7/31/2021 - Study Finds That Job Applicants With 'Distinctively Black' Names Get Called Back Less For Interviews

7/31/2021 - 60-Year-Old Philadelphia Man Exonerated After Wrongfully Spending Over 30 Years in Prison

7/31/2021 - Simone Biles Withdraws From Uneven Bars and Vault Finals at Tokyo Olympics

7/30/2021 - Georgia Cops Arrest Black Man After Answering Mental Health Call. One Cop Sics Police Dog on Him for Seemingly No Reason

7/30/2021 - Role Call: Chinonye Chukwu Highlights the Resilience of Mamie Till-Mobley in the Upcoming Film Till and Tupac, Biggie and Suge Knight's Documentary Hits the Big Screen

7/30/2021 - 'Skate': Silk Sonic Debuts New Single and Music Video to Help Us Glide Into the Summertime

7/30/2021 - Police Shootings Continue Despite Protests, Reform Promises and the Pandemic. Cops Are Using Crime Victim Laws to Shield Their Identities

7/30/2021 - Meet Patrick Moster, the German Cycling Coach Who Got Booted From the Olympics for Being a Racist-Ass Racist

7/30/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Content of Dumb Characters

7/30/2021 - Do It Like It’s Your B-Day: Obama Planning Big 60th in Martha’s Vineyard

7/30/2021 - Trump Wanted DOJ to Say the 2020 Presidential Election Was Corrupt, Then Added: 'Leave the Rest to Me'

7/30/2021 - Oh My God! The Orlando Magic Finally Did Something Right!

7/30/2021 - Biden Needs to Grant Clemency to the Over 4,000 People on Home Confinement

7/30/2021 - DaBaby Pretends Not to Know Who Questlove Is After Being Called Out for His Homophobia

7/30/2021 - New Zora Neale Hurston Anthology to Be Released in 2022, Titled You Don't Know Us Negroes

7/30/2021 - Video Shows White Texas Deputy Laying on Black Teen as She Screams 'I Can't Breathe'

7/30/2021 - Michael Che Comes Under Fire for Repulsive Jokes About Simone Biles

7/30/2021 - Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Becomes Third Black Lawmaker Arrested for Protecting Voting Rights

7/30/2021 - What in the Hell Are the Los Angeles Lakers Doing?

7/30/2021 - A Woman of Color Is the Least Likely to Receive Mentorship. How Can We Unlock Her Potential?

7/30/2021 - I Do Not Love America

7/29/2021 - 'The Black Male Needs to Put These Black Chicks in Their Place': A Karen Has Lost Her Mind in California

7/29/2021 - Chris Paul Joins Forces With Basketball Hall of Fame to Launch HBCU Tournament

7/29/2021 - You’re Not a Hero, You’re Just a Maskhole: Capitol Police Will Arrest Visitors and Aides Who Don’t Wear Masks

7/29/2021 - AAFCA TV Honors 2021: Barry Jenkins, Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors Among Winners

7/29/2021 - Jay-Z and Will Smith Invest in Company to Help Low-Income Folks Go From Renters to Homeowners

7/29/2021 - Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher Apparently Don't Know the Meaning of Water Nor Soap. They Are Not Alone. I Haz Questions

7/29/2021 - Michigan Prosecutors: No More Searches Without Probable Cause in Routine Traffic Stops. Police Association: Whaaaaah?

7/29/2021 - 'What Made That Decade Special?': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Revisits the Enigmatic '80s With Adrian Loving

7/29/2021 - Exclusive Clip: Grown-ish Will Tackle Police Brutality, BLM Uprisings, Looting and White Fragility

7/29/2021 - Texas Deputy Attorney General Calls Simone Biles a ‘National Embarrassment,’ Offers Weak-Ass Apology

7/29/2021 - The City-Dweller’s Guide To The Outdoors (Part 2): Goat Kisses And Peaceful Walks

7/29/2021 - Silk Sonic Is Inviting Us All to a ‘Summertime Jam’ This Friday, But All I Wanna Know Is: Will the Album Be There?

7/29/2021 - White Man Arrested, Accused of Purposely Ramming Stolen SUV Into Interracial Couple’s Minnesota Home

7/29/2021 - Willie O'Ree, NHL's 1st Black Hockey Player, Set to Receive Congressional Gold Medal

7/29/2021 - The Jan. 6 Rally Was Supposed to Be Peaceful. So Why Was Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks Wearing Body Armor?

7/29/2021 - Simone Biles Thanks Fans for Helping Her Realize She's More Than Her Accomplishments

7/29/2021 - We Need to Talk About Violence in the White Community (Seriously, We Do)

7/28/2021 - Texas Republicans Lie on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Name in Critical Race Theory Attack. MLK III Was Having None of It

7/28/2021 - We Want That Old Thing Back: Cross Colours Takes Center Stage at Nordstrom

7/28/2021 - King Richard Trailer: Watch Will Smith Embody the Father of Tennis Superstars Venus and Serena Williams

7/28/2021 - Scent of a Bad Gal: Rihanna Announces Fenty Parfum Is Coming Soon

7/28/2021 - PageTurners: In Case You Forgot About Some Amazing Reads, They’ve Finally Been Rereleased as Paperbacks

7/28/2021 - Aurora, Colo., Cop Faces Felony Charges, Accused of Beating Black Man With Pistol and Choking Him in Violent Arrest

7/28/2021 - Please Inject This 'Malice at the Palace' Documentary Directly Into My Veins

7/28/2021 - What Does the 15 Percent Pledge Look Like in Practice? Sephora’s Trying to Show and Prove

7/28/2021 - Don’t Let Critical Race Theory Haters Know This, But State Lawmakers Are Working to Remove ‘Whites Only’ Property Covenants

7/28/2021 - ‘C.R.E.A.M.’: U.S. Government Sells One-of-a-Kind Wu-Tang Clan Album That Once Belonged to Martin Shkreli to Help Cover Debts

7/28/2021 - What Do You Give the Former President Who Has Everything? Minority Ownership in NBA Africa, Of Course

7/28/2021 - Ed Buck Convicted on All Charges of 9-Count Indictment in Deaths of Black Men Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean

