8/31/2021 - Georgia Bureau of Investigation Launches Probe Into Brutal Arrest of Black Man

8/31/2021 - Georgia Has More Schools Named After Confederate Leaders Than Any Other State In the U.S.

8/31/2021 - Trump Political Fundraising Group Paid Millions to People, Firms Who Set Up Jan. 6 Rally: Report

8/31/2021 - Report: DaBaby Recently Met With Black HIV Advocates

8/31/2021 - Lil Nas X Finally Drops a Release Date for Montero: The Debut—With Cover Art

8/31/2021 - What Is ‘Life Comes at You Fast?’: Mike Richards Out as Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune Executive Producer

8/31/2021 - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Grants Posthumous Pardons to 7 Black Men Executed for the Rape of a White Woman

8/31/2021 - Sandwiched Between DONDA and Certified Lover Boy, Cam Newton Becomes the 3rd Major Release This Week

8/31/2021 - The Ball Don't Lie, but Apparently, High School Football 'Powerhouse' Bishop Sycamore Does

8/31/2021 - Reggae and Dub Icon Lee 'Scratch' Perry Dead at 85

8/31/2021 - It Is Almost Impossible for Florida Not to Suck

8/31/2021 - The 2021 Black Women Give Back List

8/31/2021 - Hate Crimes in the U.S. Have Reached a New High, FBI Reports

8/31/2021 - R. Kelly's First Male Accuser Takes the Stand as Another Witness Testifies Kelly Raped Her Days After Marrying Aaliyah

8/31/2021 - Well, This Is Awkward: Maria Taylor's New Football Night in America Co-Host Is the Same Dude She Ripped for His National Anthem Comments

8/30/2021 - Mic Drop: So You're Saying Summer Is Over and Now We Have to Calm Down?

8/30/2021 - Role Call: The Hollywood Critics Association Announces First TV Awards; Black Film Archive Makes Its Debut

8/30/2021 - Reflecting on the Man in the Mirror: What Lens Should We Use to Critique Candyman?

8/30/2021 - Jacob Blake Hopes to Walk Soon but Is Still Traumatized by 2020 Shooting

8/30/2021 - Naomi Osaka's Mental Health Journey Should Inspire Us All

8/30/2021 - Rand Paul Believes Hatred for Trump Is Why Scientists Won’t Study Horse Drug as COVID-19 Treatment

8/30/2021 - D.C. Police Release Bodycam Video From Fatal Shooting of Antwan Gilmore

8/30/2021 - White Father and Son Sentenced to Four Years for Hate Crimes Against 2 Black Teens

8/30/2021 - CLB Season: Drake Confirms Certified Lover Boy Is Coming Friday, September 3

8/30/2021 - NeNe Leakes Says Husband Gregg Is Losing His Cancer Battle

8/30/2021 - May We All Learn to Handle Life’s Pressures the Way This Newscaster Handled This Asshole

8/30/2021 - Play Stupid Games: Florida Anti-Vaxxer Who Dubbed Himself ‘Mr. Anti-Vax’ Dies of COVID-19

8/30/2021 - Black Woman Walking Dog on the Beach Is Handled Aggressively by Chicago Cop

8/30/2021 - Radio Broadcaster Scott Zolak Offers Weak-Ass Apology After Accusing Cam Newton of Being Distracted by Rap Music

8/30/2021 - Spotlight on Miami's Jackson Soul Food Restaurant

8/30/2021 - Truth Hurts: Lizzo Calls Janet Jackson the 'Queen of Pop,' Madonna Stans Erupt in Anger

8/30/2021 - Tyron Woodley Suspended From the Cookout Indefinitely After Split Decision Loss to Jake Paul

8/30/2021 - Hurricane Ida: One Dead in Louisiana, More Than a Million Are Without Power in the Region

8/30/2021 - Kanye West Says Label Put Out Donda Without Permission; Album Rejects Cry Foul About Being Left Off

8/30/2021 - Candyman Is the First No. 1 Film Directed by a Black Woman

8/29/2021 - Man Captured on Video as He Assaults, Throws N-Word at Airline Employees in Miami

8/29/2021 - Kanye Says 'Here, Damn!' and Finally Releases 'Donda'

8/29/2021 - Category 4 Hurricane Ida Expected to Make Landfall in Louisiana Sunday Afternoon

8/28/2021 - Wisconsin School Board Members Vote Against Free Meal Program Because They Don't Want Families to 'Become Spoiled'

8/28/2021 - McDonald's Sued By Black Former Employee Who Claims Restaurant Did Nothing About Co-Worker Using Racial Slurs

8/28/2021 - Rev. Jesse Jackson Moved to Rehab Center After COVID-19 Diagnosis While His Wife, Jacqueline, Is Moved to the ICU

8/27/2021 - A Black Pastor and Former Cop Walk Into a Walmart to Return a TV. So Why Were They Handcuffed and Accused of Stealing It?

8/27/2021 - NASCAR Driver Denny Hamlin Puts on for HBCUs With a Little Help From FedEx’s Shaping Black Futures Initiative

8/27/2021 - Damian Lillard Updates His Facebook Relationship Status With Portland Trail Blazers to 'It's Complicated'

8/27/2021 - Florida Judge Rejects 'Stand Your Ground Defense' for White Man Accused of Threatening Black Teen Protestors With a Gun

8/27/2021 - Texas House Advances Restrictive Voter Laws Despite Democrats' Best Efforts to Stop It

8/27/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: White Magic

8/27/2021 - Doja Cat and Missy Elliott 'Get Into It' for Interview Magazine’s September Issue

8/27/2021 - ‘March On for Voting Rights’ Demonstrations to Mark Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington

8/27/2021 - Drake Hacks ESPN's SportsCenter to Reveal Certified Lover Boy Release Date

8/27/2021 - Why Steve Harvey Should Be the Next Jeopardy! Host

8/27/2021 - Leave Kamala Harris TF Alone

8/27/2021 - This Black-Owned Business Is Bringing Plant-Based 'Soul Food' to Black Communities

