable Guy': Jurors See Footage of Derek Chauvin Justifying His Actions to a Horrified Witness on Day 3 of Trial

4/1/2021 - Comedian Roy Wood Jr. Brings Empathy, Curiosity to the Forefront With Roy's Job Fair

4/1/2021 - 'You Will Find a Little Bit of Yourself There:' How The Real World Maintains Its Relevance Nearly 30 Years Later

4/1/2021 - I Don’t Know Which Very Smart Brotha Needs to Hear This, but Maxwell’s 'Ascension' Is Actually the Best Song Ever

4/1/2021 - All Late: Google Has Finally Decided to Spend a Little Money to Combat Fake News

4/1/2021 - 'You Will Forever Be': Lauren London Writes Tribute to Nipsey Hussle on 2nd Anniversary of His Death