7/28/2021 - This Michigan Representative Is Every Man Who's Had to Explain a Strip Club Bill

7/28/2021 - Let's Talk About Mental Health

7/28/2021 - Blame It on Baby: DaBaby 'Apologizes' for Homophobic Comments Made at Rolling Loud Miami [UPDATED]

7/28/2021 - Gaetz, Gohmert, Greene Try to Storm DOJ, Flee When Their Clown Show Turns Into an Actual Circus

7/28/2021 - An Exclusive Interview With 4 Infamous People Who Don't Exist

7/27/2021 - Regé-Jean Page Tapped as Lead for Upcoming Reboot of Adventure-Thriller The Saint

7/27/2021 - This 94-Year-Old Was Denied Her Wedding Fantasy by Jim Crow. Nearly 70 Years Later, She Got to Say Yes to the Dress

7/27/2021 - Ohio Democrat Proposes New Police Bodycam Law Inspired by Fatal Shooting of Andre Hill

7/27/2021 - Designing Black Women: Raven-Symone, Retta, Marsai Martin and Egypt Sherrod All Tapped for New Shows on HGTV and Discovery+

7/27/2021 - The Black Fashion Industry Is Not Only for You...But for Everyone

7/27/2021 - Here's Your Reminder That Halle Bailey Will Go Over and Under the Sea for Her Big Sis Chloe—So Don't Try Her

7/27/2021 - Amid Ongoing Sexual Assault Lawsuits, 10 Women File Police Complaints Against Deshaun Watson

7/27/2021 - Is Our Haircare Endangering Us? A New Study Compounds Fears About Relaxers and Breast Cancer

7/27/2021 - CDC to Recommend Fully Vaccinated People Continue Wearing Face Masks Amid Rise of Delta Variant and Under-Immunized Population

7/27/2021 - Blue Lives Matter? During Emotional Testimony, Officers Recall How MAGA Insurrectionists Almost Killed a Cop and Repeatedly Called Another the N-Word

7/27/2021 - 'Y'all Know Exactly What You're Doing With This Caption': Lil Nas X Calls Out Critics and Commentary Following 'Industry Baby' Music Video

7/27/2021 - 'You Wanna Race?': A Cultural Norm That Has Black Folks Running Down Streets at Midnight

7/27/2021 - I Said What I Said: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Defends Decision to Grant Exclusive Interviews to Journalists of Color

7/27/2021 - Black Man Says Bank of America Employee Refused to Cash His Insurance Check, Accused Him of Stealing and Threatened to Call the Police

7/27/2021 - Costa Rican Gymnast Luciana Alvarado Puts On for the Culture With Black Lives Matter Tribute at Tokyo Olympics

7/27/2021 - Yes, a Black Woman Is Directing Film Adaptation of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower—Which Is Timely and Relevant AF

7/27/2021 - Michael Flynn Was Gifted an AR-15, So of Course He Threatened to Shoot Someone in Washington, D.C.

7/27/2021 - Simone Biles Pulls Out of Team Gymnastics Final, Naomi Osaka Suffers Shocking Loss In 3rd Round of Tokyo Olympics [Updated]

7/26/2021 - Mic Drop: Yearning for a Nostalgic Future... Does Such a Thing Even Exist?

7/26/2021 - Michigan Republicans Used COVID Relief Money to Give Themselves Bonuses; Now They're Giving it Back After Backlash

7/26/2021 - R. Kelly's Attorney Claims Additional Sexual Abuse Allegations Involving Male Minor Are a 'Pile On' Effort

7/26/2021 - It's National LeVar Burton Hosting Jeopardy! Week and Yes, We Will All Be Watching As a Family

7/26/2021 - Royal Tea: Meghan and Harry's Book Deal Is Reportedly 'Way North' of $25M; Daughter Lilibet Added to Line of Succession

7/26/2021 - Arizona Sen. Wendy Rogers Says She Likes Confederates but Doesn’t Like ‘Traitors Who Hate America.’ So Here’s the Thing...

7/26/2021 - Simone Biles Admits to Having 'Weight of the World on My Shoulders' After Rough Olympic Debut

7/26/2021 - Gotta Have That Funk: At 80 Years Old, George Clinton Says He’s Coming Out of Retirement

7/26/2021 - An Alleged Sexual Predator Gets to Compete at the Olympics While Sha’Carri Richardson Is Stuck Watching From Home. Make It Make Sense

7/26/2021 - White Parents Oppose Michigan School Board’s Anti-Racism Resolution Prompted by White Student’s Snapchat Slave Auction

7/26/2021 - Civil Rights Icon and Educator Bob Moses Dies at 86

7/26/2021 - Kevin Hart Was Like, 'It's About to Go Down' and Posted Frequent Father Nick Cannon's Phone Number on a Billboard

7/26/2021 - Former White House Doctor Thinks Biden’s Going to Resign: ‘There’s Something Seriously Going on With This Man Right Now’

7/26/2021 - France Hands USA Men's Basketball Team Their 1st Olympic Loss Since 2004

7/26/2021 - That Ain’t DaBaby, That’s My Adida: Let’s Get Into Rolling Loud Miami 2021, Shall We?

7/26/2021 - Hella Married: Issa Rae Posts Wedding Pics—in the Most Issa Rae Manner Ever

7/26/2021 - Trump Muses About LeBron James Having Sexual Reassignment Surgery to Compete in Women’s Sports

7/26/2021 - 'No Church in the Wild' Life of Kanye West—There's a Donda Album Delay and He's Living at Mercedes-Benz Stadium

7/25/2021 - Naomi Osaka 'Refreshed' and 'Happy' After Olympics Debut Match

7/25/2021 - Montana Man to Tucker Carlson: 'You Are The Worst Human Being Known to Man'

7/25/2021 - North Carolina Car Dealership Calls Black Woman 'Bon Quisha' in Now-Deleted Facebook Post. That's Not Her Name.