8/27/2021 - Spotlight on LA's Royal House of Wraps

8/27/2021 - Trolling With the Kardashians? Kanye and Kim Seemingly Reenact Wedding at Chicago Donda Event

8/27/2021 - HBCUs Use Federal Funds to Cancel Students’ Debt

8/27/2021 - U.S. Supreme Court Ends Biden's Eviction Moratorium

8/27/2021 - R. Kelly Reportedly Considered Himself a 'Genius' Entitled to Have Sex With 'Very Young Girls'

8/27/2021 - Lt. Michael Byrd on Shooting Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt: It Was a 'Last Resort'

8/26/2021 - Newly Released Bodycam Video Catches Louisiana Trooper Violently Beating a Black Man With Flashlight

8/26/2021 - Disgraced Jeopardy! Almost-Host Mike Richards to Undergo Sensitivity Training

8/26/2021 - A Black Army Veteran Was Killed by Police. Now Family and Local Civil Rights Leaders Are Questioning Officers’ Response

8/26/2021 - Does Jerry Jones Have an Ulterior Motive Behind His Pro-Vaccine Stance?

8/26/2021 - Who All Gon' Be There? Venus Williams Is the Latest Player to Withdraw from U.S. Open

8/26/2021 - 7 Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump, Allies, and Members of Pro-Trump Extremist Groups for Jan. 6 Insurrection

8/26/2021 - Groundbreaking Costume Designer Zerina Akers Scores an Emmy for Beyoncé's Black Is King

8/26/2021 - Letitia Wright Briefly Hospitalized After Suffering Minor Injuries While Filming Black Panther Sequel

8/26/2021 - Spike Lee Goes 'Back in the Editing Room' to Rework Final Episode of 9/11 Docuseries After Criticism for Featuring Conspiracy Theorists

8/26/2021 - 'They’re Looking Down Upon Children': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Talks Teaching Antiracism With Jason Reynolds

8/26/2021 - California High School Cheerleaders Subjected to Monkey Noises, Racial Slurs During Football Game

8/26/2021 - In Celebration of Malika Andrews Appreciation Day, ESPN Removes Rachel Nichols From All NBA Programming

8/26/2021 - Following the Satan Shoes Controversy, Lil Nas X Calls Out the Hypocrisy in Another Blood-Filled Drop

8/26/2021 - NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Picks State Sen. Brian Benjamin as Lieutenant Governor

8/26/2021 - 'This Person Interrupted All My Thoughts': Aaliyah's Mother Accuses Book Promoter of Desecrating Singer's Gravesite

8/26/2021 - Witness Alleges R. Kelly Forced Her to Write Letter to Help Protect Him

8/26/2021 - It's 'White People'

8/26/2021 - Court Upholds Dylann Roof's Death Sentence

8/25/2021 - Allure Magazine Announces New Editor-in-Chief, Jessica Cruel

8/25/2021 - Coco's 1st Collection: Tennis Phenom Coco Gauff Unveils a Fashion Line With New Balance

8/25/2021 - PageTurners: 'Double Consciousness' and Dual Paths of Persistence at the Forefront of Black Literature

8/25/2021 - Virgil Abloh Is Being Sued by Legendary Brand Walker Wear for Alleged Copyright Infringement

8/25/2021 - New York Knicks Center Nerlens Noel Has $58 Million Worth of Problems With Super Agent Rich Paul

8/25/2021 - Proud Boys Leader Sentenced for Burning Black Lives Matter Flag

8/25/2021 - Poll: Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated at Higher Rates Than Whites

8/25/2021 - House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Bill, But It Will Face a Tough Fight in the Senate

8/25/2021 - 'You're Way Out of Pocket': Black Twitter Erupts After Sha'Carri Richardson Comes for Track and Field Legend Allyson Felix

8/25/2021 - North Carolina Bill Going After Critical Race Theory Advances in State Senate

8/25/2021 - Lawd Hammercy: Chlöe to Make Her Solo Debut at VMAs 2021

8/25/2021 - 'He Is Both Monster and Hero': Black Horror Scholars Tell The Root What You Should Know About Candyman

8/25/2021 - Strip Club Madame? Cocaine Use? We Have to Talk About This Candace Owens vs. Kimberly Klacik Beef

8/25/2021 - Judge Clears Megan Thee Stallion to Release BTS’ ‘Butter' Remix

8/25/2021 - 'She Is the Blueprint': Normani Pens Heartfelt Tribute to Aaliyah on the 20th Anniversary of Her Death

8/25/2021 - Former NFL Running Back Herschel Walker Is Running for Georgia Senate

8/25/2021 - Artist (Soon to Be) Formerly Known as Kanye West Isn’t Requiring Proof of Negative COVID Test or Vaccination for Donda Listening Party [UPDATED]

8/25/2021 - Spotlight on Detroit's Healthy Roots Doll Company

8/25/2021 - ESPN Removes Max Kellerman from First Take; Which Means Screamin' A. Smith and Michael Irvin Could be Tormenting Us Very Soon

8/25/2021 - U.S. Army Sergeant Found Guilty of Assaulting Black Man

8/25/2021 - Serena Williams Pulls Out of U.S. Open Due to Hamstring Injury

8/25/2021 - Mississippi Officials Urge Residents Not to Treat COVID-19 With Meds Designed for Cows and Horses

8/25/2021 - Disgraced Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Continues His Fall, Asked to Give Emmy Back

8/25/2021 - As R. Kelly's Criminal Trial Continues in Brooklyn, Disturbing Revelations Mount

8/24/2021 - 'Dancing,' a Black Acrobat and Canadian Tuxedos: The Video for Rick Astley's 1987 Jam 'Never Gonna Give You Up' Is The Gift that Keeps on Giving

8/24/2021 - North Carolina Judges Rule State Must Restore Voting Rights To Former Felons

8/24/2021 - Fashion Came From the People and Is Delivered Back to the People

8/24/2021 - Forget How Many Times a Person Should Bathe and Watch Rudy Giuliani Shave in a Public Restaurant

8/24/2021 - Put Your Mask Where My Eyes Could See It: Busta Rhymes Goes Off on Masks and Government Lockdowns

8/24/2021 - It's Official: J.R. Smith Is an HBCU Student-Athlete

8/24/2021 - Chadwick Boseman’s Widow Simone Ledward Boseman Paid Touching Tribute to Him at Stand Up to Cancer Event

8/24/2021 - Josephine Baker to Be Honored at the Pantheon, France's Highest Posthumous Tribute

8/24/2021 - Trump Wants Judge to Reinstate His YouTube Account So He Can Sell Stuff

8/24/2021 - Is the WWE Racist?

8/24/2021 - White Florida Man Wants to Use 'Stand Your Ground' Defense After Threatening Teens With Gun, Yelling Racial Slurs

8/24/2021 - Watch: Dario Calmese’s Colorful Creative Vision

8/24/2021 - California High School Under Fire After Students Post Instagram Video of Themselves Stomping on Black Doll Named 'Shaniqua'

8/24/2021 - He Built Her the Mansion They Couldn't Afford: Kanye West Reconstructs Childhood Home for Chicago Donda Listening Party

8/24/2021 - Report: New England Patriots Frustrated With Cam Newton's Reluctance to Get Vaccinated

8/24/2021 - 'The Canary Is Out of the Cage': Misha Green and Jurnee Smollett Reunite for Black Canary Spinoff

8/24/2021 - 'Somebody Had to Do It': Black Superintendent Challenges Mask Mandate Prohibition

8/23/2021 - Mic Drop: Gotta Have That Funk (and R&B, Hip Hop and Soul)

8/23/2021 - A New Book on Prince Includes a Timeline of His Pain Pill Addiction, as Told by Friends and Colleagues

8/23/2021 - To Be Homophobic, Loud, and Wrong: Boosie Badazz Shares More Idiotic Thoughts on Lil Nas X

8/23/2021 - It’s About To Be Real: Gabrielle Union’s New Show Sells to Amazon Studios—Billy Porter Slated to Direct

8/23/2021 - In the Battle for Billboard Supremacy, Kanye West Officially Declares War Against Drake

8/23/2021 - Gervonta Davis Swears Off Private Jets After Scary Crash During Takeoff: 'I’m Driving or Catching a Train'

8/23/2021 - Who’s Your Daddy? Matt Gaetz Really Asked Trump’s Approval Before Proposing to Wife

8/23/2021 - NJ Towing Company Employee Calls Customer N-Word During Heated Argument

8/23/2021 - Former President Booed During Alabama Rally Because Alabama Is Racist and Doesn’t Believe that COVID-19 Can Kill

8/23/2021 - Disgraced Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Leaves Governor’s Mansion and His Dog Behind

8/23/2021 - Report: Dak Prescott 'Not Fully Back,' Might Not Be 100 Percent This Upcoming Season

8/23/2021 - The #CrateChallenge And You: What Stacking Shit And Walking On It Teaches Us About The Human Condition and Society

8/23/2021 - Don't Call It a Throwback: Spotlight on Backtrack Vintage

8/23/2021 - DaBaby Stays on the Defensive at His 1st Performance Since Rolling Loud, Criticizing 'Cry Babies'

8/23/2021 - 'About Love': Tiffany & Co. Teases Its Upcoming Short Film Starring Bey, Jay and a Never-Before-Seen Basquiat [Corrected]

8/23/2021 - Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Doubles Down on Falsely Blaming COVID-19 Surge on Black Residents

8/22/2021 - Haiti's Death Toll Over 2,200 After Devastating Earthquake and Storm

8/22/2021 - American Idol Finalist Syesha Mercado Reunited With Her Newborn Daughter

8/22/2021 - Prayers Up: Rev. Jesse Jackson and His Wife, Jacqueline, Hospitalized With COVID-19

8/21/2021 - 'Count Me Out If You Want To!' Sha’Carri Richardson Finishes Last in Race With Olympic Medalists

8/21/2021 - Virginia Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Burning a Cross on Black Family’s Lawn

8/21/2021 - Pennsylvania Police Chief Suspended After Harassing Pregnant Black Woman

8/21/2021 - Civil Rights Legend Lucille Times, Known for Montgomery Bus Boycotts, Dies at 100

8/20/2021 - 'Pure and Beautiful': LeBron James Showers Edmonton Community With Praise After It Surprises Teen With Basketball Hoop

8/20/2021 - Iowa White Woman Who Tried to Kill Two Kids With Her Jeep Because of Their Race Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison

8/20/2021 - Sen. Ted Cruz Got a $320,000 Book Advance. His Campaign Spent Almost Half of That on Books

8/20/2021 - American Idol Alum Syesha Mercado’s Children Are Staying With Estranged Relative, Lawyers Say Family Is Victim of a ‘False Narrative’

8/20/2021 - A Black Couple Says Waffle House Refused to Seat Them Because of Their Race

8/20/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Free Dumb

8/20/2021 - 3 Black Ex-Employees File $30 Million Lawsuit Against Kraft Heinz Over Racist Incidents on the Job

8/20/2021 - Los Angeles DA to Review Hundreds of Cases Involving Former Officers Responsible for Racist and Anti-Semitic Messages

8/20/2021 - Aaliyah, Missy Elliott and Timbaland Changed the Game With 1996's One in a Million. Thankfully, I Now Get to Relive That Moment

8/20/2021 - The Washington Football Team Could Be Announcing Its New Name Very Soon

8/20/2021 - Exclusive: Candyman Cometh, but First Let's Unpack How This Film Reclaims Black Trauma

8/20/2021 - After Monthslong Standoff, Enough Dems Return to Texas, Allowing for Racist Voting Bill to Move Forward

8/20/2021 - What Is in Need of a New Host? Problematic Hire Mike Richards Quits Jeopardy!; Alex Trebek Once Suggested a Black Woman for the Role

8/20/2021 - Role Call: On Your Left! Anthony Mackie Will Star in Capitan America 4 and Apparently the Fourth Season of Dear White People is a Musical

8/20/2021 - Recently Exonerated Black Man Reaches $2 Million Settlement With Prosecutors

8/20/2021 - 'Beats 4 da Streets'...Aaliyah’s One in a Million Is Now Streaming Everywhere