7/24/2021 - U.S. Capitol Rioter Tells on Himself to Bumble Match, Gets Arrested Soon After

7/24/2021 - New Allegations of Bribery and Sexual Abuse of a Minor Filed Against R. Kelly Ahead of His Trial in New York

7/24/2021 - Black Michigan Resident Sues Police Department For Wrongfully Detaining Him While He Was on a Walk

7/23/2021 - Role Call: Lester Holt Is the 'Anchor for America' for the Tokyo Olympics, a New Series on Malcolm X and More

7/23/2021 - A Love Letter to All the Games That Have Gotten Me Through the Pandemic

7/23/2021 - 'Running in High Heels Is a Nightmare': Prince's Basketball Prowess Confirmed by Motown Heir Kerry Gordy

7/23/2021 - 'The Epitome of White Privilege': White Woman Who Spit on Black Protester Might Have Hate Crime Charge Dropped

7/23/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Believe

7/23/2021 - Tennessee Finally Removes Bust of KKK Leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from Capitol

7/23/2021 - Auntie Unfiltered Chats With Younger Millennials About Life

7/23/2021 - Black Woman Traveling With 4-Year-Old White Adoptive Sister Reported as Possible Child Trafficker by Frontier Airlines

7/23/2021 - Thomas Markle Makes Another Bid for Relevance, Says He'll Petition for Rights to See Royal Grandkids

7/23/2021 - Fragile White Man Goes on Racist Rant While Announcing a Race in Iowa

7/23/2021 - Lil Nas X Launched a Bail Fund Project With 'Industry Baby' but Sure, Stay Mad at Him for Being Naked in a Music Video

7/23/2021 - White Man Arrested on Hate Crime Charge for Allegedly Punching and Hurling Racial Slurs at Black Chicago Teen With Autism

7/23/2021 - The Black Mainstream: Black Television Theme Songs

7/23/2021 - 'Tone it Down, Bitch. You're Going to Get Yourself Murdered' and Other Threatening Messages Sent to Rep. Cori Bush

7/23/2021 - The 1609 Project: The Republican-Approved History of America

7/23/2021 - Let's Play a Selective Memory Game of Watching the Throne With Kanye Due to a Surprise Jay-Z Feature

7/23/2021 - Bipartisan House Investigation of Capitol Riot Crumbling After Nancy Pelosi Blocked 2 of McCarthy’s GOP Picks

7/23/2021 - The Twenty-Third Psalm

7/23/2021 - Exclusive Clip: How Debbie Allen Refused to 'Stay in Her Lane' On Turning the Tables With Robin Roberts

7/22/2021 - Hold Onto Your Raspberry Berets! The First Posthumous Prince Album Finally Gets Release Date

7/22/2021 - NFL Teams Could Risk Forfeiting Games This Season Should an Outbreak Occur Among Unvaccinated Players

7/22/2021 - 'Black Women Continue to Be the Blueprint'—Is That Why Big Brands Keep Knocking Off Independent Designers?

7/22/2021 - Another Mount Laurel, N.J. Bigot Arrested After Being Caught on Video Hurling the N-Word at a Black Hotel Clerk

7/22/2021 - Dr. Dre Ordered to Pay Nearly $300,000 a Month in Spousal Support to Ex-Wife Nicole Young

7/22/2021 - Capitalism Gonna Capitalism: Companies That Spoke Out Against Georgia Voting Law Donating to Politicians Who Backed It

7/22/2021 - Jordan Peele Has Entered the Chat With a New Poster for His New Movie. Do We Know Anything Else? Nope.

7/22/2021 - Tucker Carlson Calls Black Capitol Police Officer an ‘Angry Left-Wing Activist’ for Speaking on Racism of Insurrectionists

7/22/2021 - Tyra Banks Fully Clothed in a Pool Is Exactly How I Feel This 'Hot Girl Summer'

7/22/2021 - Chicago Finally Passes Civilian Oversight Board for Police After 2 Years of Debate

7/22/2021 - 'It’s a Spiritual Thing': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Explores the Ethereal With Akwaeke Emezi

7/22/2021 - Ya Know, I Never Thought Arsenio Hall Dissed De La Soul on The Arsenio Hall Show

7/22/2021 - The Obama Cinematic Universe Continues With New HBO Docuseries and Book

7/22/2021 - Afro-Latina Actress Leslie Grace Has Been Cast as Batgirl, White Fanboys Are Comically Mad

7/22/2021 - I May Restore You With This News: Michaela Coel Has Been Cast in Black Panther 2

7/22/2021 - The Problem With the Billionaire Space Race, Explained

7/22/2021 - Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee.

7/21/2021 - Black Man Attacked for No Reason by South Carolina Police Officer Sues Police Department for Defamation

7/21/2021 - Alaska Assistant Attorney General Outed as User of Bigoted White Extremist Twitter Account: Report

7/21/2021 - Black Excellence: Donata Katai Is 1st Black Swimmer to Represent Zimbabwe in Olympic Games

7/21/2021 - Berry Gordy to Be Celebrated at 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

7/21/2021 - Original Space Jam Director: Everybody Get It Up It's Time to Slam LeBron James, Who 'Ain't Michael' Jordan

7/21/2021 - Massachusetts White Supremacist Charged With Hate Crimes, Accused of Distributing 'Healthy White Living' Propaganda

7/21/2021 - #ChangeFashion: Joan Smalls Partners With Color of Change and the Black in Fashion Council to Refashion Race in the Industry

7/21/2021 - Whitney Houston, Kobe Bryant to Be Featured in New ABC Primetime Docuseries

7/21/2021 - After Rachel Nichols Showed What White Allyship Really Looks Like, NBA Finals Host Maria Taylor Leaves ESPN

7/21/2021 - Life Expectancy Dropped by 3 Years for African-Americans in 2020, the Largest Drop Since the Great Depression

7/21/2021 - Finding Me: Viola Davis Announces an Upcoming Memoir

7/21/2021 - Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Was 'Adamant' About Filming Black Adam in Georgia Despite Controversial Voting Law

7/21/2021 - ‘If Anybody Is Lying Here, Senator, It Is You’: Rand Paul and Dr. Fauci Get Into Epic Fuss Fight

7/21/2021 - White Alabama Councilman Urged to Resign After 'Do We Have a House N-Word Here?' Remark

7/21/2021 - The Black Mainstream: Black Famous

7/21/2021 - When Girls Come Home to Roost: What Can We Learn From Jeremy O. Harris' Defense of Lena Dunham? [UPDATED]