8/20/2021 - Celebrate Hip Hop's 48th Anniversary at NYC Homecoming Week 2021

8/20/2021 - We Fact-Checked Fox News' Racist Lie. It Turns Out, the Pandemic Is Worse in Republican States

8/19/2021 - WTF: How AI Technology Can Send You to Prison, Even If There Are No Eyewitnesses

8/19/2021 - Fashion-Forward Fitness with Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Fitbit

8/19/2021 - Jeopardy!, Come Get Your Boy: Man Who Is Not LeVar Burton Apologizes Yet Again for Past Sexist Comments

8/19/2021 - Naomi Osaka Shares New Perspective on Her Career Following Tearful Exit from Press Conference on Monday

8/19/2021 - COINTELPRO Much? Report Finds That Feds Targeted BLM Protesters

8/19/2021 - Nikki Haley Took Issue With Biden’s Taliban Negotiation, Twitter Reminded Her That She Has ‘Donmentia’

8/19/2021 - Former Ice Cream Shop Owner Ordered to Pay for Harassing BLM Protestors

8/19/2021 - Is Wale One of the Greatest Rappers of All Time? A Discussion

8/19/2021 - The Feds Are Officially Involved in Deshaun Watson's Sexual Misconduct Investigation

8/19/2021 - 'Let's Not Play Small': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Reignites Our Eloquent Rage With Brittney Cooper

8/19/2021 - Florida Gov. Ron #DeathSantis Won’t Require Masks but Is Pushing One of His Top Donor’s COVID-19 Drug Investments

8/19/2021 - Spotlight on Premier Pharmacy and Wellness Center

8/19/2021 - Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints Will Require Proof of Vaccination or Negative Test to Attend Games

8/19/2021 - Day One of R. Kelly’s New York Trial Is in the Books; Here’s What We Know So Far

8/19/2021 - Black Woman Suing Police Over Violent and Unwarranted Arrest

8/19/2021 - 'Freedoms,' Explained

8/18/2021 - PageTurners: Tryin' to Imagine What (YA Literature) Looks Like

8/18/2021 - It Took 2 Years, but Now We Finally Know Why Kevin Durant Left the Golden State Warriors

8/18/2021 - Halle Berry Facing Lawsuit From MMA Star Cat Zingano Over Bruised Movie Snub

8/18/2021 - Because Cat Daddies Put the 'Hump' in 'Humpday,' Please Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy This Isley Brothers Tiny Desk Concert

8/18/2021 - Leave the Door...Closed? Silk Sonic Now Says New Album Won’t Come Until 2022

8/18/2021 - California Attorney General to Review the Police Shooting Death of Oscar Grant

8/18/2021 - Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Hit With $10 Million Suit Over Use of Islamic Hadith

8/18/2021 - Racist White Florida Woman Placed on Leave From School Job After Calling Kids 'Half Breeds'

8/18/2021 - Family of Man Killed at a Kenosha Protest Last Summer Files Lawsuit Against Local Law Enforcement

8/18/2021 - Drake Reveals He Had COVID-19, Suffered Hair Loss in the Process: 'It’s Coming Back, Don’t Diss'

8/18/2021 - Former Indiana Pacers Coach Isiah Thomas Diagnosed as Clinically Insane After Claiming He Could've Prevented Infamous 'Malice at the Palace' Brawl

8/18/2021 - A San Diego Man Sentenced to 2 Years After Making Violent Threats Online About BLM Protests

8/18/2021 - One-Armed Internet Sensation Hansel Emmanuel Donato Domínguez Receives D1 Basketball Offer From HBCU

8/18/2021 - Texas Governor Greg Abbott Unsurprisingly Tests Positive for COVID-19

8/18/2021 - Home Depot Allegedly Punished Workers for Supporting Black Lives Matter, National Labor Relations Board Says

8/17/2021 - White Man Sentenced for Attacking Black Michigan Family’s Home

8/17/2021 - White People Still Get the Most Out of Healthcare Spending New Studies Show

8/17/2021 - Tut, a Language Used by Enslaved Africans, Is Resurfacing on Social Media

8/17/2021 - Naomi Osaka Briefly Breaks Down During Press Conference

8/17/2021 - White Woman Says Sorry After Profiting Off Black Woman's Book on Race

8/17/2021 - Biden Administration to Recommend Booster Shots for Americans Who Have Been Vaccinated

8/17/2021 - Damon Wayans Says He Wants to Do a Verzuz Battle Against Dave Chappelle

8/17/2021 - Spotlight on DC’s Mahogany Books

8/17/2021 - N.Y. Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock

8/17/2021 - Prosecutors Say Police Shooting of Black Man Was 'Justified,' Officers Are Not Charged to Family’s Dismay

8/17/2021 - Where Did All the White People Go? Ranking the Blackest and Whitest Places in America, According to the New Census Data

8/16/2021 - Naomi Osaka to Donate Tennis Winnings to Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts

8/16/2021 - Lil Wayne Reflects on Mental Health Struggles and Childhood Suicide Attempt

8/16/2021 - Widow's Lawsuit Claims Funeral Home Gave Her an Urn but Buried Dead Husband at Request of 2nd Woman Claiming to Be His Wife

8/16/2021 - Haiti Searches for Earthquake Survivors as the Country Awaits Approaching Storm

8/16/2021 - Daniel Prude’s Family’s Lawyer Slams New York Attorney General Letitia James’ in Handling of Case Following the Cuomo Investigation

8/16/2021 - Federal Lawsuit Claims Shooting of 18-Year-Old Black Man Attending Funeral Was Unjustified

8/16/2021 - Sha'Carri Richardson, aka 'That Girl,' Set to Take On Team Jamaica's Tokyo Olympic 100 Meter Medalists

8/16/2021 - Lizzo Speaks on Negativity Following ‘Rumors,’ Cardi B, Chloe Bailey Rally in Support

8/16/2021 - Tori Cooper Becomes the First Black Trans Woman on Presidential HIV Council

8/16/2021 - Black Cop Sues Syracuse PD Over 'Jim Crow Culture' Towards Black Officers