7/21/2021 - Giannis Antetokounmpo Is a Grown-Ass Man

7/21/2021 - Tiger Woods and Jada Pinkett Smith Tee Up in New Miniseries Filmed Right Before Woods’ Tragic Car Crash

7/21/2021 - The City-Dweller’s Guide To The Outdoors

7/21/2021 - With 'FourFiveSeconds' Until His Donda Listening Party, Kanye West Does More Things

7/21/2021 - Video Soul Was My Entry Into the Wide World of Blackness

7/20/2021 - Aaliyah’s Uncle Speaks Out Following the Release of Normani’s 'Wild Side' Music Video

7/20/2021 - Black Defendant Granted New Trial After NYC Judge Expresses His Contempt for 'This Black Thing'

7/20/2021 - The Funk Boutique: Virgil Dominates Luxury Streetwear, Paying Respect, and Osaka's Earrings Are a Racket

7/20/2021 - Drug Enforcement Agent Becomes 1st Federal Officer Arrested for Participating in Capitol Riot

7/20/2021 - B'Gosh, This Is Cute! OshKosh B’gosh’s Today Is Someday Campaign Pays Tribute to Black Icons

7/20/2021 - Olympics Head Doesn’t Rule Out Late Cancellation of Tokyo Games Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases

7/20/2021 - Most Iconic Songs: An 'Optimistic' Trip Down Memory Lane With Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

7/20/2021 - New Texas Bill Drops Requirements for Educators to Teach That White Supremacy, the KKK and Eugenics Were ‘Morally Wrong’

7/20/2021 - Usher Talks ‘Being a Girl Dad,’ New Baby and Returning Back to the Stage for New Las Vegas Residency

7/20/2021 - Coronavirus Denier Sean Hannity Switches Tune: ‘Please Take COVID Seriously...Enough People Have Died’

7/20/2021 - Proud Boys Leader Pleads Guilty to Burning Black Lives Matter Banner Stolen From D.C. Church

7/20/2021 - Joshua Jackson Says Jodie Turner-Smith's Home Birth Was Due to U.S. Healthcare's 'Horrendous Track Record With Black Women'

7/20/2021 - Double-Talk: Two Black Girl Debaters Make History at Harvard University's Summer Competition

7/20/2021 - QAnon Qaren Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Kicked Off Twitter for the 2nd Time. 3 More and She’s Banned for Good

7/20/2021 - Everyone, and Quite Literally Their Mother, Has Read The Coldest Winter Ever

7/20/2021 - Why Megyn Kelly Can’t Stay Out of Naomi Osaka’s Business, Explained [UPDATED]

7/20/2021 - Missouri Invite-Only Critical Race Theory Hearing Takes Place Without a Single Black Voice Being Heard

7/20/2021 - Kanye West Is Hosting a Listening Party in an Atlanta Stadium Almost as Big as His Ego

7/20/2021 - Dr. Ian Smith Claims He Was Fired After Attempts to Combat Racial Discrimination on The Doctors, Files Complaint

7/20/2021 - Yup, I Used To Believe That Georgetown University Was An HBCU. Here's Why

7/19/2021 - Black Virginia PTA Leader Asked to Resign After ‘Let Them Die’ Comment, Says It Wasn’t Directed Towards Critical Race Theory Protesters

7/19/2021 - Michael B. Jordan Reflects on Working With Lauren London for Without Remorse

7/19/2021 - Years-Long Dispute Over James Brown’s Estate Finally Nears An End

7/19/2021 - Ben Carson Writes Anti-Critical Race Theory Fan Fiction for Fox Snooze and Calls It an Op-Ed

7/19/2021 - Queen Latifah Will Grab the Mic in First-Look Podcast Deal With Audible

7/19/2021 - White People vs. Everybody

7/19/2021 - Florida Man Becomes First Person Sentenced on Felony Charges for Role in Capitol Riot

7/19/2021 - Democrats Propose Bill to Rename More Than 1,000 Landmarks With Racist Names—Not That America Is Racist or Anything

7/19/2021 - She Clips Her Hair Back and Forth: Willow Smith Had Her Head Shaved During a Performance

7/19/2021 - Formula 1 Star Lewis Hamilton Targeted With Racist Abuse After Win at British Grand Prix

7/19/2021 - #FreeLilNasX: The 'Montero' Rapper Heads to Court—and Social Media—Over Controversial 'Satan Shoes'

7/19/2021 - The NBA Isn’t Going to Do This to Chris Paul and 4 Other Wild Conspiracy Theories for the NBA Playoffs

7/19/2021 - California to Pay Reparations to Victims of Forced Sterilization in State Prisons

7/19/2021 - The Black Mainstream: Black Hair

7/19/2021 - Frankie Lons, Mother of Keyshia Cole, Reportedly Dead at 61 Due to Overdose [Updated]

7/19/2021 - Megan Thee Stallion Makes History With Leyna Bloom and Naomi Osaka on Sports Illustrated's 2021 Swimsuit Issues

7/19/2021 - Dipset Forever

7/19/2021 - From COVID-19 to Sexless Cardboard Beds, the Tokyo Olympics Is Turning Into the New Fyre Festival

7/19/2021 - Yeezus Is Coming: Kanye West Previews New Album at Private Listening Party in Las Vegas

7/19/2021 - 10 Black Athletes to Watch During the Tokyo Olympics

7/19/2021 - Law & Order: SVU and Power Actor Isaiah Stokes Indicted for Murder in New York City

7/19/2021 - Welcome to The Black Mainstream

7/18/2021 - Coco Gauff Withdraws From Olympics After Testing Positive For COVID-19

7/18/2021 - A Lawsuit Alleges That an Albuquerque Middle School Discriminated Against a Black Student Due to Her Hair

7/18/2021 - 40 Black History Sites in America Receive $3 million in Preservation Grant Money

7/18/2021 - A Black-Owned Tech Startup Received a $1 Million Boost from an Initiative Backed By Pharrell Williams

7/17/2021 - Texas Senate Passes Bill to Remove Required Lessons on Civil Rights Movements From Public School Curriculums