8/15/2021 - Florida State Grant to Provide $30 Million in Funding to Black Museums

8/15/2021 - Purdue University Renames 2 Residence Halls After Sisters Who Fought for Black Students' Right to Live on Campus

8/15/2021 - 2 Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre Arrive in Ghana for Week-Long 'Dream' Trip to Africa

8/14/2021 - Man Captured on Video Tearing Out Chicago Family's BLM Sign From Their Yard

8/14/2021 - Oregon City Police Arrested a County Employee For Vandalizing Black Man's Memorial with a Swastika

8/14/2021 - Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty Accused of Harassing Sexual Assault Victim

8/13/2021 - Phoenix Police Chief Is Suspended Over Dismissed 'Gang Charges' for Protestors

8/13/2021 - Survey Says Most Americans Think Discussing Race Is a Good Thing While School Districts Continue Attacks on Critical Race Theory

8/13/2021 - 4 Florida Teachers Die From COVID-19 in 24 Hours and the Stupid-Ass Governor Is Still Banning Mask Mandates in Schools

8/13/2021 - Role Call: HBO Max Adds More Cast Members to Issa Rae’s New Joint; Euphoria and High on the Hog Renewed for Season 2

8/13/2021 - Boyyyyyy, If You Don't Get...!

8/13/2021 - California Man Charged for Sending Death Threats Signed From 'KKK' to Rep. Maxine Waters

8/13/2021 - Black Contractor Discovers Noose in Yard of Asian-American Homeowner

8/13/2021 - As the Delta Variant and Vaccine Debate Rage On, Pregnant People Are Urged to Get the Shot

8/13/2021 - Auntie Unfiltered Gets Advice for Success From Kandi Burruss

8/13/2021 - Super Dad Andre Drummond Proves 'Not All Heroes Wear Capes' After Rescuing Son from Drowning In Pool

8/13/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: ...Which Proves My Point

8/13/2021 - You’ve Been Served: ACLU Sues D.C. Government and Police Officers for Violating Ban on Weapons During Protests Last Summer

8/13/2021 - Tonja Renée Stidhum to Throw in the Tile as The Root's Staff Entertainment Writer

8/13/2021 - Jason Kidd Has Some Explaining to Do

8/13/2021 - The Woman Needed Money to Keep Her and Her 3 Kids From Being Evicted. Turns Out Most of That Was a Lie

8/13/2021 - Simone Biles Shares What Could've Happened to Her at the Tokyo Olympics Had She Competed With 'the Twisties'

8/13/2021 - American Idol Finalist Syesha Mercado Is Fighting for Her Children’s Return After Authorities Take Second Child

8/13/2021 - Don Cheadle Is Every Gen Xer

8/13/2021 - Lizzo and Cardi B Give Us 'The Gospel Truth' About Those 'Rumors' Going Around

8/13/2021 - Can Justice Be 26 Years Too Late? New Missouri Law May Help Free a Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

8/13/2021 - Exclusive Clip: Say His Name—Candyman's Origin Story Involves Being a Victim of Police Brutality

8/12/2021 - 'I've Always Wanted to Be a Villain': Tituss Burgess to Play 'Rooster' in NBC's Annie Live!

8/12/2021 - ICE Is Finally Treating Undocumented People Like Humans, Will No Longer Deport Victims of Crimes

8/12/2021 - Is Tyron Woodley Really About to Embarrass Our Ancestors by Getting His Ass Whooped by Jake Paul?

8/12/2021 - Flag on the Play: Are Students’ Social Movement Flags the Newest Concern for Schools?

8/12/2021 - Debbie Allen to Be Honored With 2021 TV Academy's Governors Award

8/12/2021 - A Journal For Jordan Trailer: Watch Michael B. Jordan and Chanté Adams Star in Upcoming Drama From Denzel Washington

8/12/2021 - Audra McDonald, Who Portrays Aretha Franklin's Mother in Respect, Will Always Say 'Yes' to Herself

8/12/2021 - The Curious Case of Dennis Schröder

8/12/2021 - #PublicPoolKaren Charged With Assault for Trying to Prevent Black Boy From Entering Community Pool

8/12/2021 - We Know Some of Y'all Still Think Sinbad Was in a Genie Movie, But His Kids Say It 'Did Not Happen. Get Over It.'

8/12/2021 - Bill Cosby, Who Isn't In Prison Due to a Technicality, Is Still Facing a Civil Sexual Assault Lawsuit, Will Plead the Fifth

8/12/2021 - Michigan Police Department Say Officers Were Justified in Holding Black Real Estate Agent, Potential Buyer at Gunpoint

8/12/2021 - Black People, Who Remain Undervaccinated, May Suffer the Most Because of Vaccine Requirements

8/12/2021 - The Root Presents: It's Lit! Revisits In Search of The Color Purple

8/12/2021 - T-Pain Admits to Feeling Personally Victimized Following Jay-Z’s 'D.O.A.' Track

8/12/2021 - White Florida Man Arrested After Allegedly Throwing Up Nazi Salute and Threatening a Mass Shooting During Road Rage Incident

8/12/2021 - Megan Thee Stallion Wants You to Wear White After Labor Day

8/12/2021 - Sen. Rand Paul’s Wife Bought Stock in COVID Treatment in 2020. So Why Are We Just Now Hearing About It?

8/12/2021 - PageTurners: These Authors Are Taking You Back to School

8/12/2021 - Two-Time NBA Champ J.R. Smith Wants to Be a Two-Sport Athlete After Enrolling at HBCU North Carolina A&T

8/12/2021 - Lil Nas X, Who Just Dethroned DaBaby as the Most-Streamed Spotify Rapper, Thinks He May Have Found 'the One'

8/12/2021 - Floridians, Does Ron DeSantis Want to Kill You or Does He Just Want You to Die?