7/17/2021 - Study Finds That Police Officers Speak to Black Drivers Less Respectfully Than White Drivers

7/17/2021 - 'She Was Born a Leader': Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson Dies at 99

7/16/2021 - ‘Clown Prince of Hip-Hop’ Biz Markie Dead at 57

7/16/2021 - Space Jam: A New Legacy Is Less a Looney Tune, More a Feature-Length Commercial for HBO Max

7/16/2021 - NYPD Officers Swarm and Tase Black Man on Subway After Accusing Him of Letting Someone on Without Paying Fare

7/16/2021 - White Supremacist Gang in Florida Indicted on Charges of Kidnapping, Murder, Weapons and Drug Distribution

7/16/2021 - Scarface: Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta...Who Suggested an Innovative Battle Verzuz Ice Cube

7/16/2021 - Colin Kaepernick Announces Upcoming Children's Book, I Color Myself Different

7/16/2021 - WNBA Star Liz Cambage Withdraws From Tokyo Olympics to Focus on Mental Health

7/16/2021 - Watch: Detroit Woman Tracks Man Who Stole Her Car to Barbershop and Introduced Him to Her Hands

7/16/2021 - Wanna Hear a Story...Based on Octavia E. Butler's Kindred? Janicza Bravo to Direct Upcoming FX TV Show Pilot

7/16/2021 - Police in California Arrest White Supremacist With Weapons Cache, Racist Manifesto

7/16/2021 - Virginia Sheriff's Deputy Indicted in Shooting of Another Unarmed Black Man Whose Cell Phone Was Not a Gun

7/16/2021 - NFL Will Play Black National Anthem Before Every Week 1 Game (Laughs in Colin Kaepernick)

7/16/2021 - Black Women Bear the Brunt of Criminalized Pregnancy and Motherhood. Here’s Why We Can’t Afford to Ignore It

7/16/2021 - Role Call: Meghan and Harry's Emmy-Nominated Interview, Shonda's New Deal, and More

7/16/2021 - The Backlog: Gravity Rush 2 Is the PlayStation Exclusive You Need to Stop Sleeping On

7/16/2021 - Normani Shows Off Her 'Wild Side' With Cardi B, and There's More Than 'One in a Million' Great Tweets About It

7/15/2021 - Black Girl Banned From Michigan Skating Rink After Facial Recognition Software Misidentifies Her

7/15/2021 - Hey Y’all, I’m Like 95 Percent Certain Loki Just Set Up the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Next Thanos-Level Threat

7/15/2021 - Pittsburgh Steelers' Dwayne Haskins Injured, Wife Faces Domestic Violence Charges

7/15/2021 - Former St. Louis Cop Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Beating Black Undercover Cop at Protest

7/15/2021 - As Delta Variant Spreads, Surgeon General Calls Misinformation an ‘Urgent Threat’ to Public Safety

7/15/2021 - Family of Late Journalist Ayesha K. Faines Releases Statement, Confirms She Battled Asthma and Food Allergies

7/15/2021 - Michelle Obama Set to Make First Public Appearance Since the Pandemic

7/15/2021 - Chrissy Teigen 'Feels Lost' After Being Away From Twitter for So Long, and 'All of Me' Is Trying to Figure Out Why

7/15/2021 - Here We Go Again: Karen Follows Black Man Around Walmart Over ‘Stolen’ Phone Found in Her Own Car

7/15/2021 - Simone Biles’ Ankle Won’t Let Her Be Great, Nursing Injury Heading Into Tokyo Olympics

7/15/2021 - 'I Was Concerned With the Stories We Don't Pass Down': The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Talks Everyman With M Shelly Conner

7/15/2021 - Celebrity Skee-Wee: Meet the New Honorary Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

7/15/2021 - Judge Says Edward Mathews Poses a 'High Risk of Danger to the Community' and Will Stay in Jail Until August Hearing

7/15/2021 - Everything We Know About Richard Sherman’s Arrest—and Yes, It’s Bad

7/15/2021 - Yes, the Jussie Smollett Court Saga Is Still Going. Here's the Latest

7/14/2021 - Comedy Central Expands The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Podcast, Launches New Series Hosted by Roy Wood Jr.

7/14/2021 - Andrew Brown Jr.’s Family Files $30M Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Police Shooting

7/14/2021 - White Georgia Man Arrested for Allegedly Beating Black Teen With Belt for Cursing

7/14/2021 - Let's Sing the Theme Songs as a Family—These Norman Lear Classics are Coming to Prime Video and IMDb TV

7/14/2021 - 'NYC Stand Up': Verzuz Announces Dipset and the Lox for Upcoming Battle, Launches Global Search for Resident DJ

7/14/2021 - Family of 5 Charged by DOJ for Their Alleged Participation in Capitol Riot

7/14/2021 - PageTurners: The Simultaneous Attack and Guidance of Literature

7/14/2021 - Black Fox News Guest Emerges From the Sunken Place to Declare Slavery ‘Was Never a Race Thing’

7/14/2021 - Richard Sherman Arrested for 'Burglary Domestic Violence,' Denied Bail: Report

7/14/2021 - Misha Green Shares What Could've Been for Multi-Emmy-Nominated Lovecraft Country, Which Was Canceled

7/14/2021 - Candace Parker Makes History as First Woman to Grace Cover of NBA 2K

7/14/2021 - Ted Cruz Criticizes Texas Democrats for Walkout. Texas Democrats Respond: ‘I Know You Ain't Talking.'