8/11/2021 - Georgia Basketball Coaches Charged With Murder and Cruelty to Children in Black Student Athlete’s Death

8/11/2021 - Ivy Park Comes for the Children's Market—With Cameos From the Carter Kids

8/11/2021 - Family of Unarmed Black Man Reportedly Killed Over Loud Music in Memphis Wants Justice

8/11/2021 - Normani Owns Her Newfound Confidence and Voice in Allure’s September Issue

8/11/2021 - The New York Knicks Just Gave Kemba Walker the Illest Homecoming

8/11/2021 - I Know That's Bite: Saweetie Plays Black Ass Game With The Root for Her New McDonald's Meal

8/11/2021 - Rudy Giuliani Is So Desperate He’s Now Selling His Services on Cameo

8/11/2021 - BRB, I'm About to Go Live Vicariously Through the Women Who Will Be Making $10K a Month to Work in Wine

8/11/2021 - People of Color Are Driving Population Gains, Census Data Likely to Show

8/11/2021 - Man Who Is Not LeVar Burton and Artist Formerly Known as Blossom Named Permanent Hosts of Jeopardy!

8/11/2021 - Here’s Why Nick Cannon Says DaBaby Shouldn’t Be Canceled

8/11/2021 - Black Parent Files Complaint Against Atlanta School for Allegedly Segregating Classes Based on Race

8/11/2021 - VMAs 2021: Megan Thee Stallion, Drake, Lil Nas X Among Nominees

8/11/2021 - Ryan Coogler's New Documentary About Steph Curry's Rise to Superstardom Has the Perfect Title

8/11/2021 - ‘It’s Giving Itchy’: Cardi B Chimes In on the Celebs Who Refuse to Be Washed-Ass People

8/11/2021 - Former NCAA Track Star Cameron Burrell, Godson of Carl Lewis, Dead at 26

8/11/2021 - Arrest Warrants Issued for 52 Democrats Who Fled Texas to Protect Voting Rights

8/11/2021 - Halle Berry Broke Two Ribs on the 1st Day Filming Her Directorial Debut Bruised—and Didn't Stop Production

8/11/2021 - Herschel Walker and His Wife Live in Texas. Why Did She Vote in Georgia's 2020 Election?

8/10/2021 - Super Rich Kids Can Buy Frank Ocean’s New Luxury Jewelry Line...and So Can You

8/10/2021 - Lizzo, Meek Mill, H.E.R., Burna Boy and More Set to Perform at Global Citizen Live

8/10/2021 - Carmelo Anthony Is Ready to Finally Become an NBA Champion, But Former Coach George Karl Isn't Drinking the Kool-Aid

8/10/2021 - Megan Thee Stallion, Dave Chappelle, Chance the Rapper and More Tapped for Summerfest 2021

8/10/2021 - It's a Hard Knocks Life and This Time Around, We Get All Up In the Dallas Cowboys' Business

8/10/2021 - White Man Gets Up to 10 Years for Shooting at Car Full of Black Girls After Trump Rally

8/10/2021 - A Lot of Respect: How Jennifer Hudson Is Finding Her Voice Through Aretha Franklin

8/10/2021 - Potential Jeopardy! Host Who Is Not LeVar Burton Addresses Lawsuit Allegations; Actual LeVar Burton Gives Thanks

8/10/2021 - Watch: How Gwen Jimmere Made a Naturalicious a Mud-Based Movement

8/10/2021 - 'Mandate' Is the New Jim Crow: Candace Owens, Rand Paul and the Oppression of the Conservative Death Cult

8/10/2021 - COVIDiots: Florida Governor Wants to Withhold Salary of Any School Leader Who Requires Masks; Meanwhile, Texas Governor Is Begging for Help With COVID Outbreak

8/10/2021 - NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resigns After Scathing Report Detailing Sexual Harassment Allegations

8/10/2021 - Chicago Cops Turn Their Backs on Mayor Lori Lightfoot in a Twist of Incredible Irony

8/10/2021 - How Beyzaar: Beyoncé Covers the 2021 Harper's Bazaar Icons Issue

8/10/2021 - Snowflake Arizona Senate Candidate Is Tired of ‘Anti-White Racism’

8/10/2021 - Officially 'All Good': De La Soul Finally Gets Masters Back From Tommy Boy Records

8/10/2021 - O.J. Simpson Refuses to Visit Los Angeles Because He's Afraid He'll End Up 'Sitting Next to Whoever Did It.' No, Really

8/10/2021 - Donda in a New Dress: Kanye Is Reportedly Moving Into Another Stadium With Yet Another Release Date

8/10/2021 - Ex-Tesla Employee Gets $1 Million Settlement After Company Failed to Stop Supervisors From Calling Him the N-Word

8/9/2021 - Mic Drop: Well, Well, Well, It Seems Like Living Room Dance Parties Are Back and Here to Stay

8/9/2021 - How Did an Ice Rink Manager End Up Living Rent Free in a Trump-Owned Luxury Apartment?

8/9/2021 - 'That's a Eurocentric Concept': Nick Cannon Responds to Criticism Over Having Kids With Multiple Women

8/9/2021 - Rand Paul Continues Spread Propaganda About COVID-19 Mandates

8/9/2021 - 8 Suspected Lynchings Have Taken Place in Mississippi Since 2000

8/9/2021 - What Should a Woman Smell Like? According to Rihanna, ‘However TF They Want to Feel’

8/9/2021 - If You Thought Two Bouts of COVID-19 Would Make Ravens QB Lamar Jackson Consider Getting Vaccinated, You're Sadly Mistaken

8/9/2021 - Record Producer Chucky Thompson, Member of Bad Boy's 'Hitmen', Dies at 53 of COVID Complications

8/9/2021 - Cuomo's Sexual Harassment Allegations Cause Turmoil for Leadership of Time's Up and the Human Rights Campaign [Updated]

8/9/2021 - Ohio Court Sentences Black Woman to 18 Months in Prison the Day After Giving White Woman Probation for Same Crime

8/9/2021 - Olympic Gold Medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock Is Buying Her Mom a Food Truck With Her Winnings: 'It's Going to Be Fun'

8/9/2021 - Jury Selection for R. Kelly's Sex Trafficking Trial Begins—and They're the Only Public Members Allowed in Courtroom

8/9/2021 - Colorado Rockies Open Investigation After Fan Allegedly Hurls Racial Slur at Miami Marlins Outfielder Lewis Brinson

8/9/2021 - Former Cuomo Executive Assistant Speaks Out, Says NY Governor Groped Her On Several Occasions

8/9/2021 - DaBaby Dupes Us All, Deletes Apology Statement to LGBTQ+ Community From Social Media

8/9/2021 - Can You Smell What The Rock Is Cooking? It's Called Bathing and Showering [Updated]

8/9/2021 - Trump Loses His Mind, Forgets That Coronavirus Happened on His Watch

8/9/2021 - Still Fighting for Liberation: Unpacking the Revolutionary Spirit of Black August

8/8/2021 - Dennis Thomas, Kool & the Gang Co-Founding Member, Dead at 70

8/8/2021 - Virginia State University Renames Buildings After 4 Black Women Integral to Its History

8/8/2021 - U.S. Women's Basketball, 400-Meter Relay Teams Take Home Gold in Tokyo Olympics Finale

8/7/2021 - A Black Michigan Realtor Says He and His Clients Were Handcuffed By Police While Touring a House For Sale

8/7/2021 - USA Men's Basketball Team Defeats France for 4th Straight Gold Medal

8/7/2021 - Texas Appeals Court Upholds Amber Guyger's 10-Year Prison Sentence for Killing Botham Jean

8/6/2021 - Barbie Released a Line Celebrating Global COVID-19 Heroes—but We Feel Like Someone's Missing

8/6/2021 - Role Call: Looks Like Angela Bassett Is About to Be the Highest Paid Black Woman on TV; Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Publishes Catalogue of Spike Lee’s Work

8/6/2021 - You Don't Have to Imagine That: Nas and Lauryn Hill Rules the World Yet Again With a New Song

8/6/2021 - DOJ Opens Investigation Into Phoenix Police Department

8/6/2021 - New Jersey Man Accused of Assaulting Black Transit Worker Who Asked Him to Put on a Face Mask

8/6/2021 - Saddle Up, Because Beyoncé Is Taking Ivy Park to the Rodeo

8/6/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Safety First

8/6/2021 - Laaaa La La La, Wait 'Til Kanye Gets This Donda Release Right

8/6/2021 - Girl, Bye.

8/6/2021 - As the 40th Anniversary of The Color Purple Nears, Alice Walker Gets Candid About Cancellation

8/6/2021 - U.S. Swimmer Simone Manuel Demands Better Treatment From the Media for Olympic Competitors

8/6/2021 - Allyson Felix Becomes the Most Decorated Woman in Olympic Track and Field History; Gable Steveson Wins Gold in Men's Freestyle Wrestling

8/6/2021 - Texas Democrats Pledge to Stay Out of State to Stop Republicans From Passing Voter Suppression Laws

8/6/2021 - Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Going to Get Someone Killed

8/6/2021 - U.S. Women's Basketball Team Crushes Serbia, Will Play for 7th Consecutive Gold Medal

8/6/2021 - Exclusive: Will Pantora Bridal's Andrea Pitter Be Making the Cut?

8/5/2021 - Met Gala, but Make It Masked: As New York Fashion Week Looms, the Industry's Biggest Night Takes Precautions

8/5/2021 - Came Through Flippin': Cardi B Learns Rhythmic Gymnastics With Amanda Seales

8/5/2021 - Newt Gingrich Is Afraid 'The Left' Will Replace 'Classic Americans' With Immigrants, and I Struggle to See the Problem

8/5/2021 - Kansas Legislator and Ex-Substitute Teacher Accused of Kneeing Student in the Groin Turns in License, Blames Behavior on 'Mental Health Battles'

8/5/2021 - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association Wants That Old Thing Back

8/5/2021 - The 2021 September Issue of American Vogue May Be Its Most Diverse Yet. Here's Why That Does—and Doesn't—Matter

8/5/2021 - Raise All of the Lights: Could Kanye West’s Donda Finally Be Ready for the World to Hear?

8/5/2021 - Cori Bush Is the Real MVP

8/5/2021 - The GOP's White Nationalist Endgame Has Already Begun in Georgia

8/5/2021 - Why Jeopardy!’s Pick of Mike Richards as Frontrunner for Permanent Host Is the Wrong Choice, Explained

8/5/2021 - Carl Lewis Blasts U.S. Men's Relay Team After 'Completely Unacceptable' 6th Place Finish: 'It Was a Total Embarrassment'

8/5/2021 - Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey Has a Point About Freedom Papers and Vaccine Mandates

8/5/2021 - 'I Love Writing Sex Scenes': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Rekindles the Romance With Tia Williams

8/5/2021 - Black Chicago Family Files Lawsuit Against CPD, Accuses Officers of Pointing Guns at Family—Including 2 Young Black Girls

8/5/2021 - Washington Football Team Bans Indigenous-Inspired Headdresses, Face Paint at FedEx Field

8/5/2021 - Dr. Dre's Eldest Daughter LaTanya Young Says She's Homeless and Living Out of a Rental Car

8/5/2021 - Aaliyah Is Coming...With Some Controversy—Manager and Estate Battle Goes Public Following Catalogue Release Tease [Updated]

8/5/2021 - Tennessee Republicans Want to Withhold Money From Schools That Teach Critical Race Theory—Even Though They Aren't

8/5/2021 - Team USA Basketball Advances to Gold-Medal Game

8/4/2021 - Ex-Georgia Deputy Who Bragged About Beating Black Suspects and Arresting Black People to Keep Them From Voting Sentenced to Prison on Gun Charge

8/4/2021 - Following DaBaby's Second Apology, 11 HIV/AIDS Organizations Issue an Open Letter to the Rapper

8/4/2021 - Time Is a Gift: For Her 40th Birthday, Meghan Markle Would Like 40 Minutes of Your Time

8/4/2021 - The Recording Academy Announces Inclusion Rider for 2022 Grammys—a First for a Major Music Award Show

8/4/2021 - Can't Nobody Hold Us Down: Who Was the All-Black Team Behind Vanity Fair's Iconic Diddy-Daughters Portrait?