7/14/2021 - Florida Man Attempts to Have Ex-Girlfriend and Her Relatives Killed, Tries to Blame Black Lives Matter for the Crimes, Feds Say

7/14/2021 - Simone Biles 'Is the Sport' of Gymnastics and Is Breaking Boundaries—Which Places a 'Target' on Her Back

7/14/2021 - Don Cheadle’s Confused Reaction to Emmy Nomination Is All of Us

7/14/2021 - Why Stephen A. Smith’s Apology Is Trash

7/13/2021 - Jury Awards Black Woman in Virginia $300,000 After Being Injured by Police Officer During Traffic Stop

7/13/2021 - Former Houston Cop Charged With Aggravated Assault for Allegedly Beating Handcuffed Man

7/13/2021 - New Texas Abortion Law Lets Citizens be the Cops in Policing the Bodies of Pregnant Women

7/13/2021 - Amid a National Chicken Shortage, Popeyes Announces Chicken Nuggets as Its Newest Menu Item

7/13/2021 - Kevin McCarthy’s Loud and Wrong Take on Martin Luther King Jr. Called Out by People Who Know How Google Works

7/13/2021 - Watch: Pear Nova Creator Rachel James Talks Building a Sustainable Black Beauty Brand

7/13/2021 - DaBaby Refuses to Buy Kids’ $200 Candy and Opts to Teach Them a Lesson Instead. Folks Online Disapprove

7/13/2021 - Bunker Bitch Blues: Trump Wanted Whoever Leaked Info on His Hiding Space ‘Executed,’ New Book Claims

7/13/2021 - Congress Set to Honor WWII Battalion Composed of Black Women

7/13/2021 - Emmys 2021 Noms: Michaela Coel, Mj Rodriguez, Misha Green, and...The Root's Michael Harriot Are Coming for Their Things

7/13/2021 - The Funk Boutique: Great Style Knows No Boundaries

7/13/2021 - 'It Was Time to Let Go': Jada Pinkett Smith Debuts a Shaved Head, Inspired by Daughter Willow

7/13/2021 - Texas Governor Goes Full Karen, Threatens to Arrest House Democrats Who Fled the State to Fight for Voting Rights

7/13/2021 - Capitol Rioter Who Joined White Supremacist Gang While in Prison for Attempted Murder Sentenced to Time Served

7/13/2021 - Look at This Sneak Peek...Isn't It Neat? Halle Bailey Confirms Live-Action The Little Mermaid Has Wrapped Filming

7/13/2021 - Nivea Delivers Heartbreaking Yet Inspiring Interview in Sit-Down With Kandi Burress

7/13/2021 - Cornel West Posts Scathing Resignation Letter to Harvard Dean

7/13/2021 - 'I Just Came to Get My Free Panties': The Victoria's Secret Karen, Explained

7/13/2021 - Charlie Robinson, Known for Portraying 'Mac the Clerk' on Night Court, Dies at 75 [Corrected]

7/12/2021 - Rep. Madison Cawthorn Tweets Picture of Swastika, Deletes It, Doesn’t Really Explain Why He Did It in the First Place

7/12/2021 - Cardi B. and Offset Celebrated Daughter Kulture's 3rd Birthday With a Party Fit for a Princess

7/12/2021 - Republicans to Air All-Star Game Ads Blaming Democrats for MLB's Decision to Move the Game Out of Georgia Over Voter Suppression Laws

7/12/2021 - Texas GOP Launch Another Attempt at Suppressing the Vote; Democrats Expected to Leave State to Block Passage of Restrictive Laws

7/12/2021 - After Snagging Big Wins at the ESPY Awards, Naomi Osaka Is Honored With Her Own Barbie

7/12/2021 - Put Your Hands Together for Cedric the Emmys Entertainer, Actor-Comedian Will Host 2021 Ceremony

7/12/2021 - Stephen A. Smith Just Donald Trump’d His Career Off a Cliff After Making Xenophobic Comments About Shohei Ohtani

7/12/2021 - The Beef Between Lauren Boebert and AOC, Explained

7/12/2021 - Sacramento Teacher Under Fire for Using Racial Slurs While Telling Students the N-Word Is No Longer a ‘Nasty Word’

7/12/2021 - Athleticism Met Altruism at the 2021 ESPY Awards

7/12/2021 - Dave Hollister, Carl Thomas and Donnell Jones Announce New R&B Supergroup 'The Chi'

7/12/2021 - Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner Zaila Avant-Garde Offered Full-Ride Scholarships to Multiple Universities

7/12/2021 - Barack Obama Drops Annual Summer Playlist Featuring Jazmine Sullivan, Silk Sonic, Drake and More

7/12/2021 - Wat U Iz: Pyer Moss Made Haute Couture History With an Emphasis on Black Innovation

7/12/2021 - Royal Couple Denounces Soccer Racism—but Will They Be Silent or Silenced About Racism Toward Meghan Markle?

7/12/2021 - Black Soccer Players Receive Racist Abuse After Missing Penalty Kicks for England and, Of Course, Taking a Knee

7/12/2021 - Fox News Is Tired of Trump’s Lies, Runs Disclaimer During the Former President’s CPAC Speech

7/12/2021 - Thieves Broke Into Jodie Turner-Smith's Cannes Hotel Room and Stole Jewelry, Including Her Mother's Wedding Ring

7/11/2021 - Survey Says Black Walmart Managers Don't Recommend Working There

7/11/2021 - Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Breonna Taylor's Family Alleges Louisville Police Withheld Body Camera Footage From the Night of Her Death

7/11/2021 - Video Showing What Led Up to Marvin Scott III's Death in a Texas Jail Released by Officials

7/10/2021 - Prosecutors Say Man Who Killed Two Black People in Massachusetts Was 'Fueled by White Supremacy'

7/10/2021 - Bronze Confederate Monument That Sparked Deadly Charlottesville Rally Removed on Saturday

7/10/2021 - Man Who Waited Six Hours to Vote in Texas Arrested Because He Voted Months Before His Parole Ended

7/9/2021 - Ohio Private School Refuses to Let Students Reenroll After Mothers Denounced School in Anti-CRT Campaign

7/9/2021 - Do Black Lives Really Matter at Lululemon?

7/9/2021 - 16-Year-Old Jalen Lewis Just Became the Youngest American Basketball Prospect to Go Pro

7/9/2021 - Toyota Changes Its Tune, Announces It Will No Longer Donate to Republicans Who Voted Against Certifying Election Results

7/9/2021 - Auntie Unfiltered Plays 'Black Ass Game' With Michael Harriot

7/9/2021 - White Fragility Strikes Back: West Virginia School Pauses 'Black Math Genius' Program Because White People Felt It Was 'Critical Race Theory'

7/9/2021 - Naomi Osaka, Allyson Felix Detail Their Journeys to the Tokyo Olympics In Latest Issue of Time Magazine

7/9/2021 - Michigan Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Hitting Black Teen With Bike Lock

7/9/2021 - Mount Laurel Racist Faces New Weapons, Drug and Stalking Charges

7/9/2021 - I'm a Black COVID Long-Hauler Who Wore My Credentials So Doctors Would Listen. They Didn’t.