8/4/2021 - Playing the Victim: Amy Cooper Says She Was 'Scared' of Black Man and Now She's 'Terrified' of Walking Her Dog

8/4/2021 - If Jadakiss Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us? A Modest Presidential Proposal

8/4/2021 - Following Maria Taylor's Departure, Veteran Journalist LZ Granderson Announces Exodus From ESPN After 17 Years

8/4/2021 - PageTurners: Releases Chock Full of Riveting Debuts and Badass Female Protagonists

8/4/2021 - Showtime Sets Premiere Date, Drops Trailer for New Rick James Documentary, ‘Bitchin’: the Sound and Fury

8/4/2021 - Bring a Bucket and a Mop for This Sign Language Interpreter's Translation of 'WAP' With Megan Thee Stallion—and the Black Woman Who Created It

8/4/2021 - Cuomo Ain't Gonna Survive This Time

8/4/2021 - Like Diamonds in the Sky, Rihanna Has Reportedly Reached Billionaire Status

8/4/2021 - Former President Obama Scales Back 60th Birthday Celebration as Delta Variant Spreads

8/4/2021 - After Jaw-Dropping Free Agency Haul, LeBron James Considered Early Favorite for 2022 NBA Executive of the Year

8/4/2021 - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson Pardons White Couple Who Brandished Guns at Protesters, but an Innocent Black Man Imprisoned for More Than 4 Decades Is Not a 'Priority'

8/4/2021 - R. Kelly Appears in a New York Courtroom Just Ahead of Sexual Abuse Trial

8/4/2021 - What Shontel Brown's Win and Nina Turner's Loss Say About the State of the Democratic Party

8/4/2021 - Sydney McLaughlin Sets World Record in 400m Hurdles; Tamyra Mensah-Stock Becomes 1st Black Woman to Win Olympic Gold in Wrestling

8/4/2021 - Michael Jai White Confirms His Eldest Son Died Due to COVID-19 at 38

8/3/2021 - 'Welcome to the Love Era': Sean Combs on Starting New R&B Label and Saving the Black Race

8/3/2021 - Lil Nas X Explains Why He Performed His Onstage Kiss at the BET Awards: 'This Is My Space Now, Too'

8/3/2021 - Shaquille O'Neal's Daughter Ditches LSU to Play Hoops at HBCU Texas Southern University

8/3/2021 - Nina Turner vs. Shontel Brown, Explained by The Wire

8/3/2021 - Savage x Fenty Can Handle the Curves (and Run All the Lights) in Their Latest Campaign

8/3/2021 - Candace Owens Says Black America Owes Her an Apology, And She's Absolutely Right

8/3/2021 - ‘You Bring the Bars, I’ll Bring the Books’: Styles P and Jim Jones Poke Fun at Each Other on Social Media Just Before Tuesday’s the Lox Verzuz Dipset Battle

8/3/2021 - Athing Mu Becomes the First American Woman to Win Olympic Gold in the Women's 800 Meters Since 1968

8/3/2021 - After Two Years, Lizzo Teases a ‘New Era’ With Upcoming Single, ‘Rumors’

8/3/2021 - New York Attorney General's Report Finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo Sexually Harassed Nearly a Dozen Women

8/3/2021 - The NBA's 1st Day of Free Agency Did Not Disappoint

8/3/2021 - Black Man Who Said He Suffered Attempted Lynching in Indiana Last Year Now Facing Charges Related to the Incident

8/3/2021 - New Book Claims Aaliyah Was Given Sleeping Pills and Carried Onto Plane Unconscious Prior to Fatal Crash

8/3/2021 - Daddy Lessons in Denim: Glynn Turman Celebrates Black Cowboys and Cowgirls in New Ivy Park Ad

8/3/2021 - This Is Your Yearly Reminder That Black Women Are Still Paid 37 Percent Less Than Their White Male Counterparts

8/3/2021 - Simone Biles Bounces Back With Bronze Medal on the Balance Beam at Tokyo Olympics

8/3/2021 - The Anti-MAGA Movement: Rev. William Barber's Quest to Make America Great, For Once

8/2/2021 - Portland, Ore., Statue of Only Black Person to Travel With Lewis and Clark Toppled Over

8/2/2021 - Frank Ocean Will Headline Coachella 2023—Or Do You Not Think So Far Ahead?

8/2/2021 - Gwen Berry Puts Detractors on Notice: 'I've Earned the Right to Wear This Uniform'

8/2/2021 - Dolly Parton Reveals She Invested Royalties From Whitney Houston’s Cover of ‘I Will Always Love You’ In a Black Community

8/2/2021 - Don't Call It a Comeback! The Lovers & Friends Festival Eyes 2022 Return

8/2/2021 - The Weeknd No Longer Cares About What Really Happened With the Grammys Snub

8/2/2021 - A Coroner Said a Black Missouri Teen Committed Suicide In the Attic of a Man Known for Racist Social Media Posts. A Jury Disagreed

8/2/2021 - Spokane, Wash., School District Releases Investigation Findings on Cotton-Cleaning Assignment Given to Black Teens

8/2/2021 - Reps. Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley Sleep Outside the U.S. Capitol to Protest End of Pandemic Eviction Freeze

8/2/2021 - After Winning Olympic Silver, Shot-Putter Raven Saunders Protests on the Podium for 'All People Who Are Oppressed'

8/2/2021 - Honoring James Baldwin and His Legacy Through 'Inviting In Day'

8/2/2021 - Kicked-Out Kirk: DaBaby Removed From Lollapalooza and Governors Ball Lineup Following Homophobic Comments; He Later Issues Apology [Updated]

8/2/2021 - Hip-Hop Legends to Celebrate the Life of Biz Markie on Monday

8/2/2021 - Simone Biles to Compete in Balance Beam Final at Tokyo Olympics

8/1/2021 - Wisconsin Judge Finds Probable Cause to Charge Officer For Shooting a Black Man to Death in 2016

8/1/2021 - An Advocacy Group for Black Women Is Suing Johnson & Johnson Over Its Talcum Powder Products

8/1/2021 - Jamaican Sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah Sets New Olympic Record in the Women's 100 Meters