7/9/2021 - By the Time I Get to Arizona

7/9/2021 - Yes, Beyoncé Rocked a Telfar Bag. Yes, You'll Still Be Able to Get One

7/9/2021 - Spell 'Historic': Zaila Avant-Garde Is the 1st-Ever African American Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion

7/9/2021 - Good-Ass Games: An Entire Decade Later, Vanquish Is Still One of the Best Action Games to Ever Do the Damn Thing

7/9/2021 - Wendy, How You Really Doin'…Reporting on Someone’s Death This Way?

7/8/2021 - 'Don’t Y’all Say Protect Black Women, Right?': Lil Uzi Vert’s Ex-Girlfriend Brittany Byrd Speaks Out Following Alleged Assault

7/8/2021 - California MLK Statue Vandalized With Swastika Graffiti Prompting Hate Crime Investigation

7/8/2021 - Arizona Secretary of State Requests Investigation Into Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani for Possible Election Interference

7/8/2021 - A Year After Her Death, Naya Rivera's Family Reflects on the Tragedy and Her Legacy

7/8/2021 - Mike Pompeo Says It's 'Dangerous' to Teach the Nation's Founding Was 'Flawed.' Mike Pompeo Is All Conservatives

7/8/2021 - Illinois Correctional Officers Pin Black Woman Down, Strip Her in Front of Male Officers: Report

7/8/2021 - What If...We Get to Hear Chadwick Boseman's Voice as T'Challa Again?

7/8/2021 - Bill Cosby’s Publicist Plays in All Our Faces, Claims the Comic Is Already Working on a Comeback Comedy Tour and More

7/8/2021 - One of the Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Unions Pledges to Defend Those Who Teach ‘Honest History’ as Parents and Politicians Continue to Lose Their Minds Over Critical Race Theory

7/8/2021 - 'Don't Black People Have Second Amendment Rights?': The Root Presents: It’s Lit! and Carol Anderson Take Aim at the Fatal Inequality of The Second

7/8/2021 - 'We Want Your Support': Gabby Thomas Pleads for Black Folks to Watch Olympics Despite Recent Wave of Anti-Black Rulings

7/8/2021 - Knoxville Cop Gets Knocked Unconscious After Making Racist Comments to Black Wedding Attendee

7/8/2021 - Beloved Journalist and The Grapevine TV Panelist Ayesha K. Faines Dead at 35

7/8/2021 - Nick Cannon Explains Why He’s Having So Many Children: ‘I Been Having These Kids on Purpose’

7/8/2021 - Netflix's Naomi Osaka Is Right on Time

7/8/2021 - Jada Pinkett Smith Recalls Her Drug Addiction Battles, Including Passing Out on The Nutty Professor Set

7/7/2021 - Federal Judge Declines to Block Parts of Georgia’s Voting Law Ahead of Runoff Election

7/7/2021 - FBI Requests a New Look at Ronald Greene’s Autopsy Following Release of Graphic Body Camera Footage

7/7/2021 - LAPD Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing in Sharing 'You Take My Breath Away' George Floyd Meme

7/7/2021 - Black Woman Sent Back to Prison for Missing Phone Calls Granted ‘Compassionate Release’ by District Judge

7/7/2021 - Is Ramona Singer the Meghan McCain of the Real Housewives Franchise?

7/7/2021 - Meek Mill and Travis Scott Reportedly Had an Altercation at Ritzy Party in the Hamptons

7/7/2021 - I'm Happy That Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates Are Going to Howard. Now, Howard Folks Get to Be More Insufferable. Yay

7/7/2021 - Call Him by His Name, Because the Lil Nas X Agenda Is Clearly Here to Stay

7/7/2021 - C.C. Sabathia Spills the Tea on What It's Like to Be Black in Major League Baseball: 'This Sport Is Not for Us'

7/7/2021 - Allegations of Racism and Discrimination Result in Accreditation Board Placing Tulane School of Medicine on Probabtion

7/7/2021 - ‘Vax That Thang Up:’ Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, and Mia X Remix '90s Classic to Drive Vaccinations

7/7/2021 - The Big Lie at the Big Box Store: Sears, Kmart Sold Shirts Proclaiming Insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt an 'American Patriot'

7/7/2021 - It's Official: Sha'Carri Richardson Won't Compete in Tokyo Olympics

7/7/2021 - Innocent Black Man Killed in Crash While Minneapolis Police Chased Suspect Identified as Uncle of Darnella Frazier

7/7/2021 - Taking What's Mine

7/7/2021 - Actress Suzzanne Douglas Dies at 64

7/6/2021 - Officer Who Fatally Shot Tamir Rice Denied Reinstatement After Ohio Supreme Court Denies Appeal

7/6/2021 - Big Money Moves: Delaware State University Becomes First HBCU to Acquire Another School on Its Own

7/6/2021 - What’s New and Black on Broadway: Seven Shows to Catch Now That Theater Is Back

7/6/2021 - Simone Biles Is Ready to Tell Her Survivor's Story

7/6/2021 - Black Alabama Teen Raises $38,000 for Children With Cancer by Cutting 19-Inch Afro

7/6/2021 - Billie, Jimi and Virgil Take on Rock 'n' Roll 'n' Haute Couture

7/6/2021 - 'Deeply, Deeply Sorry' Rachel Nichols Out as Sideline Reporter During the NBA Finals

7/6/2021 - Big Willy Weekend: Will Smith Pays for Entire 4th of July Fireworks Celebration in New Orleans

7/6/2021 - Nine-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Carl Lewis Partners With Silk to Support HBCU Athletes With Their Own Olympic Dreams

7/6/2021 - New Jersey Man Faced Protests and Arrest After Racist Rant Against Black Neighbor

7/6/2021 - Michigan School District Absolves Employee of Bias in Cutting Biracial Child's Hair

7/6/2021 - I Ain't One to Gossip, but Here's Why the Phoenix Suns Are About to Win Their 1st NBA Championship

7/6/2021 - Co-Hosts of The View Were Reportedly 'At Their Wit’s End' Leading Up to John McCain’s Daughter’s Exit Announcement

7/6/2021 - Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC-Chapel Hill Position for Job at Howard U Along With Ta-Nehisi Coates

7/5/2021 - Uplift Black Brands At This Joyful Interactive Cookout

7/5/2021 - Epic-est of Epic Trolls Fly 'Loser-Palooza' Planes Over Donald Trump Event in Florida

7/5/2021 - Fragile Republican Pressures Texas Museum to Withdraw From Book Event Examining Slavery's Role in the Battle of Alamo

7/5/2021 - Prosecutor Won't Charge Honolulu Police Officers Who Fatally Shot South African Man

7/4/2021 - 'Last Friday' Stalled After Ice Cube and Warner Bros. Get Into Heated Battle Over Its Development

7/4/2021 - White Nationalist Group Tries to March Through Philadelphia, Promptly Gets Chased Out of Town

7/4/2021 - Members of Heavily-Armed Black Militia Shut Down Traffic on Massachusetts Interstate for Nine Hours

7/3/2021 - Phylicia Rashad Apologizes to Howard Students and Parents for 'Insensitive' Cosby Tweet

7/3/2021 - He Thought We Was Finna Laugh: Ohio Police Chief Resigns After Leaving KKK Sign on Black Officer's Desk as a 'Joke'

7/3/2021 - 'I Will Never Recover From This Heartbreak': Brianna McNeal Loses Appeal of Five-Year Suspension

7/2/2021 - Supreme Court Ruling Means EA Sports’ College Football May Very Well Feature the Likenesses of Real Players

7/2/2021 - The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Whiteness, Explained

7/2/2021 - Family Files Lawsuit Against St. Louis and Its Police Over Shooting Death of Black Army Veteran During No-Knock Warrant Execution

7/2/2021 - Ugliest Racist Calls Mickey Guyton's 4-Month-Old Son 'the Ugliest Child'

7/2/2021 - Dear NCAA, Run Reggie Bush His Heisman Trophy

7/2/2021 - 'How Many Licks' Does It Take to Get to the Center of a Clapback?

7/2/2021 - Auntie Unfiltered and Uncle Michael Discuss White Fragility

7/2/2021 - New Hampshire Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling to Strike Down Voter Suppression Legislation

7/2/2021 - Former Ohio Cop Who Fatally Shot Andre Hill Requests Trial Be Moved

7/2/2021 - 11 Thoughts, Prayers and Concerns About the Verzuz 'Battle' Between OG Bobby Brown and OG Keith Sweat

7/2/2021 - Geto Boys Reloaded Proves That Yes, Rap Can Age Gracefully

7/2/2021 - Firing Upheld for Officer Who Obtained the No-Knock Warrant That Led to the Fatal Shooting of Breonna Taylor

7/2/2021 - Watch Out World, She's Dior Now: Yara Shahidi Is the Legendary French Design House's Newest Face

7/2/2021 - Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes First Black Woman to Be Honored in Chicago With a Monument

7/2/2021 - 'I Was Just Trying to Hide My Pain': Sha'Carri Richardson Speaks Out After Suspension for Failed Drug Test

7/2/2021 - Are 'Air Issas' the Shoe of Summer 2021?

7/2/2021 - The Backlog: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered Is a Fresh Coat of Paint for a Classic Ride

7/2/2021 - 'No One Is Going to Work With Him': Bill Cosby's Chances of a Hollywood Ending

7/1/2021 - Black Excellence: As the Hellfire Gala Comes to a Close, Ororo Munroe, a.k.a Storm, Makes History by Becoming the First Regent of the Solar System

7/1/2021 - Miya 'Soho Karen' Ponsetto Charged With Hate Crime for NYC Hotel Incident

7/1/2021 - Smells Like White Privilege? Dave Grohl Says He's a 'Basic Drummer' and Pulled From The Gap Band, Cameo and Chic's Tony Thompson

7/1/2021 - 15 Cars in Denver Neighborhood Vandalized With Swastikas and Racial Slurs

7/1/2021 - And the Church Said: 'Cuz That's My Business.'

7/1/2021 - A Supa-Dupa-Fly Half-Century: Missy Elliott Is 50!

7/1/2021 - Supreme Court Upholds Restrictive Arizona Voting Laws That Lower Court Found to be Racist

7/1/2021 - Eager to Cash In on the Celebrity Boxing Craze, Riddick Bowe Is Ready to Embarrass Our Ancestors Next

7/1/2021 - Don't Hit 'Em Up! Outlawz Rapper Napoleon Says Jada Pinkett Begged Tupac, 'Don't Do Nothing to Will Smith'

7/1/2021 - New York Prosecutors File Charges Against Trump Organization for an Alleged 15-Year Plot to 'Scheme and Defraud' the Government

7/1/2021 - Black-Owned Swim Cap Brand Denied Certification for Olympic Competition

7/1/2021 - Bitch Better Have My Money: NCAA Allows Student-Athletes to Finally Cash In on Their Name, Image and Likeness

7/1/2021 - Jesus Wasn't Walkin' in These: The 5 Ugliest Yeezys Currently on the Market

7/1/2021 - 'Those Narratives Are So Powerful': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Learns How the Word Is Passed With Clint Smith

7/1/2021 - Biz Markie’s Family Confirms the Rapper Is Still Alive, Asks for 'Continued Thoughts and Prayers’

7/1/2021 - It Hurts When It's One of Your Own

7/1/2021 - House Votes for Panel to Investigate Jan. 6 Capitol Riot. Rep. McCarthy Threatens Any GOP Members Who Participate

7/1/2021 - John McCain's Daughter Leaving Show She Was Never Qualified to Be on in the First Place

7/1/2021 - Can’t Give Up Now

7/1/2021 - Bill Cosby Celebrates Technicality-Based Prison Release; Howard University and Janet Hubert Respond to Phylicia Rashad

7/1/2021 - ‘Barbecue’ vs. ‘Cookout’: What Race Has to Do With It